Come get kinky!
We live in wonderful times, wondrous times when
any itch can be scratched, where no kink is too obscure. I don’t
need to tell you that there are online clubs for dendrophilists,
those sexually attracted to trees, and agalmatophilists, those
sexually attracted to statues. Hell, there is a whole website for
incels who happen to be outdoor
enthusiasts. What there hasn’t been, though, is an
online portal exclusively and only documenting wave pools and wave
pool cultures.
Ask and ye shall receive!
The great Bryan Dickerson, of SurfersVillage fame, has embarked
on a new journey of discovery called WavePoolMag.com “I started the
website because the thought of going for a pre-work surf in good
waves every other day would be an incredible way to supplement
ocean time…” Bryan says. ” I love surfing and riding waves and the
thought of more and better surfing time makes me very happy.
Hopefully WavePoolMag will be a resource to this end.”
Let’s ask him some questions!
Chas: Which tanks have you surfed?
Bryan: None! We have contributors like Matt
Warshaw and Scott Bass write about their experiences. Would you
like to contribute Chas?
C: Yes! I can write about the very real dangers
of wave pools. How scary they are, how they wish to rip arms out of
sockets. Which tanks you wanna surf?
B: Kelly’s looks too perfect, if that makes
sense. You Chas, hurt yourself there. What was THAT like? BSR Surf
Ranch looks really fun but I’d probably get stuck behind the bowl
and could probably only go left on the advance setting. But the
Wavegarden Cove and Surf Lakes setups look the delicious. What’s
your take on those?
C: I’m a Surf Lakes man. They seem to be the
only ones taking the apocalypse seriously, design-wise. Are you
partial to one technology over another?
B: The current trend is to boast about your
tech’s wave count. Because at this stage it’s the wave pool makers
like Surf Lakes, attracting the investors and park builders. They
need to do this. The more waves per hour they produce, the more
paying customers a park developer can allow entry. And better ROI.
So it’s weird, the fine details of the wave’s shape and thickness
is becoming almost secondary in a lot of the publicity send outs,
We still haven’t heard from Webber Wave Pools and Thomas J.
Lochtfeld. I think they will offer up game changers in the coming
year. So, when you ask about preferred tech, at this point in the
wave pool character arc, best tech could still be yet to come.
C: Do you think wave pools will breed a culture
that is distinct from beach surf culture?
B: Yes! This is more interesting than the wave
technology. There are some wave pools planned as urban
redevelopment and others as a country club centerpiece. On one hand
you could have disadvantaged kids from a Parisian banlieue who
build a whole scene around their neighbourhood public wave pool
(think of parkour!) and on the other you’d have, well, rich golfers
who want to be surfers. At some point they could meet in a wave
pool surfing competition! I would see this movie. But in between
those two extremes it’ll probably be a lot like wakeboarding, since
wakeboarding cable parks are the closest comparison we have right
now to wave pools. So, I’d put my money on wake boarders. What is
wakeboarding culture? Here, I pulled a (totally unedited) quote off
of Unleashed Wakeboarding
Magazine: “Being a rider not only take his board
, ride it, making some moves and turns. Being a rider is sharing
this spirit that connect all of us to that sport, and having fun
with his friends who share the same passion”
Amen. Visit here now!
