Andrew Joseph Finch (born March 20, 1981) is an American

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

. His accomplishments include winning the overall U.S. Grand Prix

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Title in 2003 and 2004, taking first place in the

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in April 2004, winning the

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in February 2004, winning the O'Neill Snowboard Jam in January 2005, and finishing in second place in Northstar Resort's Vans Tahoe Cup. In addition, Finch competed in the

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for the United States. He lives in Truckee, California and attended Bullard High School in

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. Finch and his friend

Tommy Czeschin Tommy Czeschin (born June 15, 1979) is an American snowboarder. He competed in the men's halfpipe event at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Czeschin and his friend Andy Finch participated on the 19th season of ''The Amazing Race''. They ended up in ...

participated on the 19th season of ''

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''. They ended up in 4th place out of 11 teams and were the eighth team eliminated in

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. He and Tommy are one of the few teams who won 6 out of 12 legs on ''The Amazing Race 19''.

References

External links

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Andy and Tommy's ''The Amazing Race 19'' Official Profile
1981 births Living people American male snowboarders Sportspeople from Fresno, California People from Truckee, California Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics The Amazing Race (American TV series) contestants X Games athletes 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-snowboarding-bio-stub