{"id":1531,"date":"2023-11-23T11:57:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oq3rebfwlb.preview.infomaniak.website\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2024-04-05T12:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T10:10:52","slug":"wave-pool-a-brief-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/en\/wave-pool-a-brief-history\/","title":{"rendered":"WAVE POOL: A BRIEF HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>TRANSFORMING FROM THE ELABORATE GARDENS OF EUROPEAN KINGS IN THE RADICAL ABILITY TO GET BARRELLED AT THE FOOT OF THE ALPS IN ALAIA BAY, IT\u2019S SAFE TO SAY THE LAST 30 YEARS OF WAVE POOL TECH HAVE SEEN THE ARTIFICIAL WAVE ACCELERATE BEYOND ANYONE\u2019S EXPECTATIONS. FOR YEARS THE IDEA OF TRULY FUN, SURFABLE WAVES BEING A POSSIBILITY ANYWHERE BUT A REEF OR BEACHBREAK JUST FELT LIKE A FANTASY.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1532\" src=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Alaia-Surf-Box-Surf-and-Turf-2023.jpg\" alt=\"WAVE POOL: A BRIEF HISTORY - 1\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Alaia-Surf-Box-Surf-and-Turf-2023.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Alaia-Surf-Box-Surf-and-Turf-2023-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Alaia-Surf-Box-Surf-and-Turf-2023-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not been a smooth ride, with countless disappointments, controversies, and wasted millions, the wave pool concept has been a provocation for innovation that refused to go away. Only in the last 10 years have engineers hit the nail on the head and achieved those endless glassy barrels miles from the ocean. So, lets take a quick look through those failures and successes that have landed artificial wave tech where it is today.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, Ludwig II, 1870 of Bavaria was a fan of excessive gardens, one of which included private garden pool which he created by initially electrifying the water to make little swells, and then by rocking pontoons. Around a similar time, a wave pool for swimmers appears in Hungary, the Gell\u00e9rt Baths. While boards never made to either, they were pretty impressive for the time. The real game-changer for surfers came in 1966, with the Summerland Wave pool in Akiruno, Japan. Dubbed the \u2018Surf-a-torium\u2019, it was the first sign that wave pools could be more than just swimming spots, yet surfers saw only 15 minutes once on the hour before having to clear the way for swimmers. Pretty soon after in 69\u2032, the U.S. opened it\u2019s first wave pool for surfers. Which came first is up for debate, but most people settle on the Big Surf waterpark in Tempe, Arizona. Gallons of water being thrown over a steep concrete wall created chest-high waves that were pretty popular, even pro Fred Hemmings giving it a try.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1544\" src=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Phil-Dexter-1969-BIg-Surf-Waterpark.jpg\" alt=\"Big Surf Waterpark\" width=\"592\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Phil-Dexter-1969-BIg-Surf-Waterpark.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Phil-Dexter-1969-BIg-Surf-Waterpark-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1969, Phil Dexter announcing the opening of Big Surf (Photo: Big Surf Waterpark)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1535\" src=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Big-Surf-1980-Tempe-History-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"Big Surf Tempe, Arizona in 1980 (Photo: Tempe History Museum)\" width=\"592\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Big-Surf-1980-Tempe-History-Museum.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Big-Surf-1980-Tempe-History-Museum-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Big Surf Tempe, Arizona in 1980 (Photo: Tempe History Museum)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then came Wildwater Park, <a href=\"https:\/\/tracksmag.com.au\/tracks-flashbacks-the-original-wave-pool-contest-in-middle-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allentown<\/a> Pennsylvania. Just days after opening the park hosted the \u2018World Professional Inland Surfing Championships\u2019. Tom Curren caught a single wave, which he rode in, leaving the pool looking pretty disgusted. As Stab put it reflecting on the event in 2015, competitiors were \u2018forced to grovel across 2.5-second-period chlorinated slop for points\u2019. So yeah, not great.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1547\" src=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ROBERT-BECK-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wildwater wave pool, Allentown 1985 (Photo: Robert Beck)\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ROBERT-BECK-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ROBERT-BECK-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Wildwater wave pool, Allentown 1985 (Photo: Robert Beck)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At this point wave pools were nonsensical, representing a comedic low in the surf industry and nothing more than a reckless money-making ambition. However fast forward to the 21st century, it\u2019s only natural that it takes the GOAT himself Kelly Slater to breathe life into the idea of artificial waves. His 10 year project in Lemoore, Cali \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kswaveco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surf Ranch<\/a> became a defining change to the trajectory of wave pools. Modelling the wave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2018\/12\/17\/kelly-slaters-shock-wave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">off a secret right<\/a> in the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, it gave \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hVxPJ9heetc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nail-biting barrels<\/a>\u2019 of up to 45 seconds. This was the first time technology came close to nature.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1538\" src=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Electric-Wave-2020_5.jpg\" alt=\"Electric Wave - 2020\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Electric-Wave-2020_5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Electric-Wave-2020_5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Electric-Wave-2020_5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The collaborative film \u2018Electric Wave\u2019 fillmed at Kelly Slater\u2019s Surf Ranch puts the wave on display. Legends Steph Gilmore, Coco Ho &amp; Leah Dawson sharing immense waves by night. Watch the full film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OCscAoe80Fw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now Ala\u00efa Bay was not the first time artificial waves appeared in the foot of mountains. At the same time that Kelly was working with engineers of their tech, so was the creators of Wavegarden, who developed the first artificial wave to come to the U.K, <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureparcsnowdonia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surf Snowdonia<\/a> in Wales. Since closed, Surf Snowdonia was a softer wave with a large face, yet good enough to host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f8H15deyFnE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Bull Unleashed<\/a> the same year it opened. Until this point wave pools were pretty much all using plows to generate waves, needing large stretches of land to push water along and create a wave. This means waves per minute were pretty slow, as the plow needs to reset each time. This is were Wavegarden evolved into the next generation \u2013 the Cove. <a href=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/en\/wavegarden-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wavegarden Cove<\/a> departs from other technology, using electro-mechanical modular hydrofoils, or separate components that can be altered using software. These foils are customizable in shape and height and are able to generate up to 1000 waves per hour by replicating the exact movements of water molecules during ocean swells, all from one structure. This is how Ala\u00efa Bay can create our <a href=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/en\/sessions-beast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beast<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/en\/malibu-sessions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malibu<\/a> waves in the same day. Wavegarden Cove tech is all over the globe, from Bristol to Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1541\" src=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/experiences-3.webp\" alt=\"Wavegarden Technology Ala\u00efa Bay\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/experiences-3.webp 1000w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/experiences-3-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/alaia.ch\/bay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/experiences-3-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Finding shade in the middle of the Alps with Wavegarden tech at Ala\u00efa Bay.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transforming from the elaborate gardens of European kings in the radical ability to get barrelled at the foot of the Alps in Alaia Bay, it\u2019s safe to say the last 30 years of wave pool tech have seen the artificial wave accelerate beyond anyone&#8217;s expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classifiee","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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