ORGANISERS of a surf life saving championship allowed a fatal board race to go ahead despite pulling the pin on other events because the sea was too rough, an inquest has heard.
Matthew Barclay, 14, died while competing in an under-15 board race in large surf at Kurrawa Beach on the Gold Coast on March 28 last year.
He was the third teenage competitor to lose his life during the event at the same beach since 1996.
The championships' under-15 area referee Jenny Kenny told the coronial inquest on Tuesday that the board race was originally going to be held on March 29.
However, Ms Kenny said event organisers decided on the morning of March 28 to hold the board race that day after postponing the swim, board rescue and tube races because of unfavourable conditions.
She said those events were postponed because of the size of the 1.5 metre waves and the fact they were breaking far from the shore, creating a longer course.
The board races were considered safer for the conditions on March 28, she said.
"It wasn't an event in which we could see that there were any inherent dangers for the competitors," Ms Kenny explained.
"It was as per a pretty normal carnival in terms of the size of the surf on a surf beach, what the tide was doing, the amount of water safety we had, all those things indicated that that was a good event to hold at that time."
The official was one of the first on shore to notice a loose board in the under-15 board race shortly after the event began at 3.27pm.
She told the inquest she asked other officials on the beach if they could see the board's owner and when they replied no she raised the alarm.
Matthew's body was found the following day.
The inquest continues.
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