Mr. Price Pro

ASP 6 Star WQS Mens Event
ASP 5 Star WQS Womens Event
North Beach Durban South Africa
2 - 8 July 2007

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Greatest Surfing Event in Africa Returns!

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 11 April, 2007 : - - Durban, South Africa - - In just over two months, the second longest running professional surfing event in the world, the six star World Qualifying Series Mr Price Pro, will kick off on Durban’s Golden Mile, drawing nearly 300 competitors from 11 nations, all out for a piece of glory and a share of the R 1 million prize money purse.

Crowning surfing’s world champions since the early seventies, the Mr Price Pro formerly known as the Gunston 500, captured the nation’s imagination with Shaun Tomson’s incredible six year winning streak from 1973 – 1978.

Twenty eight years later, it was Durban’s Ricky Basnett (Bluff) who brought South Africa out of the shadows, claiming an emphatic victory before thousands of supporters, ensuring the Mr Price Pro would settle in the minds and hearts of all South African’s, as the greatest surfing competition on the African continent.

Now in its 38th year, the Mr Price Pro remains one of the most prestigious events on the ASP World Qualifying Series tour, holding a six star rating for men and a five star rating for women, as well as valuable ASP points which count towards a surfer’s overall rating at the end of the year.

Thirty international entries have already been received including those of former ASP World Junior champion Kekoa Becalso (Haw), French champion Michael Picon and former ASP World Tour campaigner Toby Martin (Aus).

The event annually attracts the world’s most renowned competitors from three times ASP World Champion and former Mr Price Pro Champion Andy Irons (Hawaii), to surfing’s original style master Tom Curren (USA), 1999 ASP World Champion Mark Occhilupo and many more.