Wave technology wars heat up.
The most visually striking of all the wave-making technologies is, without a doubt, Mark Occhilupo’s Surf Lakes. The rusty plunger rising from the middle of a pond in gorgeous Yeppoon, Australia looks as it it was borrowed from Mad Max Fury Road or maybe Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. That hiss of steam, those five peaks pulsing outward.
Neat but tenable?
The plunger had a multitude of initial problems, stress fractures and the like, but might be ready for its international debut which may just be near Tampa Bay, Florida.
A large, outdoor surf and adventure park is soon headed to the Tampa Bay area.
Peak Surf Park will span 30 acres and will be built in either Hillsborough or Pinellas County. It will cost between $60 to $70 million to build, depending on factors such as land cost.
Founder Tony Miller said he hopes to lock in on a location in the coming months.
The park will feature not only surfing, but biking, skating and climbing. It will also feature a half-mile long beach, as well as restaurants and bars to host concerts and events.
Peak Surf Park is working with Surf Lakes in Australia. According to their website, the technology in the pool delivers five different levels of waves that break at the same time, for beginner to pro surfers.
Well?
Are you pre-booking your ticket to Tampa Bay?
I believe the city has more strip clubs, per capita, than any other in America.
It also has Tom Brady.
Much to do and see when not barreling.
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South Carolina has a surflakes opening in late 2023
I think it might be more connected to Portland’s blue collar past. Most of the strip clubs are just hole in the wall bars with a couple skanky chicks dancing .
How can Billabong claim the pipe masters , when quite obviously DaHui are the masters.
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Tampa was at one point also the death metal capitol of the world so this post apocalyptic surf machine addition to the city fits like a glove.
These things remind me of gravity bongs on steroids….
If I was going to Surf in Tampa, I wouldn’t be there hoping to see Tom Brady.
Has to be said Occy’s board looks pretty much perfect.
Can’t have been out long. His wax isn’t brown from that putrid looking water,
Tom Brady and joog squad. And ya mutha
Both of them suck ass through a twisty straw
It’s a gift
As a rule of thumb, never Tampa with Yeppoon
They’re sorta nearly the same kinda human in both of those areas.
ALSO the same kinda area where you might just get rum and coke on tap – in a schooner glass!
Fuck. I was in Tamworth for the country music festival one year, and I went bananas drinking that shit. I was not a Bundy drinker, nor do I ingest caffeine (boring story), but seeing it on tap had me throwing it down my neck at a frightening pace. Sent me sideways. Amazingly, nobody gave me a deserved knuckle sandwich, and the week culminated with my comrades and I breaking into a hotel swimming pool and having a vomiting competition.
You act as if this would be a bad thing, no?
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Why is this blurry? Tap Occy for the full effect
Portland, Oregon is the city with the most strip clubs.
Twice and many strip clubs as there are public bathrooms