Rolando Montes

Stab Highway California | 2022

Highway California presented by Monster Energy was a 600 mile roadtrip over an 8-day period with 16 of some of the gnarliest surfers. With 120 challenges (no we’re not kidding), things got just as wild as it sounds.

#MonsterEnergy #Surf #California

Coffee with Laird Hamilton, Tattoos, The Wedge: Stab Highway CA Presented by Monster Energy Ep 4

In Episode 4 of Stab Highway CA, presented by Monster Energy, an elimination heat in Huntington Beach against Brett Simpson sends the second team home, revealing your Stab Highway California finalists. En route to HB, the team’s got a taste of the high-life with:

- Spray tans, tattoos, + matching piercings
- Dry hair alley-oops
- Party waves with celebrities
- Wheel barrel tandem sessions
- Barrels at Point Mugu
- Impromptu autograph signings
- Eight jetties in one session
- Team bodysurf at the wedge

Watch all of Episode 4 on Stab Premium:
https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/stab-highway-california-presented-by-monster-energy-episode-4/

If you aren't already a member, we're offering a 7-day free trial!

20-ft Acid Drops, Shark Scares, Stolen Surfboards: Stab Highway CA Presented by Monster Energy Ep 2

Stab Highway California Episode 2, Presented by Monster Energy, kicks off with the Steamer Lane Acid Drop Challenge, hosted by Nathan Fletcher. Followed by:

- Stolen surfboards
- A revival of surfing's most obscure trick (the Barney role)
- Kelp and bootie juice meals
- Shark scares
- Keg stands and airs after midnights
- The continued perils of trying to live life in neoprene

Watch all of Episode 2 on Stab Premium. If you aren't already a member, we're offering a 7-day free trial!
https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/stab-highway-california-presented-by-monster-energy-episode-2/

16 surfers, 600 miles, 120 challenges: Stab Highway California presented by Monster Energy - Ep 1

Here are some things you can expect to feel during the first episode of Stab Highway California, presented by Monster Energy:

-Excitement (it all starts now)
-Fear (that trolley scene…)
-Disgust (you should not inhale the smoke created by a flaming dreadlock)
-Inspiration (do you really even need that 4/3?)
-Nausea (the juice)
-Enlightenment (so that’s what Mav’s looks like at that size)

Watch all of Episode 1 on Stab Premium. If you aren't already a member, we're offering a 7-day free trial!
https://stabmag.com/premium/stab-highway-california-presented-by-monster-energy-episode-1/

We’ve got four more episodes coming, dropping every Thursday at 6pm PST.

SURF THE MOUNTAIN || SWISS ALPS TO FRANCE

From toblerone’s to tomahawks, fondue to furry animals, beers to barrels, mountains to waves.
Introducing the 21/22 seasoner opener and campaign kick off of Surf the Mountain :: Swiss Alps to France edition.

After 2yrs of lock down and semi-isolation we loaded 13 team riders from scattered parts of the world into 3 vans for 14 days and let em rip their way through the high altitude of Zermatt and Sass Fee down to pool level of Alaia Bay before pushing on to the South-West of France via Bordeaux to put their pool training to the test in the elements of Frances famous beach breaks.

Here's 7mins of radical times featuring: Travis Rice, Mikey Wright, Sammy Carlson, Caley Vanular, Austen Sweetin, Antti Ollila, Rolando Montes, Miles Fallon, Bryan Fox, Thibault Magnin, Yago Dominguez, Young Gun Pantxo Wall and welcoming to the team Red Gerard.

THE ENDLESS TRIP || PUERTO RICO

In Puerto Rico, the wind is your friend.

But it’s also kind of your enemy. It blows hard from the Northeast and creates surf-able waves on the island’s coast every day, all winter. However, the wind is also capable of tearing those waves into absolute shit. As a result, you end up chasing it around the island, trying to find exactly the right spot, at exactly the right moment, and slide into a session you won’t soon forget. It’s easy to fall into a rhythm, living every day according to the elements, and letting the weeks slip away.

In other words, it’s the perfect place to take an Endless Trip — which is exactly what Noah Collins, Rolo Montes, Jody Allen, Claire Murphy and Hunter Martinez did.

Puerto Rico is Rolo’s home, so they packed into his aging, semi-reliable Toyota 4Runner and set out to experience the island until the wheels — maybe literally — fall off. They got plenty of fun waves, often having lineups to themselves. Eventually, of course, they stumbled upon the waves they came for.

They also learned that when things don’t quite work out in the surf, you can always hit the skatepark, or a waterfall, or shape some boards, or have a bonfire on the beach, or grab some beers and go for a picnic in the rainforest. Why not?

All up, the crew spent xx days in Puerto Rico. But, like any good trip, the goal is to take the experience with you and carry it forward. Endlessly.

Or at least until you go back.

Find out more:

Blud Brothers 2 | Mickey Clarke and Rolo Montes

Micky Clarke and Rolo Montes are back for more.
Filmed and edited by Hunter Martinez.

The Underground Lives: Meet PR's Rolando Montes

Puerto Rico's Rolando Montes @rolstie may not be a name you've heard much about but we think it's time you ought to. CI's @mike_walter has been shaping this young buck's boards for years now through our long time shop relationship with @trespalmaspr. Enjoy this short film of Rolando shredding up Western Australia, Indonesia and Puerto Rico.

Filmed by @carlocoral @milllhouse @monchd @thor____ @henshaw_imagery

#ciSurfboards #UndergroundSurfers

North Shore // Oahu // Hawaii

From RJ Visuals

Legendary Session's Ep.1 Atlantic Daze

Surf edit with some of the best Puerto ricans, east coasters and 1 Aussie surfer getting radical in the tropic.