The Iquique Chile Int. Tow-In Champs wait period ends

Iquique Chile Int. Tow-In Champs
Presented by City of Iquique

APT World Cup Tour
El Bajo Cacho Toro Iquique Chile
1 July - 1 September 2007

HOLDING PERIOD ENDS FOR 2007 IQUIQUE, CHILE INTERNATIONAL TOW-IN SURFING CHAMPS

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 2 September, 2007 : - - The Association of Professional Towsurfers (APT), and Gottaplay (OTCBB: GTAP), a leading destination site for video gamers and sponsors of the Gottaplay.com APT World Cup Tour, announced today the holding period for the Iquique, Chile International Tow-In Surfing Championship has officially ended.

The holding period for the event, which was scheduled to take place at ‘El Bajo Cacho Toro’ in Iquique, Chile, started July 1, 2007 and lasted thru September 1, 2007. Unfortunately, the perfect storm never developed and now the competitors and event organizers will have to wait for next year to have their big day in Chile.

The ‘Iquique, Chile International Tow-In Surfing Championship’ was one of two scheduled events for the 2007 Gottaplay.com APT World Cup Tour. The first event, ‘Red Bull El Gigante Viene’ entered its holding period May 1, 2007 and ran thru July 30, 2007.

With a team of expert forecasters and the LOLA global swell model, Surfline.com provided the forecasting needed to make the right call during all potential swells that were on the maps. Surfline.com will continue to assist APT score the biggest waves and best conditions for all future APT events.

For the 2007 tour, the comprised list of 20 international and world-class competing teams selected for this series of events were comprised of the top 8 winning teams that competed in the Bank of Hawaii North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championship this past February. Also, a sub-committee of big wave industry leaders and experts voted 8 world-class professional tow-in teams in. Four wild card team slots were also provided along with an alternate list.

Main List:
Makua Rothman / Ikaika Kalama -HI
Carlos Burle / Eraldo Gueiros -BRA
Sion Milosky / Kala Alexander -HI
Jamie Sterling / Mark Healey -HI
Garrett McNamara / Kealii Mamala -HI
Grant ‘Twiggy’Baker / Greg Long -SA/CA
Mike Parsons / Brad Gerlach -CA
Chuck Patterson / Scott Chandler -CA
Shawn ‘Barney’ Barron / Darryl ‘Flea’ Virostko -CA
Ross Clarke-Jones / Tony Ray -AUS
Peter Mel / Ryan Augenstein -CA
Dan Moore / Mark Anderson -HI
Shane Desmond / Tyler Fox -CA
Russell Smith / Tyler Smith -CA
Anthony Tashnick / Chris ‘Brownie’ Brown -CA
Zach Wormhoudt / Jake Wormhoudt -CA
Carlos 'Coco' Nogales / Manoa Drollett -MEX/TAH (WC)
Ramon Navarro / Danny Fry -CHI (WC)
Danilo Couto / Rodrigo Resende –BRA (WC)
Pending Wild Card Team – TBD

Alternates:
Jamie O’Brian / Jason Fredrico -HI
Archie Kalepa / Buzzy Kerbox -HI
Myles Padaka / Felipe Espiritu -HI
Jeff Clark / Chris Bertish -CA
Evarldo ‘Pato’ Texeira / Sylvio Mancusi -BRA
Cheyne Horan / Robbie Seeger -AUS/GER
Don Curry / Scott Harwood -CA/FL
Kalani Chapman / Ezira Sitt –HI

Previous reports:
# 1 : Iquique Chile Tow-In Surf Champs holding period starts
# 2 : Fair swell on tap for Iquique Chile Int. Tow-In Champs
# 3 : Iquique Chile Int. Tow-In Champs swell event cut down
# 4 : No swell forecast for Iquique Chile Int. Tow-In Champs

# 5 : Iquique Chile Int. Tow-In Champs eyes mid-week swell
# 6 : Iquique Chile Int Tow-In Champs watching Aug 15 swell
# 7 : Solid surf wont be enough for Iquique Chile Int. Tow-Ins
# 8 : Iquique Chile Int. Tow-In Champs might wait for next year

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