Boscombe pier

[surf patrol]

Anyone know what that monster pltform is boing at boscombe

[surfdaisy06]

whats it boing?

[PapaW]

To lay the Reef isn't it?

[Milo]

Could be, i know they are building new flats on the sea front. Couple of months back they where pumping tons of sand up the whole beach.

[scuba steve]

It's there to take down the pier, check out www.bournemouth-surfing.co.uk they explained it there.

[bluesnowcone]

its destroying the pier

[kitesurfer]

Anyone know what that monster pltform is boing at boscombe

sorted surfshop in boscombe now have a live webfeed camera up pointing directly at the pier as it is being dismantled.

KS

[chris fixxy]

Is the whole pier coming down? It doesnt seem to tell you anywhere in the link.

I liked that pier

[boardofwork]

How are they going to do the pier to pier swim now?! I was actually going to do it this year, but now i've got a damned good reason not to!

[Tom-Irons]

I have to say i dont like Boscombe. Not a nice plavce of the world until you get very close to the beaches. Thats all i have to say lol

[drowningbitbybit]

How are they going to do the pier to pier swim now?!

Its going to start in Bognor Regis.

[boardofwork]

Its going to start in Bognor Regis.

Oh fleshin' a pig. Guess i'd better get training then!!

[Matt_South]

How are they going to do the pier to pier swim now?! I was actually going to do it this year, but now i've got a damned good reason not to!

Ive just registered for this, should be a giggle. Anyone else doing it?

[Makka]

so whats the deal with the artificial reef there buildibng down in Boscombe, i read in the paper ages ago that its a £8 million project, and is due to be ready this september.... granted that paper was The Sun

[Milo]

Should be finnished by then. Had a look on sorted web cam today 1ft and about ten peps in

[drowningbitbybit]

so whats the deal with the artificial reef there buildibng down in Boscombe

There's going to be 1ft barrels instead of 1ft mush

[mdeknudt]

They say the reef will be there by september 2007... but that's only if the weather is optimal all summer. When the reef is there, the height of the waves and the amount of good surfing days will be doubled. Pretty good news, isn't it.

[Dec]

How can they increase the wave size? How can the change the wind?

It's impossible, they're just going to be putting something that makes the waves break in a more uniform direction. It's not going to make the waves themselfs any better!

[Lisa*]

How can they increase the wave size? How can the change the wind?

It's impossible, they're just going to be putting something that makes the waves break in a more uniform direction. It's not going to make the waves themselfs any better!

They must no what they're doing to spend £8million on it.
I hope it works
xx

[drowningbitbybit]

They must no what they're doing to spend £8million on it.

Oh, the innocence of youth

The reef might work to give a better shape wave at a predictable spot (rather than the gutless dribble that boscombe gets at the moment) but it will still need proper groundswell to work - and the one thing that the south coast is short of is proper groundswell....

Every now and then, it'll turn a mediocre wave into a good wave, but it'll be a rare event, and when it happens it'll be supercrowded.

Thats my prediction anyway. But I didnt spend £8million on it, so hopefully Im wrong