Socks' Rough Guide to Second Life Surfing (IV)

Pipe & Fluffy (R to Z)

Rob John waves breaking on Surf City South Beach

San Diego City (fluffy only)
A very short fluffy run in the SW of the sim. You have to join the 'San Diegans in SL' group to rezz a board. Looks like a tourist sim mostly. The break is at (74, 57, 25) or so. The surf waves aren't long or large, but if you gotta ride 'em all, put this on your list!
SLURL: San Diego City

Spartan Women
Must...resist... (Sparta joke!). Fluffies only, looks mostly residential but it's labeled as a surf beach. Waves right off LM point.
SLURL: Spartan Women

SSP
Short for Silver Surfer Project. Short fluffy run. Expect to be hit up to join the group once you rez in.
SLURL: SSP

Sunset Bay
Set up in a V pattern, the waves meet near the beach. Mostly residential, the beach has several surf specific stores along with others. Board loaners on beach.
SLURL: Sunset Bay

Surf Botanica
As best I can tell, home beach for Real Surfers group. Japanese. Stores on site include Analog Surf and Real Surfers. No obvious rez location for boards, but a few loaners beachside if you comb a while.
SLURL: Surf Botanica

Surf Camp
SSI home, force midnight for luminescent waves. Lots of surf specific shops here, including glow boards and windsurfers. Near the pier on the N end are loaner boards. You need to be a "Surf Camp" member to use two of them, or be less than 90 days old to use the third. Good beginner's place.
SLURL: Surf Camp

Surf City South
The main TP spot uses Rob John style waves. Head down the stairs for a demo board, and try this wave yourself.
SLURL: Surf City South

Surf City South Beach
A pleasant find! One pipeline, and one Rob John style wave on a mostly water sim! Rob John "demo" board at lifeguard shack near TP point. This beach is 'clothing optional', but nothing blatantly obscene. Use discretion.
SLURL: Surf City South Beach

TCH Saba Island
More of a residential area, but a nice long pipe and fluffy ride. Need to have a TCH Surf Zone tag to rez your board in the designated area. Also features scuba with a nice plane wreck. (Damage Enabled Area).
SLURL: TCH Saba Island

Teahupoo Surf Beach
No obvious place to rez boards, and no information on where to go to do so. Loaner boards are also either set for group or none. If anyone has ideas how to ride these waves easily, I'm all ears. I'd like to try this place too, the waves look fun in design and layout.
SLURL: Teahupoo Surf Beach

TiKi Lounge & TiKi Tattoo
This may be a private sim ride, but the Tiki lounge used to have a pipe, and it's moved next door. So as long as they don't say nothin, I'm good with it. To get to the waves, from the TP point go West near the 'Sit and Dream' palm tree which is in the next sim over. Rez board here, and slowly paddle into the next sim.
SLURL: TiKi Lounge & TiKi Tattoo

Topanga Beach
Sim long run, loaners on the beach near the flag poles usually. Also has jetskis. Some shops along the beach, and lots of cool places to hang out. (Damage Enabled Area)
SLURL: Topanga Beach

Tsunami Island
Sister sim to Tsunami Beach, this is currently where the pipes are hiding out. Still a work in progress, right now. SLURL: Tsunami Island

Tsunami Beach
Only black sand beach in SL to my knowledge. Loaners on the beach, full shop in South-East corner of sim. Also home to Team Tsunami, team HQ is in the South-East corner as well. Watch out for turtles!
SLURL: Tsunami Beach

Wimbi Island
Sim-long run, only public rez area is in Majini. Paddle west across the sim line to here if you don't have a 'Bishara' tag. Some loaners usually near TP point. Surf through the rocks, and check out the Mangrove bar & grill on the West side of the sim.
SLURL: Wimbi Island

XenoX Harbour
The TP point puts you on a pier overlooking a nice fluffy run. To the South-West you'll see an aircraft carrier. Fly up and over it to hover over the fluffy run at (25, 141, 25) Rez your board, get on, and enjoy. OR, if you want more of a thrill, rez on the carrier deck, get on and push over the side for a woo-hoo freefall. And it' snot a 'privateer'' ride, I talked to the guy who owns the sim, it's cool. SLURL: XenoX Harbour

Xuriel
Fastest. Fluffies. Ever! You can rez gear by walking to the second pier, and hovering over the water at (129, 146, 24) or there about. Sometimes there are loaners, sometimes not.
SLURL: Xuriel

Big Waves A to Z -- Pipes A to L -- Pipes M to Q -- Pipes R to Z

INFO FOR NEW SECOND LIFE SURFERS
Many surf sites will leave surfboards on the beach that are open for anyone to use. These are 'loaners'. They're there to be enjoyed, because we all know what it's like to be new and not have the money to afford a board. If you use a loner, it's asked that you return it to where you found it, or if you found it in the middle of the sim to please ride it back to the beach. Also, if more than one sim is connected together, try not to ride a loaner board out of the sim you got it in. If you do, ride it back to where it was. It's just so the next time you want to ride, there will be a board there for you.

There are resources in world for learning surfing, available at Surf Camp, Majini Island, and many oher places. Majini also has a good 'etiquette' notecard that's good reading as well to learn how the lineup works. Also read SurfWatch's beginners guide 'Second Life Surfing 101'. If you're interested in buying a board of your own, there are several good companies out there. The best advice I can give is to try as many as you can, and find what you're comfortable on, then find those boards. I will update this guide's list to include 'home bases' for companies as I can.

Good luck, and happy surfing!

Socks Clawtooth

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