Surf Snowdonia - WORLD'S BIGGEST ARTIFICIAL WAVE POOL!!
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Surf Snowdonia - WORLD'S BIGGEST ARTIFICIAL WAVE POOL!!
This video shows normal surfers tackling the worlds biggest Wavegarden designed wave pool, from many different angles. It's interesting to see how the normal surfers get on surfing the wave. Filmed on 18th August 2015, before the drain and repair works.
There was a strong wind blowing this day also, and the 90 second waiting time between waves didn't really give the water enough time to settle between some of the waves. Speaking to some of the staff, to get the perfect glassy conditions that surfers crave there needs to be at least 3 minutes waiting time between waves. Still looked fun though and it was better than being flat!!!
Wikikpedia:
Surf Snowdonia is an artificial wave pool at Dolgarrog in the Conwy valley, north Wales, owned by Conwy Adventure Leisure Ltd. It is the world's first commercial artificial surfing lake and the United Kingdom's only artificial surfing lake. The site cost a total of £12 million and opened in August 2015.
Surf Snowdonia has a freshwater pool which contains a wave-generation mechanism, based on a prototype built in San Sebastián, Spain, by the Spanish company Wavegarden. It has a contoured base that can generate three different sized waves, at a rate of one a minute. The pool can generate a 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) high wave which can last 16 seconds and travel 150 metres (490 ft). The company claims this is the longest man-made surf wave in the world. The pool is filled with rainwater collected from Snowdonia reservoirs including Llyn Cowlyd. This water passes through the adjacent hydro-power station, originally built to power the former aluminium plant, before being pumped from the tail-race into the surfing pool.
The pool is 300 metres (980 ft) long and 110 metres (360 ft) wide, containing a total of six million gallons of water. A bi-directional snowplough-shaped wave-generation mechanism, towed on a cable between the two central towers, moves up and down the pool on a three-rail track, generating the waves. The underwater machinery, powered by a 2MW motor, is covered with a protective stainless steel netted screen, to keep surfers from any moving parts, yet without impairing the energy of the waves. The water in the pool is cleaned and cycled every 24 hours by passing through ultraviolet cleaners, so that the water can be chlorine-free.
The wave pool can be used by as many as 52 surfers at one time.
On 18-19 September 2015 Surf Snowdonia will host Red Bull Unleashed, the world's first stadium surf contest, with 24 surfers from around the world.
Looks like it was constructed just for ME, a 75 year old lady still having fun!
Great idea, like not being stalked by a white or bully daily. Good controlled environment to learn surfing skills before hitting the ocean.
Needs a few tweaks on the bank shape but it creates waves, AWM is another fun peaky wave to check out.
Okay. Kelly Slater's Wavepool is awesome. It's in the middle of nowhere's ville. At least this one is near places.
Lot's of negative comments by tossers below who collectively won't achieve anything like this in your miserable lives. I'm looking out the window at the mechanical beauty of Rainbow - Snapper Rocks as I write and I'm positively impressed at the ingenuity of this wave park.
Lol I’m looking out the window at this
Exactly, don't be hating people learning to surf and having the love of STOKE like we do.
Great learners wave :)
Kelly Slater's new Wavepool just put every other wave pool to shame. These waves are just plain WEAK in comparison.
+scottiemcnichols I sew that KSWaveCo uses the same principle of this one.. its a structure in the middle that is pulled and forms the wave.. the difference I think is in the bottom... Kelly's spent more time on science making it way better...
Have you seen that video for Kelly's Wavepool ? OMFG, it's a perfect tube every time.
Kelly spent more time surfing than the guys who designed the bottom perhaps?
Yeah, but Kelly Slater's Wavepool is newer. Somebody will outdo it.
keep groveling !
Thanks excellent vid
I want it in Málaga pleeeeeaaassseeeeee ...!!!!
Ya somos 2 xD
Im going there in 5 days
Lots comparing it to Kelly Slaters pool which looks awesome. To be fair most clips of Kellys wave pool are of top pros and this is of mostly learners making the wave look bad lol.
It's not just that, it's just a really poor dribble of an excuse of a wave, not that dissimilar to the Severn bore, a larger dribble. The Wave Garden in Bristol is so much better, loads of settings and the levels are surprisingly good, i mean, I've surfed since i was 11 years old, I'm 49 and yes, it really doesn't compare to what you would have to do in the sea, as in hunting down peaks, you jumping on the rhythm of the wave rather than the pool where it sucks up and forms, but at least it forms properly and it's consistent, that's just pure dribble that you have to catch up to practically the barriers to get anything like a face 😕 and how much for the privilege? The Wave is £55 an hour for advanced, that includes a board, basically a hard bottomed sponge of various lengths and wettie, in the winter, boots, hood and gloves... Its advisable to take your own board but there are also pretty decent ones for hire for up to £20... So what do Snowdonia Wave ask for it? And no, I don't work for them 😆
Nice waves ..................... but K Slater pools.......are great too
Worlds sketchiest mush - burger......
The first version built in Spain seems to have better form than this. This is a strange looking wave.
I can see why people are comparing it to Kelly slaters surf ranch and dose look amazing but just looked at prices for a go at Kelly slaters its $10,000 and here its £50 to £70 its is quite a big difference kelly slaters is better but had more money to spend on it too.
Most of the wave is under the bridge ??
BAHHH..No barrels!! Kellys wave pool is the ducks guts:)
They all look like beginners!
I learned how to surf on the wave pool in Al Ain(everyone thinks it's in Dubai). I hope they get this thing dialed in, because it looks like shit.
Not anymore, Kelly's wave pool smokes this one. They need to contour the ground underneath the wave batter at this place, it's rather confusing where the waves sweet spot is, the tube, the curl, the rebound??? Make a pronounced shallow area like with Kelly's pool. If you look at Kelly's I bet it goes from 15-20' deep then at a pretty steep angle goes up to about 3 feet deep that's basically a straight ledge from one end of the pool to the other. With Kelly's they should put a little variation instead of a near perfect ledge. Every so often they should make a deeper part so the wave backs off just a bit so that you can make some old school round house cutback then as soon as you would rebound off the white water have it go shallower so right off the white water right into the tube!
+jjs4you2 They have:/ There are wall and barrel sections in Kellys wave:/
Kelly's pool as of right now is still just one long barrel, there are no flat spots for cut backs. I live about 60 miles from the wave pool
jjs4you2 lucky you :) I can happily get barreled all day long:)
I wonder if anyone has yet surfed into one of those metal struts?
I was thinking that... it'd hurt for sure
Boris Chang no there is a net over them I have been surfing here as I live in that village
shoulder high 4ft
I guess its better than nothing :(
yah kinda
can this company build a wavepool for personal use on a 204 acre ranch in texas? does anybody know.
😂 damnn so u just that good u just want one in your back yard
MUSHY HIGHTIDE FRUSTRATION.... AND IT WAS DESIGNED.?... perhaps its set like this for teaching?
Intermediate surfers riding white wash
3:34 haha what a kook
What's a kook is it a surfing thing or sommet for someone who is a prick or sommet
Tobexpensive 50 plus for ten eaves i live ten min drive in winter still 50 pounfs need a locals season ticket say pay 500 pounds unlimited waves
this just got blown out of the water by Slater's wave
This doesn't sell it very well! I think only one guy did a turn. Not sure who gives out those coloured T shirts, it gives the impression no one in the UK can surf!
QUESTION???Do they also put artificial sharks in?Question?If you put distilled water in,would you have a cleaner wave??Also,"robot",lifeguards too, and of course;chicks with "BOOB",jobs!Pay with of course,plastic cards.Thanks,from Artie Fishel.
go check out Kelly's artificial wave slaters wave is better than some good real waves
Just looking at it u can tell it's got very little power.
Ive been there and before i got in i thought the same thing, then i got in and i was like OMFG.
True, this wave doesn't look like much but the takeoff is sucky and has a surprising amount of umph!
After Kellys Perfect wavepool this looks lame!
Looks like mine me .....comparing to Kellys
Wouldn't swap the worst day at my local for that piece of shit wave.
These surfers aren't "tackling" shit
Good place to learn how to stand I suppose... mushy and sticky...gummy and gooey....RAD?!
Worst wave machine ever 😂there’s literally people who had payed to surf and they are missing waves, I guess maybe they might not have the paddle power but idk ...
slow, mushy, sections, and isn't hollow like kelly's wavepool and schlitterbaahn...or even as good as the defunct Ocean Dome.
Manny Donaire going tot the Kelly wave in a month
kelly slaters wave pool is so much better
Wow slaters pool makes this look like crap but if it's all you got I guess
all that money and couldnt make a decent wave
Waste of money
Weak ya freaks
This is junk! It's also closed lol. Can't wait for Kelly to open his to the public.
CJ Gamer ahahahahah yeah it’s closed bc there improving it and building a zip wire 🖕
Shit wave
that wave sucks
lame what a wast of money you couldn't pay me to grovel in that sece pool pond.
It's not as good as Slaters wave.. Must be a bit of a pisser to be out gunned.
wadi adventure is much better than this!