Kelly Slater built a man-made wave that could change surfing forever (washingtonpost.com) 4 points by cos2pi 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] SCAQTony 10y ago ↗ I don't think it will change surfing but it may contribute greatly in making this an Olympic sport... or perhaps create surf stadiums for contest a circuit? [–] fasteo 10y ago ↗ >>> it may contribute greatly in making this an Olympic sportThis alone does changes surfing; surfing as an industry I mean. [–] SCAQTony 10y ago ↗ As Industry I agree, people in Oklahoma, Kentucky, New Delhi or Serbia can all be surfers now. I would pay $200 an hour for that wave!
[–] fasteo 10y ago ↗ >>> it may contribute greatly in making this an Olympic sportThis alone does changes surfing; surfing as an industry I mean. [–] SCAQTony 10y ago ↗ As Industry I agree, people in Oklahoma, Kentucky, New Delhi or Serbia can all be surfers now. I would pay $200 an hour for that wave!
[–] SCAQTony 10y ago ↗ As Industry I agree, people in Oklahoma, Kentucky, New Delhi or Serbia can all be surfers now. I would pay $200 an hour for that wave!
[–] jinushaun 10y ago ↗ Looking forward to decent surfing outside the main surfing geographies (Pacific Ocean).I've always wondered why more locales didn't simply copy the standing wave in Munich. Seems easy to copy.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbach_(Isar)Sure, it's not a barrel, but it's still a commercially viable way to enable surfing anywhere.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 24.9 ms ] threadThis alone does changes surfing; surfing as an industry I mean.
I've always wondered why more locales didn't simply copy the standing wave in Munich. Seems easy to copy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbach_(Isar)
Sure, it's not a barrel, but it's still a commercially viable way to enable surfing anywhere.