Browntggrr Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2238142,00.html Intresting that they called it the "World's first". Typhoon Lagoon at Disney has had surfing lessons in their wave pool for years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Judging from the concept art and description I don't think this is going to be anything like wave pools we've seen in parks before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOFirehawkFAN Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Ive been to numerous places with artificial surfing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I agree with ^^ and ^ but I think those places use wave machines where this place is saying it's using a surf machine. Whats the difference? I don't see much either, especially compared to KI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 ^ Exactly, what is the difference? Perhaps this is the first dedicated outside surf machine. I'll give them that one. But weather you are at Typhoon Lagoon, or in England, if a wave is pushing you while you are standing on a board, it is surfing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeLorean Rider Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Kings Islands surfing is a joke compared to real surfing though. Please, by no means am I a surfer but at Kings Island, there is a rushing layer of water under you rolling over a contoured pool. You just sit there as the water rushes under you. Yea it's a good effect and pretty fun if you can stay up, but its hardly the same as surfing or even bodyboarding at a beach. This new machine makes it look as though it actually creates the waves and the surfer will be able to paddle to it and actually ride the wave. Just from my visits to Folly Beach in Charleston SC and talking to people in town, the hardest thing about surfing is the patience; waiting for the perfect wave, in size, angle to the beach, and judgeing when it breaks. If you had a machine that could make the perfect waves with enough room to ride them out on, you'd have all the fun of real surfing without the wait, or salt water in your eyes. Thats what I think this machine is all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacksonPKI Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2238142,00.html Intresting that they called it the "World's first". Typhoon Lagoon at Disney has had surfing lessons in their wave pool for years now. Doesn't Bomerang Bay have one of those, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 ^ Do you actually read the previous posts? Or just say the first thing that comes to your mind to hear yourself talk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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