He s Truly a Freak
Maybe you don’t know Luke Saranah. You will now.
Photo: Tom Pearsall
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Film and Photography by Tom Pearsall/Driftwood Films
Luke Saranah is a boat operator and roof plumber from Western Australia. On the evidence of the accompanying mini feature, he’s also a superb and fearless barrel hunter who’d be at home in the sketchiest of lineups.
Luke competed a bit as a grommet before evolving into a committed traveler, spending his available time hunting the kind of heaving pits you’ll see in the film. Says lensman Tom Pearsall: “I met him on a trip a few years ago at Desert Point, saw him get one wave and thought: ‘who the hell is this?’ Since then, I’ve been working with him closely and we’ve travelled from Norway to Skeleton Bay.