Wait, what's this? A No Contest podcast, the first of 6, dropping every Thursday for the next onth and a half.

First up, Ashton Goggans interviews Balaram Stack, Chris Gentile, Joanie Capetta, Diane Cardwell, Mike Nelson and Dave Juan about their experiences as New York surfers.

This week we are going to be joined by a very special guest.

Jump in to find out who, along with this years winners of the Electric Acid Surf Board Test and this weeks other top stories.

RIP Chris Davidson 1978-2022

Everyone has their opinion about the 2023 CT schedule, but the consensus is clear.

Where do we stand? Well...welcome to The Drop.

RIP Kalani David (1997 - 2022).

A simple question with a very nuanced answer.

Stace and Mike break down the contentious WSL Finals Day, which included a highly critical post-win interview by the newly crowned Queen of surfing, Steph Gilmore.

Later (54:00), Buck comes on to talk about this week's OTHER surf news, including a new Electric Acid episode, the worst waves ever surfed in a professional event (no, it's not Lowers), and you new favorite surf people (that you've never heard of).

Lastly, Buck accepts a user-submitted penance for his sins.

Straight to the point. Stace and Mike make their picks for the 2022 WSL Finals.

Get in, make your bets, get out!

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How much has Stab paid out of pocket (so far) to fund its best series to date? Find out in an interview with Sam McIntosh, starting at 57:00 in this episode of The Drop.

Also in this week: a Pipe Masters format reveal, the best surfboards in the world (chosen by you), and a goofyfoot coup of the WSL.

This is the last chance to get a 20% Stab Premium discount using code 'dropwallets' at checkout.

Send your surf sins (or in today's case, penances) to [email protected] or [email protected].

It's true: surf vlogs cease to exist following the publication of Chapter 11 & Van's new film 'Glad You Scored'.

Other Dropics discussed this week include:

- How Surfers Get Paid ep 2

- Switch surfing

- Squeaky sand (again)

- All those ridiculous EPS constructions

- A dinner date between Oscar Langbourne and Mike Tyson

- A surf sin.

Another week, another parasitic earworm from The Drop.

In this ep we start on Tahiti talk with Stace G, then slide into the other weekly news with Stab's EIC Big Dick Power Surfer.

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Just a wild week in surfing. Topics include:

- Surviving the US Open (1:30)

- Caity Simmers' new film (12:30)

- Alt surfboard marketing schemes (15:45)

- Surf filmers not welcome in Nicaragua (20:30)

- These are your favorite surfers (25:30)

- The Angriest Man in Surfing (33:00)

- Surf Sin (37:30)

- US Open comp talk (47:30)

- Tahiti predictions (1:00:30)

In this ep of The Drop, Mikey and Buck tear through the week's surf news, which includes: the Vans US Open, the $3M Chinese Storm, the WSL's financial fumble, 7 life tips from Mick Fanning, and of course a Surf Sin.

A quick in-n-out is all you really need. Hit play and enjoy!