Burliegh Heads & Broken Boards

Burleigh Heads has to be one of the best breaks I have surfed yet. Apparently its one of Australias best point breaks. We arrived here on the Gold Coast a few days ago, and the surf has been puuurrrrrfect. The swell peels aroung the headland to make a clean and consistent right hander. Its hot enough to surf in your shorts, and gives really long rides.
The problem is that the swell is really powerful and breaks over boulders, and rocks. You paddle onto the wave and as it picks you up about 1.5 meters high all you can see directly infront is massive boulders and rock jutting up out of the water. If you dont tack down the line immediatley to get around the point you end up on the rocks.
The other day, I made it the first few times, but then caught the wrong wave and jumped from my board over the back of the wave just in time. The Blonde didnt make it. The wave took the board without me and the leash must of snapped so hard that it ripped a hole right through it.


Luckily that was all the damage and I managed to fix it, but now it looks like this...

I think I may of lost some of my DIY skills.