Bank of Hawaii North Shore Tow-In Surf Championship

Outside Avalanche or Puaena Point, North Shore, Oahu,  Hawaii
20 December 2008 - 31 March 2009

Bank of Hawaii North Shore Tow In Waiting Period Begins

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 20 December, 2008 : - - Haleiwa, Hawaii _ Tow-In Surfers LLC announces the start-up of this year's holding period for the 5th Annual Bank of Hawaii/ Atlas Sales North Shore Tow-In Surf Championship 08/09. The 08/09 Tow-In Event will be held at Outside Avalanche or Puaena Point, the two main Outer Reef Big Wave Surf Spots which break way outside of Haleiwa Harbor on Oahu's North Shore. Contest Organizer and Executive Director, Alec "Ace" Cooke is confident that there will be one or two XXL size swells to choose from to run the contest.

The Tow-In Surf Contest is set to run One Day Only between December 20th, 2008 and March 31st, 2009. This Extreme Big Wave Event requires a minimum wave height of 25 feet Hawaiian Scale surf (50 foot faces) for it to be called "ON". This year's format will feature 4 tow-in teams per heat with a preliminary round of 8 heats. With 32 two man teams seeded into the main event, the field has opened up enough to allow more local and international teams to participate.

Tow-In Surfers have been invited from Ireland, Chile, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Tahiti, California, Oregon and all over Hawaii. This year, the contest will include a one hour Paddle-In Surfing Exhibition in the Huge Outer Reef Surf. The top 5 paddle surfers from the recent Nelscott Reef Tow-In in Oregon will join up with 5 paddle surfers from Hawaii and the Pacific region. Winner takes all!  As the sport of Tow-In Surfing continues to grow in popularity world-wide, more surfers than ever have taken a hold of the tow-rope to be whipped into enormous waves by their highly qualified driver/tow-partners operating powerful Personal Water Craft.

Don't miss the action as Event defending champs Makua Rothman and Ikaika Kalama from Oahu return to the arena to do battle with top notch tow-in teams from all over the planet! The official contest hotline will be Surf News Network's 596-Surfline, 596-7873.

The contest website is www.NorthShoreTowIn.com. 

Hawaiian Extreme Sports TV returns as the exclusive motion media company capturing the action. Event Director, Alec "Ace" Cooke can be reached at 808-227-2425 regarding media inquiries, sponsorships and competitor registration.  The 5th Annual Tow-In Event is dedicated to the late Jimmy Hall of Hawaii Shark Encounters. It is also a promotion for KEEP THE OCEAN BLUE, a recently formed grass roots project by Cooke and his network to clean-up Oahu's near shore waters!

Stay Tuned! 

NORTH SHORE TOW-IN 08/09 INVITE LIST

1)    Eric Fisher + Matt Lozano  // Oahu, Hawaii
2)    Cully + Todd Kamisugi  // Oahu, Hawaii
3)    Robbie Frangipane + Todd Robertson  // Oahu, Hawaii
4)    Dan Moore + Mark Anderson  // Oahu, Hawaii
5)    Garrett McNamara + Kealii Mamala  // Oahu, Hawaii
6)    John Gangini + Yuri Soledad  // Maui, Hawaii
7)    Sylvio Mancusi + Everaldo 'Pato' Texeira  // Brazil
8)    Edison DePaulo + Joao Jabour  // Brazil
9)    Makua Rothman + Ikaika Kalama  // Oahu, Hawaii
10)  Carlos Burle + Eraldo Gueiros // Brazil
11)  Sion Milosky + Dustin Barca  // Hawaii
12)  Jamie Sterling + Mark Visser  // Hawaii
13)  Grant 'Twiggy' Baker + Greg Long  // S. Africa/ California
14)  Mike Parsons + Brad Gerlach  //  California
15)  Brock Little + Luiz Jardini  //  Hawaii/Brazil
16)  Clyde Aikau + Brian Keaulana // Oahu, Hawaii
17)  Jamie O'Brien + Troy Alotis // Oahu, Hawaii
18)  Arche Kalepa + Buzzy Kerbox  //  Maui, Hawaii
19)  Tony Fekete + Victor Marcal  // Hungary/Brazil
20)  Titus Kinimaka + Kalani Vierra // Kauai, Hawaii
21)  Izzy Robertson + Piripe   // New Zealand
22)  Adam Replogle + Alistair Craft  // N. California
23)  Jeff + Josiah Schmucker // West Australia
24)  Russell + Tyler Smith  // Central California
25)  Zack + Jake Wormhoudt  // N. California
26)  Jamie Mitchell + Chad Jackson/James Watson  //  Australia/Hawaii
27)  Koby Abberton + Ryan Hipwood  // Australia
28)  Danilo Couto + Rodrigo Resende  // Brazil
29)  Alastair Minnie + Andrew Cotton  // Ireland
30)  Ross Clarke-Jones + Tony Ray  // Australia
31)  Ian Walsh + Shane Dorian  // Hawaii
32)  Kanoa Dahlin + Bonga Perkins //  Haleiwa, Hawaii

ALTERNATES
1)    TJ Barron + Ron Barron // Oahu, Hawaii
2)    Peter Mel + Anthony Tashnick // California
3)    Ramon Navarro + Danny Fry  // Chile
4)    Coco Nogales + Dan Curry  // Mexico/California
5)    Myles Padaca + Felipe Espiritu/Pancho Sullivan  // Hawaii
6)    Diego Medina + Cristobal Gonsalves  //  Chile
7)    Kaleo Amadeo + Nalu Wallace  // Maui, Hawaii
8)    Alfy Cater + Taj Burrow/Martin Paradisis  // Australia
9)    Kalani Chapman + Ezra Sitt  // Hawaii
10)  Harold Ambrosio + Jorge Pacelli  //  Brazil
11)  Robbie Seiger + Cheyne Horan/TBD  // Germany/Australia
12)  Pete Cabrinha + Rush Randle  /// Maui, Hawaii
13)  Campbell Farrell + Doug Young  // Hawaii/New Zealand
14)  Terry Chun + Gui Terry  // Kauai, Hawaii
15)  Paul Orem + Rama Deodato  // Oahu, Hawaii
16)  Gregg Quinn + Eric Tema  // Oahu, Hawaii
17)  Mark Mathews + TBD  /// Australia
18)  Mike Schlebach + Andrew Marr  // S. Africa
19)  Dylan Longbottom + Laurie Towner  //  Australia
20)  Ollie Richardson + Dan Hasselschwert  // Oregon
21)  Tim West + Ion Banner // N. California
22)  Jeremy Rasmussen + Tom Miller  // Oregon
23)  Pete + Troy Johnson  // Oahu, Hawaii
24)  Kelly Slater + TBD  // Florida, USA
25)  Tom Carroll + TBD  // Australia
26)  Darrick Doerner + TBD // Waialua, Hawaii
27)  Marvin Foster + TBD  //Haleiwa, Hawaii
28)  Brendon Shea + Guy Pere  // N.Shore Oahu Lifeguards
29)  Raimana Van Bastolear + Manoa Drollet // Tahiti
30)  Tyler Fox + Shane Desmond  //N. California
31)  Darryl 'Flea' Virotsko + Shawn 'Barney' Barron  // N, California
32)  Chuck Patterson + Scott Chandler  // California  

 PADDLE-IN SURF EXHIBITION HEAT
1)    Kealii Mamala   //Hawaii
2)    Jamie Mitchell  //Australia
3)    Shane Desmond  //N. California
4)    Mike Parsons  //S. California
5)    Gary Linden  // S. California
6)    Jamie Sterling  // Oahu, Hawaii
7)    Garrett McNamara  Oahu, Hawaii
8)    Andrew Marr  // S. Africa
9)    Marvin Foster  //Haleiwa, Hawaii
10)  Greg Long  // California
11)  Grant 'Twiggy' Baker  //S. Africa

Information:
Alec Cooke, Executive Director, 808-227-2425, acecool47@hotmail.com
Betty Depolito, Co-Director, 808-781-2535, banzaib@hawaii.rr.com
Hot Line: 808-596-7873
Official Web Site: www.northshoretowin.com

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Bank of Hawaii
Atlas Sales
Xcel
One Love Surf Shop
North Shore Soap Factory
Skydive Hawaii
Napa Auto Parts
Surf News Network 596-7873
Breakers Restaurant
Barron
Cholos Restaurant
Wave Riding Vehicles
Third Stone
Banzai Productions
Hawaiian Xtreme Sports Television
North Shore News
High Surf Accessories
Six Days In Paradise the Movie
High Surf Warning
Hawaiian Chopper Magazine
WahineBlueTV.com
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