$40 Million Surfer Wave Machine to Launch in London
Set to open in London sometime in 2011 is a $40 million wave machine provides six-foot waves to surfers. The plan is to persuade surfers to take to their boards in Tower Hamlets rather than make the long drive to the West Country.Water sports enthusiasts will be charged a fee of $60-an-hour to urban surf.
Duncan Scott, 29, the chairman of the British Surfing Association and a professional surfer, said the urban sites have a future. "Everything about the experience is fake, but the fun is real," said Scott, who has tackled artificial waves in Japan and South Africa. "Some think high-performance surfing will only really develop when we can artificially replicate the same wave again and again allowing us to perfect manoeuvres which we can then take out into real waves. It won't replace ocean surfing but it will be a good stop-gap, especially if you have to take a gamble and drive five hours to Cornwall from London. You can very easily get there and find a howling onshore wind [which ruins the waves]."
(Via Trend Hunter)
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