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Chippa Wilson, Rancho Santana, Nicaragua

“Chippa went loony out at Rancho Santana,” says photog Tom Carey from Nicaragua, where he’s currently posted up in an Arnette mansion with Mason Ho, Josh Kerr, Zeke Lau and Chippa himself. Often, a session belongs to one person, and this one belonged to Chip. “Everyone stops what they’re doing to watch him,” says Tom. But that’s not to say the other men didn’t get it done. “The waves were super playful and the boys surfed themselves stupid with a four hour-session. Doing work, son!”


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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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