Stab Podcast: Don’t Take Joel Tudor’s Bananas, SITD Is Back, Kelly’s Interference Call, Rookie Domination & A Water Slapping Surf Sin - Stab Mag

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Stab Podcast: Don’t Take Joel Tudor’s Bananas, SITD Is Back, Kelly’s Interference Call, Rookie Domination & A Water Slapping Surf Sin

“Every single rookie on the Women’s tour is within the mid-year cutoff line. That is unbelievable.”

news // Feb 21, 2022
Words by Ethan Davis
Reading Time: < 1 minute

Lots to unpack here… 

Jack Robbo axes two World Title shapers straight off the bat in the first SITD, how to think about the Sydney shark attack, Joel Tudor’s grapples with the WSL… and the loss of a banana, is water slapping a surf sin? Does the WSL need to change their interference ruleset? And why do the CT elders need to get their act together in a hurry?

Time Codes

1:22 SITD with Jack Robbo

14:27 Swimmer Attack & Killed In Sydney

17:16 WSL Responds To ‘Misleading & Unproductive’ Missive

25:35 Sonic Souvenirs

32:23 Lungi Slabb – The Chosen One

38:05 Surf Sin

44:52 Stab CUSP

45:20 Sunset Recap

48:00 Is Sunset An Entertaining CT Venue?

50:05 Kelly Interference Call + Does The WSL Need To Change The Rules?

1:04:30 Sunset Upsets

1:06:15 What Is Happening With The Rookie Class This Season?

1:10:00 Beware The Mid-Year Cutoff

1:12:10 Top Performers At Sunset

1:14:20 Malia Manuel’s Final’s Curse

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