Team 7: Andy and Tommy (Professional Snowboarders)
Andy Finch
Age: 30
Hometown: Truckee, Calif.
Connection to your teammate: Friend
Current occupation: Professional snowboarder/former Olympic snowboarder
Describe what you do: I compete around the world in snowboard competitions.
How will these skills help you win The Race? I travel a lot and get around well on my own. I’ve also learned patience and street smarts.
Three words to describe you: Fun, active and wild.
Favorite hobbies: Surfing, mountain biking and snowboarding.
What famous person reminds you of your teammate? Opposite of Johnny Cash.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? My snowboarding career and marrying my wife.
What scares you most about traveling? Nothing I can think of.
What excites you most about traveling? Experiencing and seeing new things.
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Probably holding something in if it is bothering me.
Pet peeve about your teammate: Trying to reach him on his phone. He lives in the middle of nowhere.
What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Greenland - looks amazing flying over it. It’s the top of the world.
What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I want to win some pretty cool prizes that I can share with my wife. I’m pretty set on taking everyone down!
Tommy Czeschin
Age: 32
Hometown: Crowley Lake, Calif.
Connection to your teammate: Friend
Current occupation: Professional snowboarder/former Olympic snowboarder
Describe what you do: Right now I do this, that and the other… I snowboard, wake surf, and I’m an owner of multiple business - a laundromat, firewood business and the snowboard company, Humanity Snowboards. Also, I’m going to start coaching for U.S. Snowboarding. The best of the best, USA, baby!
How will these skills help you win The Race? I have a lot of experience traveling the world with a large group of people which requires a lot of patience and mental/physical endurance.
Three words to describe you: Fun, easy going and energetic.
Favorite hobbies: Wake surfing, snow boarding and reef keeping (saltwater tank).
What famous person reminds you of yourself? Tommy “The Machine” Czeschin
What famous person reminds you of your teammate? Andy “The Animal” Finch
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Making the 2002 Olympic team for snowboard halfpipe.
What scares you most about traveling? Airplane food.
What excites you most about traveling? Seeing new and different places.
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: I say “easy does it.” Andy says, “No, it doesn’t.”
Pet peeve about your teammate: He’s always going off the Richter scale and by being so crazy he’s always getting injured. Also, he always wears flip flops.
What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Thailand, because I heard it’s beautiful.
What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other then winning one million bucks)? Besides winning… the experience, traveling the world, competing, and getting to know the other teams.
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