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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 18, 2015 - 10:20am PT
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Sorry to start yet another surfing thread but...
This is the next level in man made waves.
A truly elite level wave.
What a stoker!
http://www.kswaveco.com
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:22am PT
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I makes me sad that this is 30 minutes from my house and I will probably never get to ride it :(
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:33am PT
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Wow, that thing is off the charts. And long too!
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:33am PT
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That is epic.
Where the f&%k is this?
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Al_Smith
climber
Oahu
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:54am PT
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Not really on topic per se, but spent the last two days at Pipe Masters and had a chance to see 'the man himself' up close and personal. Got some cool pics and thought I'd share them here. What a legend!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:01am PT
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So what will it cost aspiring wave biters to play on his pool?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:05am PT
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What's up with Slaters knees? They're all wrinkly and stuff. Is that a surfing thing? I'm a 5.4 surfer.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:09am PT
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I makes me sad that this is 30 minutes from my house and I will probably never get to ride it :(
I wonder if this is a San Joaquin Valley thing, Daniel. My first reaction was, "Oh great. Another beach where I'm not a 'local.'"
;>)
John
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:47am PT
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Incredible!! I wonder how much that pool cost to build much less operate? the wave is perfect but he should work on the water clarity and temp. Regardless what an amazing wave.
Thanks jefe'
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:52am PT
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River Mouth was the first thing I thought of when I saw the water color as well. Never saw it peel like that though 😉
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:54am PT
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Wow, looks amazing. Better than waveloch's next gen wave pool (guys behind the flowrider).
Looks like an existing pool, or afterbay. Comments disabled on the videos, bummer because you know people would give some spoilers.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 12:20pm PT
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A contractor friend worked on this and had to agree to not share info about construction or location but luckily people suck at keeping secrets :)
It's in the San Joaquin Valley but when you drive by you wouldn't notice.
Hopefully this testing location will work out and they eventually build them for public use because it looks awesome!
The funny part is that it's virtually impossible to permit a pond or lake around here unless you apply as an aquaculture project. Dollars to donuts says Kelly is feeding some talapia or catfish in that mud hole!
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John M
climber
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Dec 18, 2015 - 12:23pm PT
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Fish poo and waves… Woot!!!
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crøtch
climber
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Dec 18, 2015 - 12:35pm PT
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Great looking wave. I'd love to see one insane Diego with the wave propagating to the West for those onshore days.
Build these things next door to climbing gyms.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 18, 2015 - 12:41pm PT
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So, is it a pool with a channel, and a huge underwater plow of sorts is pushing the water, with turbines and stuff on the plow/sled?
I'm really curious as to how they made this technically possible.
Just think of the KW/h's that rig needs!
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Dec 18, 2015 - 12:43pm PT
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Only in drought ridden California.
Pretty sweet.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Dec 18, 2015 - 01:47pm PT
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It's good to see the Sewage to Surf program paying dividends.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Dec 18, 2015 - 02:30pm PT
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An acquaintance builds the mechanisms for the wave pools at several Caribbean resorts.
When he was commissioning the first one, a higher up management type wanted the waves bigger.
I want it to blow the bikini tops off all the women. Turn it all the way up!
So he did.
Washed the poolside bar and all the deck furniture into the pool.
The suit stalked off silently to his office.
He gets a written off vacation every year to tune the systems up now though.
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Gunkie
climber
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Dec 18, 2015 - 03:19pm PT
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Incredible. One day the masses will have access to something like this.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Dec 18, 2015 - 07:01pm PT
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Dude!
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 08:59pm PT
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I had to wait a lifetime and pay big cash for waves like that on a Mentawais boat trip on Quicksilver II.
In the near future, kids in hot, inland valleys will pay a few bucks like it's an amusement ride.
Anyone remember September Sessions?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 18, 2015 - 10:03pm PT
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The feeling I got when I watched the video this morning...I was out of my skin.
To see the wave, to see kelly that stoked...
I've gotten barreled. I've gotten really f*#king barreled. But that amount of tube time on one wave- 10secs, a few hacks, 15 more secs.... That's more than most people get in a lifetime.
For those of you not familiar, take a look at the other man made waves like the one in Dubai, which used to be cutting edge, or the new Wave Garden which uses the new technology to create a way better, longer rippable wave. Then look at Kelly's. Holy sh¡t. If you're a surfer that affects you in a primal way.
Being an Arizona guy, my Rick Kane dream is alive!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:07pm PT
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Yeah that's head and shoulders above any man made wave I've ever seen.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:25pm PT
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vids of other wave machine results?
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overwatch
climber
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Dec 19, 2015 - 06:55am PT
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the comments are funny it is like a gym climbing vs outdoor climbing debate
he is a pretty incredible guy weird wrinkled knees aside
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Dec 19, 2015 - 07:42am PT
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I'm not a surfer, but I know radical when I see it. That is rad!
Innovative too. That water looks the same as San Joaquin River Delta water up here in the Bay Area.
Amazing what you can do when you set your mind to it. Very cool.
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BigB
Mountain climber
Sin City
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Dec 19, 2015 - 09:32am PT
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That's freakin awesome! It sounds like they can switch the break as well, which is even cooler.
I do have a feeling of ...its toooo perfect.The sh#t ;) that will be done on that wave will advance surfing big time in the sk8 tricks dept.
Wave Garden ..
https://vimeo.com/67886627
..is actually a pretty sweet wave as well, albeit a lot smaller.
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
PUAKO, BIG ISLAND Kohala Coast
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Dec 19, 2015 - 10:54am PT
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This will progress the sport to the next level for sure, at least the airs.... In the same way the half pipe took snowboarding from nada to the most watched winter olympic event.
Maybe they will use it at the 2020 Tokyo olympics as a demonstration sport.
My 2 cents, build them everywhere so less people are sitting in our lineups, just me and the uncles and aunties will be perfect...
Aloha
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Dec 19, 2015 - 02:04pm PT
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My 2 cents, build them everywhere so less people are sitting in our lineups
Yes.
Give the n00bish wannabees a place of their own - and give them the activity-avoiding social scene they prefer.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Dec 19, 2015 - 02:46pm PT
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Looks cold..how RAD!
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Gunkie
climber
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Dec 19, 2015 - 05:47pm PT
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Anyone remember September Sessions?
Great movie. One of my favorites.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Dec 20, 2015 - 06:37am PT
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Surfing is (was) the one board sport that you really couldn't simulate.
In order to get good you had to take your lumps from 'Ma Ocean and it likely also taught you meteorology, hydrodynamics, and if from Socal probably made you a good fighter.
This will change surfing forever at the elite level the same way the motorcycle foam pit did for the Nitro Circus types
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east side underground
climber
paul linaweaver hilton crk ca
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Dec 20, 2015 - 07:55am PT
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Slater is going to kill it, soon you'll see "surf resorts" complete with Hotel .bar, gift shop.board rental.spa in Topeka, cleveland, and other bumf*#k locations. Looks fun ,how much will it cost?
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Dec 22, 2015 - 06:29pm PT
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A friend found it by looking at building permits........
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 22, 2015 - 06:33pm PT
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So is it really a sewage treatment pond?
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Dec 22, 2015 - 06:39pm PT
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As a skier I don't quite understand such short runs.. as a swimmer and explorer I don't quite understand missing all the really cool stuff underneath the waves.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Dec 22, 2015 - 07:13pm PT
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Gym climbing and Gym surfing, complimentary pursuits?
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john hansen
climber
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Dec 22, 2015 - 07:39pm PT
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Strange that he has surfed in the most beautiful places all over the world but he would build this in one of the bleakest ,flattest , shithole places around. (sorry Lemoore)
I guess it was a good place to hide it.
It does look like a perfect wave, really cool I guess, and I can see it as a great training tool, but I think nothing can match the real ocean with waves that are always changing and no two are ever the same. Currents and wind and the underwater terrain all interact, instead of a sterile "perfect" wave.
It would be like a perfect one inch crack on a 70 degree slope with footholds every two feet that goes on for 1000 feet.
I guess I am spoiled living in Hawaii, But when I see the color of that water I would never get in that pool.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Dec 22, 2015 - 07:44pm PT
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I wonder if eventually you could have a portable technology where you could go to a place like Tenaya Lake and start making waves, that would be cool.
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john hansen
climber
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Dec 22, 2015 - 07:47pm PT
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Think if you put a huge snow plow on the front of a 100 foot crab boat going about 20 knots, And lowered it down into the water about 10 feet.
With the momentum of a destroyer or a bulk carrier at different speeds and you could create some endless massive tubes.
Might work on a flat lake.. but probably rarely in the ocean. maybe some place like San Francisco bay, where you could have calm seas.
That's why Teahupoo or Pipeline can never be recreated.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 22, 2015 - 08:00pm PT
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If you want a long-assed wave you go do the tidal bore at the mouth of the Amazon.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 22, 2015 - 08:00pm PT
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Slater is into some cool stuff.
It wouldn't surprise me if this doubled as a Tilapia farm hydroing Chia seed production.
Yes, nothing will ever replace the ocean's lessons and power and the fickle nature of good rideable surf.
But that's the point.
Also, you have to consider competition. There is talk of surfing as an Olympic sport and a perfect even playing field with no waiting period is pretty much the only way it could ever happen.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Dec 22, 2015 - 08:43pm PT
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Found it in about thirty seconds on Google "Satelite" view - after reading that article. Lemoore. I got an uncle there. Surf's Up, Uncle Gil! Flush twice.
It appears water capacity has been cut in half from what the people who owned it before had, so it's drought friendly. It's got that going for it.
As a Californian, I don't find any utility in stationary bicycles, treadmills, or indoor climbing because we go outside and do all that. I don't see any use for an artificial wave in California for the same reason. Vegas, and points east, I can see it.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 22, 2015 - 09:34pm PT
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I don't know what all you weirdos are talking about, I would give my left nut to play on that thing for a week!
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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That is epic.
Where the f&%k is this?
Leemoore, CA
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overwatch
climber
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The viscosity of the s h i t pool is essential to the shape of the wave
That tidal bore looks like it has some punch to it.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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^^^^^ Yeah, but it breaks left, so its got that going for it......
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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May 24, 2016 - 07:42am PT
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Is that like a perfect hand crack up the Empire State Building?
Wouldn't it get boring after just a few rides? Maybe not...
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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May 24, 2016 - 08:24am PT
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Found out how they were able to get that much water out there. It's on the reservation so there's no permitting necessary and no water use regs. Smart move since they just had to drain the whole thing and refill it a couple weeks ago to fix the bottom.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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May 24, 2016 - 09:28am PT
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Retarded ^^^
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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May 24, 2016 - 10:37am PT
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Wouldn't it get boring after just a few rides? Maybe not...
Kelly has vision. Check out this (more or less mission statement) from the Kelly Slater Wave Pool page;
“The WSL proudly represents the best in men’s and women’s competitive surfing globally, and the amazing man-made wave technology developed by Kelly Slater and his team is a revolutionary innovation that has the power to dramatically enhance every aspect of our sport,” said Paul Speaker, CEO of the WSL. “We share the same vision and passion for growing high-performance surfing, and are beyond excited to work together under one roof to bring the sport to levels and places never before possible.”
KSWC technology creates an opportunity for surfers to practice and develop ever-higher levels of performance in a repeating environment, with unprecedented opportunities for surrounding camera and sensor arrays providing immediate and perfectly accurate feedback on their progress. This is the first repeatable man-made wave that convincingly delivers the power and shape of ocean waves most sought after by accomplished surfers, including a hollow barrel allowing for long tube rides. While high- performance surfing is the core mission of both the WSL and the KSWC, the wave technology is flexible and can also create variable waves for beginner and intermediate surfers.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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May 24, 2016 - 11:36am PT
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I said it previously, the wave pool has the potential to transform surfing much the same way foam pits did for moto circus, trampolines did for snowboarding aerials and swimming pools did for skiing aerials.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Dec 20, 2016 - 11:28am PT
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Consider me frothing at the mouth for the opportunity to spend a few days surfing there with "Mike Pence" and MR.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Jul 22, 2017 - 08:29am PT
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Kelly won't be using his pool for awhile...
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jul 22, 2017 - 08:34am PT
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Wave pool in Austin- It was so weird, back in the mid eighties, the first time I ran across Surfers from Texas in Mainland Mexico.
Cowboy hats, twin fins and that twang.
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john hansen
climber
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Sep 10, 2017 - 09:25pm PT
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Now that they have the water cleaned up it looks pretty cool.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Jun 12, 2018 - 12:54am PT
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