FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Association of Professional Towsurfers, Inc. (APT)
Surfline Swell Forecast and Update as of Tuesday June 3, 2008

APT/Chile Tow-In Event will remain in AMBER ALERT until further notice!

As of today, we have made the decision not to call the event on this week due the information provided below. We believe that future storms will provide us with bigger swells and better conditions!

Here is what Kevin from Surfline has to report.

els have backed the Wed PM/Thur AM down a bit. It still looks fairly strong (25-30’ faces on the better sets with maybe a few larger bombs) but likely peaks overnight and is also accompanied by bad wind/weather on Wednesday. Thursday wind and weather gradually improve but is still questionable and the swell will be on the way down.

Friday will see a bit of a reinforcing bump out of the WSW with deepwater swell in the 10-12’ range. Face sizes will be be around 15-20’ with the possibility of a few larger bombs to maybe 25’ on the face. This is still dependent on storm formation in the next 48 hours or so. The wind direction improves for Friday as it comes out of the SSE, but looks breezy at around 15-20kts.

The next shot at swell will likely be for Sunday the 8th (maybe even starting to build quickly over the afternoon on Saturday the 7th). At this point Sunday looks to be the largest day and swell size looks comparable to the Wed PM/Thur AM swell. BUT, it also looks like conditions may fall apart again with a trough of low pressure moving onshore with northerly winds and rain.

Now going further out, we’re seeing a lot of activity in the western half of the Pacific near New Zealand that will be tracking across the Pacific over the next several days. We’ll need to see one of those storms carry quite a bit of intensity across the dateline and into the Central/eastern SPAC before we get too excited, but lets keep a close eye on that as next week may present more opportunities depending on what we decide to do.

If any major changes occur we will be sure to post up and email out right away!

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.
Rodney Kilborn
APT Global, Vice President
Event Sanctioning Director
Phone: 808-575-2840
Email: Handsomebugga@aol.com

Rodrigo ‘Fletcha’ Escobar
APT Chile, Vice President
Event Logistic Manager
56 9 980 22828
flechasurf@hotmail.com

Eric Akiskalian
APT Global, Founder/President
Phone: 805-455-7073
Email: EricAkiskalian@mac.com

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