LUKE CEDERMAN //

HAHEI BEACH

After losing out unceremoniously during his return to competition, due to rather dubious judging decisions on his home turf, our best free surfer decided he’d had enough of competition, packed his bags and headed east to do what he does best, free-surf. Expecting six foot pumping barrels upon pulling up to a secret beach, Luke was dished up two foot dribble, combined with sideways rain and a bone chilling wind, not what he had signed up for. That afternoon he hit this sheltered Coromandel cove, the wave of the day came his way and he got pitched. It’s safe to say Luke was having a jamma! He takes up the story. “That fall off was blatant misuse of the best wave that came through that surf. We were surfing Hahei beach on a stormy little day, it was pretty much just a shorey but kinda fun. This wave came through and I paddled into it a bit casually, got stuck in the lip and jumped off. Those dismounts can be fun, when you get stuck in the lip and jump to the bottom, apart from when you land on your side and get winded, that’s not so much fun. I ended up getting sucked back over the falls and received a full body exfoliation in the sand.”