Reef Riders

In the name of Pipeline

How the World’s Most Dangerous Wave Got Its Name ?

The first documented ride at Pipeline was in December of 1961 by Californian Phil Edwards and captured on film by legendary filmmaker Bruce Brown.  Californian shaper Mike Diffenderfer called it "Pipeline" after large concrete pipes being laid in nearby Kamehameha Highway. 

Locals called the beach "Banzai" after the small beachside nursery of Bonsai trees.
Pipeline rears up 50 feet from shore and showcases waves of up to five stories high that march shoreward before exploding upon a barely submerged coral reef. 

Hitting with speed and power, these swells launch off the shallow reef, abruptly 'jacking up' from just a few feet in height, to 15 or 20 feet in a matter of seconds.  The effect of this is a hollow, barreling wave that has made the name "Banzai Pipeline" famous around the world.

Probably the best-known surf spot in the world, Pipe is capable of pulling the most incredible disappearing acts. In a slack winter with lots of smaller north swells and bad wind, the casual observer, rolling up to Ehukai Beach Park and gazing west, wouldn't have any idea it was there. 

SJ10 Results

Once more thanks to a great organization (Vibers & VW rock !), Surf Jam was a blast !!

Except the drown of our Co-Captain (Gorka, where the hell were you ? damn, it's me!), the Reef Riders have been AWESOME !!!

SJ10 final has been probably the most amazing and heated contest ever seen and Desi, our Captain, knocked finalists down a peg , sharing the podium with Socks.

A special mention to Bo and Lynda having reached the SemiFinals under the sharp eyes of Captain Cip and our Coach, Bobbi who have appreciated the Reef Riders show!

Congratz for the pugnacity of Noie and Kira giving their best in real closed and tight heats. WTG !!

Owner of our new sponsor Ripple, ONeill performed an awesome come-back to the comp, snatching the third place !!! Woooot !

All Team riders have honored Reef Riders and let us foresee the best for the season !!!

Congratz Reef Riders ! Ride hard / G.

Reef Riders Team

Team Owners: AliciaKay Kilara Meekal Kilara Sioban McMahon   Team Captains: Desirae Beaumont Cipriano Grut Co-Captain: Gorka Urriah   Team Coach: Bobbi Laval Team Treasurer: Kantbe Thursday Pro Reef Riders: Bo Ohmai Bobbi Laval Cipriano Grut Cymindra Deschanel Desirae Beaumont Giavanna Marie Melody Gorka Urriah Jesse Compton Kira Steinbok Lynda Mimulus

Reef Riders are owned and represent the West of Ireland Sims and "Project Children" a non profit organization for the benefit of Irish Children.

Reef Riders: Kantbe Thursday Noie Randt Blood Klotzel Carlos McAlpine Janine LeShelle Fungus Kamachi Ibrew Meads ACE Hallard Eimear Halcali Keeley Eismann Jade Sak Wilder Winkler Mychel Daviau Myco Rayna Handuget Fussbudget MarcelezaG50 Marchlewski goodlife Noel Mysti Trevellion Mape Riptide Lanelle Saunders Kertin Gollob

Ripple !!!

Things are shaping up, riders !!

Welcome to Ripple as official sponsor of Reef Riders !

Owned by ONeill Auer and Lala Recreant, Ripple is one of the most famous brand in surfwear round our favorite spots.

Founded at Cornish under the first brand "Loca", Ripple has grown quietly, surely with all the values we share : efficiency, commitment, passion and humility. We are alike to build a long story...

ONeill  is one of the legendary surfer on SL since many years. Have you seen him surfing ? Nothing to add...

Lala is also a passionated surfer and a great designer as well.

We'll have that luck that ride some waves with them and I induce you to visiting their shop at Mori to check out the awesome collection of t-shirts, broadies, rashies, sweatshirts,...

Bobbi's Exhibit

If you've missed Bobbi's photography at Santa Teresa : Next month the exhibit will be at Sphire after opening their new space and sometime at WOI .... 

Better know for her surfing and other exploits, she has recently turned her attention to inworld photography. Her surfing pictures first received recognition as a finalist in the West of Ireland photography contest. Her subjects range from surfing to landscapes and portraits, all taken inworld.

Reducing lag

The following are ways to reduce lag with surfing during surf competitons:

1. Detach all items that use scripts (AO's, jewellry with bling, wings, etc.). Spectators can do this too to help.
2. Turn off streaming audio and video if on.
3. Change your group title to none.
4. Change your preferences (you may not need to do all of these, just the ones you can live with):
a. General tab
i. Change 'Show Names' to 'Never' (you can turn this back on when you finish surfing)
ii. Select 'Hide My Name On My Screen'
iii. Select 'Hide My Group Title'
b. Network tab
i. Set your Disk Cache Size (MB) to less than 500 MB.
ii. Click 'Clear Cache' and relog.
c. Graphics Detail tab
i. Deselect 'Enable Bumpmapping and Shiny'
ii. Deselect 'Enable Ripple Water'
iii. Select 'Normal' for 'Avatar Rendering'
iv. Select 'Sun and moon only'
v. Select 'Low' for 'Terrain Detail'
vi. Move the slide bar for 'Object Mesh', 'Flexible Mesh', 'Tree Mesh', and 'Avatar Mesh' to the far left.
d. Adv. Graphics tab
i. Deselect 'Anisotropic Filtering (slower when enabled)'
e. Audio & Video tab (I don't recommend doing this)
i. Move all the slide bars to the far left. Remember to move these back after you surf.
vii. Try not to use wireless (WiFi) connection and Bluetooth devices : it increases latency on the network

Surf Jam 10 by VW Sands

Aloha surfers  - Time once again for Surf Jam!!!

March has been an action packed month of surfing contests in SL and proven to be very hard to schedule around all the action but………this weekend we RAWK!!

Join us on Tuli Bahari for a few hours of top class surfing on OLD SCHOOL pipes! Tuli will be on an acess list for registered surfers and staff ONLY.

The spectator stands will be placed on Mori for a front row view of all the action. As always Surf-Jam is limited to 24 VSA members only so watch for in-world notices on registration times! New surfers are strongly encouraged to sign-up as SJ is a great way to enter the contest scene in a relaxed and mellow line-up.

VW Sands

Rip'em up !!!!

I’m honored to be asked as co-captain for Reef Riders and hope you didn’t make a mistake ! LOL

My number one priority is to win the 2009 SLSA Team Championship then to pull the existing team together
and really encourage and work with all of you to prepare everyone for the SLSA events with a real team spirit
and loads of fun as much as my RL life allows it.

I’m familiar with the bigger profiles but I want to connect with a few of the others as well.
So what I see since 3 months is awesome. We got our leaders Desi, Bobbi and Cip at the top,
followed closely by Noie, Cymi and Kira and maybe we have surfers like Kantbe & Lynda come down and be part of it.
I want to know where we are at as people, as surfers and as competitors and I want to scout and find out new talents and
involve some Legends like Rachelle if possible. We build our future on our strong foundations with boldness, respect and humility.
Reef Riders Team is full of potential and awesome individualities and I got some ideas in my pocket. 
Don’t ask me to be toady. Fake flatteries don’t help !

To reach that 1st aim, I’m fired up with a unique motto : “Think global, Act local” (think for the team, act for each surfer)
and with the philosophy that Joey Buran has for his USA surf team.
The best surfers will get to surf and if you don’t come to practice with fire in your eyes
and if you don’t have a passion for it then you will not be performing for the Reef Riders in comps.
That is what I’m going to ask, that it what I’m going to give and that is what I require as a co-captain.
I’m going to ask the best, give my best and require one’s best coz each Reef Rider counts for one. Wooooot !

Just never forget : at the end, it’s all about fun ! / G.

Surfers Rank

Rank	Name	Team	Tsunami	C.Rica	TOTAL
1	Desirae Beaumont	Reef Riders	1000	725	1725
2	Sunrize Mornington	Livestrong	850	500	1350
3	Sexyboy Oh	Vibration	180	1000	1180
4	Bonheur Chenaux	Piranha	625	475	1100
5	Express Zenovka	Reaction	850	205	1055
6	Socks Clawtooth	Tsunami	400	625	1025
7	Bobbi Laval	Reef Riders	165	850	1015
8	Colleen Brennan	Tsunami	500	450	950
9	Quench Spotter	Vibration	550	325	875
9	Buffy Munro	Vibration	450	425	875
11	Crusader Arado	Tsunami	450	385	835
12	WickedV Carver	Vibration	475	285	760
13	Cipriano Grut	Reef Riders	275	425	700
14	Wilfrid DeCuir	Taichi		625	625
15	Mojo Manamiko	Tsunami	400	215	615
16	Jes Luik	Piranha	400	180	580
17	Noie Randt	Reef Riders	355	195	550
17	Kira Steinbok	Reef Riders	275	275	550
19	Gorka Urriah	Reef Riders	255	275	530
20	Cymindra Deschanel	Reef Riders	340	185	525
21	Kim Henig	Vibration	285	235	520
21	Abel Halderman	Tsunami	180	340	520
23	Bo Ohmai	Reef Riders	150	355	505
24	Monq Pinklady		310	190	500
25	Triston Mayo	Vibration	135	325	460
26	Dixson Martian	Montego	195	245	440
27	Kimmy Jigsaw	Taichi	195	225	420
28	Robin Mapp	Da Hui		370	370
29	Lacy Rossini	Taichi	225	135	360
31	FollowingWaves Sirbu	Piranha	235	110	345
30	Sweetcajan Voom	Montego	215	130	345
32	Kristofer Juneau	Piranha	325		325
32	Aurora Jacks	Piranha	195	130	325
32	Mathews Bluebird	Taichi		325	325
35	Maldrus Morris		310		310
36	Locksley Blitzstein	Piranha	170	120	290
36	Yendor Destiny		150	140	290
38	Rick Galli	Taichi	125	155	280
39	VW Sands	Vibration		275	275
40	Countess Decosta	Da Hui	155	115	270
41	Robbin Ember		160	105	265
42	Payten Harrop	Piranha	255		255
43	Basilia Flow	RipCurl	215		215
44	Pova Rustamova			175	175
45	Kohana Schimmer	Montego		170	170
45	Jac Mornington			170	170
47	Mick Lunasea	Da Hui		160	160
48	Sassy1 Fizzle	Montego	150		150
48	Blood Klotzel			150	150
48	Aldo Courtois			150	150
51	Lynda Mimulus	Reef Riders	130		130
52	Asleigh Dickins	Reaction	120		120
53	Velvetori Twine	Taichi		100	100
54	Fern Bergbahn	Tsunami		96	96
55	Tandum Apfelbaum			92	92
56	Lythia Teichmann				0
57	Lightnin Tyran	Montego			0
58	Ucalegon Zarco				0
59	LeahJane Cazalet	Reaction			0
60	Pyper Dollinger	Tsunami			0
61	Desne Aabye				0