Mr Price is coming to KwaDukuza and the beaches of Dolphin Coast that include Ballito and the surf spots in close proximity as illustrated above.

The areas is going to rock and so is The Secret Spot Surf Camp, here is the official release.

The world famous Mr Price Pro surfing competition is moving location for the first time from Durban's North Beach to Ballito. The competition will take place from 26th June – 5 July 2009 and will bring all the excitement and entertainment that the competition has become legendary for to the new location.

The competition will take the form of a ‘mobile' event, using the world class beaches of Salmon Bay, Willards, Surfers, Tiffanies and Tinley Manor and making use of the varied excellent surfing conditions available.

Mr Price will be partnering with the Kwadukuza Municipality to organise and run the surfing competition and will work with the local community to build a beach festival around the activity, including free music concerts and other beach related events and activities.

Stuart Bird, Mr Price CEO commented, “The moving of the Mr Price Pro surfing event to Ballito means that it can only get bigger and better. The location is perfect for a world class event such as this and the local Municipality have been incredibly supportive in working with us to plan the event.”

He added, “We would also like to express our thanks to the eThekwini Municipality for hosting us in Durban for the past nine years and for all of the support they have given us.”

Kwadukuza Council Mayor, Thulani Khuluse added, “We are incredibly excited to be hosting the Mr Price Pro event in Ballito this year and are looking forward to the opportunity to showcase our beautiful area and perfect surfing conditions to the world. We have an abundance of hospitality and accommodation establishments along the Dolphin Coast, many within walking distance from the beach, who are looking forward to offering surfers and surfing fans our well renowned hospitality. The partnership with Mr Price has been incredibly rewarding and we are looking forward to many years of working together and continuing to build on this famous and well established event.”

Colin Fitch, Operations Manager of the Association of Surfing Professionals Africa commented, “The Mr Price Pro remains one of the most prestigious Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) events. It has become one of the major events on the international surfing calendar and an important stop for surfing professionals from around the world. Many of them have surfed the breaks at Ballito before and I know many are looking forward to doing so again.”

Professional surfer and resident of Ballito, Tammy Lee Smith added, ‘Ballito is a well known surfing location internationally and the bays and rocky outcrops along the North Coast offer a huge variety of waves, ranging from tame shore breaks to hollow beach breaks to challenging reef breaks. There are also fast waves with deep tube sections that break on a shallow sand bank just beyond the rocks. The winter months, April to July, provide the best surfing waves, so the competition is sure to be fierce and will showcase South Africa as a world class surfing location.”