Not yet an official team, we ventured out into the waves at Makaha for the first time together with a "what the heck, let's just have fun!" attitude knowing that the tricky backside wave for us goofy footers would be a challenge. Unfortunately, we didn't make a big splash in our first competition together - more splashing was done in a couple of good wipeouts - and surfed only one semi final heat. But all in all it was a great experience and good practice for the following week's first stop in Maui on the inaugural World Tandem Tour.