Tandem Waveriders Organization

Congrats to all the teams that surfed Oceanside last weekend!  OLSC were excellent hosts and have invited tandem back again next year.  If you missed it,  the weekend started with Guy Takyama’s Pro Noseriding event on Friday, SuperGirl Pro Shortboarding on Saturday and preliminary rounds of tandem.  Sunday was the final.  Waves were 4-5 feet with the best waves on Sunday!  Talk about close final… it came down to 7 hundredths of a point, but coming out Chuck and Tiffany from Hawaii won the event.  Brian and Hana McEvilly who were local favorites got 2nd, Clay and Kristen of RWorld got 3rd, and Mark & Debbie Gale got 4th.  Chuck and Tiffany had 2 solid combos that were executed until perfection with Tiffany’s trademarkable precision.  Hana and Brian got the best waves of the heat with a different combination on each wave displaying, excellent control and presentation.  Clay and Kristen wowed the crowd with their straddle and helicopter.  Mark and Debbie had trouble in the final with the best waves screaming lefts, but during the preliminary heats had earned their place in the Final with solid lifting and surfing.  Also notable in the preliminary rounds were Charles and Myra’s Surfing Swan.  Landon is now surfing with a new partner and had some solid sequences with Beth.  Travis and Kate were great to see tandem surfing it up!  Hope to see more teams next year at the Oceanside event!