Surf Tank Wars!
And by now you’ve read the wonderful news, the exciting news, that Kelly Slater and Michael B. Schwab* are building the world’s largest wave tank in the California desert near Palm Springs but were you initially confused? Did you scratch your sandy scalp and feel a overwhelming sense of déjà vu?
Well, that is because Josh Kerr, CJ + Damien Hobgood and Shane Beschen announced their DSRT SURF project almost eight months ago to the day and let us traipse down memory lane together.
Today, the terrifying ménage à trois of Clifton and Damien Hobgood and Josh Kerr simultaneously announced they’d been signed up to sell a new wave tank which is being installed at the Desert Willow Golf Resort, also in Palm Springs. There’s gonna be a “Surf Center” featuring two hotels and between 40 and 88 villas, which you can buy, as well as a Wavegarden Cove, and all under the handle DSRT Surf.
Yeah, took me a while to realise those letters ain’t an acronym. Like Slater’s VSTR or Tumblr etc.
Per CJ’s Instagram at the time.
!!!!!!!!!!!!! Desert Surf !!!!!!!!!!! [ Surf Pool @dsrtsurf Palm Desert, CA ]
The crew @josh_kerr84 @damienhobgood @shanebeschen and I have been at it for a couple years now to make this project a reality. We share the same passion for family, friends, good times and good waves. I believe we have the best team in place to make this a reality. Come along for the ride much more to come. To say my family and I are psyching might be understated!!!!
So now there shall be three wave tanks near Palm Springs as Cheyne Magnusson is involved in another project.
Kelly Slater, though, the master tactician, who paints in many hues of shade, patiently waited until he could make the biggest one, lancing four surfers at once and making his dismantling of Adriano de Souza’s joy seem like child’s play.
Do you think some of the exclamation marks will go missing from CJ’s above caption or do you think the boys are ready for the Battle of Borrego?
The wave tank wars will be extremely fun to watch and how do you think life will differ at Kelly’s Corral Mountain and DSRT SURF? Will the home buyers be very different? Will the overall vibe?
Much to ponder.
*How do you feel about people who use the middle name initial? Susan B. Anthony etc.?
Should be more than a 200ml project….it don’t matter….The return alone on the homes should be 450ml or better👹
Making sand soggy again
Free market good. More supply brings down prices. What tech is Kelly’s pool gonna be? Lemoore plow?
same as the one he built in Japan and Florida!
But how many Outer Known signature stores will there be in Palm Springs. And will any boards that aren’t Slater Design be allowed in the tank. And can I wear my toupee
Much to ponder
That was a wee gem.
Let’s do the tank-to-tank assessment in the Desert Tank Wars:
1) SK Wave Co – 5 sufers per hour – each will get 4 waves an hour (and better not hope you fall!). Long ass waves though so lots of ride time if you are dialed in
2) AMW in Thermal – private facility – Waco model and will flow lots of waves for 10-12 at a time for 6-8 second rides
3) Palm Springs Surf Club – small footprint venue = short waves / new tech from the Surf Loch yet to be proven. If not a lot of waiting to “settle” the water then could do maybe 25 to 30-people an hour if a split peak is created and that would give you 15-20 waves per person.
4) DSRT Surf – The Cove – similar to Melbourne and for actual surfers there is 30-36 per hour, each getting 12-14 second rides and about 15-18 waves an hour.
Bottom line surf for value of $$ and Wave count is still looking good for that exclamation point on CJ’s post!
Jesus H Christ!!!
Nearly a year after the announcement of the Myrtle Beach wave pool, the site sits undisturbed. It seems that announcements are an early part of the planning phase and a tool to drum up investment dollars which might not materialize. In the Palm Springs scenario I suspect that the available investment capital will consolidate to the most financially viable pool.
Same thing happens with golf courses. They try to get schmucks to buy the houses first. Otherwise nothing happens.
in a free market economy, more competition tends to bring prices down hence cheaper waves
Pricing war between Shane and Cheyne…edge to Cheyne if he gets his kid brother carve up the pool like noone, ever, and uses that clip for advertising.
Kelly’s pool will win, he always does.
Nick C wrote the other day about how the WSL is struggling to make coin – well this is it!! Forget comps they obviously going all in on this!!
Nick Carroll. ha ha ha.
I love Borrego Springs!!!
My first visit was in high school and it was my first experience with the high desert.
Beschen should have beaten Ke11y up on the podium at HB. Or in the parking lot. Anywhere.
I guess we’ll just have to wait until Ms. Ke11y breaks up with him and pens her insider novel.
She signed a NDA on the first date.
….so was job behind the parting of red sea, waimea river style?
& the fabulous sex appeal of mine!
Wave tubs: The abandoned theme parks of the future hence.
Could be a dreamworld?
Kevin Costners 2030 comeback
The Breakfast Creek Hotel is up for sale…
You all warm my heart and if I knew how to computer I would fix all the problems but then I’d rob everyone of that deep sense of satisfaction. Working the problem etc.
We be GRTTY !
More as the story develops?
7 years ago I purchased one of the luxurious vstr travel bag. I’d post a photo of it, only if i could figure how to do that on this janky site.
I think it’s that little picture icon below!
Harhaharhahahahaharhahahar – when it works …
Usually after forcing the happy BG commenter to dump all cookies n history.
I can’t post an image with my desktop browser (preferred platform), so when inspiration strikes I have to sync an image in google drive, and then spend 5 hours overcoming autocorrect on my phone. There are usually a few refreshes involved for good measure as well.
Talk about desperate for attention!!
When the craving for 2-3 upvotes hits, it hits hard.
That was easy.
if it were only that easy. always get a error message telling me to ‘log in’ when i’m already logged in.
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I like it being hard as fuk.
Prescient, when you look at the gif above.
I have to verify I’m not a robot so much I feel like I’m in a sci-fi horror flick
There’s probably a secret website on the dark web that runs videos of us constantly playing the “ I’m not a robot“ game.
Agreed, but I can spot the shit out of buses, stop lights and crosswalks now like no other.
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Who’s this? I’d fuck her
She’s definatly trying to draw my attention somewhere.
Here’s a better angle for you Wiggolly:
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This looks more like wigs’ style. mnaybe all of them?
Red hot.
in order to upvote, i had to re-sign in and fail two quiz’s.
but would she fuck you? most likely, no.
Why do you have to bum me out like that cunt
I’ll bum you out darlin’, come here sweetheart.
I occasionally have problems but just dump the history on my phone and it’s fine.
I really think various internet connections between viewer and BG are to blame more than BG itself.
People whine too much. ( as do I)
I’m curious as to why after one posts a comment, it cannot be edited to include an image. But that’s prob Disqus, not BG.
My fat fingers are to blame also for the continued jabbing of ‘I’ instead of ‘o’.
To that point, is there actually some big hacker risk with unauthorized log ins? Might add some fun?
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