The Drop

Welcome to CUSP (the Currently Untitled Surf Podcast), where Stab writer Michael Ciaramella and Championship Tour coach Stace Galbraith dissect the minutiae of competitive surfing, occasionally in a combative fashion. This is the first episode of our new, contest-driven podcast, so let us know what you think. For the impatient types: 0:33 podcast and host introduction 2:50 Honolua bay intro 3:48 Mike's conspiracy theory part 1 (Lakey) 8:19 Stace's rebuttal 9:25 Mike's re-rebuttal 11:25 Mike's conspiracy theory part 2 (Caroline) 13:17 Stace confirms that match-fixing happens within WSL events 15:06 Jack Freestone burns Heitor Alves on purpose 17:32 Stace talks Hawai'i 18:51Carissa wins Honolua, Stace offers insights from the ground 20:43 Lakey's missed wave... again 24:53Tyler Wright's triumphant return 29:25 the Tyler wildcard snafu 33:30 Sunset beach intro 34:46 Zeke Lau's Sunset requirement 36:28 the Zeke x Jack collision 42:01 Ethan Ewing's Hawaii performance 43:34 Matthew McGillivray qualification