The life is getting busier and busier each day and it’s hard to have some spare time for yourself, in which you can ride to the coast to surf the sea. That means limiting yourself to only a weekend surfer. However, by 2011, pay £30 ($60) and enjoy an hour’s session that will offer at least 10 waves per rider, each rolling more than 100 meters in the first ever Outdoor Artificial Surfing Machine.
Steve Jones is set to deliver his idea in real world and preparing for £20m Venture Xtreme project at Silvertown Quays. The concept is delighting for those who wish to invade waves instead of sweating in gym. The wave machine can make the surf break left-and-right from a central peak, and poses less chances for a clash.
No doubt, it’s an excellent idea that even plans for an artificial beach with palm trees, boardwalks and rentable fire-pits and barbecues for post-surf relaxation. But Drew Kampion, the associate editor of The Surfer’s Path seems to be unconvinced, clear from his words,
This is not surfing except in its most limited sense. It may replicate real waves and it can teach riding and balance. But 90% of surfing is paddling out among the elements, breathing in the negative ions in the sea air - and wave machines fail to capture any of that.
Beaches may not be real; however, water is very much present, so it’s not at all a bad idea, at least, for learning the balance, away from the dreadful seas and its carnivores.
Via: Spluch
