nelscott tow-in contest gets green light

the Nelscott Reef tow-in contest got the green light for this Friday......12/8.

Forecast is 17'@17 with moderate SE winds.......

should just be a celebration of a killer swell.......why compete? Guess thats the shit that sells....

Last years highlight vid

Oregon welcoming committee:

http://www.lostenterprises.com/dev/i...rthbaja677.jpg

Pretty freakin sweet

Swell looks to be huge but hopefully the wind chop will stay down so they get it at its full potential.

Quote:

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TONIGHT
SE WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 7 FT
BUILDING TO 10 FT AT 13 SECONDS LATE. CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

THU
SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. W SWELL 12 FT
BUILDING TO 14 FT AT 14 SECONDS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN.

THU NIGHT
SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. W SWELL
16 FT AT 16 SECONDS. CHANCE OF RAIN.

FRI
SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. W SWELL 17 FT.

FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON
SLY WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5
FT. W SWELL AROUND 17 FT.

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http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Foreca...US56.KSEW.html

Some pics from the contest today:

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4...tshack1fn4.jpg

http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/8...lscott1md6.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b8...06/barrel2.jpg

So nice, so nice

More photos from the comp taken from oregonsurf.com:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...rnnelscott.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...dnelscott2.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-.../nelscott1.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-.../nelscott3.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...lscottheli.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...bottomturn.jpg

Looks like it went down in glassey conditions with bombs rolling through. As per usual, surfline.com has a good write up on the event with quality pics.

this year's highlight vid

sweet sunset footage......