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Stab in the dark 2023
- Thread starter waxfoot
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Quick recap: Brazil, warm water, what appear to be super fun and punchy beach break conditions, and Italo all hopped up on warm Red Bull and FU wax.
I'll renew my subscription and start watching this weekend - been wanting to watch that "how surfers get paid" too.
How Surfers Get Paid alone made my subscription worth it.Thern there's a lot of cool other stuff. I didn't subscribe for a while because I was offended,. Then I finally bit the bullet. Its worth it.
Italo doesn't seem to know much of anything about surfboards tbh.
I guess he doesn't really need to since he's the talent.
But he'd probably do better on the CT if he knew more about his boards.
The thing that I find odd is that Stab picked him to do this series.
he seems to know less about design than my middle age above average joe friend that doesn't know a thing about design
The more you know, the more equipment doubt might creep in.
That doubt can be a competitive weakness more often than a strength. That may be his approach, feedback on feel, let the scientist worry about the numbers.
There probably aren't but a few tour surfers besides him that can destroy a board as fast by just riding it.
I'd like to see them have a respected shaper dissect with description and numbers the chosen design and compare it to the rider's current daily or what his designer made him for the same trip.
How dare they charge for their labour. I'm fucking outraged as you are.
Anyways.
On Italo and the boards: I cannot discern any difference in his surfing so far on the different boards.
In the previous years, there was a clear difference and preference ( for me). Maybe its his type of surfing that is just not relatable in the slightest
STAB drinking game: Take a shot every time Italo does an air reverse.
Do you people not understand that alcohol poisoning can be lethal?
Italo is super gnarly! I think style is a huge part of surfing and it appears Italo does not worry about his style at all. Which is sort of a double edged sword. It works for him because he just goes for whatever and make him gnarly, but at the same time it doesnt always look good and is a turn off.
Slater goes for broke too, but he always makes it look good. More style from Italo would be better IMO.
Slater goes for broke too, but he always makes it look good. More style from Italo would be better IMO.
Rumor is that Italo's manager (the dork putting the hat on the camera in the Apple series) was trying to get Timmy Patterson to pay a bunch of money to "keep Italo on his boards". To which Timmy said, "How about I just keep putting boards under his feet that will earn him a World Title and Olympic medals."
from episode 1 it sounds like timmy hasn't shaped him a board in quite awhile. Left up to the Brazillian shapers that work for patterson
SITD is one of the rare digital surf productions out there that can hold my attention. Some heavy hitters tonight.
Episode 2 (May 11th, 5 pm PDT) – two boards advance
Britt Merrick of Channel Islands
Christiaan Bradley of Bradley Surfboards
Jason Stevenson of JS Industries
Keith Teboul of KT Surfboards
Matt ‘Mayhem’ Biolos of Lost Surfboards
STAB is offering 30 days free trial
Episode 2 (May 11th, 5 pm PDT) – two boards advance
Britt Merrick of Channel Islands
Christiaan Bradley of Bradley Surfboards
Jason Stevenson of JS Industries
Keith Teboul of KT Surfboards
Matt ‘Mayhem’ Biolos of Lost Surfboards
STAB is offering 30 days free trial