With little more than 48 hours until the Thor Bishop Shortboard Pro takes place at El Corazon, SLSA surfers are readying themselves for one of this year's most challenging surfing competitions and the final Second Life Surfing Association (SLSA) event of the five-contest Spring-Summer season. El Corazon will also decide what competition surfer becomes the SLSA season champion.
El Corazon is a small break with a short run into the shore that is sure to bring its own intensity to Saturday's competition. The pipeline wave is just one section wide, making it less than a third of the width of the wave at the last competition at Neart. And whilst we're comparing El Corazon's break to the last competition, the wave run is only about two thirds as long as Neart too. Overall El Corazon is the narrowest wave with the shortest break in the season's calendar. It's shorter than either Neart or Monkeh Barrel (at least, when there was a Monkey Barrel sim!). In addition to the size of the break, the El Corazon surf break also has a few little quirks such as fast moving fluffies (ocean foam waves) and pipeline waves that often fold before they hit the beach.
The SLSA Thor Bishop Shortboard Pro surfing competition takes place on Saturday 14 June 2008 at 1100 hrs Second Life time (SLT) at El Corazon. As usual, 40 surfers are expected to take part in 8 heats and as of time of posting 31 surfers had already registered for the competition.
Useful links
URL: SLSA competition calendar
URL: Judging Criteria
URL: Competition Day Requirements (for Surfers and Spectators)
SLURL: El Corazon (competitors only)
SLURL: El Corazon (spectators)
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