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   Number 1: Kolohe Andino Is Sick Of Watching Surfers Eat Breakfast | StabMic Ep. 27

   “Everyone’s trying to sell the core thing, so we actually went for corny.” Kolohe Andino and his brand, Steko, have a new surf film, Fudo, coming to theatres in late August, followed by a run of premieres before eventually landing on Stab Premium shortly thereafter. From the trailers and clips released so far, it’s clear a serious amount of effort has gone into making the thing: week-long setups for elaborate concept shoots, multiple international trips, a hired snake, and a deliberate move away from what Kolohe sees as an increasingly exhausted aesthetic — the Y2K-heavy, aggressively “core” fetishisation of surfing that has dominated the last five years or so. In its place is something Kolohe thinks surfing has lost, but which was abundant when he was coming up during the Joe G and Kai Neville era: style, artifice, mystique, and, above all, the simple biz of making surfers look cool. Fudo wears those influences openly, with the trailer borrowing liberally from the visual grammar and, in places, the actual concepts of those earlier films. Kolohe is upfront about the borrowing, seeing Fudo as a way to pump some air back into an old wheel he thinks has gone flat. Part of that, he argues, means giving surfers back a little mystique, rather than encouraging them to squeeze and share their lives into a vertical rectangle. Kolohe thinks brands have become too eager to merchandise the entirety of their surfers, and in doing so have diminished one of the things that made surfers compelling in the first place. The coolest surfers, in his mind, are the ones you can’t quite get your hands around, the ones who retain some fog around the edges, and certainly aren’t livestreaming the full record of their existence, a la Clavicular. It’s strange, then, to consider Kolohe’s progression: once-in-a-generation prodigy, pursued by every brand under the sun; top-five Championship Tour surfer who perhaps never quite satisfied the enormous expectations attached to his name; premature retiree from competitive surfing; and now brand owner, cultural critic and surfer-philanthropist, attempting to excavate the thing he fell in love with when he was a teenager. Jordy Smith joins Dooma as co-host, and the lads get into tour expectations, Kolohe putting millions of his own money into Steko, his final against Italo at D-Bah, the lingering brat reputation that followed him around the tour, his habit of putting fists through boards after losing, rookie-year Ethan Ewing thinking Kolohe was a pussy, and plenty more. Thanks to our partners at Red Bull, Vaer, Dome Dust, SlowTide, TurtleBox, and Devium, for making StabMic possible.

   August 17, 2026·1h 9min
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   Number 2: Cloudy Picks + A Cole Houshmand Cameo Live From Tavarua

   How does it feel to jump from a two-story building onto three feet of reef? We asked Cole Houshmand after a recent Cloudbreak hiding... from the sands of Tavarua Island Resort. Finally, Stace G and Mikey C dive into their Cloudbreak picks and predictions. Comp starts tomorrow!

   August 25, 2026·56min
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   Number 3: The Year Cocaine Washed Up in France | StabMic Ep. 28 | Paul Evans

   “Between Christmas 2003 and New Year 2024, packages of cocaine started washing up along the beaches of Southwest France. National television news reports carried the story of the coke de la plage — the beach cocaine, around a month after the first local rumours of finds emerged. One TV report on France 2, 30th Jan 2004, stated one-and-a-half tonnes had been recovered along French and Spanish coasts that month. If that’s just what the authorities had found, it’s safe to assume lots, lots more had been picked up by members of the public, mostly surfers.” - Paul Evans. Our guest this week is WSL commentator, Surf Europe editor, Stab contributor, and, as of a couple of weeks ago, the creator, producer and host of a long-form narrative podcast about cocaine. It was late 2003, and Paul had recently moved to southwest France from the UK, initially seduced by the prospect of good, uncrowded waves and rumours of mystics like Tom Curren and Robbie Page having made a life there. A few months later, bundles of pure Colombian cocaine started washing up on the beach. Paul first heard about it from a hitchhiker he picked up. The man had travelled several hundred kilometres from Toulouse and seemed remarkably determined to reach the coast that day, despite the weather. It had something of the sirens about it: a gift from the sea that was difficult to resist. Only here, instead of a beautiful song and certain death, it was exceptionally pure cocaine washing up on the beach, floating around in the lineup, offering a direct challenge to your capacity for restraint. What followed was a summer of abundance, debauchery, good waves and various forms of personal ruin, eventually building to a crescendo at the Quiksilver Pro France in 2004. The waves were pumping. Bruce and Andy Irons met in the final. The afterparty that followed, you'd have to imagine, given the situation and what was essentially being handed out to all, was fairly substantial. As Paul says in the podcast: “It’s kind of cliché… everyone refers to their youth as the best times in the world, but objectively, some of those people are right.” If you’re partial to good, uncrowded waves, a cacophony of beautiful women, and happen to possess even a passing curiosity about the sensation of your mouth going numb after sampling some uncut Colombian cocaine, then you’d have a hard time arguing against this as a purple patch in the history of mankind. Humanity has definitely had worse summers and here, Paul talks about how he went about telling that story. This is the making of Hossegor Beach Cocaine, told by its creator, Paul Evans. his is the making of Hossegor Beach Cocaine, told by its creator, Paul Evans. You can listen to the episode one for free here. Episodes 2-4 will live exclusively on Stab Premium and the Stab Premium app. Thanks to our partners at Red Bull, Vaer, Dome Dust, SlowTide, TurtleBox, and Devium, for making StabMic possible.

   August 24, 2026·56min
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   Number 4: Kelly Combos Medina, Calls Out His Arch Nemesis

   Why did Kelly win that heat against Gabriel Medina? It wasn't for his thousands of fans, his young family, or even himself. It was for Ronnie Nelson. Let's drop in.

   August 11, 2026·52min
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   Number 5: Cocaine Spoons & Raw Cowabunga Spirit

   We could all use a little Yolanda in our lives. This week, Buck confronts Mikey C on his failed QS campaign. Then the boys chat Tahiti, EAST with Harry B, cocaine spoons, the best surf bikinis and more.

   August 19, 2026·54min
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