http://www.surfingmagazine.com/news/surfing-pulse/thats-bullshit-chapter-1-jimmy-wilson-082208/
"How could this happen?" I thought to myself. I know it was only the kiddie pool, but the whole layout was just wack.
Apparently the dudes who created this thing had no idea how to surf. The pool was only about 15- 20 yards wide and got narrower from there. Anyone who surfs understands that you don't ride waves going straight in. They have standing waves for that. You ride waves going down the line horizontally. That's how you get speed. Ever check out how far the distance you travel is on a wave? Even on shitty days at beachbreaks it's a whole lot more than 15 yards across.
some coomonsense thoughts on ASR , its "experts' and their achievments.
meade and black are not the "surf messiahs" they are just naughty little boys that misuse other peoples money .They would not have permission to misuse that money if people were aware of how little they really can achieve.
'So the thing was doomed right there. What about the "six waves per minute!" claim they threw out? Well, that's great in theory but the problem with that is as soon as one little ripple pops out of the machine, it chops the hell out of the surface from bouncing off the walls. So 10 seconds later when the next waves dumps out it's like surfing in a washing machine, and each wave after that just becomes progressively worse.
What about the ever changing bottom they claimed could morph the pool from a fun rampy beachbreak and turn it into a heaving Teahupoo-esque pit? Haha! Hilarious! They tried changing the bottom when I was there and I honest-to-god could not tell the difference from what was being produced before. All I saw was when they pumped up the pool to full power it would turn into a waist high, suck-up, closeout that even Cormican couldn't make the drop on.
So there you have it. Not only do we have the Orlando Surfpark to thank for getting out hopes up, we also can thank them for stunting any future development on wavepools around the world for the next decade because I guarantee you investors have taken note of this hideous failure. They took top-notch technology and millions of dollars to create a contraption that is easily shown up by neighbor Typhoon Lagoon's wave pool, which wasn't even built specifically for surfing and was constructed in 1989!
Now they have finally officially shut the Ron Jon Surf Parks project down until further notice, and all I can really do is laugh about it because I could have told them it was doomed from the start.
Now that’s bull! "
Can anyone can remember the hype and crap we heard from the 100 scientific publications and the accolades (self generated) about the advances being made? Every possible scienece journal was sent drivel that got investors believing that some of the above was actually "real", but it wasnt real and got proved to be so. The Kiwi taxpayer also helped fund it with a "grant" for the "versareef" .
I believe that late night TV has better products adverised than the "versareef" and some good sctutiny into the application fro NZ funding mightwell just find "inconsistancies" that amount to a little more than a "growing nose"
ok ASR 'boys" hand to the wall for a "fibber examination " again!!
pass the gloves
they had better get used to this at every airport worldwide as their reputation for "fibbing" in declarations spreads.
Blacks so crafty he probably seeds info for the exam to be mandantory as he might enjoy it?
