South Straddie is yet another example of the unintentional creation of a surf break. In the ’80s, the construction of the Southport Seaway created a heavy, hollow peak at the spot, which started off as the Gold Coast’s best-kept secret of the early ’90s.
“At first it was just the North End crew and the Main Beach crew,” says Wayne McKewen, in an interview with Swellnet. “We surfed it for about a year by ourselves and had so many good days. Maybe a dozen guys knew about it during that first winter. Then despite everyone’s efforts, the word sort of got out.”
Well, thank God for us that it did, because now we have new footage from Raw Surfing of what they call a “peaky playground.” School’s out, time to get in that lineup.
