WHAT IS TANDEM SURFING?

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Above: Tandem surfing partners Kalani Vierra and Krystl Apeles perform four different tandem lifts (held for three seconds each), all while riding one wave.

Surfing is a sport beloved by millions worldwide, but many fewer know of the sport and tradition of tandem surfing.

On the surface, it seems simple––two people riding on one surfboard. Tandem surfing in the 21st Century is so much more.

It is one part sport, one part art––a combination of acrobatics, strength, beauty, balance, and trust, thrown together with the unforgiving power of Mother Nature, a keen need for wave experience, intuition, selfless determination, and a deep historical connection with the ghosts of Hawaiian surfers past.

Visit http://www.itsatandemsurf.org/ to learn more about the awe-inspiring sport and tradition of tandem surfing.

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