Three-time surfing World Champion Andy Irons set to join Mark Occhilupo, Mick Fanning and a field of surfing superstars competing in February’s Breaka Burleigh Pro.

 Photo Credit: Steve Robertson

Andy Irons Added To The List Of Surfing Superstars Set For February’s Breaka Burleigh Pro!

 Gold Coast Queensland, Friday 29th January, 2010: IN the wake of the announcement that surfing world champions Mick Fanning and Mark Occhilupo will headline February’s (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 4-Star, US$85,000 Breaka Burleigh Pro – Another world champion, Andy Irons (Hawaii), has just been added to the growing list of surfing superstars. 

 A three-time (2002, 2003 and 2004) ASP Men’s World Champion, Irons addition to the field is another feather in the cap for Breaka Flavoured Milk, who are set to host one of Australia’s biggest international surfing events - The Breaka Burleigh Pro. 

 Irons, Occhilupo and Fanning will be joined by a host of other current and former World Championship Tour competitors including current Pipeline Master Taj Burrow, former Hawaiian Triple Crown winner Bede Durbidge as well as Owen Wright, Dean Morrison, Jay Thompson, Nathan Hedge and Darren O’Rafferty just to name a few.

 The February (17-21) Breaka Burleigh Pro will be the first standalone professional surfing event to be staged at the iconic point-break in almost 10 years.

 Contest Director Scott Gillies said the event’s competitors, location and hype has all the ingredients a successful surfing competition needs.

 “To have world-class surfers like Mick Fanning, Occy (Mark Occhilupo) and now Andy Irons all competing in one of the world’s best waves, you can’t go wrong,” said Gillies.

 “The Breaka Burleigh Pro has secured an all-star field as well as placed the event in south-east Queensland’s prime swell period, which could certainly see the world’s best surfers welcoming back some Burleigh barrels to the professional stage,” he said.

 World Tour Competitors

 1. Taj Burrow

2. Ben Dunn

3. Bede Durbidge

4. Michael Fanning

5. Jeremy Flores

6. Dean Morrison

7. Kai Otton

8. Dan Ross

9. Tom Whitaker

10. Adrian Buchan

11. Tiago Pires

12. Luke Stedman

13.  Luke Munro

14. Kieren Perrow

15. Roy Powers

16. Jay Thompson

17. Blake Thornton

18. Owen Wright

19. Andy Irons

 Former World Tour Competitors

1. Nathan Hedge

2. Dayyan Neve

3. Darren O’Rafferty

4. Russell Winter

5. Mark Occhilupo

6. Phil MacDonald

7. Nathan Webster

 The Breaka Burleigh Pro is proudly supported by Breaka Flavoured Milk, ASP Australasia, Channel 7, brisbanetimes.com.au, Nova 106.9fm, Ooh!, Coastalwatch, Australia’s Surfing Life Magazine, GCCC, XXXX Summer Bright Lager, and Surfing Queensland.