Hot Hot Heats
The competition is heating up!! Several competitors were down at Chi doing some late evening surfing, practicing for the comp, of course. It’s so exciting to see other people excited about the comp. Indeed, I spent the large part of the evening at Chi building out the stage area and grandstands… working on the competitors scoring… but that’s not what you’re here for. You want to know which heat you’re in. 
So, entries have closed and the heats have been created:
Heat 1
Blue Alonzo
Surfdaddy Orca
Malcolm Sydney
Thor Bishop
Heat 2
SurfBoy Wollongong
polysilox Apogee
Kimmy Leroux
AlexSurfer Hirons
Heat 3
Seano Osumi
kiddd Ikarus
Gerran Voss
Kitt Snookums
Heat 4
SamyJo Ah
JD Snook
Flynn Sheridan
Caly Sleaford
Filipe Rasmuson
There were a couple other changes since the original notice went out. Unfortunately, Heather Goodliffe will not be able to judge this weekend but she hopes to join us at the NEXT surf contest (tentatively scheduled for Saturday, April 14). We are very lucky, however, to have Kiana Foxley judge alongside Joe and Seb. Kiana hails from the North Shore, Oahu in Hawaii… her RL local spots being Pipeline and Waimea.
So! If you are competing, remember we start at 1 pm, so try and come a bit early. If you are not competing, come early anyway, so you don’t miss anything
Remember to DETACH (not just turn off) your AOs, HUDs, and blingy things. I’ve heard rumors that there will be nearly 60,000 residents online at the same time this weekend, so we’ll need to do everything we can to minimize lag for both the spectators and surfers.
If you have any questions about the rules or the contest in general, please send an IM to Keala Mimistrobell or an email to keala [dot] mimistrobell [at] gmail [dot] com.
