Easter Bunnies and Surf Monkeys

The egg hunt is on at Monkey Cove! Every day this week, Easter eggs will be hidden across the four sims that make up the Monkey Cove area. While you hunt for eggs, you may want to explore what Monkey Cove has to offer. Two of the four sims are dedicated solely to surfing. You'll find a rolling four-panel epic running 3/4 of the epic sim and unbelievable pipes 2/3 of the sim wide and running 95% of the pipe sim.

Monkey Cove has a new market place opening April 1st to join the surf shop that's been open almost a month featuring Analog, Reaction, Namiko and SSI. Be sure to stop in for your free seashells and grab some board wax while you're there! The residential section is almost full, but you'll find some choice spots still available. And Monkey Cove's new live music stage will be opening this week featuring the newest and best of SL live music. Be sure to visit this week and find those eggs! Monkey Cove, Syx (55, 92, 22). Contact Syx Toshi for more information.

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SURF JAM RESULTS

Socks and Desi Knock Colleen Down a Peg!

Photos courtesy Colleen Brennan
Surf Results and photos courtesy VW Sands

After winning 4 Surf Jams in a row, Colleen Brennan's first place streak was ended by the excellent surfing of Desi Beaumont and Socks Clawtooth who tied for first. Colleen took a close second place and O'Neill Auer took a tight third. Kim Henig took high score of the event with a 17.50 in the 4th preliminary heat, giving her a place in the semi finals. In describing his winning combos, Socks stated, "On my last wave, I went from far pipe to close pipe and just as I hit the end of my run, I hopped onto the hammock (smiles)...VERY intentional. It's SJ - it's all good."

Final Results:

First place tie - Desirae Beaumont - 16.50
Socks Clawtooth - 16.50

Second place - Colleen Brennan - 16.00

Third place - O'Neill Auer - 15.50

Congratulations to the finalists and all the participants!

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Reflections on a Founder...

by Abel Halderman, special correspondent

Once in awhile, a great idea appears. Once in awhile, a great person makes it happen. It takes courage to do it, but at the same time, it gives a lot of satisfaction to the people involved. When I first met Barchan Paderborn, I didn't know who he was. During our first conversation, it became clear to me that he was a real journalist, even if only in SL. He had that "thing".

Do you know who was the first person that made Team Tsunami think that having their own beach was not just wishful thinking? Yes, it was Barc. His help with this is impossible to overrate. I found myself trying, along with my teammates, to develop a surf beach. And after we created it, Barc was there again, but this time as an objective journalist writing a story about a nice beach and a new team.

Since then, a lot of things have changed for me, both in RL and SL. The organization I belong to, the SLSA, has changed, too. Barc remained the same: devoted to his mission and extremely professional. He gave all of us a lot of excitement when we read his stories. He motivated some of the most talented people in SL to write about SL surfing. While he always had his own opinions about what was going on, he stayed objective in all his stories. It's a model all journalists admire.

Thank you, Barchan Paderborn. We will try to continue your mission.

(Editor's note: Barchan Paderborn founded SurfWatch and continues to advise and participate in the operations.)

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SLSA Round 2 Results

Round 2 of the SLSA Santa Teresa Comp finished in a record 5.5 hours, with 2 of 3 on the podium surfing their way in thru the new Round 1 competition format. The overall champ and 2nd place both surfed in thru the Round 1 qualifying round. A total of 55 competitors surfed a total of 9 hours in the Round 1 and Round 2 events held on two consecutive Saturdays, including 10 different officials staffing the events. There was plenty of excitement and involvement by members of the surf community spreading across both Round 1 and Round 2. Sally LaSalle, SLSA Director, summed it up, "It has been a full-on team effort by everyone, outside the Board as well. I think that the story of this comp for me has been all the contributions!" Congratulations to the winners of today's event and all the surfers and officials who helped make it a success!

Top Round 2 Finishers:

1. Sexyboy Oh - 17.333

2. Bobbi Laval - 16.667

3. Desirae Beaumont - 16.500

4. Wilfrid DeCuir - 16.333

4. Socks Clawtooth - 16.333

6. Sunrize Mornington - 16.000

7. Bonheur Chenaux - 15.667

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St. Pat's Pro-Am: Socks Jigs his way to Victory!

reported by Colleen Brennan

Special Correspondent

WOI (West of Ireland), a non-profit organization that benefits Project Children, hosted this first St. Pat's Pro-Am Surf Competition held at Neart on Friday, March 20. Analog and Bounty Reef sponsored this exciting and closely matched event, combining 18 pro surfers and amatuer surfers. The new surfers hung with the pros and no one was far off the mark on scores. And the big winner, with surfers and spectators donating over 6KL , was Project Children.

RESULTS:

Pro:

Socks Clawtooth - 26.4

Kimmy Jigsaw - 25.2
WickedV Carver - 25.1
Blood Klotzel - 24.6
Triston Mayo - 24.1
SweetCajan Voom - 24
Mojo Manamiko - 22.3
Following Waves - 20.8
Rick Galli - 16.8

Am:

Asyah Thorne - 25.8

Velvetori Twine - 24.9
Sienna Velinov - 24.2
Michael Pelazzi - 24.1
Corey2 Beck - 23.8
Loken Jewell - 23
Conall McGinnis - 22.3
Sparrow Letov - 20.8
LuckyMoon Jiagu - 20.6

Congratulations to all the surfers who participated in tonight's event and the organizers and officials who made it such a success!

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