Stab’s 2025 Rookie Class Review, ft Supercoaches Jake Paterson + Doug Silva & Former ROTY Morgan Cibilic - Stab Mag

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The usual story goes like this – a rookie, still buzzing from qualifying, paddles out brimming with hope. Minutes later, they’re combo’d by someone with a mortgage and two kids. It’s nature’s way. The pecking order holds, and any delusions of grandeur get left in the reef. This was the first glimpse we saw of 2024 rookie Kade Matson at Pipe last year, who courageously threw himself over the ledge sans surfboard. Photo by WSL

Stab’s 2025 Rookie Class Review, ft Supercoaches Jake Paterson + Doug Silva & Former ROTY Morgan Cibilic

“There’s a couple that are going to get absolutely murdered.”

Words by Ethan Davis
Reading Time: 14 minutes

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