Palm Springs Surf Club

[Sharkbiscuit]

Ahh yes a desert inland from actual surf gets V2 of a wavepool.

Florida still has Typhoon Lagoon.

The South Bay has had plenty of swell.

You couldn't make it commercially viable but if you made decent spots from Torrance to Santa Monica, just think of how many fewer cars there'd be driving to fuck the beach and bog ass and burn everyone at Porto Potty. Probably better vehicle C02 ROI than most of what they're doing. Emissions x number of feet between 45th and Rosecrans divided by 20.

Kings lost to the NY Islanders and got blown out like one of your girlfriend's morning deuces against the NY Rangers. Positive vibes only and remember to GFY.

 

[Makoman]

I have a home in La Quinta and will check it out, but $5k for 1hr no thanks I'll head straight to Fiji!

 

[casa_mugrienta]

The nj wavepool is pure dogshit....no doubt. This pool looks really fun but now way is it a dream wave...probably be irrelevant in 5 yrs

I think they'll all be irrelevant in less time them that.

Same as all the waterparks that failed before them.

Just too expensive.

 

[casa_mugrienta]

I have a home in La Quinta and will check it out, but $5k for 1hr no thanks I'll head straight to Fiji!

Right?

 

[CutnSnip]

Id go at least once..wavepools are fun

 

[CutnSnip]

Regarding the cost, I spent 200 at the bar last night. 1 hour in a wave pool seems ok to me.

 

[sdsrfr]

I booked this AM for mid Jan - woulda been fun with some of you guys but had stuff going on and could not access the erBB to collude.

I chose the Intermediate A-frame as the Left and Right were booked out any day I was off.

The Slab looks like a one-way ticket to Eisenhower, really tricky.
Seeing Mason Ho wiping out on it several times was not reassuring, and I'm guessing it would take at least a session to figure it out since it's a bounce.

I don't regret booking but unless the cost drops it will be my first and last time.

A novelty experience.

3 waves every 1.5 minutes shared with 12 people over 1 hour for $160.

It's basically a really expensive lift ticket...but you're getting so much less for your money.

solid. great to see erBB boots on the ground for a proper review.

 

[Havoc]

solid. great to see erBB boots on the ground for a proper review.

not sure if that erbber is opinionated enough to give us a proper review

 

[casa_mugrienta]

you can bet they had it cranked to the max for the pros they brought in for the promo videos.

Zero reason to think that.

If it ends up being the case, it's false advertising on their site and I would be pushing my CC company to dispute the charge.

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

Zero reason to think that.

If it ends up being the case, it's false advertising on their site and I would be pushing my CC company to dispute the charge.

 

[Woke AF]

its no coincidence they use tiny groms and small pros to make demo videos lol.

Dwarf surfers are probably more expensive to use as models.

 

[Hdip]

The skidkids video has been my favorite so far. Highlights are kalani Robb calling Blair’s backside tube in the slab the best barrel the pool has seen yet. And then from 16 minutes to the end when Blair gets to winch in

 

[menobrah]

I think they'll all be irrelevant in less time them that.

Same as all the waterparks that failed before them.

Just too expensive.

I actually think that it will be irrelevant because the current engineering limits will get sorted and newer pools will make bigger and better waves at the same price - I am pretty sure that somewhere in the world, probably not the us, pools will get to the fantasy wave stage...just not sure how long it will take.

 

[Subway]

Zero reason to think that.

If it ends up being the case, it's false advertising on their site and I would be pushing my CC company to dispute the charge.

 

[StuAzole]

David Lee Scales is at least 6'2.

Not even close. The NJ wave pool looks more like the Allentown wavepool from the 80s.

Zacky Taylor is like 3’2” and Mason 5’2” lol.

It’s an old trick - the Phoenix pool has been featuring Carson and Cannon Carr. Wave looks almost fun if you weigh 75 lbs.

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Zacky Taylor is like 3’2” and Mason 5’2” lol.

It’s an old trick - the Phoenix pool has been featuring Carson and Cannon Carr. Wave looks almost fun if you weigh 75 lbs.

If you think you need to be featherweight to enjoy that wave you need some surf skills.

Mason Ho is 5'8.

 

[000]

Dwarf surfers are probably more expensive to use as models.

that guy shreds 99% of the people i see out regularly
ps: he sees this thread and says YES

5’3” or no?

Would you volunteer to reduce your height to 5’3” permanently if it meant you could surf like Eli Hanneman?

forum.surfer.com

 

[StuAzole]

If you think you need to be featherweight to enjoy that wave you need some surf skills.

Mason Ho is 5'8.

Sure he is.

Still smaller than an average man.

But the dead giveaway on this pool is the lack of head on video angles. Tight water shots and video at extreme angles just attempt to hide the average nature of this pool.

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Still smaller than an average man.

The average man is 5'9.

I just looked up Mr. Ho's heigh and he's 5'9.

I think you're overanalyzing this.

They're are plenty of pulled back shots.

 

[Mr Doof]

@ReForest @casa_mugrienta @vanrysss? We can all use aliases if you like. I"ll be Mister Pink.