Wind to blow Mormaii Pe’ahi World Cup Tow-In chances

Mormaii Pe’ahi World Cup Tow-In Surfing Champs

Association of Pro Towsurfers
Pe'ahi (Jaws) Maui Hawaii
8 January 2009 - March 31, 2009

Mormaii Pe’ahi World Cup Tow-In Surfing Champs forecast not looking good

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 12 January, 2009 : - - This is NOT looking good. Swell is still OK for Thursday with solid sets in the 20 foot+ range Hawaiian. Friday still solid in the 18-20 foot range, but the swell dropping to the 15 foot range over the weekend. Swell models did come down a bit and as we suspected they were running too hot on the swell sizes last week.

The big issue is the wind. The low pressure system will be dropping down closer to the islands on Thursday and Friday which will result in stronger 15-25 knot SSW winds, shifting WSW 20-25 knots by late Thursday and Friday.

With those winds it pretty much kills our chances of getting it really good for the competition. I went ahead and checked out a number of different wind models and they often have their own personality, but most are concurring with these poor winds.

So considering everything and the tremendous logistics of everyone traveling from all over the world for this comp, in my opinion it's too risky to likely fail to be good enough considering the scope of what this event is trying to achieve - Sean Collins

Main List:
Danilo Couto / Rodrigo Resende – BRA
Evarldo 'Pato' Texeira / Yuri Soledad - BRA/HI
Sylvio Mancusi / Haroldo Ambrosio – BRA
Critobal Gonzales / Carlos Nogales – CHI/MEX
Grant 'Twiggy' Baker / Greg Long - SA/CA
Jamie Mitchell / James Watson - AUS
Scott Chandler / Chuck Patterson - CA
Carlos Burle / Eraldo Gueiros – BRA
Ryan Hipwood / Mark Mathews - AUS
Alastair Mennie / Andrew Cotton - IRE
Tyler Fox / Shane Desmond - CA
Makua Rothman / Ikaika Kalama - HI
Mike Parsons / Brad Gerlach - CA
Garrett McNamara / Kealii Mamala - HI
Jamie Sterling / Mark Visser - HI
Sion Milosky / Danny Fuller - HI
Myles Padaka / Felipe Espiritu - HI
Archie Kalepa / Buzzy Kerbox - HI
Peter Mel / Bruce Irons – CA/HI
Ian Walsh / Shane Dorian - HI
Jamie O'Brian / Troy Alotis - HI
Anthony Tashnick / Darryl 'Flea' Virostko - CA
Kaleo Amadeo / Nalu Wallace – HI (Wild Card)
Shaun Lopez / Campbell Farrell – HI (Wild Card)

Alternate List:
(in alphabetical order by first partner name)
Dan Moore / Mark Anderson – HI
Doug Young / Sierra Emroy – NZ/HI
Dylan Longbottom / Laurie Towner - AUS
Ed Guzman / Juao Jabour- CA/BRA
Kalani Chapman / Ezira Sitt – HI
Ollie Richardson / Dan Hasselschwert – OR
Ramon Navarro / Christian Merrello – CHI
Russell Smith / Tyler Smith - CA
Titus Kinimaka / Kalani Vierra - HI
Zach Wormhoudt / Jake Wormhoudt – CA

Official Title Sponsor Website: MORMAII.com Special thanks to Mormaii and all their support in making this event a possibility for the competitors and APT. Official APT Event Website: APTWorldTour.com. Official Event Forecast Provided By: Surfline.com

Official Partner and Associate Sponsors: Towsurfer.com, HandsomeBugga Productions, Surfline, Big Vision Studios Inc., Mobile Media Now, Inc., Powerlines Productions and Heavy Water Magazine.

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 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.

About Mormaii:
Mormaii´s company is very proud to celebrate it's 30th Anniversary and becoming the Title Sponsor for the Mormaii Pe'ahi World Cup Tow-In Surfing Championship. Mormaii is the pioneer with thirty years of innovations in the sector, the greatest mix of products and the highest income among the brands in the surf market and water sports in Brazil. It all started with this differentiated wetsuit made especially for surfers. After that, clothing was produced for diving, jet-skiing, triathlon, windsurfing, and many other sports where the athletes adopted the Mormaii neoprene as the official equipment while in the water. Today, Mormaii has a enormous mix of products and exports for more then seventy countries.