"Burleigh is a super high-performance righthand point which, on its day, offers freight-train, stand-up barrels."
Biggish news, I suppose, from the World League of Surfing this morning with the announcement that Snapper has been benched for the Gold Coast Pro and replaced with arch rival Burleigh Heads.
Snapper Rocks has been a vastly superior wave to Burleigh ever since the Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Project began in 2001. This followed years of planning and initial dredging efforts that started in the late 1990s to address sand buildup at the Tweed River mouth and erosion on the southern Gold Coast beaches. By pumping sand from the Tweed River to outlets like Snapper Rocks East, it transformed the area into the world-class surf break known as the Superbank, connecting Snapper Rocks through to Kirra with a consistent, ruler-edge sandbar.
A recent tropical cyclone, however, bulldozed those government-created banks resulting in the shock move to Burleigh Heads nine miles north.
From the League,
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The Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro Presented by GWM, originally planned for Snapper Rocks will relocate to Burleigh Heads.
ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has left a deep trough where Snapper typically breaks, leaving the iconic super bank and beach without the sand needed to host the upcoming CT event.
The sand may return in the coming months, but it is extremely unlikely to recover in time.
While we were all looking forward to seeing the World’s Best at Snapper, Burleigh Heads, part of the Gold Coast World Surfing Reserve, is steeped in competitive surfing history – hosting international surfing events for around 50 years.
Birthplace to some of surfing’s biggest names and most impressive talents, Burleigh is a super high-performance right-hand point which, on its day, offers freight-train, stand-up barrels.
The relocation will not affect the CT schedule, and the WSL is committed to showcasing elite performance across the Gold Coast.
While Burleigh will serve as the primary event site, Greenmount, Kirra, and Snapper Rocks will remain as mobile options should conditions allow throughout the event window.
As Mikey Ciaramella wrote a lil while back, “What Burleigh lacks in vertical height it makes up for with the length and girth of its member. The tube is brown and thick and everything a girl (or boy) could want. Watch and be amazed!”
No word yet from Burleigh Heads’ wild ol locals, many of whom would view the incursion by non-locals as an unforgivable attack on their sovereignty.
Stay tuned, as they say.
