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Dimity Stoyle
Burleigh local lad and former CT surfer Jay “Bottle” Thompson
finished second to Crews in an exciting Final that had the crowd
lining the Burleigh Headland cheering at every turn. Thompson
used local knowledge combined with good old fashioned power
surfing to secure a runner-up finish.
“This is the best place in the world for an event and I’m stoked to
have made the Final!,” Thompson said. “The surfers in that Final
are all incredible — I would have loved to have won at my home
break but full credit to Crewsey (Mitch Crews), he was on fire.”
Burleigh Heads has a special place in competitive surfing history,
in 1977 the first man-on-man surfing competition was won
here by Australian surfing icon Michael ‘MP’ Peterson. Today his
mother, Joan Peterson, was on hand to witness the spreading
of his ashes in the lineup while the whole event watched on to
honor his memory.
The 2014 Scoot Burleigh Pro Present by Vissla is proudly
supported by, World Surf League, Surfing Queensland, Tourism
and Events Queensland, Australia’s Gold Coast, Telstra Store
Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast Airport, Queensland Government,
World Surfaris, Health Insurance Fund, Breaka Flavoured Milk,
Australian Skin Cancer Clinics, Coastalwatch Plus, D’Blanc, Bruce
Lynton Land Rover and Surfing Life Magazine.
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