MAN, this season is already off like a shotgun blast isn’t it? The Mori Pwani Epic Pro Competition ran like clockwork and was a lovely 3 hours long. By contrast, the exciting Mori Pwani Epic Invitational Competition was 7 hours long, and filled with great surfing and AMAZING scores. Congratulations to all the surfers who surfed! We’ve got your individual and team rankings under the cut!
The opening competition of 2010 Season One was held Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at 11am. It was a great competition that ran like a Swiss clock! The SLSA wants to thank not only the competitors and spectators that came out, but also the volunteers who assisted with making the competition run smoothly! Congratulations to the winners, and good luck to those advancing to join the Top 20 for the Invitational this coming Saturday.
First Place - Yendor Destiny, Second Place - Bodhi Lowtide, Third Place - Rayzza Rubble; Fourth Place - rain Tigerfish & Fifth Place - sven Homewood (not pictured)
Congratulations to the winners, and good luck to those advancing to join the Top 20 for the Invitational this coming Saturday. Heat draws will be announced shortly on the forum and in-world through the group.
While we were all at Mori Resort in Second Life enjoying our fun and sun, Real Life’s bravest pro-surfers were battling the waves in The Mavericks Surf Contest®, a half mile off the coast of Half Moon Bay, CA, USA. During the contest the spectators found themselves inadvertantly becoming a part of the action when rogue waves swept them from the seawall as well as damaging some of the equipment and scaffolding being used by officials, causing the awards ceremonies to be moved to a nearby hotel. Read more about the incident on The Associated Press: here. Also congratulations to the winner Chris Bertish of South Africa, and much respect for all of the surfers who competed in those amazing conditions!
Mavericks Contest Photo © Rick Bucich Photography.
You may have seen the notecard in-world, but it is also available here, on the website, under Sponsor Services! That’s right, the new fees tier is up and at ’em here on the web. Please check it out and contact a director if you wish to become a sponsor. As soon as we have our Season One Sponsors lined up we’ll be putting them up on that same page! So keep checking in on us!
The SLSA 2010 Season 1 fixture dates and locations have been announced and are as follows:
Mori Pwani
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mori%20Pwani/122/208/22
February 13th – Pro
epic, longboard
February 20th – Invitational
epic, longboard
Bundoran WOI (Pipes & Fluffs)
March 20 – Pro
March 27 – Invitational
Monkey Cove (Sunset 200)
April 10 – Pro
April 17 – Invitational
Southend/Stables (Fluffy only)
May 15 – Pro
May 22 – Invitational
Archipelago (Montego Title)(multiple waves)
June 12 – Pro
June 19 – Invitational
The board type for the last 4 comps will be announced soon
For Updates and Registration News Please Visit the SLSA Forum at:
viewforum.php?f=8
Registration for Mori opens on Sunday Feb. 7th, noon SLT
Also the 2010 survey results are in! Read them on the forum.
