Hey guys. This Friday, February 2nd at 5 pm SLT… we’ll be getting together to surf the brand new pipe waves at Chi (122, 205, 22)… come watch, come surf, come with your friends…

Sally and Poid, the owners of the full surf sim at Chi have graciously allowed us to descend en masse and try out their newly landscaped beach and newly installed surf waves. Many of the Namiko Team Riders will be out in force goofing off in the waves and trying to keep from getting crunched into the sand. Come surf with us… or if you haven’t been initiated into the life that is surfing, IM Malcolm Sydney, Seano Osumi, or Caly Sleaford for a surf lesson!

Send an IM to any of Keala Mimistrobell, Caly Sleaford, Blue Alonzo, Inara Tokyo, Suzy Shenzhou, Malcolm Sydney, Surferjoe Wind or Moin Yost for a TP!!

See you on the waves at Chi this Friday

Phew. All done. Malcolm Sydney commissioned a couple boards from me earlier this month and I just had a sec to get them done. These three boards were delivered last week:

You can see them up close and personal here or in-world.

The ‘Quan Li’ board is, of course, inspired by everybody’s favourite surf spot ?¬¢‚Äö√ᬮ‚Äö√Ñ√π Quan Li. The design on this board includes in-world photography and Keala’s handlettering. This board was a gift from Mal to Emme… ((cue: awwwww…..)).

The ‘South China Sea’ board incorporates a detailed photo taken in the Imperial Gardens at the Forbidden City in Beijing as well as a Chinese character taken from a temple in the south of China. The photo depicts some relief carvings of dragons in the white marble walls of the gardens.

And finally, yes, that’s a pic of Emme on the ‘Emme B’ board for Mal. I’m sure you can figure that one out.

Last night, Sebastian Saramago and Pixie Gibb of Quan Li got hitched… again! At their first wedding in December, there were some issues with lag and multiple crashes. The reception didn’t really go off and so, Seb and Pixie decided to do it all over again.

Among the guests were team riders, Malcolm and Emme as well as Blue… dressed to kill. How do you know you have surfers at a wedding? I got an IM from Blue during the ceremony (when Pixie crashed) that just read, “I feel like surfing.”

Second Life weddings are unique… there aren’t many places where you’d hear this at a wedding:

Vixen Lefebvre: Pixie, if you can exchange your vows with Sebastian.

Sebastian Saramago: Please, do me the honor of allowing me to continue to be the man I have learned I am with you. Without you, I know now I am nothing… I am a shell

Pixie Gibb: he is still typing

I only took a couple shots because I kept crashing, but Max took a bunch as well… Plus here’s one of Annastina Christensen, one of the bridesmaids. Wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness, Seb and Pixie!!