Author: Sunshine

Forever Summer Surf Festival II

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Two of our friends from the Second Life Surf Community – Mick Lunasea and Revlon Benoir put together a Surf Festival last year that was very enjoyable and successful.  These two are at it again and are preparing for an even bigger and better event!  The Festival officially starts on Saturday, June 19 and will run until the 27th.  During this time, there will be contests, parties, events, etc…all focusing on the Second Life Surf Community.  Whether you are currently a surfer in SL or have never tried or maybe weren’t even aware that it exists, the Festival should offer a fun time!  Below, I have included the Festival Schedule with links to SLURLs for various events.  Be sure to note that there is a Photo Contest with cash prizes…as well as a few other competitions and fun!!  Hope to see you there!!!

The Surf Festival is a weeklong celebration of Surfing in Second Life.  This year’s festival  officially opens on Saturday June 19th and runs through Sunday June 27th on the beautiful Avoca Resort SIM.

The festival  features  surfing exhibitions and competitions.  There will be contests with prizes; a carnival, balloon rides, games and free food.  There are nearly  30 exhibits representing  Vendors, Creators , SIM Owners and Associations from our community.

Schedule of Events (All times are SLT/PST)

Currently and through the 26th we are looking for surf orientated in world photographs for the Surf Photo contest.  This event is made available through the generous support of Syx Toshi of the Monkey Paw SIM.   This is a blind photo contest.  Only Mick Lunasea will know who submitted the photographs.  Send FULL PERM photo to Mick Lunasea with title in description line. The contest will be judged by the award winning photographer Leroy Horton

See the photos exhibited here….

1st Prize is L$5000

2nd Prize is L$2000

3rd Prize is L$1000

4th-12th is $L100

Saturday  June 19th  9:00 a.m. The Festival Officially Opens.

Saturday June 19th through June Friday June 25th, there will be a  carnival with free rides and games.  The carnival is brought to you by Leroy Horton Photography and Lucky’s Game Room.

Saturday June 19th 11:00 a.m. The SLSA is hosting a competition  on their sim…

Sunday June 20th 11:00 a.m. The First Ever Paddle Board Race will be held. This event is sponsored By Surf Crazy Surf Shop.  For the rules,  or to enter this contest,  drop by the Surf Festival Office or IM Mick Lunasea.  Send Note Card with name to enter the race by June 19th. We will try to accommodate stragglers.

First Prize is L$2000

Second Place L$1000

Third Place  L$500

Sunday June 20th 1pm SLT, Jac Mornington and Sunshine Zhangsun of Sol Mañanero host an Evening of Sol for the Soul with DJ Azufr3 Catteneo at the Surf Festival Dance Floor located in the NE corner of the sim below the volcano.

Monday June 21st starting at 6:00 p.m. The festival is proud to provide an evening of music, dancing and just hanging out with DJ RJ Schwade presiding.

Tuesday June 22nd at 6:00 p.m.  Hey kiddies listen up It is GROMMET Night!  This event while open to everyone is Made For Kids By Kids and features the coolest kid of kids – DJ Tobiath “Toby” Tendaze.  This event is sponsored by Just My Size kid stores.

Wednesday June 23rd 6:00 p.m. DW Surf got busy and is bringing you the Incredible Heartbreakers Tribute band featuring the music of Pat Benatar.  You will not want to miss this show.

Thursday June 24th  starting at 6:00 p.m. The festival is proud to provide an evening of music dancing and just hanging out with DJ RJ Schwade presiding.

Friday June 25th 6:00pm Take a trip down memory lane back to High School  because it is the Festival Homecoming Night.  DJ RJ Schwade will be spinning some good old 80’s music and Surf Watch’s own Tauri Tigerpaw will deliver her Valedictorian Speech.  Then Tauri announce the Festival Homecoming Couple.  To nominate a couple just drop a note card in the mailbox in front of the Dance Floor.

Saturday June 26th starting at 11:00 a.m. The SLSA Season 1 2010 Awards Ceremony will be held at the SLSA Sim

Saturday June 26th at 4:00 p.m.  Conscious about your surf style?  Then don’t miss the Forever Summer Fashion show produced by the fabulous Opium Modeling Agency and Sponsored by Revlon “Revy” Benoir in conjunction with Island Sea Dreams.  The show will feature top models wearing Surf Inspired clothing by top designers.

Sunday June 27th at 10:00 a.m. HP Surf Systems in conjunction with the ABSSL will put on an exciting exhibition of Legarto Burt’s latest boards in SL – The HP5.

Sunday June27th at 11:00 a.m. It is call to the wall as VW, Lissa and the Vibrations Surf Alliance host a mini competition. No need to register for this event .. . just grab your sled and show up.

First Place Gift Card

Second Place  Gift Card

Third Place Gift Card

Sunday June 27th is the Festival Awards at 1:30 p.m.

Syx Toshi of Monkey Paw will be awarding the Winner of the Monkey Paw Surfboard Art Contest.

Revy Benoir will announce Revy’s Choice for the best exhibition booth at the festival  the winner will receive L$1000.

Syx Toshi will announce the winner of the Festival Surf Photo Contest.

Sunday June 27th at 2:00 p.m. our very own Sally LaSalle former SLSA Board of Director, Chi and Tai  sim owner and long time SL Surfing Advocate will deliver a speech on The Importance of Supporting  the SL Surfing Community.

Sunday June 27th at 2:30 p.m. A very special speaker Sebastian Saramago  the creator of the fabulous new Cortes wave will address the Future of SL Surfing Technology.

Sunday June 27th at 4:00 p.m. The Grand Finale THE BEACH BOYS take the stage for a free concert .  This event is brought to you by Mickey, Revy and Kalif Lunasea.

And Remember  – Pray For Surf

~Sensuelle – OMG, it’s a Fashion Post!~

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I love to wear lingerie. The problem is that men always rip it off too quickly. When women are dolled up in lingerie they feel sexy. So let us wear it for five minutes. ~ Karen McDougal


Castle by Sensuelle

So the other day, I just happened to find an LM board for a shop called “Sensuelle”.  Of course, I thought… ohhhh another place to buy lingerie… ohhhh I want to go look!   The funny part about this is that I rarely have reason to wear lingerie and on the occasion that I might, well, as Karen McDougal says…it often gets ripped right off!  *laughs*

However, even though I don’t often wear, I do love to look at it and apparently BUY it too!  Sooo… off I headed to Sensuelle!  I entered the one shop on the Tamaqua sim and found nice, clean, unencumbered racks displaying some very hot styles!  I love the straps and the clean lines of these ‘undies’ and found that in some cases, the textures could also work for swim wear too!  The colors include bright, happy, tones as well as dark and sexy.  The styles range from girl-next-door to that strong, dominant female!  Now if you are the kinda girl who needs to wear stockings, you’ll just have to find some nice hot thigh highs to wear with these sizzling styles, but frankly, I think they look good on their own!

Bora by Sensuelle

When I found that there was another Sensuelle shop at Rodeo Drive, I headed there too, just to see if I had missed anything!  Luckily for me, here is where I met Mirko Panacek, the creator of Sensuelle Lingerie and his friend, Zaza Moo.  What a delight!  Both friendly, welcoming and very willing to display any piece had I wanted… but since I had already bought a few pieces, I kinda had no need.  At the Rodeo shop, Mirko has a couple of freebies out…so stop in there, pick those up and look around.  You might just be like me and find several sets you just wanted to put on! (or buy for your girl!)

Princess by Sensuelle

So…’til next time, get out there and SHOP!!!

~Sunshine

 
 
 
 
 
Credits:
All Outfits from Sensuelle
Hair from Maitreya; Truth; Detour
Shoes from Maitreya Gold; Gabriel; Stiletto Moody’s
Poses from Slash Me Poses; TorridWear; Long Ackward Pose; Zeb & Sly

~Swish…Swish…Swish~

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I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water . . . has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It has a thousand colors and a thousand shapes, yet it follows laws so definite that the tiniest streamlet is an exact replica of a great river. — Roderick Haig-Brown

As I shared in my last post, our sim was primarily recreated in the last month.  Our love of nature needed to be shared outwardly and with all, and now we have done that.  I’ve enjoyed inviting people over to see the changes, showing them what we have to offer and taking them out for a paddle in a kayak!

Kayaking…, a new activity for me in SL, is truly my fave addition to our sim.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I love love love the beauty of the sim most!  But…for something to do and something that can be shared…kayaking rocks!

We offer the Galiko kayak rezzer in our stream.  Here you can rez a kayak for one, a kayak for two and even a kayak for tinies!   Now, the realism of these kayaks is just awesome.  The sculpt is wonderfully done and the options are great for the rezzer system.  The animation is very realistic as well.  And if you listen closely (with sounds turned up), there are even  sounds that will put you right into the activity -swish, swish, swish – as your paddle moves through the water.

Now all that said, getting started with the Kayak isn’t the most intuitive as there are a few things you should know.  I set up a notecard giver to give quick hints, but in case you jump in and forget the notecard, the first thing to do is – click on the kayak to get your paddle (delivered to inventory) and then if the menu is gone, click on the kayak again to display the menu.  There is a button that will provide a guide and the menu provides buttons to help you change the color of the kayak (all components), turn up the volume, or you can just GO FOR IT and hit !

Once you do click on , your kayak will be on the move and off the rezzer platform.  You will guide your kayak using the right and left arrow keys only.  The speed will drive the direction in which you float and is controlled by the up and down arrows.  As soon as you click the up arrow to 1 or 2, you will start moving slowly forward.  Be careful, don’t hit that rock!  *wink*   It will take you some time to get a feel for the guiding and how the speed impacts that.  Of course, if you are in a “tight” area, you’ll keep the speed lower, and open water…well… let ‘er rip!  The max speed with the up arrow is 5, but you can hit pg up and be in full velocity!  The down arrow reduces the speed and if you go below 0, you will be backing up…sometimes quite necessary to get out of a hairy situation!  Oh, and if you just wanna stop, hit the pg dwn key and the speed will go to 0!

On our sim, you can canoe through the river/stream and the perimeter of our main sim before heading over the sim border to our surf sim.  Open water here, so enjoy dodging the waves!  Beware of shallow water areas as they are tricky and present a bit of a challenge at times!   Just be patient and you will find that it can be a most pleasant mode of travel…and the viewpoint is incredibly different!

Now if you have your own kayak and want to put it in the water at Sol Mañanero, just find the rez area on the beach, launch and explore!  I hope you will take the time to enjoy our little world from the surface of the water…it can be a fun, funny, beautiful, calming, peaceful, challenging, enjoyable experience…all rolled up in one!

’til next time…explore, enjoy, find the beauty in Second Life,

~Sunshine