"Stab has lost its og raw vibe."
Like her or love her, it is impossible to characterize Kauai’s Bethany Hamilton as anything but the toughest surfer who ever paddled the high seas. Her story is, of course, the stuff of legend. Up an coming star, thirteen years old and going for a surf at Tunnels, a tiger shark stole her arm. Now, most would have curled up and called it a day, but Hamilton fought back, hopping back into the brine and dropping jaws with an unmatched style, an elan, absolutely impossible to ignore.
A miracle.
And so, of course, when she speaks, we listen and she has just spoken, dropping an absolute hammer on the premium surf blog Stab Magazine. Stab has certainly had a dramatic shift over the years, transitioning from a devil-may-care rebel yell that once printed a comic of Kelly Slater deemed so offensive that Quiksilver pulled years’ worth of ads into a monument to institutional hurt feelings.
Thin skinned, paternal, passive-aggressive.
Much sense, then, when Hamilton took to Stab’s own Instagram to declare, “Stab has lost its og raw vibe. So soft. Who’s running it now?”
The statement and question appearing underneath a slide directing to a premium story titled “The world’s most overrated waves for mere mortals.”
While some Stab fanbois defended the paywalled website, calling her a “boomer” and cheap etc. many agreed with the mother of four.
Bethany Hamilton wants more sex, drugs and rock and roll,” one opined. “Liberals that live in constant fear,” another suggested as to the question “who’s running it now?”
“Soy boys” a third simply penned.
“LadyBOYS transgenders,” a fourth clarified.
Etc.
Do you have thoughts on the matter?
Team Beth or Team Sam?
More as the story develops.