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- We're somewhere
in this vicinity.

So this is coming
to hit us today.

Uh oh.

- What's that sound?

- That, that's the evacuation.

Are we allowed to leave?

- Welcome
back to Stab in the Dark,

the search to find the
world's best surfboard.

Ambitious, flawed and
sometimes frustrating,

it Stab's annual blind
date with surfboard design.

11 surfboards crafted
by the world's

most prestigious and high
profile board builders.

All painted black for anonymity,

all tested by a
mystery pro surfer.

This time a face we're
all very familiar with.

Three time world champ,
and master of zen,

Mr Michael Eugene Fanning.

- When we're looking
at sort of somewhere to go,

we're looking at either
like Mexico or El Salvador,

and then just last minute
we just saw a typhoon

about to head to Japan

and here we are, we're in Japan.

- This year,
Mick a serial entrepreneur,

partnered Stab with his
new start up, Awayco.

A boardless travel app,

allowing surfers
to fly coffin free,

as Mick did last
minute to meet us

in Japan for the typhoon swell.

- Have you seen how
big this thing is, the storm?

Wowzas.

I saw a map and it
said, 80 to 130 feet.

35 feet at 18 seconds,

I think I just ordered
shorties, five tens.

Whoa black, feels
nice, volume's good.

Few epoxies, never
really ride epoxies.

Look at that one, that
one's a different color.

That's a nice tail.

This one needs a
bit of a wet rub.

A bit light though, eh?

This probably the only one
that will do a swallow.

This is a weirdo.

Oh is this the one I
was saying is a Mayhem?

Nah, this ain't a Mayhem.

This is 14.

Think it's a Chilli,

or a Simon.

79, which I think's a JS.

Zero three,

which I think is a Pyzel.

99, little unsure of
exactly who that is.

33 , not exactly sure.

That's American though,
I can tell it's American.

41, this is a Mayhem.

29,

and I think this is a Merrick

86, I think it's a DH.

Number 54,

I'm not exactly
sure who's this is,

and that's it.

- Thank you.

- Ta da.
- That's it.

- In previous years,

the rules for Stab in the Dark

required all boards
feature a wooden stringer.

This year, working
with sustainable surf

and their eco
board construction,

all boards must feature

proprietary polyethylene
free technology,

or what's commonly known
as epoxy, no stringers.

We'll get back to the
rest of the rules later.

- My relationship with epoxy
is probably slim to none.

This is the perfect sort
of thing for me to do

a Stab in the Dark,

because I don't know
much about epoxies.

As I say I've never ridden them,

and if we kept riding
the same PU boards,

it wouldn't be anything new.

I wouldn't feel anything new,
I wouldn't learn as much.

Yeah it's gonna be fun
when I saw them all in half

and figure out
what's doing what.

It's about a million
foot everywhere else,

so we came to Kitty's Corner,

and we figured

we'll just try and get
a couple of boards done

and it's unsure, lumpy,
and pretty horrible there.

I guess epoxies in
this sort of conditions

pretty perfect so,

we'll see what happens.

- When you're in the sweet spot,

it feels really alive like,

zingy and it just
felt like it wasn't

coming with me when I
wanted to roll over a bit.

Straight up and down felt
good, and hell of a good speed,

like all the time,

like it wasn't stop and
starting or anything like that.

- I think it's a Mayhem,

it feels exactly like a Mayhem.

It's a pointy nose,

and then these
tucked under rails

and then once you're
up and riding,

they're really forgiving

when you're on that front foot,

like you can just
throw the towel in

and just roll on
your front foot,

and it'll just sort of like,

just ease your way
out of it, you know?

But no, I liked it.

Probably the only thing is just,

it's a bit on the chunky side.

I know I'm a bit fat but,

maybe just a little
bit on the chunky side.

But it felt good, I liked it.

Yeah like the relationship
what I have with DH

is probably different

to every other shaper
surfer relationship.

I always want to try new things
and the understanding was

you can't get better
unless you try.

So trying new boards
from different shapers

was always a big
priority for me.

You know, the whole board

might not work
through all conditions

but there might be one
percent or two percent

that I can go,

hey DH, I felt this, I felt
that, and we'll be able

to work that into
our boards and so,

it makes him a better shaper too

because it keeps
him on his toes.

He sees, oh I'm riding
a Mayhem in a heat

or a tecora or
something like that,

then he's just like,

"Oh man, I gotta
step my game up."

So it's good
competition for him.

- Each year we invite

the world's most
high profile shapers

to compete in Stab in the Dark.

Most have shaped boards
that won world titles,

or were international
best sellers,

but we also make room
for a few dark horses.

This year's lineup includes

Roberts Surfboards from
Ventura, California,

and Pukas from the
Basque Country,

shaped by Axel Lorentz.

- As soon as I stood up it felt
connected, first turn just,

I didn't have to think
about it or whatever.

It felt really nice,
had really good drive,

roll over really
nice through turns.

Yeah I liked it,
it had good fly.

At this stage, it's the best
one I've ridden, yeah, sure.

- In the three
previous Stab in the Darks,

Australian board builder
Jason Stevenson a.k.a. JS

has always made the final.

Dane, Jordy and Julian
loved his boards

and as the most consistent
shaper in the game.

It's always been a goal
of his to win the contest.

- Number 79,

it didn't last long, broken.

On my last wave it just felt
like it was flexing a bit,

and I was like oh, this
thing feels a bit flimsy so,

and if I get caught
in the wrong spot,

I'm sure it's gonna break.

Sure enough, copped
a few on the head,

and my leg rope was about
a million foot long there,

but er, that didn't break.

It's broke.

Whoever's number 79, it's
not a typhoon board, sorry.

- It didn't do anything crazy,

it was really really solid,

but the one key
factor that it had,

it was super fast.

It'd sit up on the water
and it just took off,

so I liked it, I liked it.

I think it's a Merrick.

I've ridden Merrick's,
yeah a long time ago,

it's definitely in
the top two I think.

And the one from this
morning and then this one,

I think they're the two
front runners so far.

That wave is huge, it just
closed out the whole way.

Look at this.

165 to 260 feet.

- Bad.
- Out there.

Oh wow, we didn't even
look at the winds.

73 to 100 miles an hour.

Might need to change those five
10 epoxies to wind surfers.

Far out.

- Hawaiian board
builder and lifetime shaper

of John Florence,

Jon Pyzel has only entered
Stab in the Dark twice.

- No.

- He's
won both times.

This year faced with the
spectre of a three-peat,

we thought it fitting

to give his board
sticker number three.

- Oh that was hectic out there.

Just getting pounded.

It's sort of like Haleiwa

where it would push
you into the lineup too

and just smash you,
but it was fun.

It's sorta like when you got to,

whenever I did a cup,

it would turn so nice and tight,

and once you sorta,

rock forward and got out
in the face a little bit,

it felt like it pushed
a little bit of water,

but I reckon in the right way,

the thing would be pretty
sick like, super choppy.

You know, for how big
it was out there too,

I guess it held in,

so that was a bonus.

For me a magic board
does everything,

it goes in all conditions.

A board should be like a
speedboat on the perfect lake,

it should just flow.

The things that I look
at is, you know, speed,

it's gotta go fast,

it's gotta be drivey,

it's gotta be able to
roll over on rails.

If I can get those three things,

I'd class as a good board.

The difference between a
good board and a great board,

might only be five,
three percent.

When I was competing,

all the sudden
you'd get one board

that just stood
out above the rest,

and you see that.

You know for example,

when Kelly had
the Simon Anderson

that he rode at
Bells, rode at J-Bay.

You know he rode it
pretty much everywhere.

You know Taj had a Mayhem,

and he rode at Trestles,

the thing was just off the hook,

it just stuck to his heels,

like it was just like an
extension of the body really,

you know when someone's
on that board.

I've had two boards,
one was in 2007.

I already surfed the first
round in the Quiksilver Contest,

and then DH just made me one,

rushed me one overnight.

That board just,

as soon as I jumped on
it, I was going, wow.

This thing is so different to
anything he's ever made me,

that was the one that sorta,

I rode pretty much every
event, to 2000 world title,

and it was like, seriously,
first wave, I knew it was magic.

Then I had a board in 2009,

I went from down
from six O, I think,

or six one even,
down to a five 11.

It was just when I changed
from fixed fins to FCS2.

I was thinking, oh it's
gonna be too small,

it's gonna be squirrely,

cos that's what
usually happens with me

when I jump them boards,

and the thing had so much drive,

it had so much to give,

that I just loved it.

That board won three out
of the last five events.

Those two board were definitely,

yeah the catalysts
for two world titles.

Well we called that
one the money maker.

It won be 100 grand at
Trestles, 30 grand at France,

10 maybe, in Mundaka,

and then another
win in Portugal.

- Yeah, definitely, definitely.

Well it definitely helped
out with my next contract.

- So how do
you win Stab in the Dark?

First, each shaper must
play by a set of rules.

The surfer's identity
remains secret.

The only info shapers receive,

the surfer is five
foot ten inches,

80 kilos and has requested

five foot ten and a
half inch short boards,

thrusters only.

The surf, quote unquote,
sand bottom points,

though there could be some reef.

In full transparency

and in hopes of honest,
unbiased feedback,

shapers enter Stab
in the Dark for free.

And one last thing,

while our best efforts are
made to test each board fairly,

there's no guarantee each
will see the same surf.

This year, DHD and Slater
Designs got to test the theory

that epoxies work best in,

shall we say sub-par conditions.

- This thing is,

it just automatically went
after I finally split up,

but flow, speed, had great
drive, great release.

Pretty bloody good,

- Pretty good.

- You
know what it is?

- I know exactly what it is.

I'm sort of excited
to try this one.

If it is who I think it is,

I haven't ridden one
of these boards in,

probably almost ten years,

if I still remember it or not.

That's if it is
what I think it is,

if it's not, then just
disregard everything I've said.

- That felt alright.

Got plenty of speed and
yeah plenty of flow.

I felt like it just couldn't
go to that next level,

but it was solid all round,

like it was definitely top four.

You got the signing.

- Oh I know,

yeah.

- Thank you.

- Man, that was so close
to being really good.

Like it did everything.

Couple of times, I'd
push off the bottom

and it flanks out and
I just push through it.

I think if it was a
little bit thicker,

I think it'd be a good board.

Yeah, a board that
you could ride

each and every day and be happy.

So yeah, I don't think you
could have a bad surf on it.

Yeah, that's good.

- So, at the last minute
we found out we'd just,

we've come to Japan,

so we hooked up a local shaper

and I don't know who it is,

don't know where
the board came from

but Boysie's drove five
hours to deliver it, so yeah.

How are you?

- Good.

- Good?

Cheers, thank you.

- Please.

- Did you make?

- No.

- Nah.

Who made?

Nah, just joking.

Oh, it looks nice.

- Yeah, it's good.

- You try it, yeah.

- Yeah, we'll try.

Alright, let's go surf.

- We'll see you next time.

- For sure, we'll see you soon.

- Thank you .

- Hello.

- Nice to meet you.

Cool.

A little late the delivery,

this board was actually meant
to be here a few days ago

but because of the typhoon,

flights got canceled and so
we had to get it couriered

and yeah, here it is.

Don't know whose it is

but it looks pretty nice.

I'm looking at it and I'm,

I think this,

could this be a Chilli?

Never thought I'd
ride a Chilli today,

so confused.

Yeah this is a board
that arrived late

and I really
wouldn't have a clue.

I thought it was,

I thought a board that
I rode yesterday was

something, I thought
it was a Chilli,

and then I picked this one up

and now I think this is a Chilli

and I'm just, I don't
know mate, I don't know.

I just don't know.

We'll just see if
it goes good or not.

Bye.

- I'm exhausted.

You can do a thing
where at the start

you can see how fat I was

and then look at
me, hourglass body.

11 boards in six days.

Alright, what do we want?

Number 21.

To me, it felt like
a Californian board.

Really forgiving,

yeah just didn't
have that X factor,

but it'd be in the middle
of the pack for sure.

And then the other one, the
late arrival we'll call it.

If I could get up and glide,

sorta, keep it
really light footed,

then it felt good.

It had really good release,

but as soon as I sort of
tried to push and drive,

it felt like it just
wouldn't get up there

but like for a lighter person,

maybe a little more
light footed person,

then probably be a good
board, good pummeler.

- There
are too many ways

to describe a shitty surfboard.

- This thing sucks, that sucks,

that sucks.

- Well that board sucked,

what a waste of a grip.

- Mick Fanning
doesn't like to use any of 'em.

- I enjoyed it, it
felt good, I liked it.

But no, I liked it.

Really fun.

I liked it.

I liked it, I liked it,

it was fun.

That board felt good.

Pretty bloody good,

pretty good.

Felt good, felt
nice, I liked it.

It felt good,

a good board, a good pummeler.

Done all the boards,

the swell's over,

time to pack.

This one's coming to the final.

I'm gonna give this
one another go as well,

it was super super fast.

66, I wanna give this another go

and see exactly what it does,

so this one's gonna come
to the final as well.

We'll zip these up,

take them across the
Pacific to Trestles

and then that way, that's
a little bit fairer.

- We've just run into
a bit of a problem.

I'm pretty sure that 86 is a DH.

So, is that right mate?

86?

- Yeah.
- DH? It is, eh.

- Yep, it is.

- Yeah so, I sort
of feel a bit bad.

- So why is Mick

having a crisis of
conscience here?

Well he's ridden Darren Handley,

a.k.a. DHD's Boards
for 20 plus years

and the board he's riding,
despite being epoxy,

it feels eerily familiar.

I know exactly what it is.

- While Julian
Wilson crowned DHD the winner

of the first Stab in
the dark back in 2015,

Mick, aware that
DH would have known

that he was this
years mystery surfer,

feels that his old pal has
had an unfair advantage.

- Unfortunately DH,

you can't win this one mate.

Out of the other two boards,

we're gonna make a
finalist out of it.

- Like I said at the start
of this whole thing you know,

I wasn't, I'm not big on
epoxies, but I'm definitely,

I'm definitely learning
to like them for sure.

I actually don't
know who this is.

I have zero clue who this is.

- It's a Pukas.

- It's a Pukas?

Who shaped a Pukas?

- Axel Lorentz.

- Axel Lorentz, yeah right.

Cool.

Yeah, I don't even
really know who that is,

so that's cool to
find a new shaper

that I never really knew of.

As I said, I didn't know
who the hell it was,

so, never seen this board before

and never seen in a shop so,

congrats.

The reason why I like
this board so much

is that it justs,

all rounded just
did everything nice.

All through turns it was drivey,

it was super fast,

would fit in the pocket

and I felt like I could
trust that in most turns

so I think this is
a Channel Islands?

Am I right?

Congratulations Channel
Islands, Britt Merrick.

You guys are the winners
for Stab in the Dark, 2018.

Congrats.