An important post on Dumi’s World blog

For everyone who knows me or has followed the resort’s growth over the years, please read my post today on my own blog, link in the Links section to your right.

Relay for Life in Second Life news!

This week is the major major event for RfL in SL with the annual relay happening in Heroes, the estate where RfL have built their relay route and where Bishara has a camp set up to support those who relay for this fantastic cause.  For you who do not know what RfL is, please see their website here.

We are still needing more names, Bisharians, of survivors, fighters and heroes who passed away fighting cancer! Please notecard Dumisani Ah the names or IM him in-house.

Heard of Google’s Lively?

Hey Bisharians, come and see just what Google is up to.  With a somewhat confusing GUI, Lively ends up being a fantastic 3D environment in which to create a chat room and avatars, and now Bishara has a home away from home. If you want me to invite you in send me your Lively avatar name and I’ll send you an invite.

Not sure what Lively is?  Then check out our other blog on Blogger as WordPress has zero 3rd party integration capabilities or is so restrictive I simply gave up trying to link directly to Lively from here.

Bishara in Lively

Changes in our blog - whoootttt!!!

Hi Bisharians,

As I get older in SL I tend to blabber on and on these days, and following VW Sands’s example I have decided to take my blabbering to an individual page and focus this blog on the Resort issues only :)  Phew, I can hear many of you are audibly relieved

Look at our Link section on the right hand of the common blog for the individual blogs.

Cheers,

Dumi

Do any of the Lindens surf?

And I mean on water, virtual or otherwise? I’m wondering that since I am truly convinced the surfing community is one of the most amazing communities in SL, and yet we see so little Linden presence or interest in it. I’ve seen Lindens check out the tinies, the furries, and Gorians, and whoever else out there seems some sort of organised bunch of residents, but I have yet to meet a Linden who knows an inkling of the surfing community.

Few people know that surfing in SL was the first grid wide organized sport, thanks to the SLSA (SL Surfing Association). Few know that the whole community serves new residents and surfers with fantastic grace and friendly advice, free of any charge, collar or ties Few know that the surf product designers are some of the most fantastic SL engineers around, especially when physics are involved. Few outside this community know these things and I am sure there are many other standout wonders that come out of this community, that others can add here.
And yet, no one has ever seen a Linden try this out, have a surf, and see what the community is all about. How about we get one Linden to visit us more regularly, to check out our community for more than just an hour or two, or hey, even surf so well we can induct them into the Hall of Fame WOOOOTTTTT!

Is this a challenge? You bet! Come on, Linden Lab, show us whose not chicken, and come and try out the EPIC waves on Majini Island and show us just how amazing those surfing talents are! O, and hey, if you suck like I do, I promise we’ll still treat you just the same and we’ll even throw in a few lessons with VW Sands for free, as they always are

Posted by Second Life Resident Dumisani Ah.

Wimbi Island Surf Adventure Complete - Phase 1

Hi Bisharians,
Phase 1 of the surf adventure has been completed thanks to Heather Goodliffe and VW Sands’s hard work this past week. Whatever you do whilst surfing AVOID the rocks

Posted by Second Life Resident Dumisani Ah.

Surf-Jam 5 is in the books…..

Aloha Bishara!

Yesterdays contest is history and what a contest it was!

OK, it was a marathon, sorry. We were a little short-handed and things move slowly when we are short on staff, but……….it was SICK!!!! The best Surf-Jam so far, scores in the semis and finals pushing the 17´s and all 3 podium finishers with 16+ scores, WOOOOOOT!

When the spray cleared we saw Pova standing on the top step of the podium, Quench at number 2 and  Canadian surfer Wilfrid DeCuir on the 3rd place posie. Desne joined her man in the finals and finished P4.

16 surfers came out and 16 surfers ripped the place apart all day long, congrats to you all! Very special thanks to Lissa for putting up with, er, helping us (me), thanks Liss

/V

PS, Heat scores from the event are posted on SurfWatch

http://surfwatchresults.blogspot.com/

July is newbie sport month in Bishara Resorts

No, this is not open season on newbies kind of sport ;)  Its the month of July and its dedicated to getting more and more new residents into the Bishara way of life, ie. laid back island living with style! Its also the month in which I personally wish to teach everyone the true meaning of the Afrikaans use of the word ‘lekker’ !!!

Now in practical terms this is a month in which we wish to teach anyone who has never been able to surf, sail, dive, fish or skydive, just how much fun this can be.  We are gearing up the whole team to be as n00b friendly as we have ever been, and I am even asking Lance Corrimal to replace his n00b rocket repeller bullets with flowers instead Okay, thats wayyyyy too sixties and Lance will kill me for just suggesting such a thing, but I can assure you that even Lance will be treating newbie questions about sailing with that extra grace and openess he has always used during this month of July - errrr, just in case please wear a flack jacket

If any player who is new and NOT an ALT needs to ask any question whatsoever of me, this is also the month to do so, and no, Im married, so don’t try ‘those’ questions on me :)  ANY suggestions to make new residents more comfortable in Bishara Resorts, and Second Life in general, please IM VW Sands or Dumisani Ah or our resident N00b Manager Lissa Pinion, as we have it as our aim to enlarge the surfer community whilst aiding any new residents as much as we are able to.  If its agreeable with our covenant and within our power to do, we will try our utmost to do so!  Ok, at least for July

Happy 5th Birthday Second Life!

May your pixels glow with new features, your viewer with smoothness, and your grid be clean and robust! All the very best for the next 5 years.

With our warmest wishes,

Dumisani Ah, VW Sands, Chigadee London, Lance Corrimal, and the entire Bishara Resorts team.

SLSA 2008 Season Best Competition Day: Majini

Woootttttt!!! I’ll say this in VW Sands absence this weekend while he is sunning his RL avatar in his beach house for a few days - the man puts on the very best for surfers in SL and this kudo for Majini is his doing and that of the surfing management team he built!  Well done, VW, against tough competition you pulled off a fantastic honour for Majini Island and Bishara Resorts!