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