World Tandem Champs

ITSA
Queen's Waikiki Oahu
 August 22 - 23, 2008

August 22, 2008  - Another day in paradise here in Waikiki , Queens, for the 3rd ISA World Title of the Tandem surfing history. 24 teams came where tandem surfing was born a century ago. Thanks to the Duke and his Festival to give us the privilege to surf in such a great place.

All the best hawaiian competitors were there to show the world what Tandem is all about and we saw in the 3 first heat 3 locals win. Chuck & Tiff (HAW) with 11,89pts, Brian & Kathy (HAW) with 12,17pts and the team from Maui Archie & Jamie (HAW) with the excellent score of 13,06pts.

On the second part of the 1st round Kalani & Ala (HAW) got the second best score of the day with 15,81pts but were surrounded by a French & a Californian team. Clay & Kristen (USA) got the very good score of 15,52pts and took the 3rd score of the day when the French Pair , Rico & Sarah took the lead with a perfect 17,09pts.

The rest of the crew qualified are:

Pauly & Karin (COS) 8,32pts
Ryan & Jennifer (USA) 10,13pts
Melvin & Daughter (HAW) 9,59pts
Scotty & Shannon (HAW)7,54pts
Bear & Kristl (HAW) 11,94pts
Brian & Illa (USA) 14,70pts

Tommorow the 1/4 gonna be tuff and only the best 8 teams gonna go through. Check tomorow for the last scores and the final results before the BIG final

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