Luke Stedman 2007

LUKE STEDMAN
Steds has gotten better result the longer that he has been on tour. A good guy he does a good work for charity, he deserve all the success he gets.

www.surfing-odds.com
a.k.a.: Friken Steds, Steds
d.o.b.: July 10, 1976
born: Sydney, NSW Australia
resides: Avalon Beach, NSW, Australia
parents: Dad Shane shapes surfboards
siblings: Bonnie and Cain
significant other: Married surfer/model Malia Jones in 2007
offspring: None yet
hobbies: Organizing logistics for his charity surf and skate contest “Reach Out”

ATHLETE EQUIPPED

weight: 165 lbs (75 kg)
height: 6’2” (188 cm)
stance: Regular (natural) foot
sponsors: Insight clothing, Electric eyewear, Lee Stacey surfboards, Havaianas footwear, Body Glove wetsuits, SDS, Vertra sunscreen and Gorilla Grip
shapers: Lee Stacey
quiver: 6’1”, 6’2”x3, 6’3” and 6’5”
favorite waves:: at home and in the Mentawais
favorite maneuvers: Anything new school
favorite surfers: Bruce Irons, Kelly Slater and Oscar Wright

PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING

highest world tour rating: 25th in 2006
years on Foster’s ASP World Tour: 2007 will be Stedman’s 4th season on the Foster’s ASP World Tour (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
elite inception: 2003
hard yards: Luke competed on the WQS in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004
sabbatical: Luke had to requalify through the WQS in 2004
filmography: Campaign 2, Doped Youth
drama: Featured in beer commercial with then fiancé Malia Jones
manuscript:
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video games:
honor roll: Foster’s ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year (2003)
elite tour victories: (0)

IN OTHER WORDS

The likable lank from Mona Vale in Sydney will return in 2007 once again to pester his foes and push the boundaries of aerial surfing. Always a threat he’s come in at the point of events on numerous occasions and has pushed the envelope to the big guns all the way. He has an arsenal of big hacks and even larger airs and always puts his heart and soul into every wave he catches. Has been known to do best in long right hand point breaks but can be equally as dangerous in a punchy shore break. Sure to be a bolter in 2007.