Mr Price Pro

IT ALL BEGAN in 1966 when Durban staged the first official South African Surfing Championships kick-starting a surfing event legacy that continues to this day. 

BALLITO - In 2009 the Mr Price Pro found a new home in the idyllic town of Balitto on the KZN North Coast where it was welcomed with open arms by local community. The event saw unprecedented surf with perfect 8- 10ft barrels for 8 of the ten days, that saw some incredible surfing from the Men with American surfer Tanner Gudauskas winning the event on his 18th birthday. 

PRIME STATUS IN 2011 -- For the first time in the event's history, the Mr Price Pro Ballito has been upgraded to Prime Status offering a huge prize-purse of US $250 000 (approx. R1.7 million), with $40 000 and an invaluable 6 500 points on the ASP World Tour Rankings going to the winner. The elite 96-man field for the Mr Price Pro Ballito is guaranteed to include the majority of the world's best competitive surfers.