Watch: Finals Day Highlights From Stab High Japan Presented By Monster Energy

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Nearly a year of planning, an blown-out budget, two oversized checks, 61 surfers, a lot of hydraulic engineering, and 7,200 Kona Big Waves later — and Stab High Japan presented by Monster Energy is wrapped once again.

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Here’s the TLDR:

• Hughie Vaughan doesn’t wait for judges to decide—takes out Stab High with a huge victory lap.
• Mikey Wright wins Monster Air, spear-tackles Hughie Vaughan into the pool.
• Loci Cullen and Arthur Vilar go back-to-back in the Bottle Rockets; Loci takes the cake.
• Sierra Kerr dominates.

And here’s how it happened:

SEMIFINALS — PRO MENS, BOTTLE ROCKETS, LADYBIRDS
Three Rights, Three Lefts
Best Single Air, Top 4 Advance To Final
Leaderboard Format: Surfers Against Entire Field

FINALS — PRO MENS, PRO WOMENS, BOTTLE ROCKETS, LADYBIRDS
Three Rights, Three Lefts
Best Right + Best Left Count Towards Score
Highest Combined Score Wins

Prize Money

Pro Men: $20,000 USD
Pro Women: $10,000 USD
Monster Air: $10,000 USD
Ladybirds: $5,000 USD
Bottle Rockets: $5,000 USD

Click here to watch the replay of Finals Day at Stab High Japan

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

Special thanks to our Stab High Japan 2025 Presented By Monster Energy sponsors: Monster, Sun Bum, YETI, Skullcandy, Kona Big Wave, Oakley, PerfectSwell, Xcel, and FU Wax.