Surfing competitors have got to be wondering "is there no stopping Buffy Munro?" after her second consecutive Surf Jam win at Majini Island on Saturday (she also won March's event). This was the third Vibrations Surf Alliance competition event of the year and the first surfing competition held in Havok4 conditions.
"Honestly, I felt that I was not doing great! Out of the five waves in the final, I bellied three," said Buffy modestly [see photo right]. "But two waves were good and that's all you need. It has been hard as I have had to change my technique because of Havok4.
"It was also good to see some other vibers taking part for the first time. And it was great to have Socks on the podium when it was his first Surf Jam! WOOOOT!!!! GO VIBERS!!!!!"
The Surf Jam finals saw Buffy, who finished the finals heat with 13.25 points, surf off against Socks Clawtooth (13.00 points), ONeill Auer (10.25 points), Abel Halderman (9.25 polint) and Wilfrid DeCuir (9.25 points). Fourteen surfers took part in the competition, with first timer Socks Clawtooth taking second place on the winners' podium and January's Surf Jam winner ONeill Auer taking third place.
Left to right: Oneill Auer, Buffy Monro and Socks ClawtoothMajini was closed to incoming traffic for the duration of the competition which meant no avatar traffic, allowing the organisers the luxury of spending more time keeping the competition and waves rolling and less on crowd control. "We saw some awesome surfing action!" said organiser VW Sands. "All through the event, we saw some killer surfing with scores of 15-16 being posted. All the riders did great and I hope everyone had as much fun as I did from behind the scenes."
"Even after Second Life throws a stick in our sprocket, we still manage to have a blast surfing," continued VW. "Surf Jam III can be summarized as yet another example of how the surfers of Second Life, with a collective chilled-out attitude can have fun together regardless of technical glitches, sunken surfboards or sim hiccups. Big thanks to all the surfers, marshalls and judges. And congrats to all the finalists and to Buffy, Socks and ONeill - simply awesome!"
FINALS STANDINGS
Buffy Munro (13.25 points)
Socks Clawtooth (13.00 points)
ONeill Auer (10.25 points)
Abel Halderman (9.25 polint)
Wilfrid DeCuir (9.25 points)
SEMI FINALISTS
"Pinky" Pinklady (14.00 points)
AlexSurfer Hirons (12.50 points)
EvilBob (10.00 points)
Cloudy Matova (8.50 points)
"Quench Spotter (8.50 points)
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Congratulations to Buffy and everyone for a smashing comp, and to VW and the team for pulling off the first post Havoc 4 comp with great success. I missed it, but the news that reached me was all GOOD :) See you next time, errr, possibly as a competitor... WOOOOTTTTTT
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