FAVORITE SURFWATCH MOMENT

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with Jimbo the Cart Boy
MY FAVORITE SURFWATCH MOMENT

I'd have to say my "favorite" SurfWatch moment was my "first" SurfWatch moment. It happened on March 28, 2008 at 09:09:45 SLT at Majini Beach…

I was about 5 months into SL, and pretty much done with it all together. I figured I'd have one final run with my jet ski on a beach sim then uninstall SL all together. So, I'm racing around like a reckless noob and wound up colliding with a dude who was surfing. I was amazed because I didn’t even know surfing existed in SL. After a quick apology, I did a search on "surfing" and randomly clicked on one of the TP links and was magically whisked away to Majini Beach.

When I arrived, there were 3 guys sitting in recliner chairs, watching the waves roll in, and talking about surf boards: Carver Nightly, VW Sands, and Barchan Paderborn. I chit chatted a little bit, called them dudes a lot and tried to talk like Jeff Spicoli.

"All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine."

During that conversation Barchan gave me a group invitation, a link to the SurfWatch Blog site, and a SurfWatch T-shirt. That’s was defiantly my most memorable Surf Watch moment. From there I built the friendships I still have 2 years later, I learned to surf and have fun with some of the best people in 2L, and became a daily reader of SurfWatch and watched it grow into the wonderful melting pot of SL surfing spirit that it is today.

Yep…I still have that old SurfWatch T-shirt Barchan gave me, and I treasure it dearly. Where would I be if that moment never happened? Hate to wonder, just so thankful it did!

Jimbo The Cart Boy

SURF'S UP! JOKER'S UNDER!

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with Jimbo The Cart Boy
SURF'S UP! JOKER'S UNDER!

Growing up as a kid I used to race home after school to watch the old episodes of Batman, and one of my all time favorite episodes was “Surf's Up! Joker's Under!” Leave it to The Joker to hatch a diabolical plan to rule the surf beach and all the surfers, then Gotham City, then the World,

WOOOOOOOOOOOO HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!

To get the plan in motion, Joker and hot surfer babe Undine kidnap local champ Skip Parker and use a devise called the Surfing Experience & Ability Transferometer & Vigor Reverser to suck all the surf knowledge and ability out of Skip’s head. Soon, Batman and Robin show up at Joker’s hide out and are quickly immobilized with sea urchin spines and then turned into human surfboards by Joker’s goons.


In this first clip Batman catches up later with The Joker at the beach and challenges him to a surf contest to thwart The Jokers scheme. You gotta love the baggies over the costumes and WATCH OUT FOR SHARKS BATMAN!

Kowabunga! Joker wins, even after Dick Grayson’s failed attempt to corrupt the judges! In this next clip, it’s time for Batman, Robin and Bat Girl to give Joker the @$$ beating he deserves for cheating at the surf contest!

KAPOW!!  WHACK!!  BIFF!!  ZAP!!

CRUNCH!!  SPLAT!!  BAM!!!

Batman wins! And a dejected Clown Price of Crime is hauled off to jail. Gotham City Beach is safe once again!

Did you know??? The Batman series was on such a skimpy production budget that it used clips from the movie The Endless Summer in the opening scene.

Look at the related videos in YouTube to see the "Surf's Up! Joker's Under!" episode in its entirety, it’s hilarious and worth a peak. Till next time keep you Bat Shark Repellant handy in your baggies or bikini bottoms, and remember to SURF SAFE!

Jimbo The Cart Boy