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Mason Ho, frontside chuck, Nicaragua

Here’s a Hawaiian in Nicaragua. Mason Ho, down in central America with a few men from team Arnette, including Josh Kerr, Zeke Lau, Chippa Wilson, and photog Tom Carey (who fired this off). The clique’s been living like a group of princes in a totally cared-for palace (maids, chefs, etc) and surfing secluded, fun-as-hell waves like this one. Jealous? Stab is too! Here, Mason throws one of his rock-solid spins over the shorepound. It don’t get much better than air-friendly, bath water beachies, does it?


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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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