Once upon a time, and by this I refer to the early part of the century when it was a pair of Americans who owned the world title and back when Jordy Smith was on 20 gees a year (unbelievable!), Stab magazine was a portal through which the reader could access the ultimate in hi-fidelity surfing. It was a voice as fresh as the waters of Bavaria, a well-spring of good humour and hard action. In Christian schools, the birth of Stab is mentioned, usually but not always, in the same sentence as the virgin birth of Jesus Holy Christ. (Peace be upon him.) more...
Taj Burrow - The Angle of God
Back where it all began. A-list surfer chopper, camera's a-go-go.
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Little Stevie Wonders
These blind youngsters are so awesome they took to surfing despite eachhaving two holes in their head that were, like, totally broken!
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The Swimming Pool
Joel Parkinson, Taj Burrow and Trent Munro became the first humans onthis planet to get whipped into orbit…in a pool! For added pizzazz, wedid it in the Islamic Republic of Malaysia! How topical!
Step into the hot tub
Joel Parkinson
We’ve never been short of uneducated guesses. Three years ago, weconfidently predicted Joel Parkinson would storm the 2005 world tour.History shows that his rating dropped to its lowest level since hisrookie year.
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20 Beautiful Ways to Squander Your Money
Here we got a bunch of famous people and asked em how much it wouldcost to: play at a party (G-Love), paint your bedroom (Oz andDashenka), turn you into a competitive machine (Jake Paterson) and hosta Big Island retreat (Shane Dorian).
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Dorian and the Golden Sled
To compliment our Luxury theme, we commissioned a goldensurfboard and photographed Shane Dorian using the device in Bali. As always, it was shot from a chopper.
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The Hot Tub
This was our second shot at the Malaysian wavepool.This time, Jamie O’Brien wagged his tail.
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A Useless Masterpiece
Masterpiece: Scott Aichner and his magnificently pointless 270-degree camera rig.
Tow Is Gay
Ain’t that the truth! The coolest thing about this spread was Koby Abberton complicity in the stunt.
Homo-erotic story here
The Stab Awards
Every year, we give one to Andy Irons just because…
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Big Stories
We've nearly won Walkleys, we've been sent before the Press Council andwe've had pages of Stab pasted all over cars in Santa Cruz. And yet westill refuse to believe in Karma or a god.
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You’ll never wear acid-washed denim again:
But, then, maybe you will. Here’s what’s up for denim this winter.Read on...
