Stacey Dundas of the Tsunami Skippers.

Stacey Dundas is mostly known for jumping rope. But that’s not the only way she spends her time.

Dundas co-founded the Tsunami Skippers in 2006 as a way to spend time with her eldest daughter and has seen the program grow into a regional attraction. She and her husband, Neil, also own Dundee’s Bar and Grill and Dundee’s Donuts, where she oversees the doughnut side.

Her youngest daughter, Malory, is an Astoria High School junior who plays for the standout girls basketball team.

“I don’t really have much time to relax,” Dundas said. “The only time I have quiet time is just before bed once everything is finished.”

Fans might know the Tsunami Skippers as a halftime attraction at Seaside and Astoria basketball games. Over the years, the jump-rope team has performed in national and international competitions and appeared at a range of events, including home games for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA and the Seattle Storm of the WNBA.

The program promotes physical fitness, discipline and teamwork.

Dundas said jump rope was big when she was growing up.

“When my kids were school-aged there was nothing in Oregon,” she said. “A jump-rope team came to perform at my daughter’s elementary school in Cannon Beach and after watching it, I didn’t see anything I couldn’t do. And since my Pacifica Project for Seaside High School was about jump rope, I decided to do it for my own daughters to give them the same experience I had when I was a kid.”

As the Tsunami Skippers program has grown, with opportunities to travel and perform before different audiences, the experience has turned into more than exercise.

“Most of these kids don’t look at jump rope as exercise,” she said. “They look at it as performing. They like an audience.”

The Dundas family, like many, have divided loyalties in the Clatsop Clash rivalry. Dundas and the two oldest children went to Seaside, while her husband and youngest daughter are Astoria Fishermen.

“Over time, I’ve gotten used to the purple and yellow, but I like wearing red and blue much better,” Dundas said. “When my daughter asked if I would be OK with her going to Astoria, I told her it was fine. Since the new (Seaside campus) wasn’t my school, I have no ties to the new one and if she isn’t going to play on the same court I did, then it’s her decision at the end of the day.”

In the next few years, Dundas hopes to find someone who can take over the heavy lifting of running the Tsunami Skippers. While she wants to remain involved, she would like more free time to spend with her grandson and for other activities.

“It has to be someone special,” Dundas said. “Having experience in jump rope is required. I have a few people in mind, but haven’t narrowed it down yet.”