A Personal Thank You Note

As Lissa (Pinion) Sands moves ahead to new opportunities and activities within Second Life (SL), including combining her publishing expertise with the creative Ashleigh Dickins for the in-world edition of SurfWatch, SurfWatch and myself, personally, would like to thank Lissa with all my heart for her tireless efforts on behalf of the SurfWatch blog.  Unless you've been in the hotseat of responsibility for following up on information, finding stories, investigating, writing, editing, hounding other contributors, thinking up new ways to keep readers interested, dealing with all the various personalities, staying on top of and sometimes ahead of latest developments, it's difficult to understand the amount of time and depth of commitment involved in keeping SurfWatch viable.  Lissa has done an outstanding job as editor, and we look forward to her continued involvement as her schedule permits.

On behalf of SurfWatch, thank you, Lissa, for everything you've done in support of SurfWatch and the larger Second Life surfing community.  Your efforts are appreciated more than you know.

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Letter from the Editor: A Surf Community

When I came to Second Life nearly 5 years ago, surfing was in its infancy. There were a handful of hardcore surfers from RL who were trying to bring that stoke into SL and thanks to Heather Goodliffe and Sebastian Saramago, who built the waves and the boards, and they came. Those were the days of meeting on a beach, tossing your board into the water and surfing with your friends.  Noobs were taught how to surf and everyone shared the love of surfing and camaraderie. The first comps were set up shortly after that and the SLSA was born.  VW Sands introduced me to surfing just before the first comp and I was hooked. I had never met a nicer bunch of folks and everyone was willing to help this noob and non RL surfer.  Parties, surfing, parties, and then more surfing. Those were the days. V, Flynn, Thor, Devi, Sizz, Robin, Colls, Socks...you guys rock!

Surfing has certainly grown from that handful of surfers to what we have now. With growth there is always growing pains. People have come and gone for a variety of reasons. Some did not feel welcome and for that I apologize on the behalf of the group. Some have moved on to other things to do in SL or other games or gawd forbid, RL. Some have gotten caught up in the drama that a large group inherently has. I cannot say that my time here has been all roses and chocolates, I can say that I have made amazing friends and so I have no regrets. Now it is time to find that stoke again in the community of SL surfing.

Working for SurfWatch first as a contributor, then taking over as Editor in Chief when RL claimed Tauri nearly two years ago, has always been an honor and I will continue to contribute to this amazing news source as I do feel whole heartily that without SurfWatch, things could be much different in a negative sense. I'm stepping back down into the contributor role as college classes have ramped up requiring more of my time and my desire to focus on VW, Vibes, and friends requires my time as well. I will still be around of course and hope that others who have an interest will step up and contribute.

See you on the waves,
Lissa Pinion Sands
Editor in Chief

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Flashback! Week of February 3, 2008

On this Superbowl Sunday lets skip the hours of commentary and watching players stand around and head back to the week of February 3, 2008 and see what was going on in the surf community. Click here and hold on!

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SLSA By-Election Today

Today is the by-election for the SLSA Board of Director's seat left vacant by Abel Halderman's resignation. Running for his seat are GiavannaMarie Melody and Imzadi Amaterasu. Voting is being conducted at the clubhouse on the SLSA sim Solace.

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SLSA Announces By-Election

The Board of Directors for the SLSA announced today that a by-election will take place Sunday, Feb 5th to fill the seat of Abel Halderman who tendered his resignation. For details on the by-election or to see if you are eligible to run for the open seat, please visit the forum.

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