To Main and Alternate List Competitors,

Re: 3rd Annual Bank of Hawaii North Shore Tow-In Event
Presented by: Buttons Hawaii and Towsurfer.com
Sanctioned by: APT World Tour Tow-In Surfing Circuit
Association of Professional Towsurfers

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and you will all have a great new year! Here is the latest info on the event.

Current EVENT status- Red / No Go

You will be contacted by myself or Rodney, when we go to yellow status - STAND BY - WHEN WE HAVE A SERIOUSLY SUBSTANTIAL SURF EPISODE ON DECK (7-10 DAYS OUT) WITH A PREDICTED BUOY HEIGHT OF A SOLID 20-25 FOOT, via telephone call and or e-mail.

You will be contacted by myself or Rodney, 72 hours prior event green light status- EVENT IS A GO ,via telephone call and or e-mail.

Please refer to www.Protowsurfers.org for event status and updates if you want to stay informed in between notifications.

We will not run event same day as Eddie or Expression Session.

Again, we have a $25,000.00 purse
Here is the break down.

1	9,300
2	5,000
3	2,500
4	1,900
5	1,600
6	1,200
7	975
8	725
9-20	150 appearance fee

1st-4th will also receive trophies for each rider

1st-8th will receive an automatic seeded position in the Mexico and Chile Events

ONE DAY BEFORE EVENT MANDATORY COMPETITORS CHECK IN AND MEETING!

WE EXPECT ALL COMPETITORS TO CHECK IN AT THE HALEIWA SMALL BOAT HARBOR, MAIN BOAT RAMP WEST END, LOOK FOR JUDGES TOWERS AND MAIN EVENT ADMINISTRATION TENT THE DAY BEFORE COMPETITION BETWEEN NOON AND 5PM.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A MECHANICAL INSPECTION OF ALL COMPETING PWC'S TO MAKE SURE ALL HAWAII TOW-IN LICENSE REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT IS INCLUDED ON PWC, THAT ALL COMPETING PWC HAVE CURRENT STICKERS AND THAT THEY ARE MECHANICALLY FIT FOR BIG WAVE COMPETITION. WE WILL HAVE A COMPETENT MECHANIC ON HAND OR TWO TO INSPECT ALL COMPETING PWC AND GIVE THEM AN
"ALL CLEAR DESIGNATION".

THEN AT 5PM EXACTLY ALL COMPETITORS AND ALTERNATES WILL MEET FOR A Q&A AND BRIEFING BY RODNEY AND ALEC. WE WILL GO OVER THE "RULES OF ENGAGEMENT" , THE CONTEST FORMAT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL COMPETITORS ARE CHECKED IN, HAWAII LICENSED, APT MEMBERS, AND HAVE SIGNED A WAIVER ON THE NS TOW-IN ENTRY BLANK AND HAVE PAID THEIR ENTRY FEES. THIS MEETING COULD BE FOLLOWED BY A GET TOGETHER/ PRESS CONFERENCE AT BREAKERS BAR AND RESTAURANT IN HALEIWA. WE HAVE BEEN GRANTED OPEN USE OF THE FACILITY FOR THE EVENT. IT IS NEVER CROWDED EARLY ON, JUST AFTER DARK. AND IT COULD ACCOMODATE ALL OF US.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR HAWAII TOW-IN LICENSE CERTIFICATION COMPLETED BY THE TIME WE HAVE THE EVENT, YOU WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED BY AN ALTERNATE TEAM. WE HAVE SUPPLIED YOU WITH THREE DATES AND NOW A FORTH TO BE HELD IN CA ON JAN. 13-14, 2007. YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE CA CLASS BY GETTING IN TOUCH WITH ME. THERE ARE ONLY (2) TWO COMPETITORS LEFT ON THE MAIN ROSTER TO COMPLETE THE COURSE. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

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DAY OF THE EVENT

"CHECK IN" IS FROM 6-6:45AM AT THE HALEIWA HARBOR EVENT HDQRTERS NEAR THE MAIN HARBOR BOAT RAMPS. ALL COMPETIORS ON MAIN AND ALTERNATE LIST SHOULD HAVE SIGNED FORMS AND PAID ENTRY FEES THE DAY BEFORE. MOST OF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE SO TO DATE.

"CHECK-IN" IS REQUIRED BY 6:50AM, AT THE VERY LATEST OR YOUR TEAM WILL BE BACK LISTED, NO EXCEPTIONS!

7:00AM WE HAVE MADE ALL FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

7:00-7:15AM WE HAVE OUR PULE

7:15-7:30AM HEATS ARE DRAWN AND POSTED

7:30AM THOSE IN THE 1ST HEAT ARE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH

8:00AM WE START THE 1ST HEAT

WE WILL TRY TO HAVE EVENT FINISHED BY 4:30 AND A WINNING TEAM ON THE AWARDS DECK BY 5PM ... AFTER THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY GATHER AT HALEIWA JOES OR PROBABLY BREAKERS. BOTH VENUES HAVE CLOSED CIRCUIT TV AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO VIEW FOOTAGE FROM THE DAY'S EVENT!

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Here is an updated invite and alternate list:
North Shore Main Invite List: (20 Teams)
Garrett McNamara / Kealii Mamala / HI
Dustin Barca / Sion Milosky / HI
John Gangini / Yuri Soledade / HI
Jamie Sterling / Mark Healey / HI
Dan Moore / Mark Anderson / HI
Makua Rothman / Ikaika Kalama / HI
Archie Kalepa / Buzzy Kerbox / HI
Titus Kinimaka / Kalani Vierra / HI
Carlos Burle / Eraldo Gueiros / BRZ
Everaldo 'Pato' Texeira / Sylvio Mancusi / BRZ
Shawn 'Barney' Barron / Darryl 'Flea' Virostko / CA
Brad Gerlach / Mike Parsons / CA
Shane Desmond / Tyler Fox / CA
Zach Wormhoudt / Mike Brumett / CA
Peter Mel / Anthony Tashnick / CA
Chuck Patterson / Scott Chandler / CA
Danilo Couto / Rodrigo Resende / BRZ
Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker / Greg Long / SA/CA
Ramon Navarro / Danny Fry / CHl
Carlos 'Coco' Nogales / Don Curry / MEX/ CA

North Shore Alternate List: (22 teams)
Russell Smith / Tyler Smith / CA
Cheyne Horan / Robbie Seeger / AUS/GER
Myles Padaca / Pancho Sullivan / HI
Kaleo Amadeo / Ahanu Tson-Dru / HI
Ron Barron / TJ Barron / HI
Cully Kamisugi / Todd Kamisugi / HI
Joao Jabour / Edison DePaulo / HI/BRZ
Robbie Frangipane / Ken Bradshaw/ HI
Eric Fisher / Matt Lozano / HI
Victor Marcel / Tony Fekete / BRZ/HUN
Brock Little / Brian Keaulana / HI
Pete Cabrinha / Rush Randle / HI
Campbell Farrell / Doug Young / HI/NZ
Terry Chun / Gui Terry / HI
Paul Orem / Rama Deodato / HI
Alfy Cater / Taj Burrows / AUS
Gregg Quinn / Eric Tema / HI
Mark Mathews / Koby Abberton / AUS
Chris Bertish / TBD / SA
Clyde Aikau / TBD / HI
Andy Campbell / TBD / AU
Mike Schlebach / TBD / SA
Dylan Longbottom / TBD / US

For questions on event:

Event Contacts:
Alec Cooke, Event Executive Director
Tow-In Surfers LLC
Phone: 808-227-2425
Hotline 808-641-7038 (Leave Messages)
Email: AceCool45@Hotmail.com
www.Haleiwa-tow-in.com

Rodney Kilborn
APT Event Sanctioning Director
Phone: 808-575-2840
Email: Handsomebugga@aol.com
or Handsomebugga@Protowsurfers.org


Eric Akiskalian
805-455-7073
Eric@Protowsurfers.org