Kahuna Beach Surf Competition

How could I now blog this yet? This saturday, yes, this Saturday, May 19th, is Kahuna Beach's first, and SL's 3rd Surf Competition. (I don't think I used enough commas in that last sentence).

Am I freaking out? Damn skippy! I came in last place in the competition at TWC, and I do NOT need to repeat that, and at my own beach even. I have been out practicing everyday, on several different board - geez, who would have thought there were so many different boards. I thought there was one. Heather's. Okay, so they are all Heather's. And some are Seb's too, but I am fuzzy on that. And I guess she updates the scripts. That makes sense. And she updates the waves. So the different surf spots have different versions of the waves. So you mix different boards with different waves and who know what the hell you get.

Sorry, went off on a rant there (and anyone that knows me, knows that I am not really sorry, I go off on rants all the time. That's me)

So, I know our pipe. And it's little quirks. And Flynn had Heather come out and tinker with it - and now it is completely different!!!!!! I have to start all over now. My own fault. I have been bitching about the waves non-stop, about getting stuck a third the way down the pipe, and then getting thrown 50 feet up the beach at the end of every ride.

Flynn messed with the shoreline and the depth of the surf-break and whatever, and anyway, he fixed the shoreline, and I can stop surfing before I hit the sand. Thank you honey! Now I just have to figure out what Heather did to the pipe.

And the board. I need to know what board to practice on! I have used the beach freebie board, my Hibiscus board (those two surf similar), my old Namiko board (not a good combination with this wave), my EPIC competition board from TWC competition, and a newer Namiko board (which is horrid with this pipe). Apparently there are new Namiko boards coming out anyday now,and so we can just add that to the mix.

I am sure it is me - I am new to this SL surfing thing, and new to the different boards, but this is my rant - so whatever! I am having problems. I asked what boards we are going to be using, so I knew what to practice with, and that hadn't been deteremined yet (I think). I was being very thickheaded that night, so I was having problems making sense of things. Or may be it wasn't just that night, could have just been the way I am.... a tad dense.

So back to the beach and I will just practice on all of them - see what happens. Wish me luck!

Oh yeah - the competition is at Kahuna Beach on Saturday, May 19th, time TBD. IM Keala Mimistrobell in-world if you are interested in competeing.

See you at the beach!