Did any surf journo surprise or delight you Al?
It all seemed pretty meat and potatoes to me. Very little flamboyance or style.
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Did any surf journo surprise or delight you Al?
I asked Noah Grimmett, who is basically the overseer of the project and has been with it the whole time, if there was a moment he thought the pool would never happen, and he said yes. They worked on it for nearly 10 years, surfing technology from USC and other places and hand building parts when they couldn't get them. They built a series of models and got one to work, then built a full size dummy run, and it didn't work. Finally, Kelly was pretty much done with it; it's never gonna happen, he said to Noah and the team, we've spent millions, maybe we should just pull the plug now before we waste any more money. They convinced him they could fix the issues and suggested he just go away and not think about it for a while, put it out of his mind and come back in six months. When he came back, they pulled a wave for him, and his reaction is what you saw in that first video of the Pool, the one they released at the end of 2015, where he's laughing and clapping his hands. It's not staged, it's real.
notice they're all "regular" footers. it's a dead give-away, a sign of the times: surf journalism is in a sorry state indeed.steve shearer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:08 pmDid any surf journo surprise or delight you Al?
It all seemed pretty meat and potatoes to me. Very little flamboyance or style.
Yeah!Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:21 pmI asked Noah Grimmett, who is basically the overseer of the project and has been with it the whole time, if there was a moment he thought the pool would never happen, and he said yes. They worked on it for nearly 10 years, surfing technology from USC and other places and hand building parts when they couldn't get them. They built a series of models and got one to work, then built a full size dummy run, and it didn't work. Finally, Kelly was pretty much done with it; it's never gonna happen, he said to Noah and the team, we've spent millions, maybe we should just pull the plug now before we waste any more money. They convinced him they could fix the issues and suggested he just go away and not think about it for a while, put it out of his mind and come back in six months. When he came back, they pulled a wave for him, and his reaction is what you saw in that first video of the Pool, the one they released at the end of 2015, where he's laughing and clapping his hands. It's not staged, it's real.
I see your brother was along for the ride. You talked about how you were lined up in the lineup waiting to snag a wave if some one blew it. When it was young tommy's turn to wait in line, did natural instinct take over and he burn't them?Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:40 amNobody's asked me a really great question about it yet. I think because it's all so new to us, everyone just wants to know basic stuff.
And yeah, this isn't a Retail Surf Experience at all. I'm sure they'll step up the interval a bit over time with re-designs etc, but the pay per wave thing is not the game with this pool at all, never was. I think pay per wave is a silly idea really, just nowhere near enough custom. Selling yearly memberships to well-off Americans with a guaranteed number of days, discounts on Slater boards, etc, as part of a business plan that included CTs, accommodation franchises, pool sales etc, you can see that working for a while.
Nah Tom was there when Gerry was there, coupla months before usRustt wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:25 amI see your brother was along for the ride. You talked about how you were lined up in the lineup waiting to snag a wave if some one blew it. When it was young tommy's turn to wait in line, did natural instinct take over and he burn't them?Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:40 amNobody's asked me a really great question about it yet. I think because it's all so new to us, everyone just wants to know basic stuff.
And yeah, this isn't a Retail Surf Experience at all. I'm sure they'll step up the interval a bit over time with re-designs etc, but the pay per wave thing is not the game with this pool at all, never was. I think pay per wave is a silly idea really, just nowhere near enough custom. Selling yearly memberships to well-off Americans with a guaranteed number of days, discounts on Slater boards, etc, as part of a business plan that included CTs, accommodation franchises, pool sales etc, you can see that working for a while.
John John could learn something from Taylor about flow through cutbacks. He always gets hung up. Taylor connects, so smooth.BA wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:52 amThis clip of Taylor Knox sums it up for me. When it cuts to him surfing the wave pool it’s like uuurrrggghhh. It’s becoming boring. I can’t even watch it anymore. The ocean footage is just so much better.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/237995575
He's awesome to watch huhBA wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:52 amThis clip of Taylor Knox sums it up for me. When it cuts to him surfing the wave pool it’s like uuurrrggghhh. It’s becoming boring. I can’t even watch it anymore. The ocean footage is just so much better.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/237995575
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