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Ramps Inbound! The Stab High Japan x Monster Energy Pre-Show

Warmup day chatter, live from the back of a van in rural Japan.

news // May 23, 2025
Words by Jack O'Neill Paterson
Reading Time: < 1 minute

Buy tickets to attend Stab High live here.

You’ll need a Stab Premium account to watch Stab High Japan online.

The event will be broadcast live on stabmag.com and the Stab Premium app at 5 pm on May 23rd and 24th (PDT), or 10 am on May 24th and 25th (AEST). Sign up to watch here.

This week on the podcast: a threeway in the back of a van parked somewhere in rural Japan. Stace, Mikey C, and Buck — early morning, sweaty, caffeinated — gather to discuss the slow build toward the first horn of Stab High Japan Presented by Monster Energy, 2025 edition.

“If you got that ramp in the ocean, whenever you wanted it, you’d be in tears of happiness,” says Stace. The section — a McFly filtered through a Japanese design lens — has reduced grown men to whisper.

“As long as the boys and girls have their heads on right, we’re going to see a lot of really big airs made,” adds Mikey C. 

Buck, meanwhile, reflects on his past sins: I spent a year trying to do Kerrupts. And I’m sad for it.”

Elsewhere in the van:

– Matt Meola’s $15k sacrifice for aerial purity in 2024
– Pedro Barros and the architecture of his back legs
– Strange boards seen skulking around the pool
– Their BetOnline.ag picks, delivered with confidence and no accountability

No flat Kerrupts.
No double grabs.
That’s about all, folks. 

The event begins Saturday, 9:00 AM local Japan time. That’s 10 AM in Sydney, 5 PM Friday in LA. If you’re in Europe… we regret to inform you that time zones remain unkind and colonial. Joke’s on you, Greenwich. Consider this our lukewarm apology and soft handshake.

Let the cult of flight commence.

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