The Amazing Race season 25, episode 1, “Go Big or Go Home,” just finished airing! Read our recap to find out which team got eliminated.

The Amazing Race returns to New York City to begin its landmark season 25. The cast includes 11 all-new teams featuring surfers Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks, professional wrestlers Brooke Adams and Robbie E. Strauss, and Boston Firefighters Michael Ward and Scott Strazzullo.

Phil explains “The Save” rule to the new teams. If a team finishes first in the premiere, they will have the ability to save themselves if they face elimination later in the race.

The teams take off and grab their clues, which tell them to go where the very first race ended. They ask the crowd what the answer is and are told to go to The Globe at Flushing Meadow Park. So they all jump in cabs and take off.

The Surfers are the first team to get to The Globe and the clue tells them the first flight only has seats for five teams. They’re the first team to the airport but don’t get their tickets right away.

The college sweethearts Timothy and Tee Jay get the first pair of tickets. Dennis and Isabelle are second on the flight. The surfers then realize people are showing up, and they get in line. They are the third team on the flight. The cyclists are the fourth team on the flight, and the dentists are the last team on the first flight.

The rest of the teams get on a second flight and they all head to the Virgin Islands. There they must go to Vendor’s Plaza and sign up for a sea flight. On the first sea flight are the surfers and the college sweethearts. The second sea flight includes the cyclists and the dentists. The third flight has Dennis and Isabelle.

Keith and Whitney are on sea flight number four with Shelley and Nici. Amy and Maya are on sea flight number five with Lisa and Michelle. The last sea flight has the firefighters and the wrestlers. The firefights get upset when Lisa and Michelle play dirty to get their spot on the fifth flight.

The teams get their first challenge where they have to rock climb and jump into the ocean to find a message in a bottle. The college sweethearts are the first to jump quickly, followed by the surfers. The next clue tells them to take a small boat and use a rope to pull themselves to the next clue.

At the road block they have to navigate the beach using a liquid compass. They must use the compass, a one yard shovel, and unique coordinates to dig in the sand for their next clue. Tim, for the college sweethearts, and Adam, for the surfers, take on the road block. They both struggle to use the compass, so the cyclists and dentists catch up to them. Jim decides to play nice and shows the other teams how to properly use the compass.

Jim finds the clue next, which tells them to go to the pit stop at Fort Christian. Back on land they jump in a taxi and head toward the pit stop. Way ahead of the other teams, they make it to the pit stop first and win “The Save.”

Everyone catches up to the road block with no one able to figure out where the clues are. Finally, Tim finds the clue and the college sweethearts are in second place. Robbie finds his third, the cyclists find their fourth, the surfers find theirs fifth, the scientists find theirs sixth, Dennis and Isabelle find theirs seventh, and Shelley and Nici find theirs eighth.

Night sets and it just gets harder for the teams to find the spot of their treasures. Keith and Whitney decide to give up and take the penalty. When they tell the other teams, they all decide to do it, which means it will just be a race to the pit stop.

The remaining teams comes in the following places:

2nd place: Tim and Tee Jay (college sweethearts)
3rd place: Kym and Alli (cyclists)
4th place: Robbie and Brooke (wrestlers)
5th place: Adam and Bethany (surfers)
6th place: Amy and Maya (scientists)
7th place: Dennis and Isabelle
8th place: Shelley and Nici
9th place: Keith and Whitney
10th place: Scott and Michael (firefighters)
Last place: Lisa and Michelle

As the last team, Lisa and Michelle are eliminated from the race.