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If there is one common refrain seasonal tourists mumble on their way in and out of Honolulu International Airport it is, “Oahu doesn’t have enough waves. Pipeline? Yawn. Waimea? Snore. Queens, Makaha, Off-the-Wall, Sunset, Pupukea, Zippers, Ala Moana Bowls…. booooring.”
Well, ever aiming to please, the state body has tentatively OK’d an inland wave tank and let’s learn all about what is being called Honokea Surf Village directly from Hawaii’s KITV, your home for island news.
Surfing in Hawaii may be getting a whole new look on land.
A proposed park project called Honokea Surf Village could be built on 19 acres of vacant state land in Kalaeloa
The center of it would include a 5-acre wave pool where big and small waves will be generated for pros and first timers. The proposed plans also include a lazy river, skate park, buildings and more.
Total cost of the project is an estimated 72 million dollars.
It’s not clear when construction will begin.
Wednesday, the Hawaii Community Development Authority gave the company HK Management the OK to explore the feasibility of the spot.
KITV reached out to the developers behind the surf village for more details but we have not yet heard back.
Many questions.
Which technology will the tank employ? Wavegarden? Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch? American Wave Machines?
How will localism be enforced?
Will the wave reach 50 feet every eight or so years for a possible running of the Eddie?
Many, many questions.
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As long as I can score some Hawaiian “ice” and enjoy the company of one of the local lady boys I’m all for it.
Surely a bigger need for more affordable housing over more waves?
How big is the parking lot. And where?
Wave Pool$.
As weird as it sounds, it’s fronted by BK so there is local credibility.
I don’t think that all of these announcements will come to fruition. Where I live, the site of the announced wave pool sits undisturbed almost a year later. Maybe the front person can’t find enough financing due to high risk and low reward.
Honokea Surf Village enforcers getting ready to show these haoles what localism looks like… https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
I’m backing The Sharks. All those Jets seem to do is crash and burn.
There’s a place for us …. I just hope Natalie Wood’s board will float ?
I want to live on the West Side
We can have fun low and high tide
When there’s no waves and no school
We can hang out at the wave pool …..
You can disguise this article all you want Chas, but we all know that when localism sets in at this tropical oasis it won’t be a story about the Wolf Pack, rather a sordid tale about the Pool Sharks.
I think the Water Jets will have something to say about that with their turned up collars and sharp blades, snapping fingers in unison.
Ha! Art reversing life. Does this mean that Wasted Youth will turn into Pool Sharks?*
*Get fucked. This is a multi-layered quip and deserves respect.