a wave machine in manchester???

by **bluesnowcone** » Fri May 12, 2006 2:21 pm

has anyone els head about this?? its either in liverpool of manchester, somehwere up north???

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by **borneng** » Fri May 12, 2006 2:33 pm

bluesnowcone2000, did you mean this waves machine? The waves are intended for power(electricity) generating and not for recreational purpose though. Unless there's other waves machine.

by **pat42** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:15 pm

I think he means one of these;
http://www.flowrider.com/english/flowrider.html

by **bluesnowcone** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:29 pm

borneg thats not the one i was thinking of but that ones new to me. this one is gunu be in a big complex inside

by **borneng** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:46 pm

pat42 wrote:I think he means one of these;
http://www.flowrider.com/english/flowrider.html

That looks more like an extensive skimboarding, looks fun though.

bluesnowcone2000 wrote:...this one is gunu be in a big complex inside

You mean it's gonna be something like Ron Jon Surfpark :shock:

? If it is, that's something I like to know more about. I'd be very grateful if you could post it here of any update and/or more info about it.

by **GowerCharger** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:13 pm

Were getting one of them in swansea when they rebuild the leisure centre. The one here is gonna be a "surf stream" which is apparently designed for surfing on, some of those "flowrider" things can be just a mellow slope with water shooting up it, not quite as radical as the thing you might have seen kelly and tony hawks etc riding on at the swatch events (the one which throws out a rideable tube and everything).
I hope the one here is gonna be the second type not just some lame slope for bodyboarders, i have a gut feeling tho that itll be the slow type.

This-

As opposed to this-

by **PapaW** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:21 pm

Its weird that they only allow sponge onthe slower ones... cause its lame on a sponge... crank up the swatch style standway and you've got the ability to launch 8+ft off the top on a sponge :)

by **GowerCharger** » Fri May 12, 2006 9:32 pm

yeah, but the problem is people smashing themselves up on it and sueing the leisure centre, the mellower ones are made from some padded material and you cant really do yourself much damage. But saying that, there is a council skatepark next to the leisure centre and kids are constantly injuring themselves on that. Have to wait and see if it lives up to all the hype.

by **buckthis** » Fri May 12, 2006 11:21 pm

you can still surf on the dinky one
http://www.kalahariresort.com/OH/Waterp ... spx?rID=16

by **pat42** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:10 am

I wouldnt mind one of those in my front room.

You could watch the telly while you surf.

a wave machine in manchester???

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