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

Episode Three of Poolside hosted by Kona Big Wave.

Stab High // May 25, 2025
Words by Holden Trnka
Reading Time: 2 minutes

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

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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.

Tap in above to watch the highlights — and click here for the full comp wrap.

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

Hughie Vaughan and his one-legged Australian chair. Photo by Nate Lawrence

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.

Yup, she just did that. Photo by Nate Lawrence.

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.

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