The Drop

The Stab MIC: Jamie O'Brien by STAB

In episode two of CUSP, Stace and Mike talk about the highly contentious Pipe Masters finale. Topics covered include: Italo's dominance, Slater's ageless mastery, and Medina's q antics A more detailed look at their discourse, here: 0.00 intro 2.00 pipeline breakdown - Italo 14.00 Wildcard seeding, Billy Kemper 16.50 Gabby & Caio Interference 23.30 Unsportsmanlike Rule 26.50 Is Gabby above the law? 32.00 Do we change the drop in rule? 34.20 Getting comboed, should it even happen? 38.41 JJF v Medina Rivalry 41.33 Who wins the 2020 Title? 42.50 Kelly & JJF Olympics and Kelly chat 44.44 Kelly retirement 47.05 Kelly Late entry to sunset 49.16 Chin Wag Section - Performance drugs in surfing 53.28 Weight in surfing 55.40 Using lighter equipment, is it better? 1.04.10 Q3 Biggest Hassler at events? 1.08.51 Biggest Hassler not on tour 1.14.40 What the score? Q1 Gabby crying 1.18.47 Q2 Blocking on insta

Welcome to CUSP (the Currently Untitled Surf Podcast), where Stab writer Michael Ciaramella and Championship Tour coach Stace Galbraith dissect the minutiae of competitive surfing, occasionally in a combative fashion. This is the first episode of our new, contest-driven podcast, so let us know what you think. For the impatient types: 0:33 podcast and host introduction 2:50 Honolua bay intro 3:48 Mike's conspiracy theory part 1 (Lakey) 8:19 Stace's rebuttal 9:25 Mike's re-rebuttal 11:25 Mike's conspiracy theory part 2 (Caroline) 13:17 Stace confirms that match-fixing happens within WSL events 15:06 Jack Freestone burns Heitor Alves on purpose 17:32 Stace talks Hawai'i 18:51Carissa wins Honolua, Stace offers insights from the ground 20:43 Lakey's missed wave... again 24:53Tyler Wright's triumphant return 29:25 the Tyler wildcard snafu 33:30 Sunset beach intro 34:46 Zeke Lau's Sunset requirement 36:28 the Zeke x Jack collision 42:01 Ethan Ewing's Hawaii performance 43:34 Matthew McGillivray qualification

The Stab MIC: Morgan Maassen by STAB

Welcome back to Stab's corner of the podcast universe, for our first episode of Stab M.I.C., a podcast about Money, Influence, and Culture (with an emphasis on high-performance surfing, of course). While we'll keep episodes of The Drop coming whenever we damned feel like, Stab M.I.C. will be a more regular occurrence. Filmed live at the Byrd's Nest in Newport Beach, and with their generous support.