Ashton Goggans

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Editor In Chief at Stab Magazine

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Floripa Film Fest Is Back From March 20-22 In Florianópolis

1 month ago | surfer.com | Ashton Goggans

Surf CultureOn March 20-22 in Florianopolis, Brazil, one of the biggest new international surf film festivals will kick off their second annual gathering: The 2025 Floripa Surf Film Festival. Started by veteran filmmakers Duda Saracura and Bruna Zanin, the festival brings the Santa Catarina surf community together, along with filmmakers and surfers from around the world. “Last year was our first one, and it couldn’t have started in a better way,” says Duda.
Congrats On Gold USA's Caroline Marks And FRA's Kauli Vaast - Update From Finals Day At Teahupo'o

Aug 5, 2024 | worldsurfleague.com | Ashton Goggans

Fitting that Finals Day landed on the final day of the Olympic waiting period, letting newcomers to the sport get a taste of the patience required sometimes to be a surf fan while the rest of us crossed our fingers that the swell forecast to arrive on Monday afternoon peeked around the eastern coast of Tahiti earlier than later.
Tahiti Quarterfinal Matchup Preview

Aug 4, 2024 | worldsurfleague.com | Ashton Goggans

Of the 48 surfers who arrived on Tahitian shores carrying with them the hopes of their representative nations and dreams of Olympic Gold-only eight remain. Two will go home empty-handed, a Medal just out of their reach, while six of them will return home as national and international stars. After an emotional rollercoaster first four rounds of competition, two Brazilians and two French remain, joined by a lone American, Peruvian, Costa Rican, and Australian.
Challenging Conditions Set The Stage For Podium Finishes At End Of The Road - Updates From Day 4

Aug 1, 2024 | worldsurfleague.com | Ashton Goggans

It was always going to be difficult to follow up the ridiculous drama the world got to enjoy from Day 3 of Olympic surfing in Tahiti. But with a challenging and unpredictable forecast for the remaining days of the waiting period, the officials called on Women's Round 3, as well as the Men's and Women's Quarterfinals, in lumpy, mixed up conditions that to the millions of new fans of the sport would have looked like a different location entirely.
Tahiti Goes Off! World's Best Turn Teahupo'o To A Gladiator Pit - Updates From Day 3

Jul 29, 2024 | worldsurfleague.com | Ashton Goggans

After yesterday evening's dramatics, and the first pack of 16 surfers having their Olympic dreams cut short, the chance of running a full day of heats in contestable conditions for the third day in a row seemed too good to be true.
What You Need to Know Before Round 1

Jul 25, 2024 | worldsurfleague.com | Ashton Goggans

With more than 32 individual sports deciding Medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, it's easy to get a little overwhelmed trying to make sense of exactly where, when, and how surf fans can tune in live to Teahupo'o-almost 10,000 miles and 12-hours time difference between the rest of the festivities in Paris-and exactly how the whole competition will work. Before we get into the event's format and rules, here's how to find the event streaming online in your respective international region.
Surfing Bids Farewell To An Industry Icon & Forebear Of Christian And Nathan Fletcher

Jul 10, 2024 | stabmag.com | Ashton Goggans

Today the surfing world said goodbye to a man whose influence and impact on the surfing world can’t be overstated — Walter Hoffman, a big wave pioneer, board builder, and one of the culture’s true original patriarchs, of a family that in a very real way created the blueprint for the surf industry you see today. A World War I veteran, Walter’s father Rube cut his teeth before the war in New York’s garment district, and later started Hoffman California Fabrics in Los Angeles in 1924.
Ski Driver Ghost Rides The Whip At Mavs

Dec 28, 2023 | stabmag.com | Ashton Goggans

Exciting!This El Nino season has officially come into full swing, with a massive swell pinging the Point Reyes buoys with twenty feet plus at twenty-second intervals.
North Shore Community Shaken By Shooting Death Of Beloved Local

Nov 24, 2023 | stabmag.com | Ashton Goggans

Rest In Power Makani Alexander. The North Shore community is just starting to process the news of the shooting death of 25-year-old Makani Alexander, the son of surfer, actor, reality TV star, and longtime Hawaii enforcer, Kala Alexander. Details of the incident are still hazy, but according to reports the 25-year-old was involved in an incident Sunday night around midnight, near Haleiwa, when gunshots rang out throughout the quiet North Shore neighborhood.
Rest In Power: Mark Martinson, 1947-2023

Nov 12, 2023 | stabmag.com | Ashton Goggans

Surf world mourns the death of a true original. It has become an all too common occurrence these days, that the surf world wakes to the sad news that one of its true originals has passed. Today’s heartbreak — legendary Californian shaper and surfer Mark Martinson has kicked out at the age of 76. Born in 1947, Martinson grew up in Long Beach, California.