[7] He established himself on the international scene the following year by defeating ten-time world champion Kelly Slater at the Telstra Drug Aware Pro in Australia.
[8][9] Stairmand won his sixth open men's title at the 2017 national championships, breaking a 30-year record formerly held by five-time champions Wayne Parkes and Iain Buchanan.
[10][11] He also finished eighth overall at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games,[12] earning him qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics as the highest-placed competitor from Oceania.
[13] In March 2020 he suffered a medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear in his left knee while preparing for the Corona Piha Pro in New Zealand, sidelining him for almost three months.
[16] Stairmand met Cornwall native Liana Parker while competing at a WSL Qualifying Series event in England, and the couple married in 2018.