Snapper Rocks Returns to the CT After Eight Years; the Private Market Did Not Wait for Government Permission

The Sand Bank Conditions, the WSL’s Commercial Decisions, and Gold Coast’s Event Investment Are All Private Market Mechanisms

From Bohiney and The London Prat.

The Sand Bank Conditions, the WSL’s Commercial Decisions, and Gold Coast’s Event Investment Are All Private Market Mechanisms

The Return

SNAPPER ROCKS, GOLD COAST — Snapper Rocks has returned to the WSL Championship Tour after eight years, and the return is the product of private market decisions at every stage: the Gold Coast local government invested in event infrastructure through the calculation that the WSL’s presence produces economic return that justifies the investment, the WSL’s event scheduling team assessed that the Snapper sand bank conditions have returned to CT standard and scheduled accordingly, and the private sponsors (Bonsoy, GWM) calculated that the Snapper Rocks venue’s premium quality justifies the premium sponsorship associated with its return. No government agency decided that elite surfing should return to Snapper Rocks.

The Sand Bank’s Return

The sand bank conditions at Snapper Rocks restored themselves through the natural processes of sand transport from the Tweed River mouth and coastal dynamics that no government programme directed. The specific coastal management interventions that may have assisted the sand bank restoration were made by the relevant authorities in response to the specific conditions rather than as part of a directed programme to restore competitive surfing venues. The sand bank returned when it returned. The WSL responded to the return by scheduling the event.

The GWM Tank 300 Prize

The GWM Aussie Treble prize — a GWM Tank 300 SUV for the male and female athletes with the most points across the three Australian CT events — is the specific private market mechanism of automotive sponsorship attaching commercial value to competitive surfing performance. No government determined that professional surfers should be eligible to win cars. The WSL and GWM negotiated a sponsorship arrangement that serves GWM’s marketing objectives and serves the WSL’s prize structure. The car exists as a competitive prize because the private parties found mutual benefit in creating it.

The Competition Model

The competition model at Snapper Rocks — private organization, voluntary participant athletes, market-determined sponsorship revenue, free public access to the beach — is the specific model that this publication documents as the correct model for competitive sports governance. The government’s role: the beach is public, the lifeguard service is publicly funded, and the event permit was issued by the relevant local authority. Everything else is private market organization. The result is the best surfing competition in the world returning to one of the world’s best waves. Read The Daily Mash.

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