Public Access to CT Events Is the Specific Democratic Feature of Professional Surfing That No Other Major Sport Offers

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Public Access to CT Events Is the Specific Democratic Feature of Professional Surfing That No Other Major Sport Offers

The Access

SNAPPER ROCKS, GOLD COAST — The Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro is a free public event. The beach is public. The heats are visible from the sand. The crowds who gather at Snapper Rocks to watch the CT competition are not ticketed. They have not paid to be there. They walked down to the beach and the competition is happening in front of them. This is the specific democratic feature of professional surfing that no other major sport has: the venue is a public beach and the public can attend without purchasing a ticket.

The Comparison

Professional football requires a stadium ticket. Professional tennis requires a Wimbledon ticket that you may have applied for through a ballot. Formula One requires a Grand Prix ticket at prices that have become significant expenses. The WSL Championship Tour at Snapper Rocks requires you to walk down to the beach and stand on the sand. The broadcast is global. The in-person experience is free. The combination of global broadcast reach and free local attendance is the specific economic model that professional surfing has maintained because the ocean is a public good and the competition happens on it.

What 50,000 People Experience

The crowd at Snapper for the CT’s return to the break is experiencing the specific surf fan experience of watching professionals surf waves that are recognisably the same waves that recreational surfers surf — the point break, the same general location, the same general conditions — at a quality level that is recognisably different. The distance from the beach to the competition zone is close enough to see the surfers’ body positions, the spray coming off the top of turns, and the tube sections that the CT competitors are negotiating. The experience is both accessible and impressive simultaneously.

The SoCal Version

The US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach is SoCal’s equivalent: the free public beach access to CT-level professional surfing, the Huntington Beach pier as the viewing platform, and the specific summer event energy of the event that brings competitive surfing to the community rather than requiring the community to travel to the competition. Snapper’s return is the Gold Coast version at higher consequence: the CT stop at the break that the surfing world has been waiting eight years to see restored. Read NewsThump.

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