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Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:59 pm
by steve shearer
foamy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:51 pm
It was just a little kidding, Steve.
I apologise though. Obviously, flippancy is not appropriate for such a very serious topic.
Oh don't be like that.
Just come up with something more clever than swimming pools.
maybe a photo of some german lass swimming nekkid
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:05 pm
by foamy
I thought it was OK, as a wave pool is just an augmented swimming pool, but true dat, a nudie photo would have spiced it up.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:07 pm
by Lucky Al
steve shearer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:45 pm
If you went to the opening of the Vietnam Kelly Slater WavePool as a VIP(Thirroul surf legend and noted surf writer) would you wear an ironed shirt Lucky Al, or would you go al fresco?
yes, of course, and polished shoes. clean socks and underpants, too. and i would shave before i left the house. maybe even shampoo and condition in bottled water. do the twist under a spritz of my wife's chance by chanel which she almost never uses. roll my suit for dust. roll around in my suit for dust. wrap my one tie around and around my neck. wash my car and ask my neighbour to drive me in it. sit in his lap. be re-born as a dolphin. rock and roll. for sure.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:08 pm
by BA
Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:13 pm
I also also think, no I totally know this, I will never pay anyone for a wave, ever. I'll pay to fly to a spot where there's waves. I'll pay for accommodation near a wave. I'll pay for a board to ride a wave. I'll pay for wax and boards etc etc. I will never fcuken pay someone to make the wave for me. If that's where my surfing experience ends, well fcuken whacko.
This.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:19 pm
by godsavetheking
Anything for love, but you won't do that eh Nick? As I said to meatloaf at the time, stop being so bloody precious
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:28 pm
by Lucky Al
have you heard that expression "some things are sacred", godsavethequeen? what about the expression "there but for the grace of god go i?" "wouldn't be caught dead" - that's a good one. "your guess is a good as mine"? "piece of cake", one of my favourites. "able to eat pawpaw without a spoon" is not one you hear often, but it's a doozy.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:31 pm
by godsavetheking
"Fine words butter no parsnips" is my personal go-to in pretty much any situation
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:33 pm
by Lucky Al
beautiful, and very welsh by the sounds of it.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:56 pm
by tootr
godsavethequeen wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:19 pm
Anything for love, but you won't do that eh Nick? As I said to meatloaf at the time, stop being so bloody precious
He never said he'd knock back an invite to the wave tub, or a free pair of boardshorts.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:58 pm
by buddy
If KS invited you Nick, would you let him 'pay' for your wave?
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:59 pm
by steve shearer
Lucky Al wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:28 pm
have you heard that expression "some things are sacred", godsavethequeen? what about the expression "there but for the grace of god go i?" "wouldn't be caught dead" - that's a good one. "your guess is a good as mine"? "piece of cake", one of my favourites. "able to eat pawpaw without a spoon" is not one you hear often, but it's a doozy.
I eat pawpaw without a spoon all the time.....would this make me a demi-god amongst the peoples of Asia?
I want to expand from the UK.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:07 pm
by Beerfan
Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:21 pm
Oh I imagine some people would be able to rationalise it. I can't. It makes me want to throw up, just a little bit.
Been thinking more, it's just odd. Obviously most surfers live near water. So if you spend millions to build one, you either go near water, and hope a small amount of surfers try it, or build it inland, and hope it becomes a novelty sport?. How do you convince investors in that scenario? Or are there already investors who are either stupid, or happy to gamble on what looks like crap odds.
Thinking about it logically, if it was down the road and cheap, I'd try it after 2 weeks of onshore puss, but who would actually intentionally jump in the car and drive an hour, and then pay to surf it ? If the surf is that bad where you lived, you probably wouldn't be interested to start with.
The business logic behind it is interesting to think about
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:19 pm
by Trev
Beerfan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:07 pm
Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:21 pm
Oh I imagine some people would be able to rationalise it. I can't. It makes me want to throw up, just a little bit.
Been thinking more, it's just odd. Obviously most surfers live near water. So if you spend millions to build one, you either go near water, and hope a small amount of surfers try it, or build it inland, and hope it becomes a novelty sport?. How do you convince investors in that scenario? Or are there already investors who are either stupid, or happy to gamble on what looks like crap odds.
Thinking about it logically, if it was down the road and cheap, I'd try it after 2 weeks of onshore puss, but who would actually intentionally jump in the car and drive an hour, and then pay to surf it ? If the surf is that bad where you lived, you probably wouldn't be interested to start with.
The business logic behind it is interesting to think about
Didn't I read it was an abandoned ski park or something they took over and modified?
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:12 pm
by crabmeat thompson
What's interesting is its in a tiny town of 20 000, three hours from a breaking wave.
That would be the equivalent of putting the pool in gatton or tamworth. Power and running costs etc thats a rough ask to keep it financial.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:38 pm
by Drailed
Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:13 pm
I also also think, no I totally know this, I will never pay anyone for a wave, ever. I'll pay to fly to a spot where there's waves. I'll pay for accommodation near a wave. I'll pay for a board to ride a wave. I'll pay for wax and boards etc etc. I will never fcuken pay someone to make the wave for me. If that's where my surfing experience ends, well fcuken whacko.
Nick, we are brothers. Not by blood but by brine.
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:49 pm
by offshore1
Hatchnam wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:34 pm
The whole thing sucks utter balls by the sound of it. Sorry I was even remotely interested.
Think of all the fancy thongs just lying there waiting to be rescued.
Or would it be more a boat shoe crowd?
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:28 am
by Slobadan Madicubich
Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:13 pm
I also also think, no I totally know this, I will never pay anyone for a wave, ever. I'll pay to fly to a spot where there's waves. I'll pay for accommodation near a wave. I'll pay for a board to ride a wave. I'll pay for wax and boards etc etc. I will never fcuken pay someone to make the wave for me. If that's where my surfing experience ends, well fcuken whacko.
Whats the difference between paying for a charter boat, the usage fee that goes to the traditional owners of a break or chucking in for petrol .& paying to enter a wavepool?
Re: Kelly's wave.
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:25 am
by Beerfan
Why go to the Eiffel Tower when you can pretty up an old power line tower to look like it ?