kelly slater wave co

Ok, everyone is ragging on pool surfing but when was the last time they looked at their actual wave count. The flowriders are just lame and arent like surfing at all, thus, they arent worth the money. The last I spoke with the owner of Skyventure surf pool, she mentioned they have the option for a 6ft standing barrell that you can use your actual board (unlike flowrider which is similar to a skim board). She mentioned she will be charging 40 per 30min session. I would gladly pay $40 in the middle of winter to score warm barrells without having to go through all the effort of a surf trip. Prime example is, most sessions your wave count is low, most of the time your waiting, paddling, battling. It will never replace actual surfing but will i buy a session....damn right

 

people spend insane amounts of money to ride down hills on skis and snowboards. whats the difference?

 

How can anyone even be remotely 'OK' with this. Yes maybe the concept of getting a perfectly set up tube ride in warm water is appetizing...but its man made! The most amazing experience that embodies surfing is that it is a small natural phenomenon that the ocean creates and we as humans manipulate. Finding that perfect wave is easy when you can pay for it, but actually seeking and finding a perfect wave with the right tide, offshore wind ect.. and SCORING it where your ride sinks up with a natural oceanic wave. Thats bliss. There is nothing better.

The unpredictability the ocean throws at you will make you a better surfer then going to a figgen them park to pay for a wave in Missouri (Insert non-coastal town)

This could potentially ruin the sport we love.

 

Dang I wish there was a "like" button... Preach tha gosple Graffer!! Well put!

 

This is nothing new. I read about this years ago. I like the idea. But how expensive is it and who is going to fund the these things?

 

That is NOT surfing. Just like being on the Queen Mary is not sailing. They should call it Water Riding . It's totally not surfing and I bet Slater knows it.

 

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Inspired by Za talking bout them Hawaiians and missionaries and burning wave sliding sticks. Side note: Myspace still exists.

"They might have taken your land...."

 

84k if open on weekends..

 

Meh. Won't change my life at all. If they built one close to me and there was a flat spell, I'd go check it out. If some landlocked grom from Ohio learned how to ride barrels in a perfect (and warm) computer made wave, he'd get a pretty serious reality check paddling out in a hurricane swell in a 4/3.

 

I wouldn't be phased by this one bit in the least. Who cares? Is this any different than indoor climbing gyms for rock climbers or batting cages for power hitters? I don't think it ruined their respective sports. I don't remember the exact quotes from North Shore, but something to the effect of, "Just because you can shred wave pools in Arizona doesn't mean you can surf Pipe brah". Just because some land-locked kids will get to try surfing, and maybe even learn to rip the machine waves, doesn't mean they'll be taking over your local break. And for guys who surf and do this its just another tool to practice. They put a flow rider in near my local break and I barely know its there. And I don't know how close this is to the coast, but maybe it will help thin the already crowded lineup at the wall.

As an aside riding mountains most definitely does have soul. Just because you have to pay to get on the lift doesn't make it soul-less. I mean you have costs associated with surfing too right? IMO, getting up early for first tracks after a foot of snow or cruising through untapped backcountry has the same kind of soul as getting up at 5 am for that dawn session when everyone else is alseep...

 

I have to agree with surfrr. Ya surfing a wave pool might not be as challenging or fulfilling as surfing in the ocean, but who cares?! If the ocean's flat then surfing a man-made wave is better than surfing no wave at all.

When it's flat, I grab my skateboard. When it snows, I grab my snowboard. When it's warm, I grab my wakeboard. When it's windy, I will (hopefully very soon) be grabbing my kiteboard. Of these options, my favorite is obviously surfing overhead peeling barrels, but that's not always an option. Anything that can help improve my skills and thus my enjoyment of my favorite sport is a positive IMO. Stop being such purists!

 

BUMP....my thoughts exactly. Nothing wrong with training when its flat. AND trips to score perfect barrells cost money too. Also, how about sharing those waves with angry locals like in PR. Good luck catching epic surf at Gas Chambers hahahahahahahah Trust me, NOTHING beats a good surf trip but also many things beat a sh*tty one.....such as a perfect 6ft barrell with you and your bros using your actual equipment. The wave in NH will be done in early spring, and you best be sure I'm using that to "get a board under my feet"

 

Oh and to give you a little insite on how wave pools will be viewed to our community, look at indoor skydiving. Its the exact same thing, us skydivers dont really repect the fact that you shred the indoor wind tunnel. Its all pleasure and no pain. I've heard the tunnel instructors mention "I would kill it in the sky" not true, or partially. Yeah until they need to fly their parachute home. Point being, "pool surfers" wouldn't be respected in teh water nor would they have the same skill sets of an actual ocean surfer. I.E. Ocean knowledge, currents, tides, paddle out, wave selection. THESE aspects are what make a surfer not if they rip. Prime example of that is look at Kelly's heats in Santa Cruz. He fell apart on wave selection. Wave pools will be a tool of the future but just that a tool. It will never replace actual knowledge of the ocean. If you threatened by that, do us a favor and sell your board.

 

perhaps the worst part about it is: Chlorine.

 

Might as well surf in pure pee....