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Kelly Slater built a man-made wave that could change surfing forever

• SCAQTony 11y ago
  I don't think it will change surfing but it may contribute greatly in making this an Olympic sport... or perhaps create surf stadiums for contest a circuit?
  • fasteo 11y ago
    >>> it may contribute greatly in making this an Olympic sport This alone does changes surfing; surfing as an industry I mean.
    • SCAQTony 11y ago
      As Industry I agree, people in Oklahoma, Kentucky, New Delhi or Serbia can all be surfers now. I would pay $200 an hour for that wave!
• jinushaun 11y ago
  Looking forward to decent surfing outside the main surfing geographies (Pacific Ocean). I've always wondered why more locales didn't simply copy the standing wave in Munich. Seems easy to copy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbach_(Isar) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbach_(Isar) Sure, it's not a barrel, but it's still a commercially viable way to enable surfing anywhere.