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ITSA World Tandem Championship Qualifier (WTCQ) Regional Results

The top 16 teams from the International Tandem Surfing Association's represented regions are invited to enter. The top four (4) finalists from each ITSA sanctioned World Tandem Championship Qualifier event (Europe, Hawaii & USA) in addition to four (4) Wild Cards will secure an invitation to the World Championship of Tandem Surfing held this year at Duke's OceanFest in Waikiki during the third week in August.

ITSA Hawaii (HAW)
Top 4 teams from Tandemonium @ Turtle Bay (March 18, 2017 on North Shore, Oahu) 
    1st - Kalani Vierra & Krystl Apeles 
    2nd - Leleo Kinimaka & Chandra Krown 
(will not be competing in the World Championship)
    3rd - Jordan Patterson & Angelee Homma
    4th - Nick Alexander & Sunema Te'o-Gibney


Top 4 teams from Pops Ah Choy Waikiki Tandem Classic (June 24, 2017 in Waikiki, Oahu)
    1st - Kalani Vierra & Krystl Apeles
    2nd - Leleo Kinimaka & Lauren Oiye 
(will not be competing in the World Championship)
    3rd - Rod Martin & Karin Martin
    4th -
 Jordan Patterson & Angelee Homma

ITSA United States (USA)
Top 3 teams from Doheny Gathering of the Tribes (April 1-2, 2017 @ San Onofre, California) 
    1st - Travis Long & Stephanie Seiko-Gailey (will not be competing in the World Championship)
    2nd - Brian McEvilly & Illa McEvilly
    3rd - RJ Hervey & Tanya Parks


ITSA Europe (FRA)
Top 4 teams from Kiwi Surf Fest (July 29-30, 2017 @ Biscarrosse Plage, France) 
    1st - Clement Cetran & Dhelia Cetran (will not be competing in the World Championship)
    2nd - Rico Leroy & Sarah Burel 
(will not be competing in the World Championship)
    3rd - Paul Duvignau & Manon Bailo 
(will not be competing in the World Championship)
    4th - Eric Andre & Ophelie Fargetas 
(will not be competing in the World Championship)

ITSA Wild Cards
    Leleo Kinimaka & Megan Talabis Anderson (HAW); 4th place - 2015 ITSA World Championship
    Chuck Inman & Kathy Terada (HAW); 5 World Titles between the two w/ different partners
    Alika Wilis & Leslie Sanchez (HAW)
​    Travis Long & Erica Ancier (USA)
    Sean Apis & Tiffany Chen (FSM)
    Eduardo Lima & Gabriel Cardoso (BRA).
    Javier Bellido Fataccioli & Lucia Vildosola (PER)
    Simon Phin & Nicole Phin (AUS)

Additional Information on Qualifying for the Tandem Surfing World Championship
  • Teams were eligible to compete in a WTCQ event outside of their home region. 
  • In the event that a team qualifies in their home region plus another region, the team will automatically accept their home region's invitation to allow fair representation from all regions. 
  • If a team does not qualify in their home region but qualifies in another region, they are able to receive their invitation from that region instead.
  • If a team receives an invitation and cannot compete for any given reason, their invitation will be extended to the next highest ranked team from that region's WTCQ event.
  • *Each invitation is earned by the team as a whole and cannot be accepted by only one partner. If there is a partner change, the original team forfeits their invitation and the newly formed team will need to qualify on their own to receive an invitation.
  • There may be one more tentative WTCQ event held at Duke's OceanFest prior the Main Event to fill any remaining invitational openings. At the discretion of the ITSA, remaining openings may also be filled by a Wild Card selection in addition to or in place of the last WTCQ event at Duke's OceanFest.
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