San Clemente, Calif., March 26, 2007 - In its 15th year, the prestigious Jeep-Body Glove Surfbout returns to the world famous Lower Trestles in San Clemente for the first stop of the Macy’s California Trifecta Surf Series presented by Jeep®. In addition to this Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) four-star event taking place April 24-28, 2007, Lower Trestles will also host the Oakley Pro Junior from April 27-28, 2007. This five-day world-class surfing event will feature top-tier professional surfers, local surf hopefuls, domestic and international junior competitors and supporters of the renowned Trestles break.

Touted as one of the most impressive ASP WQS events, the Jeep-Body Glove Surfbout features 192 of the world’s best surfers battling for a $75,000 prize purse and valuable ASP WQS points. In the Surfbout’s 15-year history, past winners have included eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (Cocoa Beach, FL), three-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons (Hanalei, HI), local Southern California stars Rob Machado (Cardiff, CA), Taylor Knox (Carlsbad, CA) and Shane Beschen (San Clemente, CA), and Surfbout’s 2006 winner, Dustin Cuizon (Ewa Beach, HI).

“Body Glove International is proud to bring the Jeep-Body Glove Surfbout back to Lower Trestles,” said Scott Daley, VP of marketing for Body Glove. “Trestles not only offers some of the best waves in America, but Surfbout gives American surfers an opportunity to earn valuable ASP WQS points. This will be the 15th Surfbout, so all of you young American pros, let’s see what you’ve got!”

This year, in an effort to continue the growth of the Macy’s California Trifecta events, ASG along with partner Jeep, have added an all-new 2007 Jeep Patriot to the Macy’s California Trifecta prizing in addition to a $20,000 total cash purse to add to the level of excitement at each event.

The Macy’s California Trifecta Surf Series presented by Jeep (an ASP North America Specialty Series) was formed in 2005 as part of a three-year plan to strengthen surfing in America by uniting the Jeep-Body Glove Surfbout, the Newport Pro presented by Jeep, and the O’Neill Cold Water Classic presented by Jeep under one banner. The Macy’s California Trifecta Surf Series provides surfers with an opportunity to earn crucial points on the ASP WQS, which allows them the chance of advancing to the coveted Foster’s ASP World Tour. The Macy’s California Trifecta will award a $33,333 bonus and an all-new 2007 Jeep Patriot to the surfer who takes first-place in all three events. Should no one surfer take the win in all three events, the Macy’s California Trifecta awards an overall points-winner bonus and the all-new 2007 Jeep Patriot while Juniors will vie for an additional $5,000. In 2006, Nate Yeomans (San Clemente, CA) had a tremendous year and was awarded $10,000 for winning the Macy’s California Trifecta points bonus, narrowly beating out Nathaniel Curran (Oxnard, CA) at the stop’s final event, the O’Neill Cold Water Classic presented by Jeep.

“We had a great points race going into the Cold Water Classic last year and we are excited to bring this opportunity back to American surfers. It all starts at the Surfbout, and with over $200,000 in cash and prizes on the line this year we’re looking forward to seeing another dramatic finish to the ’07 season,” Sean Nielsen, ASG’s director of event operations, said.

The 2007 Jeep-Body Glove Surfbout is happy to once again have support from Oakley, Ocean Minded, PRIMEDIA’s Action Sports Group (ASG), publisher of SURFER, SURFING and WaveWatch, and the SC Times and FUEL TV.

For surfing enthusiasts who can’t make it to Trestles, starting April 25 all of the Jeep-Body Glove Surfbout action will be viewable online with streaming video and live scoring at www.surfbout.com.