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Who Should You Really Be Picking At Raglan?

Nate Florence and Koa Rothman opine on a wave well below their pay grade.

news // May 14, 2026
Words by Stab
Reading Time: 2 minutes

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Erik “Bad” Apple won the T-shirt wars at Snapper Rocks.

It is with some disappointment that we’ve watched him fail to carry that momentum into the betonline.ag odds preview for the Corona Cero New Zealand Pro.

In lieu of Mikey C came Nate Florence and Koa Rothman, both taking a break from setting up their new dedicated podcast studio in Nate’s dungeon to roll out v2.0 of the Nate & Koa Podcast and discuss odds at this year’s novelty venue.

Erik Apple (left), former first place in soft goods. Photo: Ethan Davis

They chat about who could do well, who could face some hurdles, and who could surprise at the curved bone the WSL threw the goofs this year.

“It’s the most perfect left!” Koa said. See? They can’t help themselves.

Now, for a little additional insight from someone who actually knows about Raglan — acclaimed Kiwi photographer Rambo Estrada, who’s been on the point all week:

“My main observation is most of the crew are struggling to match the pace of the wave,” Rambo tells us. “It’s a deep shoulder and you need to be constantly coming from behind and hitting it in the pocket, then angling your turn back to put yourself behind again. A lot of crew are getting out onto the face and by that point you might as well give it up. You can see people getting really frustrated.

“Italo has been a standout,” he continues. “He’s taking off deeper and getting the sections to go big. He’s the only person I saw yesterday that was putting up really big moves consistently. Betty Lou did the biggest turn I saw from a female yesterday.”

Hit play before making your bets, and scroll down if you want to piggyback on Mikey C’s picks.

Gamble Ramble presented by Betonline.ag

Mikey C saved a disastrous start to the Aussie Treble at Snapper, finishing event two of three with over $800 in earnings. Could it have been the start of a winning streak? Here are his picks for Raglan…

Raglan winner
$25 on Yago at +800 to win $200
$10 on Cole at +5000 to win $500
$5 on Rio at +10000 to win $500
$25 on Griffin at +600 to win $150
$35 on Filipe at +550 to win $165
$25 on Italo at +800 to win $200
$35 on Molly at +400 to win $140
$20 on Erin at +1000 to win $200
$25 on Gabriela at +500 to win $125

Womens R1
$200 on Erin at -200 to win $100
$50 on Francisca at +160 to win $80
$20 on Bella at +325 to win $65
$50 on Anat at +300 to win $150
$20 on Alani at +275 to win $55

Men’s R2
$25 on Rio at +160 to win $40
$20 on Callum at +200 to win $40
$40 on Crosby at +200 to win $48
$20 on Al Cleland at +300 to win $60
$10 on Kauli at +200 to win $20

Place your bets here.

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