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GFH Big wave riders Tyler Fox and Jamie Sterling invited to Mormaii Pe’ahi World Cup Tow-In Surfing Championships.
For Immediate Release
Mormaii Pe’ahi World Cup
Tow-In Surfing Championship 2008/2009
Holding Period: December 31, 2008 - March 31, 2009
$50,000.00 Purse
LAGUNA BEACH, CA NOVEMBER 26, 2008, The Association of Professional Towsurfers (APT) is proud to announce that Mormaii, a Brazilian based surf clothing and product company has signed on as the Title Sponsor of the Mormaii Pe’ahi World Cup Tow-In Surfing Championship. This will be the last event of the 2008/2009 series and with this event, the APT will crown its second annual World Champion tow-in surfing team.
“We are gaining momentum with the APT World Tour and believe the support we have from the athletes has been crucial to our success” says APT Founder and President Eric Akiskalian. Eric went further to say, “We are blessed by an incredible sponsor in Mormaii and we have a solid Event Director in ‘Handsome Bugga’ Rodney Kilborn, APT’s Vice President who has directed tow-in events at Pe’ahi in 1997 and in 2002.”
APT Invite List:
1. Koby Abberton / Ryan Hipwood - AUS
2. Danilo Couto / Rodrigo Resende - BRA
3. Evarldo 'Pato' Texeira / Yuri Soledad - BRA/HI
4. Sylvio Mancusi / Edilson Assuncau - BRA
5. Diego Medina / Critobal Gonzales - CHI
6. Grant 'Twiggy' Baker / Greg Long - SA/CA
7. Jamie Mitchell / James Watson - AUS
8. Scott Chandler / Chuck Patterson - CA
9. Carlos Burle / Eraldo Gueiros - BRA
10. Alastair Mennie / Andrew Cotton - IRE
11. Tyler Fox / Shane Desmond - CA
12. Makua Rothman / Ikaika Kalama - HI
13. Mike Parsons / Brad Gerlach - CA
14. Garrett McNamara / Kealii Mamala - HI
15. Jamie Sterling / Mark Visser - HI
16. Sion Milosky / Dustin Barca - HI
17. Myles Padaka / Felipe Espiritu - HI
18. Archie Kalepa / Buzzy Kerbox - HI
19. Ross Clark Jones / Tony Ray - AUS
20. Ian Walsh / Shane Dorian - HI
21. Jamie O'Brian / Troy Alotis - HI
22. Kaleo Amadeo / Nalu Wallace - HI
23. Anthony Tashnick / Darryl 'Flea' Virostko - CA
24. Wild Card
Alternates:
(in alphabetical order by first partner name)
Cambell Ferrell / Doug Young - HI/NZ
Carlos ‘Coco’ Nogales / TBD – MEX
Dan Morre / Mark Anderson – HI
Dylan Longbottom / Laurie Towner - AUS
Ed Guzman / Juao Jabour- CA/BRA
Kalani Chapman / Ezira Sitt – HI
Ollie Richardson / Dan Hasselschwert - OR
Peter Mel/ Ryan Augenstein – CA
Ramon Navarro / Christian Merrello - CHI
Russell Smith / Tyler Smith - CA
Titus Kinimaka / Kalani Vierra - HI
Zach Wormhoudt / Jake Wormhoudt – CA
Official Title Sponsor Website:
Official APT Event Website:
Official Event Forecast Provided By:
Pre Event YouTube Promo Clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v#198D05F
Presenting Sponsor Opportunity:
For information on becoming the Presenting Sponsor of the Mormaii Pe’ahi World Cup Tow-In Surfing Championship, contact: Eric Akiskalian / 805-455-7073 or EricAkiskalian@mac.com
Official Associate Sponsors:
Towsurfer.com, HandsomeBugga Productions, FlechaSurf, Powerlines Productions and Surfline.
About the Association of Professional Towsurfers, Inc. (APT)
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.
About Mormaii:
Mormaii´s company is very proud to celebrate it's 30th Anniversary and becoming the Title Sponsor for the Mormaii Pe'ahi World Cup Tow-In Surfing Championship.
Mormaii is the pioneer with thirty years of innovations in the sector, the greatest mix of products and the highest income among the brands in the surf market and water sports in Brazil. It all started with this differentiated wetsuit made especially for surfers. After that, clothing was produced for diving, jet-skiing, triathlon, windsurfing, and many other sports where the athletes adopted the Mormaii neoprene as the official equipment while in the water. Today, Mormaii has a enormous mix of products and exports for more then seventy countries.
APT Administration and Sponsorship Contact:
Eric Akiskalian
APT Global, Founder/President
(805) 455-7073
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