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Firsthand Visions Of Precarious Trail Sprints, Tow Ropes, And A Few Cheeky Airs

A GoPro grab of Stab Highway CA, presented by Monster Energy.

features // Oct 11, 2022
Words by Coral McDuffee
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Remember that show which had 16 surfers compete for reality TV glory by eating bull kelp, living in wetsuits for six days, swimming with sharks, harassing tech bros, smoking dreadlocks, and completing a boquet of surf-ish feats?

Damn right you do.

All five episodes of Stab Highway, California are right here for you to revisit. Set aside some time, hit the smart tv, and clock out. Just don’t @us when your favorite surfer gets axed by the Mall Cop.

How about something a little more bite-sized for now, though?

Our team created this edit so you can re-live the trip through the most intimate lens — the lens of a GoPro.

Hit the YouTube link above to watch two minutes and forty-three seconds that capture the essence of ecstasy and agony of sprinting down the Black’s trail barefoot to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Kandui. Oh, and there are some airs, if that’s your thing.

The POV is enchanting, and possibly more entrancing than Ivy Miller’s busk routine. We’ll let you be the judge.

PS: The winning flock arrived in Kandui a few days ago, and we’ll be revealing more about their trip soon.

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