The Luscious Life

The return of the copy/mod surfboard!

2014-08-20T12:01:00.002-07:00

I know it has been awhile since anything has happened at LSD, but here's a new appetizer for you to chew on if you like custom things - the LSD 82.3qc copy/mod surfboard! Now you can completely dismantle the LSD surfboard for yourself and try to figure out how to make it tick in different and strange ways! Just make sure you keep your first copy so you can start over again after you've altered it beyond recognition!

Click here: LSD v82.3qc (copy/mod) Digital Spectrum Surfboard

- Luscious

Riding the P4S Lazor Zap at Tsunami Beach!

2013-04-05T23:42:00.001-07:00

Rayzza Rubble re-created the Lazor Zap surfboard in SecondLife! Originally designed by Geoff McCoy with a Ben Lexcen winged keel, this surfboard is unlike any other in SecondLife! Take a gander!

Riding the Lazor Zap inside the Banzai Pipeline wave at Tsunami Beach (click to enlarge)

Riding the Bells Beach, Banzai, and riding underwater with the Ultimate!

Empty Restaurants

2012-11-21T02:00:00.001-08:00

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

and everything in between.

Banzai Pipeline Released!

2012-11-21T01:50:00.000-08:00

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!

Big Wave happy surfing!

Running away from the foam ball!

Glassy "ceiling" of the barrel

Driving the surfboard rails deep into the wave

Banzai Pipeline Preview

2012-11-13T12:19:00.000-08:00

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.

Rails cutting deep into the wave

Chandelier on the Cathedral ceiling!

Escaping the barrel

Backdoor Pipe!

2012-11-10T21:32:00.001-08:00

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!!

Hope I make it out of here!

Exploring the foam and spray

Pure Wavey

Developing the "Chandelier" effect

Testing the wave shape

Backdoor Pipe in the Midday Sun

Surfing the Right break of the P4S Ultimate Wave

2012-10-23T07:58:00.004-07:00

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!

Pray 4 Surf: The Ultimate Wave

2012-10-21T18:49:00.000-07:00

A preview of the "Ultimate Wave" sandwiched between The Devil's Left and Rayzza's Right:

The "Ultimate Wave" breaks right and left at the same time!

View from the bank

Surfing the Ultimate wave

The 192m Devil's Left

2012-10-18T08:14:00.004-07:00

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

The curl of The Devil's Left

Ooooh can I ride your barrel?

The Devil made me do it!

I wanna die!

The 192m Rayzza's Right Recycling Wave

2012-10-16T09:47:00.002-07:00

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!

Crazy Surf II

Surfing on the 100m Crying Tiger

2012-10-06T15:56:00.003-07:00

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!

Inside the barrel of the beast!

Shooting out the mouth at the end!

Cutbacks on the Bells Beach Mesh wave

2012-10-03T12:53:00.001-07:00

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. :)

Farewell Luscious Dreams!

2012-01-08T19:41:00.000-08:00

Well it's the last day for the Luscious Dreams sim, so here's one last video of the mesh surfing in a Free Bliss Couture Christmas dress!

- Luscious

Largest Monster Wave?

2011-11-09T06:45:00.000-08:00

Hmmmm how did they measure 90ft on this one? Is it really bigger than Ken Bradshaw's at Outer Log Cabins? This one is Garrett McNamara riding at Praia do Norte in Portugal.. Not exactly a barreling wave, but still very large and frothy! droool!

Mesh Surfboard Up close no jaggies!

2011-11-02T21:30:00.000-07:00

Here's a video showing the shape of a mesh surfboard. Notice how there are no jaggies on the edges of the board and how smooth its shape is. This is a single concave surfboard as well, so instead of just having a flat underside, there is actually a concave shape to the underside of the board.

Happy Halloween!

2011-11-01T07:20:00.000-07:00

Come see the Halloween waves at Tsunami Beach in SecondLife!
SLURL to Tsunami Beach in SecondLife

Firestorm Graphics Settings

2011-10-29T22:27:00.000-07:00

So I a few people have told me that the "Viewer 2 / Firestorm" experience is different for everyone, which I think it is because not everyone has the same graphics and/or computer hardware. For those of you who have a graphics card that supports all of the features, here are screenshots of my Preferences settings which enable the features necessary to view shiny, reflective, realistic looking wave surfaces. :)

Firestorm Graphics Preferences Settings

LSD Surfboard SecondLife Surf Lessons in Pictures

2011-10-27T20:32:00.000-07:00

Here they are! Step by step still pictures from the Video explaining how to perform all those funny stunts you see!
- Lushy

LSD Surf Lessons Step by Step

Here's the original video:

First LSD Surfboard SecondLife surfing lesson hack job

2011-10-27T08:50:00.000-07:00

So this is my first attempt to show how various surfing maneuvers are performed on the LSD surfboard. I guess things in the video happen very quickly, so it will probably be next to impossible to keep up with the explanations of the moves without hitting the PAUSE button and without looking at it FULL SCREEN. So you'll want to watch this in FULL SCREEN mode and then get your mouse ready to hit *PAUSE* a LOT during this video clip so you can read the lesson. I'll also post still pictures soon from this video so you can more easily read the text. ;)

- Lush

SecondLife Mesh Wave Surfing at Night!

2011-10-24T22:29:00.000-07:00

SecondLife Surfing at Night!! Here's what surfing a "moonlit" Mesh wave (actually self lit) at night looks like! You know these blogs are getting pretty tasty.. I may soon need to blog an LSD Surf tutorial so I can explain how to use the LSD surfboard.. ;)

LSD Surfboards Anniversary coming up!

2011-05-11T09:41:00.000-07:00

It has been almost a year since the first LSD surfboard in SecondLife was created. What started as a pet project to compensate for a mis-advertised surfboard design contest is now a thriving surfable wave system and surfboard business. LSD is now on the bleeding edge of surfboard and wave technology as well as product distribution mechanisms in SecondLife. Thank you for all of the supporters and idea contributors without whom LSD would not be possible. The LSD Surfboard represents a year of communication and idea sharing more than anything else and that's what makes LSD unique among surfboard makers - LSD comes as much from the SecondLife surf community as it does from me (Luscious) who makes these funny toys! Hopefully we can have an LSD competition on the anniversary as a celebration of the SecondLife surfing community's contributions to LSD and all of the fun toys that we have created since LSD's inception!

Thanks for your support everyone!

- Luscious

I'm still tempted

2010-07-26T08:04:00.000-07:00

To release the surfboard code.... I mean if I just post it here with nobody looking do you think anyone would actually find it?

Colleen & Tsunami Waves

2010-07-08T07:08:00.000-07:00

So how do you make a "wave" in SL anyway? Actually it's simple and I have no idea why people charge so much for it... anyway basically you are just creating a wave generator that rezzes a large megaprim surfboard set to go in one direction. And that's it! Oh and the "surfboard"/wave is temporary on rez so it only lasts for 20 seconds (which should be long enough to cross the sim as long as it is set to move quickly enough).

So I've created 2 waves - Colleen's cutesy fluffy, and the gigantic 30m high, 100m across Tsunami Wave. Neither wave is terribly easy to surf, but then why should they be!?

- Luscious

First LSD (Luscious Surf Design) surfboard created!

2010-06-23T07:02:00.000-07:00

6/22/2010: The first LSD (Luscious Surf Design) surfboard is created!!

A new era is about to begin as within just a few hours, I wrote my first surfboard script. The difference is going to be how I present it. First and foremost I'm going to make this thing BAD ASS!!!! More tricks and more customization and all in real-time. The KICKER is going to be that I'm going to make the CODE VISIBLE FOR ALL TO SEE!!!! That's right! I'm going to make the scripts Copy/Trans. BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So anyone who wants to can open the script, read it, COPY IT, PASTE it into their own script, and do WHATEVER THE **** THEY WANT to it and SURF ON IT! And of course it will be FREE!!!! (Since copy/trans would mean as soon as one person had it, they could just copy/paste it into a notecard or email it and give it to somebody else.)

What does this mean? This means things like gesture designers writing poses for boards, new impossible tricks being developed, amazing designs of course, and abilities that surfboards have never seen before! In other words a surfboard without limits, welcome to the world of LSD UNLIMITED!

They've been lying to you surfers!!! You know who I'm talking about! Linden labs has had bugs, but the big problems were resolved quite awhile ago. The problem script functions now no longer need to be implemented discreetly and instead there is a juicy API (Application Programming Interface) which allows you to create surfboard like objects and let Linden Labs do the debugging. They have pulled the wool over your eyes surfers, and we're not going to take it anymore!! A revolution is brewing and its name is OPEN SOURCE SL SURFING!!

Everyone I've ever talked to says "we're not in this for the money"... So tell me you aren't lying, and release your code! If not, get ready to be attacked by a deluge of developers writing amazing mods and creating the next generation of surreal surfing!

Monkey Cove Surfboard Design Contest

2010-06-08T10:24:00.000-07:00

I know I'm NOT going to win this contest because the judges are going to look for a more conventional design, but I AM going to make a surfboard unlike anyone has EVER seen before and it will be more original and EXTRAordinary than every other board in the contest. They say they want something not "run of the mill" but ALL of the boards will be run of the mill because they are following rules!!! SCREW THE RULES!!!! I'm going to make a board using the the surfboard blanks provided, but I'm going to use them in ways they never thought of and probably won't comprehend. I don't care if I don't win the contest, I still know I will have made the most original and surreal surfboard design SL has ever seen.

- L

The Luscious Life

The return of the copy/mod surfboard!

Riding the P4S Lazor Zap at Tsunami Beach!

Empty Restaurants

Banzai Pipeline Released!

Banzai Pipeline *Preview*

Backdoor Pipe!

Surfing the Right break of the P4S Ultimate Wave

Pray 4 Surf: The Ultimate Wave

The 192m Devil's Left

The 192m Rayzza's Right Recycling Wave

Surfing on the 100m Crying Tiger

Cutbacks on the Bells Beach Mesh wave

Farewell Luscious Dreams!

Largest Monster Wave?

Mesh Surfboard Up close no jaggies!

Happy Halloween!

Firestorm Graphics Settings

LSD Surfboard SecondLife Surf Lessons in Pictures

First LSD Surfboard SecondLife surfing lesson hack job

SecondLife Mesh Wave Surfing at Night!

LSD Surfboards Anniversary coming up!

I'm still tempted

Colleen & Tsunami Waves

First LSD (Luscious Surf Design) surfboard created!

Monkey Cove Surfboard Design Contest

Banzai Pipeline Preview