Big Waves Needed for Tow Surfing
Big WavesNorth Shore Tow-In Surfing Championships 2005 gearing up - entry details below
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 October, 2005 : - - 2006 is on deck for this winter (presented by Tow-In Surfers LLC) With a holding period from 12/15/05 to 3/31/06.This extreme big wave event will be held on one full day during the 14 week waiting period.It is expected to be held on the biggest and best day of the season.The contest will be staged out of Haleiwa Harbor.
The event surf site is slated for one of several outer reef Big Wave Tow-In surf spots that break a mile offshore on the outside reefs between outside Haleiwa Harbor and outside Pipeline on Surfings Legendary North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii.
Last years 1st Annual North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championships was a huge success in it's inaugural year.The Tow-In Surf Contest was held at Outside Avalanche, an outer reef big-wave break a mile offshore of Haleiwa Harbor.The contest was blessed with good luck or good karma or both. The event was called on when huge 20-25 foot surf pounded the North Shore on January 18th,2005.
When the weather turned too stormy for the judges to see at all,the event was postphoned after only three Extreme Heats. Female Tow-In Surf Phenomenon Malia Kamisugi rode the wave of the day as she was Towed-in to a Monster 25 foot Wave by her Brother Cully. All agreed it was the Biggest Wave ridden during the event.
Although the contest was aborted that day due to bad weather, the Tow-In crew continued to surf the break all morning in an extreme Big-Wave expression session with some waves almost closing out the Outside Harbor Channel. The day turned out to being a good dry run for the Contest organizers to work out logistics of the running of the event.
Communications between the support boats, water patrol and shoreside contest staff was vital and Nextel Partners Hawaii came through with enough walky-talky cell phones to keep all staff in touch. West Marine was also helpfull in providing waterproof VHF radios so that contest organizers and water patrol could stay in touch withthe Lifegaurds and Fire and Rescue Patrols just in case of a big wave injury occured.
This is a very extreme Big-Wave event. All back- up Safety procedures and precautions are very necessary and required by law and the organizers of the event.
The 1st Annual North Shore Tow-In finally got a super clean day of surf in the 15 to 20foot plus range on March 8th,2005.The Contest finished up injust over 5 hours to take advantage of optimum conditions in the earlier part of the day.
ERIC FISHER & MATT LOZANO , the youngest Tow-In crew of the event (Matt at just 17 years old) took top honors and 1st place. Cully and Todd Kamisugi barreled their way to a close 2nd.Robbie Frangipane and Todd Robertson snagged 3rd.Billabong XXL Awards Champ Dan Moore and his tube riding partner John Amundson took an admirable 4th place.
The event organizers would like to thank all the sponsors,organizations and MEDIA representatives who supported and promoted the inaugural Oahu Tow-In event.
A world-wide broadcast documentary of the 1st Annual North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championships 2004-2005 produced by Alex Reinprecht of Hawaiian Extreme Sports Television is slated for immediate release along with a DVD of the show to be available soon thereafter.
For more info. the contest website is at: www.haleiwa-tow-in.com
All inquiries on this years event should be diricted to Alec Cooke aka Ace Cool who is the North Shore Tow-In Events organizer, Executive Dirictor & Producer via email at acecool45@hotmail.com or at the contest hotline voicemail @ 808-641-7038. Entry blanks and competitor info are available on the website.However do not wait if you need to reach the contest organizers regarding this years event if you are a potential competitor ,media contact or an interested promotional sponsor.
www.haleiwa-tow-in.com
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 October, 2005 : - - 2006 is on deck for this winter (presented by Tow-In Surfers LLC) With a holding period from 12/15/05 to 3/31/06.This extreme big wave event will be held on one full day during the 14 week waiting period.It is expected to be held on the biggest and best day of the season.The contest will be staged out of Haleiwa Harbor.
The event surf site is slated for one of several outer reef Big Wave Tow-In surf spots that break a mile offshore on the outside reefs between outside Haleiwa Harbor and outside Pipeline on Surfings Legendary North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii.
Last years 1st Annual North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championships was a huge success in it's inaugural year.The Tow-In Surf Contest was held at Outside Avalanche, an outer reef big-wave break a mile offshore of Haleiwa Harbor.The contest was blessed with good luck or good karma or both. The event was called on when huge 20-25 foot surf pounded the North Shore on January 18th,2005.
When the weather turned too stormy for the judges to see at all,the event was postphoned after only three Extreme Heats. Female Tow-In Surf Phenomenon Malia Kamisugi rode the wave of the day as she was Towed-in to a Monster 25 foot Wave by her Brother Cully. All agreed it was the Biggest Wave ridden during the event.
Although the contest was aborted that day due to bad weather, the Tow-In crew continued to surf the break all morning in an extreme Big-Wave expression session with some waves almost closing out the Outside Harbor Channel. The day turned out to being a good dry run for the Contest organizers to work out logistics of the running of the event.
Communications between the support boats, water patrol and shoreside contest staff was vital and Nextel Partners Hawaii came through with enough walky-talky cell phones to keep all staff in touch. West Marine was also helpfull in providing waterproof VHF radios so that contest organizers and water patrol could stay in touch withthe Lifegaurds and Fire and Rescue Patrols just in case of a big wave injury occured.
This is a very extreme Big-Wave event. All back- up Safety procedures and precautions are very necessary and required by law and the organizers of the event.
The 1st Annual North Shore Tow-In finally got a super clean day of surf in the 15 to 20foot plus range on March 8th,2005.The Contest finished up injust over 5 hours to take advantage of optimum conditions in the earlier part of the day.
ERIC FISHER & MATT LOZANO , the youngest Tow-In crew of the event (Matt at just 17 years old) took top honors and 1st place. Cully and Todd Kamisugi barreled their way to a close 2nd.Robbie Frangipane and Todd Robertson snagged 3rd.Billabong XXL Awards Champ Dan Moore and his tube riding partner John Amundson took an admirable 4th place.
The event organizers would like to thank all the sponsors,organizations and MEDIA representatives who supported and promoted the inaugural Oahu Tow-In event.
A world-wide broadcast documentary of the 1st Annual North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championships 2004-2005 produced by Alex Reinprecht of Hawaiian Extreme Sports Television is slated for immediate release along with a DVD of the show to be available soon thereafter.
For more info. the contest website is at: www.haleiwa-tow-in.com
All inquiries on this years event should be diricted to Alec Cooke aka Ace Cool who is the North Shore Tow-In Events organizer, Executive Dirictor & Producer via email at acecool45@hotmail.com or at the contest hotline voicemail @ 808-641-7038. Entry blanks and competitor info are available on the website.However do not wait if you need to reach the contest organizers regarding this years event if you are a potential competitor ,media contact or an interested promotional sponsor.
www.haleiwa-tow-in.com
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