ELECTRIC ACID SURFBOARD TEST
Where alternative surfboard
Design meets the truth:
Functional or fluff?
EAST Harry Bryant
Season 2 starts with Mick Fanning’s “secret” African right, whose coordinates were sold to him by a 53-year-old who later signed a Rip Curl deal. Then Jordy orders Pyzels under Dooma’s name. Stab gets dragged for helping sexualise women’s surfing. Big-wave camaraderie dies under the weight of crowds and cash. Craig Anderson turns down millions before making the Hypto Krypto famous. Laird arrives as messiah, meme, and public-company surf god. The managers explain how surfers actually get paid. Joel Tudor accuses the Momentum Generation of stealing his sauce, then threatens to drown anyone who calls him a hipster. There’s nine episodes off the stuff. Secret spots, ugly contracts, old grudges, and several careers built on borrowed style.
HSGP: Season 2
Season 2 starts with Mick Fanning’s “secret” African right, whose coordinates were sold to him by a 53-year-old who later signed a Rip Curl deal. Then Jordy orders Pyzels under Dooma’s name. Stab gets dragged for helping sexualise women’s surfing. Big-wave camaraderie dies under the weight of crowds and cash. Craig Anderson turns down millions before making the Hypo Krypto famous. Laird arrives as messiah, meme, and public-company surf god. The managers explain how surfers actually get paid. Joel Tudor accuses the Momentum Generation of stealing his sauce, then threatens to drown anyone who calls him a hipster. There’s nine episodes off the stuff. Secret spots, ugly contracts, old grudges, and several careers built on borrowed style.
“It’s a crazy interesting look into the nuts and bolts of the surf industry… once I watched the first episode, I was hooked.”
– @hdog69420 (Stab Premium member)
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EAST Mikey February
Mikey February tests 15 surfboards from a range of emerging, established and legendary shapers across California, Australia and Hawaii. Widely regarded as one of the most stylish talents of the modern era, February is one of the rare exceptions to have seamlessly transitioned from hungry CT competitor to freesurfing superstar. Across six episodes, Mikey meets the craftsmen behind his eclectic quiver, while he attempts to decode their strange features and find their sweet spot.
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EAST Dave Rastovich
As one of surfing’s most elusive and esoteric characters, Dave “Rasta” Rastovich brings an unprecedented wealth of surfboard knowledge to Stab’s annual alternative surfboard test. Shot over several months near his home in northern New South Wales, before culminating in a grand finale in Costa Rica, the series follows Dave through pumping waves as he reveals how subtle changes in foam, curves, fins and foot placement can completely transform the way a wave is ridden. Every board in the quiver is glassed in flax and crafted by some of surfing’s most eccentric freaks and weirdos.
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EAST Shaun Manners
One of surfing’s most naturally gifted freesurfers, Shaun Manners, is handed an Addams Family of surfboards designed to constantly drag him beyond his comfort zone. From Kobe Hughes’ “Butt Plugs” to double-flyer quads shaped by Mark Richards, Shaun draws on the wealth of design knowledge passed down by his father, Matt Manners, to decode each board and ultimately find the best-feeling craft of the lot. Shot across New Zealand and Australia’s East Coast.
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EAST Mick Fanning
Three-time World Champion Mick Fanning catches a seaplane to the Maldives, leaving behind the finely tuned shortboards that defined his career and stepping into the eye-opening unknown. In a first for EAST, the six boards in the test are born from “Frankenstein collaborations” between pairs of shapers, some of whom were once sworn enemies. Watch as Mick breaks down their subtle differences, pushes them to the max in the tropics, and declares a winner.
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EAST Mason And Coco Ho
Mason and Coco Ho, two of surfing’s most naturally gifted and royal-blooded siblings, are paired with a sprawling quiver of unconventional shapes. Across six episodes, they put each board through its paces on the ruler-groomed points of Mexico, offering colourful insights into their design characteristics before each crowning a winner.
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EAST Stephanie Gilmore
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EAST Noa Deane
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