"The door was pretty closed to me to ever come back ... "
The reports have been filtering in for months now, 10 point rides at J-Bay, laser quick and more power than ever before, Nathan Hedge is back, and making a comeback not seen since the likes of his Narrabeen neighbour Chris Davo a couple of years back
After 13 years straight on tour, and just as many in the public eye before that, the supreme goofy took a year off to re-evaluate what it is he wanted to do.
And what he wanted to do, more than anything was blow minds in heats.