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The dudes who were real light on their feet did well, a young Chris Brown won it, IIRC.On an otherwise parched Sunday afternoon on the sand flats near Palm Springs, some of this country's best surfers are challenging the waves at an amusement park called the Oasis Water Resort. In a glorified swimming pool. The prize, if you can believe it, is $7,000. We are at the Budweiser Desert Classic, a new event on the U.S. Pro Tour of Surfing and Bodyboarding, and the images are difficult to take in all at once: the magical blues and whites of the water-fun park giving way, just past the surfline, to vacant scrubland; the competitors jockeying their boards beneath the snow-capped peaks of Mt. San Jacinto; and the whole backdrop framed, appropriately, by the power lines that make these pleasures possible.
The desert surf (such as we know it) is generated by pneumatic wave machines. The surf 's always up here, and always precisely the same. The waves measure four feet from bottom to lip and are spaced 2 1/2 seconds apart. <snip>
The insurance costs alone...slopokecr said:The stab article indicated the park was closed. Wanting to "look over the fence," I googled it. First, I called the number, and the recording and phone info system indicates it is still open. Then I went to the website, and it says "closed 2019 for exciting renovations."
I cant imagine the maintenance and management of a joint like that. Hope they are not in over their heads.
The Unholy TrinityPhatCruiser said:Make for an interesting Board Sport Trifecta - Big Bear, PS Skatepark, PS Wave Pool.