France - Extreme sports - Tandem Surfing

Tandem surfers practising prior to the semi-final, French leg, tandem surfing world tour: (Eric Andre and Ophelie foreground, Dhelia Birou, 20 and Clement Cetran background). Competitors are judged on different types of lifts which are scored according to their difficulty as well as general grace and surfing prowess. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930’s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.

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Tandem surfers practising prior to the semi-final, French leg, tandem surfing world tour: (Eric Andre and Ophelie foreground, Dhelia Birou, 20 and Clement Cetran background). Competitors are judged on different types of lifts which are scored according to their difficulty as well as general grace and surfing prowess. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930’s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.