Gallery: The World Premiere Of SITD Ep 3 At Kirra Surf - Stab Mag
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"Does Matt not being here mean he misses out on the next edition?" cracked DH. All photos by Duncan McFarlane.

Gallery: The World Premiere Of SITD Ep 3 At Kirra Surf

“I’d smoke all of them in a Shapers Heat at Snapper,” reckons DH.

elsewhere // May 4, 2026
Words by Ethan Davis
Reading Time: 2 minutes

A massive thank you to everyone who came out to Kirra Surf last night for the world premiere of Stab in the Dark episode 3.

Especially to Ethan Ewing, our hilarious panel of shapers, and our sponsors: Billabong, Creatures, Futures, Stone & Wood, White Claw, and Afterpay, for making it happen.

After a few long days in the hot, sticky human soup at Snapper, heading to a premiere on a Sunday evening to watch more surfing could’ve easily slipped down the priority list.

Still, we packed out the shop, spilled onto the street, and deleted 1,500 tins of pale ale and seltzers in the space of two hours.

As expected, some of the shaper’s banter was all-time. When one of the groms in the audience asked who the best surfer out of all the shapers was, Britt Merrick proposed they settle it once and for all with a Shaper Heat at Snapper.

A great idea, cc: WSL… let’s make it happen.

All photos by Duncan McFarlane.

DH, EE, PYZ, HS.
Full house.
Hands up for Sex Wax
Hayden Cox and Tanner Gudauskas.
Power couple, EE and DH.
Darren probably had the highest word count of any shapers on the mic.
Spillover crowd, taking a breather outside.
EE, wedged between a couple of surf filmmaking heavies. Matt Baker, Dan Scott, EE, Sam Mc, Dylan Roberts.
Thanks for coming.

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