A smaller "Banzai Pipeline" and friendlier. After watching this video http://stabmag.com/an-intimate-restaurant-date-with-kelly-slater-2/ it also seemed like SL needed a more intimate surfing wave where the wave was right next to you allowing for some picturesque still shots and high water detail. I wanted to be able to capture the multiple water movements and directions in this wave - the water curling over, the water falling down (chandeliering), the mist spraying up from crashing, the water getting left behind in a mist because of it curling over, and the powerful shooting spray near closing, so "Empty Restaurants" was born. It also allowed me to refine the camera angles as well that my surfboard uses when surfing in a pipe so here it is... "Empty Restaurants" the accumulation of all LSD wave, water and surfboard techniques wrapped up in a few videos ;) hee hee! Have fun!
A typical ride on the Empty Restaurants
The Restaurant isn't really empty....
A view from a far...
Up close inside the tube
Before fixing the surfboard camera, and at the time
I was considering calling it "Fiji's Cloudbreak"
Also note this wave changes color on every rezz varying from blue to green
Banzai Pipeline is out! Currently only available at the Unhinged festival (http://www.unhingedsl.com) It's big, glassy, and foamy as promised! It isn't however the last wave...
Riding the barrel and getting spitooned out the end!
In SL you can dance inside the chandelier and won't die.. ;)
More playing with "death" lol
Even when you get crushed in SL, you are still alive!
The one is going to be *THE* one.. Big, glassy, hollow, foamy, steamy, fast rippin' left barrel 'o fun! The Chandelier needs more work and I think I might make the barrel either a little tighter or have it so that the barrel can be different sizes... haven't decided yet...For the moment though, here's a glimpse into what might be the final wave produced by LSD.
You can take a shower in here!
By some optical illusion or SecondLife anomaly, it seems like you can see the reflection of the splashing water before it lands at the base of the curl.
So while making the right handed barrel that Rayzza always wanted, I started using backdoor Banzai Pipeline as a reference for the wave shape. So here it is, Backdoor Pipe!!
So here's the Right break side of the P4S Ultimate Wave! I know Rayzza has complained that there aren't enough right breaking tubes in SL. Maybe I need to make Rayzza's Right Again as a pure tube. The Ultimate wave does however provide a Right handed Barrel if you've been looking for one!
The Devil's Left is the antithesis of Rayzza's Right. Instead of an open face right, it's a massive barrelling left! It shows how SL is the opposite of RL when it comes to surfing; it's super easy to surf a large barrel in SL, but in RL a large barrel is more likely to kill you and take you under!
The Devil's Left coming into the Shores of Bisous Island
So Rayzza Rubble wanted a long right breaking wave. And this is it! It keeps breaking right even after it hits the bank! Composed of 3 waves, once the wave hits the bank, it then magically zooms back to the other bank and breaks right again! It's recommended that you use Firestorm with lighting and shadows to view the wave the way it looks in these videos. Enjoy! =)
Rayzza's Right during a sunset
Rayzza's Right Wave from the sky
Right hand on Rayzza's Right
Crazy Surf I
Figger Arun Surfing Rayzza's Right on Rayzza's surfboard!
Here's a video of the ever challenging Crying Tiger Wave! This isn't a wave for everyone! Much like real surfing, you really have to "catch the tiger by the tail" so to speak like you would catch a real wave. If you don't paddle in the direction of the wave while it is just behind you, the wave will just pass underneath you and you'll fall through the wave. You need to really keep your speed and distance to stay in this wave, but once you've caught it, you'll be in for once of the coolest tube rides around!
I found this video of my favorite thing to do on the Bells' Beach Mesh wave - cutbacks. Just riding the wave down the line while cutting back and then attacking the wave again. I think this is what I always imagined surfing in SL should be like. :)
