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> > > > Day 1 ON at 2009 Xcel Pro Presented by Honolua! > Sunset is Overhead and Rising > > HALEIWA, OAHU, HAWAII – OCTOBER 31, 2009 – Day 1 is ON at the 2009 > Xcel Pro Presented by Honolua, kicking the North Shore winter season > off with a bang as Sunset is overhead to a few feet overhead on the > sets. > > A new, building long period NW swell has moved in and should > continue through the weekend, as tradewinds should stay moderate > today and Friday’s NW swell fades out. > > Competition begins at 8:15 AM HST with the first heat of the Round > of 80, and should run well into the Round of 64. Scheduled to > compete on Day 1 are defending 4X Xcel Pro champion Pancho Sullivan, > 3X world champion Andy Irons (1997 Xcel Pro winner), world champion > Sunny Garcia (1992 Xcel Pro winner), and Sunset specialist Makua > Rothman, who has made the Xcel Pro finals for the past 3 consecutive > years. > > At stake in this year’s Xcel Pro are a chunk of the $25,000 prize > purse and a Tahiti trip with entry into the 2010 VonZipper Teahupoo > Trials, with a shot at a wild card in the WCT Billabong Pro Tahiti. > > Official Xcel Pro merchandise is available exclusively online via > presenting sponsor Honolua’s Web shop at store.honoluasurf.com. > > Heat results, photos, and daily video recap will be available on the > official event Web site at xcelpro.xcelwetsuits.com. > > About the Xcel Pro > Celebrating its 26th anniversary this year, the 2009 Xcel Pro > Presented by Honolua is a 2-Star ASP WQS event with a $25,000 purse, > drawing pros and amateurs alike to world-class Sunset Beach along > Oahu’s North Shore. > > Honolua Surf Co. is the presenting sponsor of the event and is > joined by associate sponsors VonZipper, Kustom, and Surfline. Surf > News Network also supports the event as the official contest hotline > (808-596-7873). > > For more, please visit the contest Web site at > xcelpro.xcelwetsuits.com. > > About Xcel > Founded in 1982, Xcel International, Inc. (Xcel) is a global wetsuit > brand distributed throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the > Pacific Rim. Headquartered on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, > Xcel’s core wetsuit business focuses on the cutting edge of material > and design development. Xcel’s primary markets include surf, dive, > wakeboard, paddle, and sun (UV protection). In addition to its North > Shore office, Xcel has retail locations on Oahu, Kauai, and Maui; > and a warehouse/repair facility in California. > > To learn more about Xcel, please visit www.xcelwetsuits.com. > # # # > >