The Monday M.a.s.s. With Chris Coté

This week on the Monday M.A.S.S. podcast, Chris and Todd break down one of the most emotional surf contests of the year—the final stop of the Challenger Series—where dreams are made, hearts are broken, and the 2026 CT rookies are finally revealed. From shark stoppage drama that forced a heat restart and reshuffled careers (sorry, Kade Mattson) to Levi Slawson surviving the chaos, the boys unpack the brutal math of qualification and debate the best surfers who just missed the cut, including Jacob Wilcox, Winter Vincent, Bronson Meydi, Taro Watanabe, Xavier Huxtable, and more. They also run through the fresh class of CT rookies—Kauli Vaast, Eli Hanneman, Morgan Ciblic's wild comeback story, Sammy Pupo, Mateus Herdy, Liam O'Brien and others—as the tour heads toward Bells Beach April 1–11. Elsewhere in surf, Ethan Ewing's new Stab in the Dark season promises a pure board-testing throwdown, John John Florence's new Vela series looks absolutely stunning, and Joel Tudor lit up the internet on Pinch My Salt. There's