Teahupo'o-esque.
How excited are you for the just-around-the-corner opening of the ultra-environmentally-conscious World Surf League’s new oil-powered wave tank in the Middle East’s Abu Dhabi? As you already know, “Covering more than 2.25 million sq m (24.2 million sq ft), an urban park is included in the masterplan and will be the largest in the UAE. Focussed on nature, the destination will feature an elevated cycling path, an eco-tourism platform and a mangrove walk. It will also feature eco-farming, F&B and playgrounds.”
I love when the WSL focuses on nature, just like in Lemoore, California where natural industrial farm run-off has been greenwashed into a Surf Ranch.
In any case, “The Hudayriyat Island development project is a milestone in Abu Dhabi’s journey of innovation and progress, as it embodies the city’s futuristic vision for sustainable urban planning, building vibrant communities, and developing a diversified economy that boosts the emirate’s competitiveness in all fields,” Jassem Bu Ataba Al Zaabi, chairman of the Department of Finance, Abu Dhabi and chairman of Modon Properties, which is behind the masterplan, said.
Over the course of the next 18 months, Modon Properties will handle construction of infrastructure enabling Phase One of the development.
Many happy Pakistanis employed, no doubt.
But also, a new picture reveals the barrel will be Teahupo’o-esque.
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Chopes-seque in the name ‘Pile of skulls’ ?
Referencing the foreign slave workers that they will kill to create the place?
Kelly is the past present and future of serious pro surfing. Watch it unfold.
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No 44 told the world: “You didn’t build anything.”
MTV Best Songs said Stevie wrote the whole song for Jeff!
Interesting. Didn’t know that.
SHEIK it!
Some outstanding Photoshop work there. That surfer on the wave is going so fast he flew off screen to the right and reappeared on the left in the exact same crouch on the exact same wave. Some next level KS shit!!
Well that was click bait if I’ve ever seen it.
No new pics at all!
No the fundamental point is a artificially produced rideable wave.
Tom lochtefeld built a FlowRider in Dubai for a rich price in the nineties.
During the construction of the project, he witnessed Malaysian workers locked in dog kennels on premises.
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all spectators should been in those pink rings you see in the malaysian/chinese parks for safety ( no swim ability etc)
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Cue surfline calling it 200 foot
Ian Cairns used a ship to make waves in a ASP event 30 + years ago , nothing new here folks.
I’m not sure it was a “ship,” more like a fishing cruiser. That happened in my home town and has long been a stain on the reputation for surf of that lovely community. Also, as with the current WSL, the days before that event window were pretty good, at least by Treasure Coast / FL standards. The youth pastor at our church (who happened to be the guy who got me into surfing as a tiny grom) paddled out during the pre-contest and engage Curren in a convo in the lineup about the fate of his eternal soul. I was informed that Curren confirmed his steadfast belief in JC, and my 9 year old self slept better at night thinking that the world’s greatest surfer would be riding the eternal wave.
The stain on surfing is driven by money in the disguise of competitive surfing.
Your faith is not my burden so don’t bother sharing it with me.
Didn’t say it was my faith, just an anecdote from 41 years ago that has stuck with me bc it was a one degree of separation convo with the guy (Curren) who was and still is my favorite surfer ever. I’m just a humble apostate who loves the ocean, ha ha.
Hey man , I am all for competitive surfing moving away from the ocean and into the pools , it will be a win win outcome competitive surfers will be able to have events 24/7 on the same playing field be it amateurs , semi pro , WSL or the Olympics , plus school and longboard events and even safer surf lessons , that leaves the ocean and beaches to the non competitive surfers , surely a win for all.
I wonder how much they paid for licensing? Probably tens of millions of dollars.
Greg(?) Webber pretty much did this years ago, pretty sure it’s where a lot of peoples ideas for the plough came from, Greg included.
Greg is the world’s best
Discusser of wave pooling
Just not wave building
Who in the fuck did they get to mock that shit up in photoshop?
Stevie Wonder?
Can I sue for copyright infringement? I produced a similar quality image on the inside cover of my year 8 maths book. All it’s missing is a shark fin in the shallows and Superman S floating over the top.
Um, just a slight inaccuracy, but don’t surfers hold their boards fins first and wax inwards? I do like the use of 10’ leggies given the bump in swell tho.
Jimmy Hendrix selling his soul to the white supremacists! Keep going, destroying your reput, Mr. Seeulater!