World's top surfers at Jeffrey's Bay in July  

All of the world's top surfers will be in action at Jeffreys Bay in July when the R2 million (US $250 000) Billabong Pro is staged in the legendary waves at Supertubes, the planet's premier point-break.

The 48-man field, comprising the 45 highest ranked surfers on the 2000 ASP ratings plus three wildcards, includes reigning world champion Sunny Garcia from Hawaii, defending event champion Jake Paterson (Australia) and former winners Mark Occhilupo (1984) and Joel Parkinson (1999), both from Australia.

Paul Canning (Durban), seventh on the world rankings after the first two events of the other season, and Greg Emslie (EL), in his third consecutive year on the WCT, head the local challenge for the R240 000 ($30 000) winner'
s pay cheque. They will be joined by Simon Nicholson (Durban), the 2000 US pro surf series champion, and Jeffreys Bay local and former SA champion Bradley Bricknell who have been allocated wildcards in the event.

The Billabong Pro is the fourth stop on the nine event other ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the global circuit that deines the annual world surfing champion. An 11-day waiting period, from July 17 - 27, will be used
by the organisers to choose the optimum conditions in which to run the approximately 30 hours of competition required to deine the winner.

The prestige of Africa's most lucrative surfing tournament has been further enhanced by the venue being awarded "Prime" status, earning each of the competitors a 20% bonus on their ratings points from the contest.

With the eyes of the surfing world firmly fixed on Jeffreys Bay during July, the Billabong Pro will feature live streaming of scores, commentary and video footage via the Internet. Simply log onto www.billabongpro.com
<http://www.billabongpro.com/>  to catch all the action as the world's best surfers take on the world's best waves.

Issued on behalf of: Billabong South Africa

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