It feels strange to talk about Nathan Hedge as ‘middle-aged’. Famous at 14, the fact the lion-hearted Narrabeen goofyfooter is now 45 might make a few of us stop and consider the ticking of our own clocks. But for surfers at least, ‘middle-age’ is a term that has pretty much lost all meaning these days. Hedgey is one of the guys responsible.
But as with most middle-aged men at some point, things for Hedgey have become complicated. He’d already been through the post-tour crash, the loss of his dad, drinking and rehab. He’s now been sober for over a decade. In recent years however, it’s been life as a single dad to daughter, Summer. “A few moves up and down the coast” is how he sums up his past few…
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