Little Bit of Hurlyburly

"Hurlyburly: noisy disorder and confusion" ... at least that's the official dictionary definition anyway. Out at Burleigh Heads, QLD a couple of days ago Aussie surfer Dean Bowen was making his own noise by winning the Hurley Burleigh Pro Junior. Hurley have stumped up quite a bit of prize cash recently and the $25,000 winner's cheque was the largest ever given for a first place at a Junior event. Highlights of the final down at the bottom.

Here's our breakdown of the classic Queensland point break:

"Burleigh Heads: head S from Surfers on Gold Coast Hwy past Nobby's Beach. Left to Goodwin Tce. Walk down and around the headland for jump-off and paddle through big hard rocks. Paddle fast and straight!

Legendary right-hand point break, refracting around the headland over a boulder bottom in-filled with sand. Will take anything from NE to S swell, but a solid SSE wraps to generate very long rides.

In the right conditions, Burleigh can produce perfect, hollow, long-walled waves, breaking all the way in to the sand bottomed inside. It will handle a lot of size; over 10ft if swell is in the south, but currents are insane, and constant rowing for position is required. Conspicuously consistent for a point break, but can be of lesser quality for long periods when sands drift away and out of shape. Protected from winter south winds, so its crowded all year round. If too small here, head south around the point to Tallebudgera for pretty consistent beach break action on most tides, early morning or in NW to SW winds."

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