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Surfing Builds and L$10,000
Jacob Roundel
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Join date: 12 Nov 2006
Posts: 66
11-13-2006 18:12
Is there a way to build waves and surfboards to go surfing on? That would be so cool! Anyways, if anyones interested, I'm having a contest at my site for stuff like this. www.talksecondlife.com
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Sterling Whitcroft
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Join date: 2 Jul 2006
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11-14-2006 05:37
There are lots of surfboards in SL.
Try a SEARCH on 'surf' and you'll find them.
I have free ones, $200L ones, and a $700L version with a really cool anim.

In SL, surfing is sort of like a small, simple vehicle. You stand on the board and then move the arrow keys to move around...you always float-whether you're on water or on land.

There's no interaction between the Wave objects and the surfboard object. But the effect and appearance is quite good.

Which makes for an interesting time, if you surf into the middle of a dance contest that's playing Beach Boys tunes :-0

Also, there are some nice KAYAK simulations around, too! :-)
Johan Durant
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Join date: 7 Aug 2006
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11-14-2006 07:28
From: Sterling Whitcroft
Also, there are some nice KAYAK simulations around, too!

And canoes![/plug]
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Jacob Roundel
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Join date: 12 Nov 2006
Posts: 66
11-14-2006 10:58
Cool. I like the idea. I did search surf and found some interesting stuff. Have any of you made any money off of secondlife? Real $, not L$

Just an update: We launched a contest that builders might be interested in. We are offering a cash prize of $750 on our website for a success story on Second Life. Register today to enter.

We are also giving away L$15,000 each to the top two referrers to talksecondlife.com over the next month.
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Erin Talamasca
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Join date: 18 Sep 2005
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11-14-2006 12:24
From: Jacob Roundel
Is there a way to build waves and surfboards to go surfing on? That would be so cool! Anyways, if anyones interested, I'm having a contest at my site for stuff like this. www.talksecondlife.com


Heheh, subtle :D
Sebastian Saramago
Common Brilliance
Join date: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 62
02-23-2007 14:21
Darn... This contest still open.. Heathers waves and our surf systems have been around long before this "contest". We will take the money in large bills please.
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Lacey Lyne
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Join date: 14 Mar 2007
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Surfing Script
05-16-2007 06:08
Does anyone have the surfing script?? I have tried to write one for days now and cant seem to get it right. Can someone post a good surfing script for me?? Thanks!
Ceera Murakami
Texture Artist / Builder
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 7,750
05-16-2007 07:26
There is at least one commercially available product that has been in SL for about a year at least, which allows one to create waves that can actually be "ridden" in toward shore. I've seen them in use, but didn't bother trying the system myself. There was a "wave generator", which was a single phantom prim out in deep water. It would, on a chat command, create a series of prim waves that headed to shore. How you managed to "catch a wave" and ride it in, I don't know. Maybe you needed a special surfboard?
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Heather Rau
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Join date: 7 Feb 2007
Posts: 100
05-16-2007 07:30
Be sure you check out the surf beach at the Weather Channel sim. Narly monster tubes bro, and they interact with the board!

Also Wave Technology sells all sorts of waves and boards in world.