Issue 21 2007

Stab Issue 21
Stab Issue 21

I WAS A MORBID AND UNLOVELY CHILD; a 12-year-old guitar prodigy whose weekends were spent wrapped in a Gibson Les Paul copy facing a stacked 100 watt aplifier. I would away within a cloud of shrieking feedback, muttering about killing my woman, escaping the noose by fleeing to Mexico and how. in general, the hallway cupboard hadn't had its bolt removed I would've happily gunned the town down, written a conceptual musical about it and watched with silent glee as my parents wept at my execution (which I would face with uncommon courage). This was natural behaviour for a never-bullied child of academic parents who existed in the Disney-esque bubble of a crime-free suburb. more...

 THE MAIN STORIES

The BirdOccy and the Bird

A little session at a crowded surf camp called Grajagan with Mark Occhilupo, Benji Weatherly and Taj Burrow with the world's sexiest photographer (Dustin "I will kill you. Know This" Humphrey  records from a whirly bird.

Story here..

Donnie Drive Thru

Drive Thru Caribbean

Rum punch, got drunk, movie stunk. We're kidding! What a movie!
A collection of the Hi-rez imagery compiled during Greg Browning's seventh instalment  of Drive Thru. Donnie, Benji, Patty-cake O'Connell, Kalani and ring-in Aussie Yadin Nicol stars of the shutter.

Ice

Hawaiian Ice

There's a meth epidemic in the islands, haven't you heard?

by Charlie Smith

Bruce Irons CribCribs Special

Bruce Irons is king of princeville. We go inside the glamour homes of Bruce Irons, Joel Parkinson and CJ Hobgood.


Bruce's shanty here...

Success: Greg BrowningSuccess: With Greg Browning

Greg Browning: Creator of Drive Thru 33. LA

Kelly Slater ComicWorld Title 2007! The Big One

Andy Irons, Mick Fanning; Taj Burrow; Joel Parkinson and the champ Kelly Slater.
Nobody else would have the nerve!! Just four kids with a crazy dream to depose an aging champ.

Full comic here...