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Andrew Doheny, disaster-to-reverse, Newport

Unlike a lot of young guns, you won’t see Andrew ‘Droid’ Doheny do an air-reverse on every wave. It’s not ’cause he can’t fly (he can), it’s because he knows there’s more to surfing and digs on a powerful explosion. Late last year, in Bali, Droid made it to the final of the Oakley World Pro Juniors. He lost to Davey Cathels, but it was a competitive side of Droid we hadn’t seen previously and boy, was it thrilling. Stab vibes on frontside disasters like this, especially when they’re clicked into reverse. A little Dane-esque, but with just enough of Droid’s flavour to make it his own. Doheny, attack!


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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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