Congratulations to all the competitors who came out the The Weather Channel Island today for the first ever big wave surf contest in SL! And congratulations to SurfChix Team Rider, Frankie Miles, for beating out 21 other competitors for first place!! Here are all the final placings:

Finalists

1. Frankie Miles (Surf Chix Team Rider)
2. Requiem Theriac (Hedonistic Surf Team)
3. Seano Osumi (Namiko Team Rider)
4. AlexSurfer Hirons (BillabongTeam Pro)

Semi Finalists

5. Malcolm Sydney (Namiko Team Rider)
6. Thor Bishop (Namiko Team Rider)
7. Eield Decosta
8. Flynn Sheridan (Hedonistic Surf Team)
9. Valent1ne Apogee (Namiko Team Rider)
10. Creed Lisle

Quarter Finalists

11. Pablitin Couffer and Vincent Olivier (Hedonistic Surf Team)
12. JD Snook (Namiko Team Rider) and Aries Ashton (Namiko Team Rider)
13. Kimmy Leroux and Tabby Babii (Hedonistic Surf Team)
14. Polysilox Apogee (Surf Chix Team Rider)
15. Gypsie Summers
16. Cierra Theriac (Hedonistic Surf Team)
17. Gerran Voss (Namiko Team Rider), Warren Barthelmess, kiddd Ikarus (Namiko Team Rider)

About 30 minutes before the contest, SamyJo Ah, reigning surf champion and Surf Chix team rider, had to pull out leaving the field wide open for anyone to take her title. SamyJo will probably be happy to hear that fellow Surf Chix team rider, Frankie, took top placing!

At the height of the event, we had over 70 people spread over both Weather Island sims… an incredible turnout! Thanks to all the spectators for staying behind the line and watching from the bleachers — it helped with the lag issues, immensely!

Thanks to Namiko Team Rider and Photographer, Ramus Overlord, for taking these photos for us!! Check it out:

A big thank you to Sebastian Saramago and Heather Goodliffe for putting together these colour-coded surfboards for the competitors to use today! It’s a TON of work and we really appreciate it!!

Thank you to our judges, Heather Goodliffe, Kiana Foxley and Surferjoe Wind!! And to our ever fabulous MC and DJ, Sierra Sugar. Thank you also to Quirky McArdle, Hiro Pendragon and Boliver Oddfellow from Infinite Vision Media and Larry Abruzzo from The Weather Channel for all their support with the event!! Cash prizes for all the competitors was donated by The Weather Channel. Thank you to our sponsors: The Weather Channel, GR Boards, Sport2.de, Reaction Surf, and Surf Systems Inc.

The NEXT surf contest will be a big wave contest held at Hedonism Isle on Saturday, May 19th! Send an IM to Keala Mimistrobell to enter… Entry deadline is always the Thursday before the event — Thursday, May 17th.

Please send your feedback about the contest, the lag, the set up… anything you like! We’re looking to improve the events as we go … and you know, it’s trial and error at this point! No seafoam green rashguards at the next event, Thor, I promise!!

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