The Sports Syndicate's Patrick Gudauskas kept the Mr Price Pro Ballito crown in the family, earning the first ASP PRIME victory of his career in the final at Surfers Beach. Just two years after his brother Tanner won the event in 2009, Gudauskas stamped the ‘Gudang’ family name on the 2011 edition of the Mr Price Pro Ballito while rocketing from World No. 27 to World No.15 on the ASP World Rankings. “This is crazy! I’m so psyched right now,” Gudauskas said. “This is definitely the best event I've ever competed in and maybe the best one I've ever watched. It has been flawless for a whole week and we’re all psyched to be in Ballito.” Stringing together a powerful combination of lip bashes and critical floaters on the tapering Ballito walls, Gudauskas took the lead with a 7.17 (out of ten) before landing a massive air-drop floater to seal his victory off just a 4.67. Gudauskas’s achievement marks one for the record books, the Gudauskas brothers becoming the second pair of siblings to win Mr Price Pro after the Irons Brothers, late 3X ASP World Champion Andy and Bruce, did so in 2004 and 2005 respectively. “It’s crazy, people were asking me about that all week and I knew it would be a difficult task to defend Tanner’s title,” Gudauskas said. “Somehow I pulled it off and the fact that Andy and Bruce did it, makes it even more special.” The Mr Price Pro Ballito enjoyed flawless waves throughout the week and will go down in South African surfing history as some of the best waves ever surfed in competition. For more info and video of Pats win click the link to visit www.mrpricepro.com
