Holding period kicks off for North Shore Tow-In Champs

Association Professional Towsurfers
Avalanche and Puaena Point, Oahu Hawaii
15 December - 31 March 2007

TowSurfer.Com and Buttons Hawaii Present The 3rd Annual BANK OF HAWAII North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championship 2006-2007, $25,000 Purse

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 15 December, 2006 : - - Its official! Due to the union of the APT with the North Shore Tow-In this 06/07 Hawaiian winter surf season, great things are happening locally and globally in the world of competitive Tow-In Surfing. A world tour tow-in surfing circuit has emerged with the advent of the “Association of Professional TowSurfers” (APT) and Tow-In Surfers LLC is happy to announce that this year’s North Shore Tow-In is slated as one of the 1st stops on this new APT World Tour!

Tow-In Surfers LLC Co-Founder and North Shore Tow-In Executive Director Alec “Ace” Cooke is very proud to announce the beginning of the 06/07 North Shore Event’s holding period. This year’s event will take place “One Day Only” on the biggest and best day of surf between December 15, 2006 and March 31, 2007. The big wave tow-in Surf contest is set to take place on one of the two main big wave outer reef spots over a mile outside of Haleiwa Harbor known as Outside Avalanche and Outside Puaena Point.

The event is sanctioned by the APT and carries a prize purse of $25,000. The top winning tow-in teams will receive the lion’s share of the loot and both of the tow-in team partners will get matching trophies. Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala are last year’s event defending champions, stoked as they return to Hawaiian Surf fresh from winning the recent Nelscott Reef Tow-In Classic in Oregon on December 8, 2006!

This year’s Main Invite List and Alternate List reads like a who’s who of tow-in surfing! With Ikaika Kalama and Makua Rothman meeting fellow Buttons Hawaii team riders Garrett and Kealii in the pit, anything could happen. Local Hawaiian Teams from Oahu, Maui, Big Island and Kauai will take on world contenders from California, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, South Africa, Europe, Great Britain and elsewhere!

All competitors of the North Shore Tow-In Event will be battling for limited slots to compete in the Mexico and Chile events scheduled for 2007. Those competitors that do not make it in the top winning bracket will end up competing in an Open World Qualifying event set to take place at Pier 1 on Maui, HI in early 2007. For more information log onto ProTowSurfers.org.

The “3rd Annual BANK OF HAWAII North Shore Tow-In” will immediately catch the eye of the international print, web and network TV media as the Big Day rolls in. Meteorologists and “El Nino” watchers world-wide are calling for several XXL sized swells in Hawaii this year. The ever unpredictable Pacific Ocean continues to toss up storms and surf in epic proportions as always in the Hawaiian Winter Surf Season.

Keep your eyes on presenting sponsor TowSurfer.com and it’s website for full reports from the frontlines. HighSurfWarning.Com, SurfNewsNetwork. Com, NorthShoreNews.Com, NorthShoreTow-In.com and NorthShore.com will also keep you advised of the Big Surf Event. Tow-In Surfers LLC would like to thank their sponsors and co-workers, team-mates, media and friends who have made this event what it is today! "

3rd Annual BANK OF HAWAII North Shore Tow-In 2006-2007" Sponsors: Main sponsor: Bank of Hawaii. Presenting sponsor: Buttons Hawaii and Towsurfer.com. Supporting sponsors include: HONOLULU STREET WEAR W/LARCENY LOGO LINE; XCEL WETSUITS, CHOLOS MEXICAN AND MARGARITA BAR, HALEIWA JOE'S (PRE AND/OR POST-PARTY, BREAKERS BAR AND RESTAURANT (PRE AND/OR POST-PARTY SURF NEWS NETWORK W/THEIR 596-SURFLINE @ 5967873, GEORGE MASON/ SPONSOR AND EVENT STAFF METEOROLOGIST.

Other sponsors include: THE SOAP FACTORY HALEIWA, HSA/ HIGH SURF ACCESSORIES, THIRD STONE GLASING, PROMOTIONS IN PARADISE, GORDON QUIGG SURFBOARDS, INFAMY SURFBOARDS/ GLENN MINAMI, BANZAIBETTY.COM, DAN DEVINE HAWAII, SEANDAVEY.COM, NORTH SHORE NEWS, WESTLAND INSURANCE BROKERS, WAVE RIDING VEHICLES HALEIWA, CHEATER 5, ACE COOL PRODUCTIONS, TOW-IN SURFERS LLC, BARRON, HAWAIIAN CHOPPER MAGAZINE, HAWAIIAN EXTREME SPORTS TV / ZON3LLC, HIGHSURFWARNING.COM, AARON BERNARD PHOTO, HAWAIIAN HEAVY WATER MAG, PLANET SURF, ALOHA SURF LIFESAVING, SURF-N-SEA.

Main Invite List:
Garrett McNamara / Kealii Mamala / HI
Noah Johnson / Sion Milosky / HI
Shane Dorian / Ian Walsh / HI
Jamie Sterling / Mark Healey / HI
Dan Moore / Mark Anderson / HI
Makua Rothman / Ikaika Kalama / HI
Archie Kalepa / Buzzy Kerbox / HI
Ross Clarke Jones / Tony Ray / AUS
Carlos Burle / Eraldo Gueiros / BRZ
Everaldo 'Pato' Texeira / Sylvio Mancusi / BRZ
Shawn 'Barney' Barron / Darryl 'Flea' Virostko / CA
Brad Gerlach / Mike Parsons / CA
Greg Long / Rusty Long / CA
Zach Wormhoudt / Jake Wormhoudt / CA
Peter Mel / Anthony Tashnick / CA
Chuck Patterson / Scott Chandler / CA
Raimana Van Bastolaer / Manoa Drollet / TAH
Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker / James Sampson / SA
Ramon Navarro / Diego Medina / CHL
Carlos 'Coco' Nogales / Don Curry / MEX / CA

Alternate List:
Danilo Couto / Rodrigo Resende / BRZ
Ken 'Skindog' Collins / Josh Loya / CA
Brock Little / Brian Keaulana / HI
Titus Kinimaka / Kalani Vierra / HI
Pete Cabrinha / Rush Randle / HI
Russell Smith /Tyler Smith / CA
Myles Padaca / Pancho Sullivan / HI
Jeff Clark / Mike Brummit / CA
Shane Desmond / Tyler Fox / CA
Cheyne Horan / Robbie Seeger / AUS/GER
Kaleo Amadeo / Ahanu Tson-Dru / HI
Ron Barron / TJ Barron / HI
Yuri Soledad / John Gangini / BRZ / HI
Robbie Frangipane / Todd Robertson / HI
Campbell Farrell / Doug Young / HI/NZ
Eric Fisher / Matt Lozano / HI
Cully Kamisugi / Todd Kamisugi / HI
Victor Marcal / Tony Fekete / Brazil/Hungary
Terry Chun / Gui Terry / HI
Paul Orem / Rama Deodato / HI
Joao Jabour / Edison DePaulo / HI/BRZ
Alfy Cater / Taj Burrows / AUS
Gregg Quinn / Eric Tema / HI
Mark Mathews / Koby Alberton / AUS
Clyde Aikau / TBD / HI
Ken Bradshaw / TBD / HI
Andy Cambell / TBD / AUS
Mike Schlebach / TBD / SA
Chris Bertish / TBD / BRT
Dylan Longbottom / TBD / AUS

About the Association of Professional Towsurfers, Inc. (APT)
The Association of Professional Towsurfers, was Founded on March 6, 2003 with the charter to support the responsible growth and development of Tow-In Surfing. The Association of Professional Towsurfers, is dedicated to sanctioning and promoting world class competitions, dissemination of safety and technical information to athletes, and technical direction to event organizers. The empirical growth in alternative sports and the increase in extreme athletic pursuits are well documented.

The Association of Professional Towsurfers embraces corporate sponsors and media entities that provide the support necessary to increase its events and goals. The Association of Professional Towsurfers has goals to expand its support throughout the world; lobby government agencies and municipalities to provide more certified tow-in access to ocean venues; and be ever attentive to the unique technical and safety needs of this evolving sport and its constituents.

For full details on the Association of Professional Towsurfers, APT World Tour Tow-In Surfing Circuit, a full list of international advisory board members representing APT and other international tow-in associations visit the Pro Tow Surfers website.

Eric Akiskalian, Founder/President
Association of Professional Towsurfers
APT World Tour Organizer
California Office
805-455-7073
Eric@protowsurfers.org
Eric@towsurfer.com

Alec Cooke, Event Executive Director, Hawaii Tow-In Surfers
Phone: 808-227-2425
Hotline 808-641-7038
AceCool45@Hotmail.com