Did Stab In The Dark Just Predict Surfing’s Future?

Some of you may have already listened to this rather wonderful conversation between Buck and Mikey.

For those who haven’t, Buck reveals how someone may have found a rather dishonest way of taking home a Haydenshapes Hypto Krypto fabricated at Chonburi Industrial Estate, Thailand.

The DarkNoiz, which just won SITD starring EE, on the other hand, was shaped by the attentive and skilled hands of Hayden Cox himself.

Buck and Mikey take a good look back at the entire series, its unexpected finalists, and whether their ascendance to the pantheon of SITD winners signals a shift in the surfboard industry in the years to come.

While looking in the rearview mirror, they also bid farewell to the antipodean leg of the tour, discuss Gabriel Medina’s openly non-exclusive relationship with at least two surfboard shapers, unpack the new season of Surf100, examine some pressing findings on boardshort length, and cover the rest of the week’s surfing news.