Friday November 3rd, 2006
Haleiwa, North Shore Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA

The “3rd Annual North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championship” is ‘ON’ once again for the upcoming 2006/2007 Winter Big Wave Surf Season on Oahu in Hawaii. The holding period for the Event will be December 15th, 2006 – March 31st, 2007, with the actual contest to take place ONE DAY ONLY on the Biggest and Best day of Surf on the Outer Reefs known as Avalanche and Puaena Point which are over a mile outside of Haleiwa Small Boat Harbor on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. The confirmed minimum prize purse for this year’s event is minimum $25,000.00.

This year, the APT (The Association of Professional Towsurfers) has come on board as the Event Sanctioning Representative Body. The APT has created and launched the “APT World Tour Tow-In Surfing Circuit” for 2006-2007. Go to www.protowsurfers.org to check out more info on the APT and the World Tour of Tow-In Surfing! This is Huge News for the Extreme Sport of Big Wave Tow-In Surfing and Tremendous News for Hawaii, the “Big Wave Capital of the World”.

APT Vice President: Rodney Kilborn will be representing the circuit as the official APT event sanctioning director. Rodney’s job will be to support all event directors in every aspect of the contest including finalizing all invite lists with each director. His responsibility also includes the implementation of APT’s event rules, heat format, judging, water safety, membership and state tow-in licensing requirements. Rodney provides the APT with many years of experience with a solid reputation acting as the event director for two successful tow-in events held at Pe’ahi/Jaws on the North Shore of Maui.

The “3rd Annual North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championship 2006-2007” should be bigger and better than ever this year. With another planetary “El Nino” weather episode having begun in the Equatorial Pacific in October 2006, the waves should get massive in Hawaii during this year’s 2006-2007 Winter Big Wave Surf Season on Oahu.

All invited competitors for the North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championship 06/07 will be asked to show proof of obtaining the required Hawaii State Tow-In License, provided by Windward Community College on Oahu in Hawaii prior to the start of the event. The contact number for the Hawaii State Tow-In License is @ 808-235-7428 for fees and class dates. Presently classes are slated for November 4-5 and 18-19 from 9AM-3PM and there is also a one day class on December 16th from 9AM-6PM.

Legendary Surf-Forecaster George Mason is also Staff Meteorologist for the North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championship itself, and he will be calling the Day of Days for the 06/07 Event with his extremely accurate Hawaii Big Wave Surf Episode Predictions.

3rd Annual North Shore Tow-In Event Sponsors include The Ocean Network, HonoluluStreetwear.com with it’s “Larceny” clothing line, The Soap Factory, Cholos Mexican and Margarita Bar, TowSurfer.com, Hawaiian Extreme Sports Television/ZON3 LLC, Gordon Quigg Surfboards, Dan Devine Photography Hawaii, SeanDavey.com Photography, SurfNewsNetwork.com, BanzaiBetty.com, SurfersVillage.com, George Mason Meteorologist, HighSurfWarning.com, Third Stone Glassing, Xcelwetsuits.com, Aloha Surf Life-Saving, OffShore Helicopters, Professional Image Copy, PromotionsInParadise.com, Westland Insurance Brokers and more!

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 Abberton / 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

More info visit: www.haleiwa-tow-in.com

Event Contact:
Alec Cooke, Event Executive Director, Hawaii
Tow-In Surfers LLC / 3rd Annual North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championship 06/07
Phone: 808-227-2425
Hotline 808-641-7038 (Leave Messages)
Email: AceCool45@Hotmail.com
Alec Cooke c/o Tow-In Surfers LLC
PO Box 957, Haleiwa, Hawaii 96712

Rodeny Kilborn
APT Event Sanctioning Director
Phone: 808-575-2840
Email: Handsomebugga@aol.com
or handsomegugga@protowsurfers.org