| Koby Abberton and Ryan Hipwood win the APT Tow-In Chile |
| Tuesday, 04 November 2008 14:14 |
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It was a long six month holding period with three major amber alerts. Finally mother nature came to the table and delivered a solid 12’-15’ Hawaiian scale swell for the APT/Chile, Pichilemu World Cup Tow-In Event. APT event directors decided to go to Chile on Oct. 20th to monitor three potential swells in hopes of capturing the right swell for the first leg of the APT World Tour Tow-In Surfing Circuit 2008. On Oct. 31st. the last of three swells remaining in the holding period finally came and the first event of the 2008/2009 tour season was under way. “It was a huge gamble, however we went to Chile because we believed that it would finally happen and we wanted to show our commitment to the competitors and sponsors. The decisions we made were good and the best waves were on the very last day of the holding period!” says, Eric Akiskalian/APT Founder & President. Top 8 Finalists: The next scheduled APT event will be held at Pe’ahi (JAWS) on the north shore of Maui, Hawaii. The top eight finalist from Chile will have an automatic invitation to this highly anticipated event.
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