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Nat Young wins trials, beats Kelly Slater in heat, Santa Cruz

Yeah, you read all that right. Nat Young, everyone’s favourite Santa Cruz goofyfooter, not only won the trials of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic at Steamer Lane, but then beat Kelly Slater and Kolohe Andino in round one of the main event today. Sure, round one doesn’t mean a whole lot (since there’s a repercharge round), but Nat gets a free ticket into round three and will now be brimming with even more confidence (if that were possible) at his home break. Watch out for this kid, he’s won here before.


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Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller, 33 years old, does not know how to write a bad email. Your pals at Stab have learnt to live vicariously through Miller’s red wine-fuelled letters from the road. His travels take him to some dreamy locales and, in those places, he scores all-time photos: “My favourite photo I’ve shot was of Benny Bourgeois in the Caribbean, with a fisheye. Often I just take photos, but rarely do I get to make one.” In an age of tail-highs and released fins, Ryan still most likes to shoot someone who can lay-down a big backside turn. Namely: Jordy Smith, Dane Reynolds, Gabe Kling, Kekoa Bacalso, Damien Hobgood and Peter Mendia. Like most photogs, Miller misses Scott Aichner’s work. But, as far as contemporary inspiration? “Trying to see things through my daughter’s eyes. It’s wild to think about someone experiencing something totally new on almost a daily basis when, as adults, we rarely get to experience something truly new.”

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