NAME – Terry Teece
NICKNAME – Tappa
AGE – Same as Burleigh Boardriders
DIVISIONS YOU SURF IN – Open, Seniors, Masters
PLACE OF BIRTH – Southport Hospital
PLACE OF SURF – BURLEIGH
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU HAD YOUR FIRST WAVE AT BURLEIGH? – 11 years old
FAVOURITE SPOT AT THE POINT YOU SURF – The Point
OTHER FAVOURITE WAVE SPOTS – Angourie, Lennox, South Wall Ballina, Flat Rock, Voodoos, Echo Beach
CONTEST RESULTS BEST OF – 4th in a final at Australian Schoolboys(Dooma 5th, Occy 6th), beating Joe Engel 2 weeks after he won Bells at a team contest at the Point (Both back in 1981 & 1982 horse and cart days)
FAVOURITE BURLEIGH SURFER – Jay “Bottle” Thompson/James “Billy” Watson
FAVOURITE UNDERGROUND BURLEIGH LEGEND? – Peter (Dooley) Harris
FAVORITE SURFERS, THAT ARE NOT BURLEIGH BOARDRIDERS – Joe Engel (North End), Yerin Brown (Byron), Adam Melling (Le-Ba), Hoyo…. (he’s adopted to Burleigh), Jay Phillips (Snapper)
WHERE DO YOU JUMP OFF – Point of the Cove, or the Creeky
WORST EXPERIENCE JUMPING OFF THE ROCKS – Slipped spread-legged rock to the nuts, and then pounded while still straddling the rock
WORST INJURY SURFING – Torn knee ligaments or broken ribs (Both 6 weeks out of the water)
BEST BURLEIGH MOMENT – Anytime inside a shack at the point, some classic days, back in the day with Marcus Moore many of them
BEST SURFER YOU HAVE SEEN SURFING AT BURLEIGH POINT – Joe Engel
AMBITION – To surf forever, and in a lot more places
WHY YOU LOVE BURLEIGH – One of the best waves in the world, most beautiful places in the world, the best people live here, and the place I have lived almost all my life
