Surfers home at last
Club inks boards ‘n’ all deal
BURLEIGH Boardriders have been riding a wave of firsts since their iconic club marked its 50th anniversary.
While the fabled surfers have called the world-famous Burleigh Point and break home since 1965, they’ve finally found a permanent ‘bricks and mortar’ base after entering into a partnership with local venue Club Burleigh, underneath the Swell apartment complex on the Gold Coast Highway.
Club president James Lewis said the venue was now its official home.
“We’re the only club in Australia with a deal like this, as far as we know,” he said.
“It’s really moving towards a surf lifesaving club style model. The deal was mutually beneficial for the both of us – they saw we needed a place to call home.”
The groundbreaking partnership means the board- riders will finally be able to put their prized collection of memorabilia – which documents both the club and Burleigh Heads’ history – on permanent public display.
“It will be somewhere to go after contests and we’ll run weekly raffles, meat trays and live music,” Mr Lewis said.
The venue will screen surfing TV channels, with plans to install a live feed from Burleigh Point, and has refurbished and expanded its kids’ room with surf-themed decor, games and movies.
“We’ve got about 200 members all up and about 60 per cent of them are under 14s,” Mr Lewis said.
“Our emphasis is on family so we really wanted our home base to reflect that.”
The boardriders’ club will receive five per cent of everything members spend at Club Burleigh and will hold all its official events there.
Club Burleigh general manager Paul McGuire said the venue’s restaurant would be named Single Fins in honour of the boardriders’ renowned annual Single Fin Classic surf contest.
“Because it’s not right on the beach, (owner) Mark Venable wanted to bring the beach to the venue,” he said.
“The most famous club in the area is Burleigh Boardriders and they were looking for a home as well so he decided to approach them.”
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