Lagoon partially filled, "full-sized waves soon" etc…
You remember the hoo-ha last year when the former world champ Joel Parkinson flew to Central Queensland to test the full-sized prototype of the Occy and Barton Lynch-endorsed wave pool.
The waves were very small, one-to-two feet using a generous ruler, but the reveal was stymied when the giant plunger buckled while operating at only fifty percent capacity.
Surf Lakes said the failure was a manufacturing fault, that a new part was being built and that the Yeppoon prototype would be operational, again, by the end of January 2019.
Fast-forward to mid-June and it appears the tank is inching closer to having another swing at producing waves.
The company reports:
The buzz around Surf Lakes’ full-scale Research and Development facility in Yeppoon is building as the onsite engineers have completed the repairs and have now moved into preliminary testing. The repaired structure is much stronger than it was during Phase 1 testing, in October of 2018. On top of this, the team have been making many other improvements to allow for much more detailed monitoring of the machinery. This will enable the Surf Lakes crew to access information swiftly, relating to stress placed upon various components. It will also allow the team to better understand efficiencies.
In breaking news… earlier this week the tap was turned on, filling the lagoon partially, so initial systems testing can take place!
Dry commissioning has now begun and is due to be completed this weekend, after which the lagoon will be filled to the brim in preparation for full commissioning.
This is a major milestone for the team as we inch closer to Phase 2 surf testing.
Can the engineering work?
The shaper, yet-to-be-realised wavepool inventor and theoretician Greg Webber, whom you’ve read about here, here, here, here, here and here, says the design is fundamentally flawed and that unless the plunger is “over-engineered to a silly level” they’re either going to have a “very weak type of wave” or the driveshaft is going to snap again.
they could drop one of these in yapoon.https://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-79...
3.40.
6.15. old mate meets a stingray while pestering the shark
“Dry commissioning” – sounds painful
edit: you behave yourself, or i’ll call KP to administer a dry commissioning in yapoon!
sorry nicky b, i wrote before reading.
We’ll see. Water is an incompressible fluid and heavy meaning Webber is right. That plunger will have to be ridiculously strong or it will break again, esp. after repeated stresses. And the heavier you make it, the more energy that needs to be expended (money spent) to raise it up.
Very quietly, the Wavegarden Cove and AWM seem to be the frontrunners now that the dust has settled some.
Is this a wave pool or the future set for the filming of Mad Max “ The Wastelands “ ?
Or Mad Wax !
RCJ rubbing wax, “i wanna go to Lemoore”…Yeah…Nah.
But an RCJ video surfin all pools 21day doco type, redbull n coked up to his eyeballs, would be epic.
RCJ searching for Nirvana ( the old Bill Cillia Sticker )
noun
(in Buddhism) a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.
Nah doesn’t sound much like him .I much prefer your Dionysian Proposal ! Last time I saw him he was laughing hilariously , head hanging out the window , absolutely fanging a Big Old Green Jaguar around a corner in between Old Bar and Saltwater during a Capricorn 2000 mid 80s . Lust for Life ….
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This is the wave pool equivalent of the Fidget Spinner.
Also, thanks for giving my local pub a more dignified title for Big Laz who sits at the bar all day: “theoretician”.
And “Dry commisioning” sounds like me watching Redtube when i cant find some lube.
Hope they can pull it off this time
Is Webber threatened by others success? The driveshaft issue he harps on can be offset with a couple of worm gears to distribute torque. Seems like this could scale up easier than the Surf Ranch. Where is his damn pool?
It’s Rocky, they know how to do ridiculously overengineered. I reckon the guys who build this sort of stuff can handle a wee little pool: https://youtu.be/WmwEB4DY_jc
My fellow Brazilian community in Australia should be stoked that plunging is no longer work but leisure.
They always said the Brazilian Storm would clean up …. ? Parabéns Meds .
Maybe they should put a webber v reef inside the test pool just to double the stoke?
Was Jan now june
Must be former council workers
Or Politicians ?
fuck Webbers been a decade….spent $’s and nothing , so 6 mths is OK at least there is a pool and we have seen some small waves…..the only wave you will see from Webber , when he’s waving at the punters who gave him cash , on his way back to Thailand!
Sounds like a rascal of thè highest order!
Council workers-is there such a thing ha ha
The punters must be itching to get wet in Yeppoon again.
It’s so unfair that
Bilbao has the Guggenheim
And Yeppoon has this
Yep . Peggy enabled Venice , NY and Bilbao to get a Guggenheim but Wollongong got Peggy’s Reef ?
No, we got Clifton School of Arts:
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Guggenheim schmuggenheim, we love our School of Arts.
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Was it a pub or a church originally ? Worshippers of Dionysus or Jesus ? Or Both ?
“The original Clifton School of Arts was established in 1880 when Alexander Stuart (owner of the local Coalcliff coal mine and later premier of NSW) gave the use of a room in an old weatherboard house (across the road from the existing building) for the purpose of providing classes for the young workers. This became the first home for the School of Arts. The area steadily grew through the exploitation of the local coal deposits and by 1888 Clifton was an important commercial centre with both coach and railway terminals…”
More here: http://www.artsclifton.org/…
WOW ! Wonderful story and history Lucky Al . Very Different times in Australian Owner / Worker relations . Can’t imagine UBER providing a band aid or a toilet roll for its modern day slaves …..That’s Progress for you ?
How’s this Paul Ryan painting “Coalcliff Wave” (https://edwinacorlette.com/… – is any artist ever going to paint a wave pool wave like this?
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I think they might use a 3 dimensional artistic impression ?
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And the Blue South Pacific framed by the Great Dividing Range . Equally as beautiful as the View from the water in the Basque Country on both sides of the border . I surfed a little reef , badly , not far away under a cliff of coal a lot in the early 80s .
Did they learn nothing from last time……..why not just quietly do the commissioning and testing – then drop a mental clip – if you do get it to work. They are already well over their previous schedule. They could have just kept their mouths shut for one more week. Why run the risk of publishing a second major failure?
It’s dog whistling
To their nervous investors
Who are way nervous
Maybe its all smoke and mirrors…..perhaps they have already tested it and got it working and now are just putting out a delayed media strategy to build some momentum.
You are a smart man
With wily corporate skills
Unknown to surfing
Classic brash move last fall. Invite the world to watch and hope it’s going to work. Oop’s…then under estimate the time to fix and do road shows hustling naive small time investors to drop more cash Into something that has no proven viability and no paid contracts. Looks cool but definitely way to much to build or power for someone to justify this one over other models out there.
webber does their PR?
Nar Stab
Give Ozzie enough to take a load of baby batter off Ashton’s cronies and catch a Jetstar flight in
Some sweaty palms and sleepless nights from the Surf Lakes management team?
come on over Neg, lets go to Yeppoon.
I know some bikie/ferals who live in the bush there with plenty of weed and space to pitch a tent.
Good security.
I’d come for sure… these days I’m just on the beers, numbs those voices.. Weed they start screaming.
All that cheap powerful Dutch ecstacy back in the day?
Certainly didn’t help…
But inner city hydro was the nail in the coffin.
just gods own bush weed, makes you feel nice and safe around pitbulls, guns and full blown rednecks.
https://youtu.be/7wqfcwgT0Ds
Hey Neg., hope your feeling better, real peace comes from above
I’m ok Freerider… I am at peace with myself.
Never heard that voice either, only my own thoughts bouncing around.
Have you checked your mailbox for a flyer?
I did then! Jono? Sorry.. it’s my email I ”dont use” and I’ve been way to busy lately.
I’ll send off next week to you and follow up with a list to pass it on…
Think you’re joking but to make sure, I’m talking about pamphlet dropping, door knocking disciples my cuzz
Sorry, went over my head! I’m not joking as I owe a few beachgritters a reply email!
BUT HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD OF OUR LORD
Suspect device!
It was always going to fail once Richard Devos died back in September.