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Eithan Osborne Just Landed An NBD At Stab High x Monster Warmups

Poolside from Virginia Beach, presented by Kona Big Wave

cinema // May 15, 2026
Words by Holden Trnka
Reading Time: 3 minutes

Presented by Monster Energy

“Pretty crazy, it feels like he’s been trying that for years,” said Ian Crane, after Stab High Japan champ Eithan Osborne firmly landed a backside optical illusion in the flats of Atlantic Park Surf. 

The unorthodox backside stalefish body varial has never been done before… and flummoxed even the most technical skate nerds in our comment sections. 

“What the hell is even that…” wrote Curren Caples.

We saw it live, and watched it in slow-mo another hundred times, and we don’t have a technically proficient answer for you.

Eithan is calling it the Skinny Meat-Spin.

“I feel like that just raised the level of everything in the event,” said judge and competitor Eric Geiselman. 

With Day One of Stab High Virginia Beach presented by Monster Energy beginning tomorrow, we ran 15 hours of practice waves today, and we sent Josiah Amico to go prowl the pool for insights, interrogations, and interviews.

Click above to watch Poolside, presented by Kona Big Wave.

Broadcast starts at 8:30 AM EST time tomorrow, first heat is 9AM. Good luck to all of our soldiers tonight.

This event is supported by: Monster Energy, Vans, Quiksilver, Yeti, Sun Bum, Kona Big Wave, GMC

Eithan and Josiah checking Jimmy’s evidence. Photo by Anthony Acosta
Eithan goes both ways. Photo by Anthony Acosta
For the better part of the last century, Virginia Beach has been better known for it’s Navy SEAL presence than it’s waves. Harley Walters flew across the world as proof that’s beginning to change. Photo by Jimmy Wilson
Ladybird Isla Hardy is from Santa Cruz, and is consistently clicking on her frontside straighties. Photo by Jimmy Wilson
Noah Beschen and Jacob Szekely are hiding remarkable competitiveness under those smiles. Photo by Jimmy Wilson
If you’ll recall the past two years, brotherly talent is sort of a Stab High theme. Photo by Jimmy Wilson.
Fancy a drop of acid? Photo by Jimmy Wilson
Bottle Rocket Zion Walla continues to display technique beyond his years. Photo by Jimmy Wilson
The trip from Hawaii to Virginia Beach is longer than you’d think. Photo by Jimmy Wilson.

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