Stab Magazine | Stab Recommends: The Practical Edition

Live Now: Chapter 11 Mini-Documentary With Dane Reynolds

356 Views

Stab Recommends: The Practical Edition

Five things you’ll use time and again.

style // Jun 15, 2019
Words by Stab
Reading Time: 2 minutes

Spending money on things you know will last and make your existence just a little bit more streamlined is the greatest transaction. It’s a poignant moment in any man’s life when he realises that investing in quality rather than cheap necessity is a more viable approach in the long run, and if you pair this epiphany with increased care in looking after things then you’ll be ahead of the curve from that point on. In keeping with this week’s philosophy, here’s five well-made products that will repay you in due time.

Natural Protection

To save you from the tiresome game of reading the ingredients on the back of sunscreen to make sure there’s no oxobenxy-something seeping into your skin, there’s Manda. All natural and organic ingredients, and there’s even a mirror on the flipside of the lid for even application.  

Smear yourself in the good stuff.

Men Wear Pink

Vans have put all their design smarts into a pair of trunks made solely for surfing. No inseam, no fly, a fastening system on the side so you don’t have to lie on it, and, most significantly, pink! A colour that’s been missing in surf for too long.

Bold trunks for surfing.

 

 

A Quality, Novelty Towel

It’s always the most unlikely things that become the most precious. Novelty towels are cherished and oft used in the surfing community, but are poorly made and never last, until now. Celebrate what cheap Mexican beer’s done for the world, with Slowtide. 

Wrap yourself in fine threads.

A Sensible Purse

If you travel and have a tendency for misplacing things then you’d be mad not to have a wallet with a zip. Dion Agius travels and looses things, but he’s got the Globe design team at his disposal, so he made a neat purse that keeps your plastic and a handful of shrapnel safe within.

Keep your essentials in something solid.

BYO Shade

Anything that prevents the sun from further ravishing our blotched visages gets the royal tick of approval. Especially when it comes in a vintage 60s stripe, like this charming Biz & Pleasure brolly.

Keep sun off the dial.

Comments

Comments are a Stab Premium feature. Gotta join to talk shop.

Already a member? Sign In

Want to join? Sign Up

Advertisement

Most Recent

Full Frame: Scandinavia Is Surfing’s Next Frontier

A 30-hour drive, bathymetric maps, and 10 years of searching yield surfing's newest discovery.

Mar 29, 2024

Watch: João Chianca Had A Remarkable Hawaii Season Before His Injury

Plus an update on his condition.

Mar 28, 2024

Pittar’d And Feathered

Do the WSL judges deserve the internet's wrath? We asked the man of the hour.

Mar 28, 2024

Robbo, Pickles, And Tyler Wright Become The Underdogs Breakfast At Uninspiring Winkipop

The foreboding blade sharpens and inconsistent judging prevails on Day Two in Torquay.

Mar 27, 2024

“I Don’t Always Win Heats, But When I Do, I Try To Beat John John”

Slater shines and the axe begins its descent on Day 01 at Bells.

Mar 26, 2024

Back Against The Wall: The Ramzi Boukhiam Redemption

Morocco's first CT surfer on speaking six languages, having no coach, and snatching Fil Toledo's…

Mar 25, 2024

Will Kirra, Babies or JJF Stop a GOAT Winning at Bells?

Bluesky BOAG advice from a Superman specialist and former Trials winner.

Mar 25, 2024

Bells Preview: The WSL’s Victorian Sword Dancing Equinox Ritual

Will a Brazilian crack the Top 10 at Bells?

Mar 25, 2024

69 Shin Bones Later + the Anticlimactic State of Big Wave Record-Breaking

Lucas Chumbo might have surfed the biggest wave ever this year. But how will we…

Mar 23, 2024

Watch: ‘Fresh and Fried’ Ft the Quik Kids

How taxing is it to tackle the Gold Coast’s Triple Crown in a single day,…

Mar 23, 2024

The Popular Vote: The People’s Stab In The Dark With Kolohe Andino Champion

Which board looked best — to you —under Kolohe's talons?

Mar 22, 2024

Six Key Learnings From Portugal

Three CT events in, what do we know? 

Mar 21, 2024

‘Zipper’ Is Going On Tour, Here’s Where You Can Watch It  

Dates, times + locations for the Venice, Encinitas, Sydney + Byron premieres.  

Mar 20, 2024

Dane Reynolds On His Future, His Past, And Chapter 11’s Raison D’être

Our 9-minute plunge into the collective psyche of Ventura's pillar(s).

Mar 20, 2024

From ‘Blue Ribbon Cross Country Runner’ to Vogue – How Steph Again Is Back With A Rip Curl Remix

Everything we know about the she-GOATs sponsorship boomerang.

Mar 18, 2024

Stab Interview: Darren Handley Explains Why You Can’t Buy The Winning Stab In The Dark Model

And his decades-long standoff with Slater.

Mar 17, 2024

Griff Embraces Portugal’s Eternal Time Loop To Vanquish Medina + Ewing, Defay Delays The Inevitable

A redeeming closing act at Supertubos.

Mar 16, 2024

The Secret Behind Lungi Slabb’s Inconceivable Greenmount Funnel

Six broken boards, one leaking forehead, and five days of Superbank mysticism.

Mar 16, 2024
Advertisement