Andy & Tommy

Andrew Joseph "Andy" Finch and Tommy Czeschin are a team of Pro Snowboarders on The Amazing Race 19.

The two friends dominated the race, combining their physical abilities with their free-spirited nature to win six legs on their way to the final four. Half of their wins was also notably due to their ability to read their clues correctly, while their competitors faltered and made easily-avoidable mistakes. Having made it to the penultimate leg after establishing themselves as huge threats, it was ironically their speed that did them in, as they were already ahead of their competitors when the other teams' taxi drivers began fortuitously collaborating with each other throughout the leg. This, along with Andy & Tommy's own difficulty at deciphering the final clue, resulted in their elimination in 4th place.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com^[2]

Andy[]

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[]

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 a snowboard company, Humanity Snowboards. Also, I'm going to start coaching for US 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

The Amazing Race 19[]

Race History[]

Andy & Tommy's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	United States → Taiwan	No Detour	Andy	7 of 11
2	2	Taiwan → Indonesia	Shake Your Money Maker / Be a Ticket Taker	Tommy	1 of 11
3	3	Indonesia	Rice Field / Grass Fed	Tommy	1 of 9
4	4	Indonesia → Thailand	Coral Reconstruction / Beach Preparation	Andy	1 of 8
5	5	Thailand	No Detour	Andy	5 of 8	^[1]
5	5	Thailand	No Detour	Tommy	5 of 8	^[1]
6	6	Thailand → Malawi	All Sewn Up / Not Grown Up	Tommy	1 of 7
7	7	Malawi	Dugout / Lugout	Andy	1 of 7
8	8	Malawi → Denmark	All Hopped Up / All Churned Out	Andy	3 of 6
9	9	Denmark → Germany → Belgium	Bodybuilding Posedown / Unknown	Tommy	4 of 5	^[2]
10	10	Belgium	Water / Waffle	Tommy	1 of 5
11	11	Belgium → Netherlands → Panama	Filet / Sole	Andy	4 of 4
				Average	2.64
Legend: The team finished in first place The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg The team that won The Amazing Race The team that crossed the Finish Line second The team that crossed the Finish Line third ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn ⋐ The team that used the second slot of the "Double U-Turn" ⋑ Recipient of a second U-Turn due to the "Double U-Turn" twist H This team was penalized with a "Hazard"
Notes: 1: Leg 5 had two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one. 2: Leg 9 contained a Detour, however since all teams chose the same task, it was edited to be a miscellaneous task on air. It is unknown what the other side of the Detour was.

Post-Race[]

Trivia[]

Only team to win a leg in The Amazing Race 19 but not make the final three.

US Records[]

Andy & Tommy are the first team of Olympians. They were followed by Aly & Steve and Kellie & LaVonne.
Most legs won by a team in a single race who was eliminated before the final leg, with 6 legs.
- Tied with Oswald & Danny for most legs won by a team who eliminated before the final leg over their career.
First team to be eliminated in Panama.

External links[]

Andy's Website: http://www.andyfinch.net/

Andy Finch's Wikipedia page: Andy Finch

Tommy Czeschin's Wikipedia page: Tommy Czeschin

Interviews[]

Colin Bane at ESPN.com (09/02/2011): "Snowboarders Andy Finch and Tommy Czeschin Compete on Amazing Race"
Joyce Eng at TV Guide Online (12/05/2011): "We Trusted Our Taxi Driver Too Much"
CBS.com (12/06/2011): "Elimination Interview - Andy & Tommy"
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski at Reality TV World (12/06/2011): "Exclusive - Andy Finch and Tommy Czeschin talk The Amazing Race"
Gina Scarpa at Reality Wanted (12/06/2011): "Exclusive Interview with Andy Finch and Tommy Czeschin"
Jennifer Still at Digital Spy (12/07/2011): "Life is an adventure every day"
Daniel Fienberg at HitFix.com (12/07/2011): "Popular snowboarders talk religion, racing, and All-Stars hopes"
Troy Rogers at The Deadbolt (12/08/2011): "The Amazing Race with Snowboarders Andy and Tommy"
Sports Spectrum (03/23/2013): "Running an Amazing Race"