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Alex Gray, Telos-pop musik (track two), Indonesia

If this isn’t a romantic-looking righthander, Stab doesn’t know what is. Alex Gray, pictured here gripping a slob, is in the Telos with Yadin Nicol, Zeke Lau, Andrew Doheny, Dusty Payne, and photog Tom Carey, who’s documenting the whole beautiful mess.

“We’re staying at the most ROOTS place ever,” says Tom of their current digs. Surfing Village, it’s called, and so far the crew have been treated to just what the website promises: “Vertical drops, maximum acceleration, critical maneuvers, adrenaline, ecstasy and pain!” (Surfing Village’s words, not Tom’s).

All those things suit Alex her real well, actually. The man gets his kicks in pretty much anything – as Tom says: “Alex is one of the most well rounded surfers out there. From 60 feet to two feet. Not that many guys can do both so well.” Need further proof? Go here.


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Tom Carey

Tom Carey is, like, 31 years young. Things may change when he’s older, but for now he ain’t shot much he digs: “I get sick of looking at stuff,” he says. “But, I guess the first remote flash shot I had run of Nate Yeomans was pretty epic. People probably wouldn’t remember. But it was a game-changer to me.” That says a lot about Tom. He does things for himself and he’s honest. Just ask him about being ripped off by the industry: “Everyone wants to skim a few dollars off you. Its not coming out of their pockets but it’s sure as hell coming out of ours.” And since he was so thrilled to answer, Stab’s gotta include Tom’s fav retired shooters: “I love this question. No one asks it anymore. Maybe Chris Van Lennep. I don’t know, the list could go on. Tony Roberts f’sure. His shots really inspired me. His angles in the water were so ahead of his time.”

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