Ninety bucks an hour to surf!
What a dazzle wavepools are. Yeah, I know, I read the comments, some of us aren’t so much into the hum and throb of ploughs mowing through a lagoon to make tidal-esque burgers. Where’s the magic of the ocean? The gradual unlocking of its secrets over a lifetime?
But if you live where there ain’t waves or you’re in the middle of two-week flat-spell, like me, they can’t come soon enough. And, for those who live near the Texas capital, Austin, you’re going to get waves, endless waves if you have the cash, come Friday, October 7.
The NLand surf park you might recall from the myriad stories we’ve written about it (here, here and here… Oh! Here, too!) , has been funded by Doug Coors, yeah from the Colorado brewing family, and promises a hell of a good time.
It ain’t cheap, howevs, a legacy more, I’d presume, of the cost of setting up and running a Wavegarden than price gouging.
To ride NLand surf park will cost:
Sixty to ninety dollars for a one-hour session. Sixty gets you the Bay and Inside waves; Ninety for the Reef wave.
Bay and Inside waves are described thus: Playful white water waves ideal for new surfers and juniors. Pop up, ride and feel the rush of a wave beneath your feet for the first time. (Bay.)
Welcome to our party wave. You and your friends can catch a long ride, learn to traverse and perfect your turns on the Inside Wave. (Inside.)
And this is the Reef: Our steep, high performance wave, with a 35-second ride, will delight top surfers and challenge those looking to up their game.
A coaching clinic will cost you between sixty-five to one hundred and ninety dollars for ninety minutes.
Land Surf park is twenty minutes from downtown Austin.
I’ll be hitting it up once the hype dies down a bit. I think the price is fine. Many of the people who have signed up said the website is way overloaded making registration difficult.
$300/year for an annual membership to the Vans Skatepark in Orange…unlimited use with no session fees. $300/year in beer and spliffs to share at Washington Street and half of San Diego’s pro skate community knows your name and thinks you’re the best dude ever. Just saying. Or three and a half hours to surf in Texas.
and you can even saunter up to Bar D after the session and maybe snag a broad
The Dynamite…hahaha, if you know the D then we must keep or have kept some mutual company.
Wake up sheeple…
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NO ONE GIVES A FUCK TODAY!
I’d totally pay $90 for a hour. Seem like pretty good value to me. I took the family to the Bali Safari and Marine Park recently and that cost us $400 US for three hours of bitter disappointment.
fuck that. i won’t pay $90 for five hours of golf. i can’t even think of a course that charges $450 a round. this shit won’t fly with people that fly private.
Fucking $60US to ride whitewater come on NLand can do better than that
You’ve buried the lede! $60 for a party wave!
I’m so bad at burying leads! Did the cost steal your breath too? And how long before coupons are shlepping hour-passes for a twenty?
Grope-on
I dunno, I guess I just didn’t realize they should be worth so much! Like, how much should we pay for such a true expression of friendship?