Spoooooky Surfers!

pic courtesy of Arjuna Bombastic
Trick or Treat time and we want your Halloween fun pics to share with all of our readers!  Send them to me full perm inworld or email them to me at lissapinion@gmail.com  Be sure to put your names on them so I can give you credit!
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Halloween Mini Surf Comp Winners!

Winners of the Halloween Mini Surf Comp have been announced! 

1st:  Jordan Mendel
2nd:  ELDicht Spiritweaver
3rd:  Maggie Davi

All Other Riders:
Ryyan MvMasters

Dane Kutenai
Jay Domenici
Phatmoe Resident DNC
Greenly DNC
Luscious DNC



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HALLOWEEN MINI COMP!


When: Oct 30th 4-6pm sl time
How: Sign up Sunday Oct. 30th 4-6pm slt at Shangri-La Lagoon.
Where:  Shangri-La Beach Resort Lagoon.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Artanis/147/113/21
DJ  Angelsmoon Jewell

All boards, huds, anything goes. 1 rider at a time, 3
waves. NO Judges, peoples choice! FUN! Invite your
friends, stuff the ballot box. FUN!

Prizes include lindens, trophies and a free week at one of the houses at Shangri-La !
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The Fall by Betty Tureaud





The Fall by Betty Tureaud

When: Friday at 2 PM SL time! 
Live Music: Ultraviolet Alter

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Kantbe Serious: Nekkid Fall Surf'n???



Submitted by Kantbe Thursday
Can you believe a surf naked competition in this Fall weather? Well, it's true! The SLSA is having a Halloween FUNd raiser for Archipelago. They're say'n let's get back to the "FUND-a-mentals" and come to Archipelago naked to scare your surf'n buds in a pre-Halloween celebration!!!
There will be a Halloween Surf Nekkid competition to raise funds for the Archipelago sim. Funds will be raised by registration fees. Competition registration will be 195L$, spectators will be 395L$, and staff (judges and marshal) will be 595L$ (they'll have the best view, after all). Spectator stand LM will be provided to after registrations are received.

The event will be held on Archi beginning Noon SLT on Friday October 28th. Registrations close at Midnight Thursday (23:59PM SLT). All registrations should be made directly to Sally LaSalle.
To the guys, Sally added, "Bring your junk, but not your woodies."
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Flashback! Week of October 24, 2010

Things are getting geared up for a spoooooky week of activities so what better way to hide and test that candy before you give it out than to have a flashback...the good kind not the acid kind!   Grab that candy, remember we are just testing it for safety reasons, and head over to what was going on  in our surf community the week of October 24, 2010!



Do you have some great pictures from the past?  Send me a full perm copy and we will use it!

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SLSA Season 2 Tsunami Pro Surf Comp Scores



Finals:
Bobbi Laval  18.500
Wilfrid Decuir 17.666
JT Castanea  16.000
Buck Ghosthaven  15.833
Maha Adder  15.166
Maldrul Morris  14.833

Semis:
Heat 1:
Wilfrid Decuir  17.166
Mick Lunasea  15.666
Cierra Theriac  16.833
Maldrul Morris   17.833

Heat 2:
Katey Spiritwat  14.333
Maha Adder       16.000
Melian Catronis  13.833
Buck GhostRaven  15.333

Heat 3:
Bobbi Laval      16.666
Colleen Brennan  12.166
JT Castanea      13.666
followingwaves Sirbu   9.3333

Prelims:
Heat 1:
Wilfrid Decuir   15.000
JT Castanea      13.166
Figger Arun      13.000
Twixt Mode       12.000
Ashoka Modely   NS

Heat 2:
Sunrize Mornington  14.666
Cierra Theriac   14.833
Yari Ziplon     NS
Katey Spiritweaver  15.500
JukkaEspo Resident  NS

Heat 3:
Damiana Babcock  7.5000
Bobbi Laval      16.333
Melian Catronis  10.666
amatsu Dezno    NS

Heat 4:
Followingwaves Sirbu  11.666
Xander Datura   NS
Mick Lunasea     14.833
Valium Lavender  NS

Heat 5:
Maldrul Morris   13.000
Jayden Domenici 12.000
Curshaw Resident  NS
Maha Adder   15.666

Heat 6:
Colleen Brennan  17.000
sven Homewood    14.000
Robbin Ember     14.333
Buck GhostRaven  16.166

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SLSA Season 2 Tsunami Surf Comp Pro Heats



When: Saturday October 22nd,
Time:  11:00am SL
Where: Tsunami Beach (spectator Stands on Freeport Sim)
Board: Longboard >3.38m visible prim
Wave: LSD

Heat 1
Wilfrid Decuir (RED)
JT Castanea (BLUE)
Figger Arun (GREEN)
Twixt Mode (ORANGE)
Ashoka Modely (PURPLE)

Heat 2
Sunrize Mornington (RED)
Cierra Theriac (BLUE)
Yari Ziplon (GREEN)
Katey Spiritwater (ORANGE)
Jukka (PURPLE)

Heat 3
Damiana Babcock (RED)
Bobbi Laval (BLUE)
Melian Catronis (GREEN)
amatsu Dezno (ORANGE)

Heat 4
Followingwaves Sirbu (RED)
Xander Datura (BLUE)
Mick Lunasea (GREEN)
Valium Lavender (ORANGE)

Heat 5
Maldrul Morris (RED)
Jayden Domenice (BLUE)
Curshaw (GREEN)
Maha Adder (ORANGE)

Heat 6
Colleen Brennan (RED)
sven Homewood (BLUE)
Robbin Ember (GREEN)
Buck GhostRaven (ORANGE)
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Light & Shadow Show


"Light & Shadow Version 3.0"

comes with a surf board line based on the shadow theme

Saturday 12  PM SLT (noon) 9 PM german time
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Monkey%20Paw/222/12/2

The exhibited pictures are a mixture of real life photography and SL snapshots. They refer to a status of being somehow there and in the same time not totally being there. A way of presence that has a relation to the shadow, which needs something physic and light to appear, but is not physic itself - similar to our presence in this virtual world. We are here, but yet somehow connected to the "real world" and our virtual being is at least in a mental way based on our everyday self. The perception of this world is subjective as the colorizing of the pictures.

The surfboardline is based on a photo series of shadows. It was developed in the process of creating this exhibition. Those shadow boards let "your self" glide through the virtual worlds.
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Surfing with Lissa


This week's surf sessions takes us to a red rock, white sand beach and a place that for you fluffy lovers, will surely challenge you.  Grab your boards and hit the waves!






First up....

What? Surf and Simboard Park
Slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Opelessence/25/235/891
I first heard about What? from a cute lil chipmunk. My first visit I got sidetracked and had to leave but came back today. Boy howdy I'm glad I did!  The sim is completely remodeled and I have to say I'm loving the red rock and  grassy dunes. HP waves are running and there is a loaner board option as well. No shopping but with so many nooks and crannies to explore especially with that special someone, who needs shopping? (LM takes you to a central point then you tp down to the beach)

And...

Xuriel
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Opelessence/25/235/891
This is a wicked fast pipe run so be ready as soon as you get in the water otherwise you will miss it!  There is a campfire on the beach to warm up and dry off with when you have hit all the fluffys you can.


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Beach Decor!

Our selection today allows you to literally have a beach no matter where you are and at 50 prims is easy on the prim allowance!


Shot on Location At: Alliance Beach http://slurl.com/secondlife/Alliance%20Surf/172/157/21
Beach in a Box
Creator: Gewittertante Aabye
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Alliance%20Surf/172/157/21
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Flashback! Week of October 18, 2009

So I've been catching up on Dr. Who shows from the BBC and can't help but wish we had a tardis to zip around time in. I found some on ebay but don't think they are real so we'll have to make do with our weekly Flashback!  Grab a lunch and join us for a trip back to what was happening in the Surf community the week of October 18, 2009

http://surfwatch.blogspot.com/2009_10_18_archive.html
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No Surf Comp? No Problem!



What happens when a surf comp gets canceled?  A surf party of course!  Folks met over at Tsunami Beach with DJ Dan spinning tunes and danced away the day joking around and hanging out with great people.  Thanks to Colleen Brennan for letting us crash her place.

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SLSA 2011 Season 2 Tsunami Open Comp


The 2011 SLSA Season 2 Tsunami surf competition was canceled today by the Event Coordinator due to low registration. All registered riders will be placed into heats for the Pro round on October 22 according to an announcement made today by the SLSA Board of Directors.
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What Ever Happened To? Vibrations Surf Alliance

Ever wonder what happened to that surf group?  Do they still do activities?  Well, wonder no more! SurfWatch is proud to announce the first in a series we are calling What Ever Happened To? We sent out interview requests to all the surf groups that have kinda faded off the radar to see what they are up to these days so stay tuned as we bring you one each week in the order they are received.

Vibrations Surf Alliance aka: VSA and Vibes
Founder: VW Sands

SW:  Tell me how your group started and is it still active?

VW:  The VSA  is a group I started back on Majini, for pratical reasons at first. I wanted to get a group started for folks to just hang out and free surf between contests and at the same time allow them to rezz their toys anyplace on the Maji sim.

Vibes is alive and well although my time at the SLSA has kinda cut into our activities. Time to fix that though! We have around 600 members, all of whom are free to make a mess at our home sim.

SW:  Is your group open or by invite only?

VW:  Vibes has always been an invite only group. That may sound kinda snobbish but there was and is a method to my madness ;-). Firstly the group is for surfers. Not knuckleheads looking for a tag so they can rezz 100 foot ships on any sim with open water. Having a touch to join sign allows at least some "screening" before an invite is sent and insures that the folks you meet wearing a Vibes tag are surf-junkies above all else :-)

SW:  Many riders say that Surf Jams were a great way to break into the SLSA surf comp scene.  How did you get started doing Surf Jams and why did they stop? Are there any plans to have a regular surf jam scheduled again?

VW:  Surf-Jam has always been a laid back contest series. When we started way back when it kinda filled a void between SLSA comps and as you mentioned was a great way for new surfers to learn the ropes in a real mellow format. I just wanted a surf-for-fun contest series where rank and points and all the rest meant nothing. Just group members battling it out simply for the fun of surfing with their friends.

SJ "stopped" as a result of the explosion of other surf contests going on every weekend. I have always tried to schedule our SJ on the weekends that nothing else was going on and these days those are rare. That and the fact that we had always had 2 full sims to play on and moving to our new home (HS) makes it tough to hold the SJ of old. On the brighter side though SURF-JAM lives on!! "Regular" Surf-Jams will continue with SJ 19 the next :-)
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Surfing with Lissa!

This week I find I'm being pulled towards the more traditional waves out there. The Epic and Pipes. While the Pipes and I have a sort of understanding in that they allow me to ride them and I don't delete them, the Epic is my true love. Tall and wide, fast and slow, I find the peace RL is so often lacking when the Epic and I are one.

Sooo, get out the sex wax and grab your favorite stick and hit the trail with me on the never ending search for that sweet ride.




First stop on the trail...

Pirate Point Break
Slurl:
Arrrggg Mateys! It is off to Pirate Point Break to score the booty!  Booty in this case, of course, being the sweet monster we call the Epic with a run so long even I can get a primo ride out of it! Rezz area where ya land so toss your favorite stick in or find a few boards to be had at a quaint shop nearby.  I even spotted a mermaid....why do I never see mermen?
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pirate%20Point%20Break/53/117/24



One more stop today...

PrimWorks Surf Camp
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/PrimWorks/160/218/22
While Surf Camp at PrimWorks is being remodeled, hit the beach and grab some pipes on one of the loaner boards available or toss your own board into the water!  Afterwards, stretch out on your beach blanket or jump the construction barriers to check out the many vendors of all your favorite surf icons. Don't forget to check back again to see the Surf Museum once it opens.

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Beach Fashion!

This edition of Beach Fashion takes Gremmy and Lissa back to a time when swimsuits had fabric.




On Location At: Chi  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chi/127/127/57

Lissa:
Skin: LAQ Nellie 05
Hair: none
Clothing: 1920's Navy Striped Swimsuit by StarChild Designs
Jewelry: *BF* Naida necklace

Gremmy:
Skin: LAQ: Jonas 05
Hair: TRUTH  "Hank" in Honey
Clothing: 1920's Red Striped Swimsuit by StarChild Designs

Props:
Beach Towel Set "By the Sea"


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SLSA Tsunami Beach Surf Comp Season 2 Registration Opens


The SLSA announced the opening registration for the Tsunami Beach Surf Comp began early today. The longboard comp series runs with the Open on October 15th and Pro on October 22. Boards will be SSi scripted 5.1, 5.2, or 5.2dlg longboards only. Wave name has not been announced but is a LSD created wave. Registration closes on Thursday October 13.  To register visit:  Comp Registration 

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Flashback! Week of October 5, 2008

Autumn winds are blowing us all the way back to the year 2008 to see what was going on the week of October 5th-12th.  We lost a surf sim, registered for a SLSA sponsored surf comp at Chi, and chatted with one of the founders of SSi, a premier maker of boards and waves in SecondLife.  Check it out for yourself!  http://surfwatch.blogspot.com/2008_10_05_archive.html


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Beach Decor!

We are back and boy do we have some great beach themed decor lined up to share with you!  With Fall coming, what a great time to remodel your beach pad or if you don't have a beach pad, add a few beach themed decor items and bring summer indoors all year long!





Shot On Location at http://slurl.com/secondlife/TSUNAMI%20BEACH/232/49/22
S.I.D> Beach Set in White
Creator: Bora Rossini (sorry I don't have a LM to the store but you can contact the designer directly)
Prims: 15


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Surfing with Lissa!


Summer is officially over so say goodbye to the sun and warmth of RL and hello to the warm sunny beaches of SL!  While we piddled away the glorious days of summer, some sim owners were busy setting up new surf spots to crash. I hit two of them recently...tough job but...and hope you will too. As always, if you find a new surf spot, hit me up in world or at my email.  lissapinion@gmail.com






First stop on the hunt for sunshine warmed sand:

Panda Bay
SLURL: Panda Bay

Panda has a short and fast run for the Jaws and Pipes so if you like it short and sweet (smiles sweetly) you will like this run. Shops, a club and some cuddle spots are scattered around this quaint lil surf spot.



Next stop finds us at:

Ol Nude Beach
SLURL: Ol Nude Beach


Ol Nude Beach next to Orgy Island....oh yeah, I got your attention now don't I? Clothing is obviously from the name optional so let it all hang out here while surfing some waves.  Only downside is you will have to use the board rezzer here unless you have an Action board so you may not  need to bring your favorite stick.
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Kantbe Serious: Another Fine Mesh



submitted by Kantbe Thursday
Thinking back on the Archipelago Halloween orange waves with the floating Jack-o-lanterns and the sand waves with bombarding rocks (in response to last season's pipes and rocks at Bundy), I've been looking at some of Luscious Starship's latest work (I have to wonder if this is really work for her because she has so much fun with it). It's clearly another fine mesh she's gotten herself into.

Maybe you've seen it on the national television news broadcasts, maybe in the newspapers, maybe in the National Enquirer, maybe not...


Luscious has been working on mesh versions of surfable waves and surfboards. The way Luscious is designing the LSD boards, a mesh board will actually have different performance characteristics based upon the mesh. So, in theory, with a mesh board that can take advantage of this capability, Mick Lunasea really could surf on a log. Not all boards available today can take advantage of this feature, so be sure and check with the builder if you want this or you could just end up with a big mesh on your hands.


Luscious has graciously made her development sim available for anyone who would like to give some of the test waves and boards a shot. She has a rezzer out to spit out a board to try. Be aware that since this is all still in development, access to the sim might be spotty and no telling what the state of the waves might be when you show up. Also, as a courtesy to Lus, please pick up your empties and trash when you leave... pack it in, pack it out.
Luscious has also made a few demonstration videos on YouTube:
LSD Mesh Surfboard on an LSD Mesh Pipeline Wave
Inside the 88m LSD Pipeline Morphing Mesh Wave
Inside the LSD Mesn Pipleline Wave
Short wave and board sample

These test boards are running version 77.1 (did I mention that Lus has been busy?) . The latest production version is 76.3. LSD boards do check for newer versions and update whenever they are rezzed, however. The latest production versions are always available at the main LSD store on Freeport.
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Letter from the Desk of the Editor

"Times a changin".... again... even in SL Surfing

Two years ago, the decision was made by the then  Board of Directors of the SLSA to try out a new competition format that would allow more surfers to ride. At the time, many surfers who registered were turned away due to space constraints so a two comp format was introduced. For well over a year, the new format worked great! More surfers who registered got to ride and new surfers were not "thrown in deep end at Chi" as Ashleigh Dickens once was. 

Ok, so what is the big deal if this worked so great?  Well, here is a bit of a history lesson for you. Back when we had one SLSA comp per month there were several other surf groups who had comps and activities that were awesome for training folks and just plain fun. After the two comp format, all those surf groups began having to compete for two weekends a month, then riders got burned out and the surf groups began fading away. Squeezed out literally. 

Its been clear for some time now that there is no logical or rational reason to have two comps a month for the SLSA. It is basically too time consuming and too labor intensive. It was a trial at a time when it was needed. The numbers have not supported this for some time. It burns out the staff who work the comps.  It burns out the riders. It burns out the surf groups. 

 According to the SLSA Constitution the below is one of the first reasons for existing:  

1.2.1. The objectives of the SLSA shall be:
1.2.1.1. To establish and maintain an international association to promote the interests of surfing in all its forms throughout all of SL, to which all concerned with the sport of surfing or its related activities may gain affiliation.

Here in lies the rub. The SLSA is to promote surfing and in its attempt to open competition to more riders, it has squeezed out the very groups who fed it's base. The groups who taught those new surfers about boards and waves, tricks and how a competition works, the surfer who doesn't want to compete but wants the camaraderie of surfing together in a Surf Jam or Surf Safari, the parties where we burned a sim down and danced and laughed. The party wave after party wave.  Maybe the deaths of our true, surf dedicated sims, would slow if the groups who run them had more support and time to be surf groups? That is the million dollar question.

People come and go and through it all, the surfing has been there. The core of old timers who are stubborn enough to do the work and welcome the new people in and teach them.  Let's bring back the parties, the Surf Jams, Surf Safaris, spontaneous roving surf sessions, surf classes, board exhibitions, tandem comps, etc. Its all gone now but it can come back. I know it can.

Surf on
Lissa Sands (Pinion)
Editor in Chief of SurfWatch



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Flashback! Week of Oct 4th 2009

Put your rakes down, the leaves can wait and join us as we hit the road and go back to what was going on the week of October 4, 2009 in the surf community!




http://surfwatch.blogspot.com/2009_10_04_archive.html
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