Neart bay, home to West of Ireland's Epic wave breakThe Second Life Surfing Association (SLSA) has drawn the heat line-ups for what is now called the Reaction Longboard Epic surfing competition at Neart, which takes place at 1100 hrs SLT (1800 hrs GMT) Saturday at Neart in the West of Ireland group of sims.
35 surfers are now expected to compete in the Longboard Epic, according to the heat draws list distributed to competition surfers on Friday evening, three more than registered for the re-scheduled Surfline competition held at the end of April. In all, 15 out of the top 20 SLSA ranked competition surfers are registered for Neart including table-leader Pova Rustamova, second place DeVinna Toll, third place Colleeen Brennan and all three Surfline competition winners, Abel Halderman (1st), Desirae Beaumont (2nd) and Craig Stallion (3rd).
The Reaction Longboard Epic at Neart will be the first surfing competition to be held applying the SLSA's new 'wave count rule' in the event's semi-finals and finals heats. The rule has been introduced to offer a level of protection for semi-finalists and finalists against browser crashes and other technical malfunctions. Under the new rule, semi-finalists and finalists scores will be calculated on 4 waves versus holding surfers to a strictly timed heat. Pova was knocked out of the Surfline Shortboard Pro in the semi-finals due to a system crash, which resulted in him failing to catch three scoreable waves. The new rule is being introduced at Neart on a trial basis pending a permanent change to the SLSA competition rules.
HEAT 1
Pova Rustamova (RED)
Bobbi Laval (BLUE)
Craig Stallion (GREEN)
Socks Clawtooth (ORANGE)
Payten Harrop (PURPLE)
HEAT 2
DeVinna Toll (RED)
Ashleigh Dickins (BLUE)
Mick Lunasea (GREEN)
LeahJane Cazalet (ORANGE)
Malcolm Sydney (PURPLE)
HEAT 3
Colleen Brennan (RED)
Desne Aabye (BLUE)
Carolin Gausman (GREEN)
AlexSurfer Hirons (ORANGE)
Pyper Dollinger (PURPLE)
HEAT 4
Abel Halderman (RED)
Timbo Flanagan (BLUE)
Paeida Allen (GREEN)
Jaay Zymurgy (ORANGE)
Fungus Kamachi (PURPLE)
HEAT 5
Desirae Beaumont (RED)
Buffy Munro (BLUE)
Oneill Auer (GREEN)
Shelby Fitzgerald (ORANGE)
Kathy Heberle (PURPLE)
HEAT 6
VW Sands (RED)
Vic Bonetto (BLUE)
Rani Decosta (GREEN)
QUENCH Spotter (ORANGE)
Wuan Saka (PURPLE)
HEAT 7
Christine Daffodil (RED)
Cipriano Grut (BLUE)
Mateus Rieko (GREEN)
Crusader Arado (ORANGE)
Countess Decosta (PURPLE)
Notes: The (COLOUR) in brackets denotes the colour of the surfer's competition shirt. The heats draw may always be subject to last minute changes.
Surfers contacts: Milo Voss / Radical Twang / Sally LaSalle
SurfWatch: Lady in red (21 May 08)
SurfWatch: Surfing Calendar May-June 2008 (19 May 08)
URL: Competition Day Requirements (for Surfers and Spectators)
URL: Judging criteria
SLURL: Neart (competitors only)
SLURL: Bundoran Reef (spectators sim)
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