Queenslands own WQS
With all the amazing breaks Queensland has to offer, why has it taken so long to have more than one pro event on home turf? Well not anymore.. Starting next week Breaka Milk will host a 4 star World Qualifying Series event (WQS) event at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast, and with US$85,000 Up for grabs, the event has attracted some of the biggest names in surfing, including current world champ Mick Fanning and previous world champs Andy Irons and Occy.
This is the first major pro event to be held at Burleigh in 10 years and is set to be a Cracker. I surfed Burleigh this week during a nice little east swell and the bank was the best ive seen it in a really long time! so hopefully the stars align and Huey delivers the perfect corduroy lines that the point is famous for.
Here is my mate Jay "bottle"/"chin" Thompson doing the Breaka ad check it out.
World Tour Competitors (in no particular order)
1. Michael Fanning
2. Bede Durbidge
3. Taj Burrow
4. Ben Dunn
5. Jeremy Flores
6. Dean Morrison
7. Kai Otton
8. Dan Ross
9. Tom Whitaker
10. Adrian Buchan
11. Tiago Pires
12. Luke Stedman
13. Luke Munro
14. Kieren Perrow
15. Roy Powers
16. Jay Thompson
17. Blake Thornton
18. Owen Wright
19. Andy Irons
Former World Tour Competitors
1. Nathan Hedge
2. Dayyan Neve
3. Darren O’Rafferty
4. Russell Winter
5. Mark Occhilupo
6. Phil MacDonald
7. Nathan Webster
The Breaka Burleigh Pro is proudly supported by Breaka Flavoured Milk, ASP Australasia, Channel 7, brisbanetimes.com.au, Nova 106.9fm, Ooh!, Coastalwatch, Australia’s Surfing Life Magazine, GCCC, XXXX Summer Bright Lager, and Surfing Queensland.
Stay tuned to event’s website www.breakaburleighsurfpro.com.au for news, photos and updates relating to the Breaka Burleigh Surf Pro.
The Breaka Burleigh Pro will commence on February 17 and conclude on February 21, 2010.
