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.
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.
First of all, thanks to everyone who came to the Rocky Horror Picture Show party the night prior to awards. It was a lot of fun seeing everyone’s garters and lacy lingere. The movie itself is so full of fun and absurdities that it’s a great way to release some steam and celebrate the end of a season. Big thanks to the fabulous Desirae Beaumont for dedicating her DJing time!
And then came the awards ceremony. Congratulations to all of the winners of this years awards. The board is proud of the way the ceremony went with very few complications, and would like to thank all of the attendees for coming and having some fun with us as we honored this season’s greats. Now we honor them again here in print:
Novelty Awards:
Best Competition Location: Mori Pwani
Best Gesture: Haka
Best Song To Surf To: Muse – Uprising
Advanced to round 2 the most: Tie between 2 people who advanced from R1 3 times! Robbin Ember and Cymindra Deschanel
Craziest Outfits: (TIE) FollowingWaves Sibru and Socks Clawtooth
Crowd Clown: VW Sands
Favorite SLSA Venue Performer: Tauri Tigerpaw
Funniest Drunk: Tauri Tigerpaw
Loudest Cheerer: Desne Aabye
Most Likely to Break/Lose a Board: Kimmy Jigsaw
Most Likely to fall asleep during the comp: Abel Halderman
Most likely to retire: Robin Mapp
Most likely to say they’re retiring but not.: SexyBoy Oh
Most Improved = Person who made biggest rank jump between last and this season: VW Sands
Most Memorable Moment: Colleen vs. Jac’s Surf off in the semi finals at Mori
Most Spectacular Crash: goes to Linden Labs, for restarting Sol Mananero in the middle of the comp!
Rookie of the Season = Person w/ Highest rank who didn’t surf last season: Sally LaSalle
Worst Gesture: Haka
Worst Lag: Dooobie
Worst Wave Luck: Cymindra at Montego, Second Epic Panel not rezzing
Angel Award:
The new Angel Award went to Sally LaSalle. It’s given to someone who has done good for the community as a whole without expecting anything in return, and is inspired by the quote ‘Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?’
The top 3 teams were:
1st- Reef Riders
2nd- Tai Chi
3rd- Tsunami
The top 5 surfers were:
1st- Desirae Beaumont
2nd- SexyBoy Oh
3rd- Socks Clawtooth
4th- Colleen Brennan
5th- Wilfrid Decuir
Hall of Fame New Inductees:
Desirae Beaumont
Sexyboy Oh
Abel Halderman
Tauri Tigerpaw
