Our guest this week when not traveling and scoring waves, splits his time

between his home in New York and Winters on the Northshore. He is one of the

most creative aerialists out there as well as a hard charging barrel riding

extraordinaire. His talents were discovered at a young age by Quiksilver during a

summer surf camp and having early success on winning numerous amateur

contests and air shows. It was to no surprise that Quik would invest and send him

to Australia to train with legendary surf trainer “Mick Cain”. Results from training

hard and pure talent… he won the wildcard to compete at home in the 2011

Quiksilver Pro New York. With years of traveling and paying his dues in heavy

hollow waves in places like Mainland Mexico, Tahiti, Fiji, and winters in Hawaii,

he eventually made a name for himself in lineup at The Banzai Pipeline. You’ve

seen him on Youtube, or one of his films “Stacked" or "Hail Mary”, or maybe on Stab

Highway California and definitely on the podium winning the 2022 Van’s Pipe

Master, we welcome Balaram “BAL“ Stack.

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