That´s life. You can surf the ocean, it´s free for anyone. Or if you don´t live by any, don´t surf. Like me. By the way, if you were rich and were able to build this on your backyard, would you refuse it because no poor people could surf it? I don´t think so.
Gotta love how Kelly likes to tells us how we need to save the planet. While he has been consistently been flying around the world thousands of times in his lifetime just to surf. Going through thousands of surfboards and wetsuits that most will have eventually ended up in landfill. Then they buid one of his waves in one of driest cities in the world. But it's all ok because his tailpads are recyclable! 👍🏼
pretty harsh accusation as it is his job... And the greatest of all time who is literally paid to surf the best waves in the world, and that requires obscene amounts of travel. It is not like theres an electric airline that can help lessin your carbon footprint. But recyclable tail pads and more environmentally friendly equipment is a step towards being environmentally conscious. As opposed to opting for the more toxic options out there. Jealousy is a foul cologne, might want to invest in some deodorant.
@@gwarrior4242 there are other pro surfers out there that were travelling around the world for surf. But were also concerned about the environment but felt like they shouldn't be preaching about if while they are flying constantly everywhere just to surf waves that they have at home. Big wave surfer Fergal Smith felt strongly about his carbon footprint so he quickly stopped travelling abroad to surf and only surfs at home. Just because Kelly is the greatest surfer of all time and will probably have to largest carbon footprint of any pro sports person in history doesn't make it ok and he definitely shouldn't be preaching about it. Maybe if you got Kelly's dick out your mouth you'd see! 👍🏼
Gotta love how people who never do anything to help anyone sit around and arm chair criticize others. So because he wastes things, that means he's not allowed to try to make a difference where he can? He's not allowed to have an opinion on the environment and to voice it? Give your head a shake. You have NO ability to think logically or critically. You think you do, but you don't.
Watching any surfing is about as fun as watching golf. Basically every single ride at Pipe looks almost exactly the same too. It's not like one guy's barrel is drastically different than another.
@nigeherr I do. I don't mind watching surfing because I surf, but I understand why surfing is not, and will never be, a popular spectator sport. It's just not that interesting after you've seen a few waves. Even for me, I get bored pretty quick. To each their own though. If you love watching it, good for you.
@@RedLineShortFilms Oh I get it. I can watch it a lot too. That's simply because I'm a surfer. Of course we like it. To the average spectator though, surfing is pretty boring after a few waves.
Love how it pipes one way and slabs in reverse. Pretty slick design! Pretty boring as a spectator but I’m sure it’s a dream to ride. I see this type of thing being used for surf competitions in the future to be able to perfectly recreate the same wave for each surfer. No wetsuit of helmet needed is very appealing as well.🎉
Yessah Dylan ! I used to surf w your uncle Scotty. I met him in Puerto Rico Christmas vacation 1984 with Hartley. Then he stayed my house in Hatteras a few years later and then ran into him after moving to Haleiwa in the 90s . Hope he’s doing good. Aloha and great to see you enjoying yourself living the dream.
At first I thought the footage was a little shakey but I then realised you were seeing this in real life for the first time, I’m surprised you stayed on the wave so well! I would’ve been losing my sh… great work as always Dylan!
kelly slater must be massive if thats a six footer, I'd say 5 foot at best. its barely got a 8 foot face, I doubt the back is 6 foot and barrel, my experience with surfing is a 6 footer got about a 10-11foot face, feels quite big when youre laying on your board
@@NickIggler1969 If you think so, can't help! :) You are welcome to join if you are around Abudhabi as the facility will be thrown open to pubic from March 10th onwards!
I’m a 65 year old mid length riding surfer from NZ, the comps at the surf ranch never looked that exciting on teevee but OMG that looked so much fun, just unbelievable, kudos to KS, what an achievement.
Can women actually surf with a bikini over there is the real question for this video, because Steph is surfing with some almost full body suit, and you talking about the warm Arabian sun doesn't make me feel it is because the water was chilly
At hotels where most flight attendants stay it gets BUCK WILD, Not just Abu Dhabi but also UAE, QATAR, BAHRAIN, bikinis optional😎etc or so Ive heard, and alcohol flows around the pool side. Not everyone abides by the rules, as a matter of relation, Weed, pokolulu, Marijuana has been ILLICIT and ILLEGAL in my places of livings all me bloomin life, but guess what? Weed, pokolulu, Marijuana has been very plentiful, EVERYWHERE IVE LIVED to include countries in Middle East and ASIA where death penalties for smuggling are the norm, go figure, or so Im told. Dont believe they all the hype amigo, Life short, get out more and travel, see for yourself, just dontbrely on gossip or hearsay.🇺🇸🍻✌🏻😎
@@buzz5969 I agree that life without travel is like reading only one page of an atlas, it is just a shame that the world can no longer tolerate the extensive pollution of jet travel. However, your comment is about the exception to the rules, which are tolerated because of the need for even oppressive dictators to interface and derive income from the outside world. Even totalitarian places have crime, if that is your point. Just don't ever leave the protection granted by economic necessities. When I was in the Saudi kingdom, the English embassy was trying to negotiate downward the sentience of fifty lashes for a British woman who hosted a party at her residence inside the workers compound where alcohol was served and someone fell off the upstairs balcony. It was the subject of much conversation because fifty lashes would kill a woman of her age.
When I lived in Dubai back in 2008 it was common to see girls with tiny bikinis all over the local beaches and at the waterparks, dressed pretty normally when at malls etc too, UAE is different to Saudi, they rely on tourism and a foreign workforce to keep things running as they know their oil wealth is finite, and have adjusted their laws accordingly.
@@buzz5969 I have circumnavigated the globe as a worker, not a protected and privileged tourist . I bodysurfed in most places where I could mange it, so I would hope I would not be short on available insight over my years of travel.and exchanges with working class locals. . I was always very aware of my privilege over the regular citizens of despotic countries because I was a part of the economic machine that fueled the economies of the privileged.and as such would have no trouble with local customs, from knowledge of what happened to the more lawless types of other Americans in the sailor trade. such men might see jail, but the consulate would have them out the next day, just as if they were rich. .
This is SiiiiiiiiK!! I gotta go check this out! I’m from Cape Town South Africa now living and working as a diver in Bahrain for almost 20 years! This definitely calls for holiday to UAE, it’s just a 1 hour flight from Bahrain 🤩
Wao !! The inner Circle !!! Who would not give anything to be in there ... just present !! .... good thing is that since we are all the main element in this unbounded ocean opf counciousness , as long as kelly can ride it we all are riding it with him !!!! Att El Tiguere Que Se Comio La flor
Thxxxxxxxxxxx Dyyyylaaaan!!!!!! You the maaaaaaaan!!!!! Apppppreeeeeciaaaaaateeee you going all over the world and shaaaringgg these cool surf adventures!!!!!!
@@DylanGravesYT Not a problem hombre/dude!!! With all these wave pools, it will make ocean flat spells and inland traveling more bearable without missing too much wave time... VB/VIRGINIA BEACH is getting a wave pool, you may have known already, with the ambassadorship(investorship?) of Pharrell Williams native VB legend...Hope to see some VLOG-TASTIC:FAN-TASTIC video drop in the future about it from your CHANNEL... Reportinggg Live!!!! HAPPY SURFING FROM VB/VIRGINIA BEACH BY WAY OF (WATTS/ONTARIO/HESPERIA)!!!! 1,2,1,2 Mike check; checkyyy later duuudddeee!!!! Ooooohhh yeaaaaahhh- Please keep VLOGGGING because you got the OG creation skills... You have the Anthony Bourdain style in how he shared culture, food, and stories by the way you are shaaaringgg culture, stories, and wave thrashing, not just wave thrashing... All those aspects make your videos super "RAAAD"... You got a lifelong subster-subscriber from me... Keep up the Gnarly creation and epppiccc adventures and storyyy tellinggg hermaaanooo!!! Viva La Dyyylaaan Graaavvves YOU TUBE CHANNEL!!!!! MIKE DROP-I'M OUT, for reaaal this time!!!!! ✌🌴 😎 🌴✌
Haven't been able to surf in years, and with kids, it is even more challenging than ever, but some things always stay the same. Like a new Kelly Slater pool I wish I could see in real life, and a dope videocoming out from Dylan. Thanks, dude!
Kelly is the king on timing.. amazing Wave pool.. find footage of kelly at soup bowl.. my fav footage of kelly.. check his Timing🚀💕 Great.. video. Respect.. mr slatter . And team. Djchristo. Oz
@@DylanGravesYT I was much too drunk to hold a conversation when I had the chance and was questioned about sharks in the area by the guy. Glad someone who knows him can vouch for him , because slapping his previously good name on such a project had me wondering .
I remember hearing lots of critic about the surf ranch in California because the amount of water used to keep the pool working, specially located in the middle of farm land, in a state that has longer and longer drought years, built far from water sources. I don't know where this new wave pool is located in relation to water (I looked at google maps and it seems not to far from water), and how they have addressed the environmental impact of the facilities regarding water, renewable energy, and the environment. I do think it would be cool to be able to learn to surf in a pool since it's a more controlled environment, but just because it can be build does not mean it should be built. Hopefully kids and individual with low income have the chance to have access to such facilities and the employees building the facility and the ones running it they all receive living wages. Thank you for your posts they are cool and inspiring.
Bl@h blah blah. It takes over 872 gallons of water to produce a gallon of wine…. Millions of gallons to support golfing. You can’t shut the world down now. You have to wait until more people are perishing.
I’ve always thought wave pools could double as water back up facilities in extreme draughts, that’s what I’d be thinking about if I was an engineer making these things.
Than you kindly for your response, I think its super cool you can work "living your dream" cheers to that. Yeah, if the water has no weird chemicals to keep it "clean" I guess it could work as a backup water source, It must be a huge challenge to avoid the loss by evaporation.@@DylanGravesYT
@@DylanGravesYT insensitive people will never be granted friendship by the ocean. so mechanical waves might be best for such folks. like baby steps are needed before one can walk.
@@markvalentine7264Speaking of womens rights, funny how how every so often I'll hear about "locals" roughing up out of town female surfers, and then the surf community celebrating it as "keeping the kooks out"
This is so cool! Funny thing, I learned how to surf in Dubai back in 2012. Everyone that I’m still in contact with his absolutely stoked that this place exist. I can’t wait to visit my friends and join them in the pool. 🙌🏼🤘🏼
Dylan i play power ball so that if I hit it I could build one of these Kelly waves close to the Ruins on the way to Wildos one can dream,,,, but u my friend u live the dream!!! Thanks again for a killer video... tu amigo el cartero.
Jajajaj yeah Dani 💯 bro I would do the same !!! Jajaja espero que todo esta bien bro! Vengo con la familia a PR en enero, espero que podemos jangear y coger pa’l de olas yewwww
Not too impressed. Its a machine made perfect barrel. If you had the time you'd be in there as long as you've been alive. It's cool but a real wave is not forgiving and most are constantly changing. We're not cool enough to ever try one of his pools!
I fantasize about adding air sections to the wave by securing artificial reef obsticles to the floor of the basin. Underwater obsticles, temporarily configured to create a "slopestyle" or "street league" wave. Or at least a jumping off point so people can catch the end of the wave when the barrel eats the surfer. When are people going to be able to stand on the "sandbar" and watch surfing while kids are tubing around in that Lazy River in the foreground? So much arena needs to built around this basin. Really enjoyed the music.
It looks like exactly the same wave as the surf ranch but like six inches bigger maybe. To me, not that exciting to be honest. The UAE also sucks big time, but I guess surfers are too chill to care about foreign workers being abused.
💯. All very disingenuous being a ‘climate change’ warrior while celebrating building a man made wave in a man made city in the desert that houses a ski field in a mall. Let’s be honest, everyone is self serving and their lives are filled with hypocrisy. Still, I’d love to surf the wave but this place is a complete shit hole. The WSL will be salivating hosting a contest here and then have clips of the surfers planting shrubs in the sand saying ‘we’re doing our part to make the UAE more sustainable’ 😅
Wow !! Absolutely the raddest random thing ever . I’m randomly in Abu Dabai and thought I’d try to text Kelly Slater again . Bingo !! On Kelly’s board even !! Gets to surf the pool on the first day !! WHAT ?? Dude you are legend .
Bucket list for sure makes me want to surf again it’s been 23 years I’m ready to hit that 🤘🏻💯🔥wonder how much it is to fly with a 6”6 board I’m going to find out I can’t stop thinking about it that’s really awesome do they rent boards too it’s like Huntington Beach break keeps going so perfect 🤩
@@sotbinki9433 *moron* with one R. The point OP was likely making was that the surfing community doesn’t need Middle East royal families in the lineup. Your average Emirate or Saudi would be just like us & cool. But that’s not who will be using that park.
@@sotbinki9433 you might choose to think a bit deeper before calling names. Abu Dhabi functions as a buffer to isolate the kingdom of Saud from "western infidels" . the two locations are very linked , in ways not shown on the map. when I was there, women dressed covered from head to toe, with a more transparent cloth rectangle over the eyes so they could see out. when I went out walking, a flock of women from a compound giggled and hid behind bushes to shadow me as I walked, they were so curious about the outside world. In arabia, I couldn't leave my fenced in area to even go walking.
Doubt it. Watch Noel Salas struggle at Surf Ranch and you'll realize pretty quick it's a difficult wave to surf. I suspect you're just one of those types though. You probably comment like this about everything you watch on youtube. Thinking you're clever being a contrarian.
I think I have hit a raw nerve. Maybe I just believe in the adventure, freedom and unpredictability of paddling out in a real surf break . But every one to their own, and it was just my personal opinion not meant to upset the vested interests of modern day commercialism. @@doublestrokeroll
@@123456snowey naaa...you're just a boring cliche. Just trying to make yourself feel superior. Your argument is a dumb as someone saying using a nail gun is boring compared to a hammer. Nobody is making you do it so what's the point of even saying this? Exactly. There is NO point to statements like yours. They're meaningless. If anything hits a nerve, it's the inability of people like you to logically reason this out before making stupid posts. Plus I bet you've never even tried it have you? It's always you people who've never been to one who think this way. I've never seen a single post from someone who's tried a wave pool, and didn't have fun.
As a kid growing up the thought of something like this would have blown my mind !!! Now in my 40's and it's reality....it does absolutely nothing for me and simply misses all the main aspects of what surfing is
I think most people agree with you. It's one day cricket compared to Test cricket. But if you can't make it - fake it. If the technology is there why not use it? It's indulgent, but compared to the resource waste of military-industrial complex, it's harmless. Wow, getting barrels in Abu Dhabi is innovative - taking things to the next level. Kelly is the GOAT.
Sure, but obviously it's working. Supposedly the wait list at Surf Ranch is so long that's the reason when you go to their website you can't even schedule a booking. At least the last time I checked. It's booked up years in advanced. So people are paying that consistently. Remains to be seen if this one will be the same.
@@waikikiwilly13 Well it's working for those people, right? You're acting like you should be entitled to go there. Why? I can't afford it. Tough shit for me right? I don't whine about it. If they want to cater to an "exclusive" crowd and they can make that a success for themselves then more power to them. Complaining about it is just sour grapes. There are cheaper technologies that are starting to open in many places, so it's trickling down.
@@hoppingrabbit9849 That has nothing to do with anything I said. If you'd like to talk about wave pools and wasting water we can but your response to my comment is not logical. I never said anything about water waste or farming.
exactly well said.... longer rides, clear wave styles, perfect intervals and glassy standards. way better than the real thing~historied, from natural levels to super natural levels. we need more areas of such things for sure. I wonder how much time is needed to keep the intourvals perfect after each wave settling grace course? glassy, glossy, gleamajesty.... endless summer secrets....... to.be.continued....
Those muckrakers at Beach Grit sent me here. Noice. They were sincere in their reporting. I love weird waves! Is this the 1st successful artificial saltwater wave?
I can't see any use for this thing except as a tour stop for sports washing an area oppressive to human rights. Because humans are not built to tolerate that type of heat and sun without fully protective garments, like they traditionally wear in such areas. it certainly has no local income to support operations . So it is either a simple vanity of the rich, or just more sport washing in an effort to normalize those who choose to oppress their fellow human beings.
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too bad only an elite or wealthy people can access this pool. I am not surprised it is build there
That´s life. You can surf the ocean, it´s free for anyone. Or if you don´t live by any, don´t surf. Like me. By the way, if you were rich and were able to build this on your backyard, would you refuse it because no poor people could surf it? I don´t think so.
It’s not like this was cheap to build in the first place…
Surfing needs a board , a leash and a suit. A car helps but I’ve seen people on the bus in San Francisco heading to surf.
For real. They didn't even do this for the Olympics.
@milanmedek3555 Do you care to revise your comment now that we have witnessed the failure of surfing in the Olympics?
Gotta love how Kelly likes to tells us how we need to save the planet. While he has been consistently been flying around the world thousands of times in his lifetime just to surf. Going through thousands of surfboards and wetsuits that most will have eventually ended up in landfill. Then they buid one of his waves in one of driest cities in the world. But it's all ok because his tailpads are recyclable! 👍🏼
At least they got a spot now to ride out the apocalypse in.
pretty harsh accusation as it is his job... And the greatest of all time who is literally paid to surf the best waves in the world, and that requires obscene amounts of travel. It is not like theres an electric airline that can help lessin your carbon footprint. But recyclable tail pads and more environmentally friendly equipment is a step towards being environmentally conscious. As opposed to opting for the more toxic options out there. Jealousy is a foul cologne, might want to invest in some deodorant.
@@gwarrior4242 there are other pro surfers out there that were travelling around the world for surf. But were also concerned about the environment but felt like they shouldn't be preaching about if while they are flying constantly everywhere just to surf waves that they have at home. Big wave surfer Fergal Smith felt strongly about his carbon footprint so he quickly stopped travelling abroad to surf and only surfs at home. Just because Kelly is the greatest surfer of all time and will probably have to largest carbon footprint of any pro sports person in history doesn't make it ok and he definitely shouldn't be preaching about it. Maybe if you got Kelly's dick out your mouth you'd see! 👍🏼
That´s probably salt water. You forgot the energy spent to generate the waves.
Gotta love how people who never do anything to help anyone sit around and arm chair criticize others. So because he wastes things, that means he's not allowed to try to make a difference where he can? He's not allowed to have an opinion on the environment and to voice it?
Give your head a shake. You have NO ability to think logically or critically. You think you do, but you don't.
Surfing a wave pool I am sure is great but watching it is about as fun a watching golf.
Watching any surfing is about as fun as watching golf. Basically every single ride at Pipe looks almost exactly the same too. It's not like one guy's barrel is drastically different than another.
@nigeherr I do. I don't mind watching surfing because I surf, but I understand why surfing is not, and will never be, a popular spectator sport. It's just not that interesting after you've seen a few waves. Even for me, I get bored pretty quick.
To each their own though. If you love watching it, good for you.
It's a lot better in person, watching 12ft pipe in person is wild@@doublestrokeroll
@@RedLineShortFilms Oh I get it. I can watch it a lot too. That's simply because I'm a surfer. Of course we like it. To the average spectator though, surfing is pretty boring after a few waves.
@@doublestrokeroll Your really trying to compare Pipe to some overblown swimming pool...OK BUD.
Love how it pipes one way and slabs in reverse. Pretty slick design! Pretty boring as a spectator but I’m sure it’s a dream to ride. I see this type of thing being used for surf competitions in the future to be able to perfectly recreate the same wave for each surfer. No wetsuit of helmet needed is very appealing as well.🎉
Yessah Dylan ! I used to surf w your uncle Scotty. I met him in Puerto Rico Christmas vacation 1984 with Hartley. Then he stayed my house in Hatteras a few years later and then ran into him after moving to Haleiwa in the 90s . Hope he’s doing good. Aloha and great to see you enjoying yourself living the dream.
So cool, Anthony Kiedis and Kelly Slater hanging out✌️
Douch bags sell outs and people who still support them
Well done Dylan - stoked for you. Proof that the universe conspires to help you achieve your goals.
💯 man was tripping out on this hard and still am !
True indeed. Wisdom.
I was expecting something else from Kelly 's retirement; something with more sensé than making some gadget for ultrarich people.
He’s lost the plot and sold his soul for money.
@@tyson9419 Your envy is hideous. Cover it up.
entièrement d'accord, très décevant...
At first I thought the footage was a little shakey but I then realised you were seeing this in real life for the first time, I’m surprised you stayed on the wave so well! I would’ve been losing my sh… great work as always Dylan!
Haha thank u! Yes ! I kept looking up cause I wanted to watch in real life lol
Soo good! I love the music you made to go along with the episode. Your narration is always good. Talent bro.
It's a perfect 6 footer tube that goes for a "long time"... KUDOS to Kelly . Stef & you.... for showing it off..... LOL !
kelly slater must be massive if thats a six footer, I'd say 5 foot at best. its barely got a 8 foot face, I doubt the back is 6 foot and barrel, my experience with surfing is a 6 footer got about a 10-11foot face, feels quite big when youre laying on your board
Such good vibes. Dylan, this video made my day. Please keep em comin
Epic ! Stoked to hear that :) some pretty charged comments on here lol 😂
Proud that I am part of this project!
Gay liar
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@@NickIggler1969 If you think so, can't help! :) You are welcome to join if you are around Abudhabi as the facility will be thrown open to pubic from March 10th onwards!
@@madhokp liar
@@NickIggler1969 Okay lady, thanks for certification 😂
I’m a 65 year old mid length riding surfer from NZ, the comps at the surf ranch never looked that exciting on teevee but OMG that looked so much fun, just unbelievable, kudos to KS, what an achievement.
Thanks for the video. Great stuff. 🤘 ✌
Can women actually surf with a bikini over there is the real question for this video, because Steph is surfing with some almost full body suit, and you talking about the warm Arabian sun doesn't make me feel it is because the water was chilly
At hotels where most flight attendants stay it gets BUCK WILD, Not just Abu Dhabi but also UAE, QATAR, BAHRAIN, bikinis optional😎etc or so Ive heard, and alcohol flows around the pool side. Not everyone abides by the rules, as a matter of relation, Weed, pokolulu, Marijuana has been ILLICIT and ILLEGAL in my places of livings all me bloomin life, but guess what? Weed, pokolulu, Marijuana has been very plentiful, EVERYWHERE IVE LIVED to include countries in Middle East and ASIA where death penalties for smuggling are the norm, go figure, or so Im told. Dont believe they all the hype amigo, Life short, get out more and travel, see for yourself, just dontbrely on gossip or hearsay.🇺🇸🍻✌🏻😎
@@buzz5969"pakalolo" is the Hawaiian word for cannabis
@@buzz5969 I agree that life without travel is like reading only one page of an atlas, it is just a shame that the world can no longer tolerate the extensive pollution of jet travel. However, your comment is about the exception to the rules, which are tolerated because of the need for even oppressive dictators to interface and derive income from the outside world. Even totalitarian places have crime, if that is your point.
Just don't ever leave the protection granted by economic necessities. When I was in the Saudi kingdom, the English embassy was trying to negotiate downward the sentience of fifty lashes for a British woman who hosted a party at her residence inside the workers compound where alcohol was served and someone fell off the upstairs balcony. It was the subject of much conversation because fifty lashes would kill a woman of her age.
When I lived in Dubai back in 2008 it was common to see girls with tiny bikinis all over the local beaches and at the waterparks, dressed pretty normally when at malls etc too, UAE is different to Saudi, they rely on tourism and a foreign workforce to keep things running as they know their oil wealth is finite, and have adjusted their laws accordingly.
@@buzz5969 I have circumnavigated the globe as a worker, not a protected and privileged tourist . I bodysurfed in most places where I could mange it, so I would hope I would not be short on available insight over my years of travel.and exchanges with working class locals. . I was always very aware of my privilege over the regular citizens of despotic countries because I was a part of the economic machine that fueled the economies of the privileged.and as such would have no trouble with local customs, from knowledge of what happened to the more lawless types of other Americans in the sailor trade. such men might see jail, but the consulate would have them out the next day, just as if they were rich. .
Keeping enpowering Quatar values and influence.....
Abu Dhabi is in the Emirates. Qatar is another country.
Wow, super good for the environment!
Cool that you can surf while the train goes by.
From your words it is much more interesting to learn about this wave than from the news 😁 glad you were there! ❤
Thank u 🙏 appreciate that !
This is SiiiiiiiiK!! I gotta go check this out! I’m from Cape Town South Africa now living and working as a diver in Bahrain for almost 20 years! This definitely calls for holiday to UAE, it’s just a 1 hour flight from Bahrain 🤩
Stephs tuck into the barrel was all time
Smiles for miles😎. Closest thing to the perfect never ending wave 🌊 you could hope for.
Never thought about visiting a wave pool but I see how it could be a game changer for progression 🔥
Surfing beside a train line and a pier in Abu Dhabi seems very attractive.
And no sharks around...
@@Rockbottomsurf I'd surf at Chernobyl if it had half the surfers Sydney has, so a wave to myself doesn't sound too bad
@@Rockbottomsurf its not a train line, its a piece of machinery making the wave form.
Wao !! The inner Circle !!! Who would not give anything to be in there ... just present !! .... good thing is that since we are all the main element in this unbounded ocean opf counciousness , as long as kelly can ride it we all are riding it with him !!!! Att El Tiguere Que Se Comio La flor
Nice vid. Thanks for the experience! 🙌
Thanks for tuning in 🙌
Dylan you're a great fella, I'm delighted you get these opportunities!
Cheers thank u for tuning in 👊
You guys are both douches
Thxxxxxxxxxxx Dyyyylaaaan!!!!!! You the maaaaaaaan!!!!! Apppppreeeeeciaaaaaateeee you going all over the world and shaaaringgg these cool surf adventures!!!!!!
🍻thanks mang ! Appreciate it 👊
@@DylanGravesYT Not a problem hombre/dude!!! With all these wave pools, it will make ocean flat spells and inland traveling more bearable without missing too much wave time...
VB/VIRGINIA BEACH is getting a wave pool, you may have known already, with the ambassadorship(investorship?) of Pharrell Williams native VB legend...Hope to see some VLOG-TASTIC:FAN-TASTIC video drop in the future about it from your CHANNEL... Reportinggg Live!!!!
HAPPY SURFING FROM VB/VIRGINIA BEACH BY WAY OF (WATTS/ONTARIO/HESPERIA)!!!!
1,2,1,2 Mike check; checkyyy later duuudddeee!!!!
Ooooohhh yeaaaaahhh-
Please keep VLOGGGING because you got the OG creation skills... You have the Anthony Bourdain style in how he shared culture, food, and stories by the way you are shaaaringgg culture, stories, and wave thrashing, not just wave thrashing... All those aspects make your videos super "RAAAD"... You got a lifelong subster-subscriber from me... Keep up the Gnarly creation and epppiccc adventures and storyyy tellinggg hermaaanooo!!!
Viva La Dyyylaaan Graaavvves YOU TUBE CHANNEL!!!!!
MIKE DROP-I'M OUT, for reaaal this time!!!!!
✌🌴 😎 🌴✌
That board locker though! Super UAE! Saw about everything but a gold plated surfboard with a Bitcoin QR code on it!😂😂😂
Worth the trip for the board lockers alone ! 🤣😂 wave 💯 insane too obvi
Haven't been able to surf in years, and with kids, it is even more challenging than ever, but some things always stay the same. Like a new Kelly Slater pool I wish I could see in real life, and a dope videocoming out from Dylan. Thanks, dude!
Not many have the means to travel to Dubai to surf a wave pool
Glad you got that opportunity. Man that’s a fun long ride..👍🏽❤️🩹💥🧨
que suerte!!! glad to see the universe flowing. been a few year since the Crossing. Saludos bro.
Don't ask me why but this gave me goosebumps. GG DG.
brother this is so epic! what a dream, so stoked for you. I would've been so nervous on that first right oh my god.
Such an inclusive world and not predicted on money or aesthetics. Reminds me of people from USC; minus the hoodie and new BMW.
Kelly is the king on timing.. amazing Wave pool.. find footage of kelly at soup bowl.. my fav footage of kelly.. check his Timing🚀💕
Great.. video.
Respect.. mr slatter . And team. Djchristo. Oz
Yes beast 💯🙌
Stoked for you! You are fortunate to have some quality people as friends there and that day looked fun!
Thank u ! Agreed, Kelly has always been really cool to me and has helped me out a ton throughout my career, legend !
@@DylanGravesYT I was much too drunk to hold a conversation when I had the chance and was questioned about sharks in the area by the guy. Glad someone who knows him can vouch for him , because slapping his previously good name on such a project had me wondering .
Perfect timing experience and waves with legends!
I live 20 mins from the pool... I'm screwed. Thanks for the vlog and for sharing the hype!
Get in on this thing !
Can't help but to hear in my head: "STAY LOW!! STAY LOW BRUDDA!! RELAX! RELAX...!!!"
Every surfer in the world if they had the money they would build them their own guaranteed❤❤❤❤
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This was so exiting to watch. Amazing video. Thank you.
Glad u enjoyed thanks for tuning in 🍻
SICK wave would love to surf it
I'm still shaking from the nerves !!! I love your style. By the way, that wave under the sun, and the water colour is a dream come true.
💯 wasn’t sure I’d get any more waves! Wanted to make em count
I recommend marijuana cigarettes for those nerves of yours bro
I remember hearing lots of critic about the surf ranch in California because the amount of water used to keep the pool working, specially located in the middle of farm land, in a state that has longer and longer drought years, built far from water sources.
I don't know where this new wave pool is located in relation to water (I looked at google maps and it seems not to far from water), and how they have addressed the environmental impact of the facilities regarding water, renewable energy, and the environment.
I do think it would be cool to be able to learn to surf in a pool since it's a more controlled environment, but just because it can be build does not mean it should be built.
Hopefully kids and individual with low income have the chance to have access to such facilities and the employees building the facility and the ones running it they all receive living wages.
Thank you for your posts they are cool and inspiring.
You must be fun at parties....
Bl@h blah blah. It takes over 872 gallons of water to produce a gallon of wine…. Millions of gallons to support golfing. You can’t shut the world down now. You have to wait until more people are perishing.
I’ve always thought wave pools could double as water back up facilities in extreme draughts, that’s what I’d be thinking about if I was an engineer making these things.
@@gus931 sure, be responsible is not a option for you
Than you kindly for your response, I think its super cool you can work "living your dream" cheers to that.
Yeah, if the water has no weird chemicals to keep it "clean" I guess it could work as a backup water source, It must be a huge challenge to avoid the loss by evaporation.@@DylanGravesYT
biggest man made wave, ever..perfection. who needs trestles or the bu?
Technology in action & wow could you get a better wave form for surfing? Impressive, Kelly!
Indeed!
Parabéns ficou top seu vídeo com a lenda Kelly, sucesso em seu canal👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank u ! Was an epic trip/ session 💯 one I will remember always
Money talks.
Make Surfing Counter Culture Again *sigh*
Im down on that, but I think things like this only create more space in the surf universe on either side of the culture
yawn....
just elitist snobbery bullshit.
@@DylanGravesYT how about womans rights, hopfully steph made it out safe
@@DylanGravesYT insensitive people will never be granted friendship by the ocean. so mechanical waves might be best for such folks. like baby steps are needed before one can walk.
@@markvalentine7264Speaking of womens rights, funny how how every so often I'll hear about "locals" roughing up out of town female surfers, and then the surf community celebrating it as "keeping the kooks out"
I wanna see Hector and Burger on these waves! And of course your Keg Brother Brain Tooth!
This is so cool! Funny thing, I learned how to surf in Dubai back in 2012. Everyone that I’m still in contact with his absolutely stoked that this place exist. I can’t wait to visit my friends and join them in the pool. 🙌🏼🤘🏼
Wow no way, epic ! I spoken to a few people from the area that are pumped ! How could u not be I guess lol 😂
Dylan i play power ball so that if I hit it I could build one of these Kelly waves close to the Ruins on the way to Wildos one can dream,,,, but u my friend u live the dream!!! Thanks again for a killer video... tu amigo el cartero.
Jajajaj yeah Dani 💯 bro I would do the same !!! Jajaja espero que todo esta bien bro! Vengo con la familia a PR en enero, espero que podemos jangear y coger pa’l de olas yewwww
Kelly has spent more time in the barrel than i have been alive.
Not too impressed. Its a machine made perfect barrel. If you had the time you'd be in there as long as you've been alive. It's cool but a real wave is not forgiving and most are constantly changing. We're not cool enough to ever try one of his pools!
Yeeew! I was there shooting on day 2, have some insane shots of Kelly in the tube. Bummed I missed your waves bro. Amazing place isn’t it
No way ! Bummed I missed that day and hanging w everyone, looked insane 🍻
Man it was dope. Toledo, Medina & Marks absolutely carving, and so sick to see Jeremy & Steph ripping. Next time hey!
@@laybackvisuals i bet ! Yeah would love to go back 💯👊
Rad Dylan! Love the tunes… so do you officially hold the first layback barrel in the pool?
Yeah George, thanks man :) idk I guess I do ! Haha 😂 hope ur well 👊
DOOD THATS THE COOLEST THING IVER EVER SEEN WELL DONE BRUH
I find all this absurd and it's not SURFING, surfing is discovering something that is never the same, this is equal to a football match.
Wave pools keep getting better KS ! And those folks are really stoked now they have a new sport of kings! speechless!
That's awesome!
I fantasize about adding air sections to the wave by securing artificial reef obsticles to the floor of the basin.
Underwater obsticles, temporarily configured to create a "slopestyle" or "street league" wave. Or at least a jumping off point so people can catch the end of the wave when the barrel eats the surfer. When are people going to be able to stand on the "sandbar" and watch surfing while kids are tubing around in that Lazy River in the foreground?
So much arena needs to built around this basin.
Really enjoyed the music.
Me too man, love all this and seems like so many different ways to achieve this and maximize the effort/money space …
It looks like exactly the same wave as the surf ranch but like six inches bigger maybe. To me, not that exciting to be honest. The UAE also sucks big time, but I guess surfers are too chill to care about foreign workers being abused.
💯. All very disingenuous being a ‘climate change’ warrior while celebrating building a man made wave in a man made city in the desert that houses a ski field in a mall. Let’s be honest, everyone is self serving and their lives are filled with hypocrisy. Still, I’d love to surf the wave but this place is a complete shit hole. The WSL will be salivating hosting a contest here and then have clips of the surfers planting shrubs in the sand saying ‘we’re doing our part to make the UAE more sustainable’ 😅
Stop imposing your white people thought/ideas /culture on others.
Stop being a cultural imperialist.
You need to bow to your overlords
Very boring to watch, absolute yawn fest but to surf it would be an absolute dream every surfer must want to come true
Do you want some cheese with that whine?
Man great Awesome im stoked¡
Wow !! Absolutely the raddest random thing ever . I’m randomly in Abu Dabai and thought I’d try to text Kelly Slater again . Bingo !! On Kelly’s board even !! Gets to surf the pool on the first day !! WHAT ?? Dude you are legend .
Hahaha thank u! My feelings exactly!!! Still trippin out that this happened !!!
Yeah Dylan !! Stoked for ya' !!
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Bucket list for sure makes me want to surf again it’s been 23 years I’m ready to hit that 🤘🏻💯🔥wonder how much it is to fly with a 6”6 board I’m going to find out I can’t stop thinking about it that’s really awesome do they rent boards too it’s like Huntington Beach break keeps going so perfect 🤩
but, it's not surf
Sick video
Just what the surfing community needed. Suadis getting into surfing.
If everybody had an ocean …
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Thanks GOAT. 👎
Morron, check your geography Abu Dhabi is in the UAE, not Kingdom of Saudi!!
@@sotbinki9433 *moron* with one R. The point OP was likely making was that the surfing community doesn’t need Middle East royal families in the lineup. Your average Emirate or Saudi would be just like us & cool. But that’s not who will be using that park.
@@sotbinki9433 you might choose to think a bit deeper before calling names. Abu Dhabi functions as a buffer to isolate the kingdom of Saud from "western infidels" . the two locations are very linked , in ways not shown on the map. when I was there, women dressed covered from head to toe, with a more transparent cloth rectangle over the eyes so they could see out. when I went out walking, a flock of women from a compound giggled and hid behind bushes to shadow me as I walked, they were so curious about the outside world. In arabia, I couldn't leave my fenced in area to even go walking.
surf all day and all night killer pool thanks kelly
is it $500 a wave? like the other pool?
It’s cheaper I believe. No info was shared w me, but that’s the word on the street
Man the stoke is real!! YEEEEWWW 🤙
Soulless surfing
Whatever fool.
wow that machine is amazing!!!!
Surfer, grand défenseur de la nature.... et des pétrodollars. Cherchez l'erreur.
Sérieux, c'est un défenseur de la nature ce mec? Il est tellement décevant
Keep the videos up Dylan!
🍻 thank u
I miss when surfing was done in the ocean
It still is. This ain't surfing. Just a bunch of posers
In the end could be a bit boring. Like riding a tame docile pony rather than a wild free Stallion
Don’t knock till u try is all I can say, these guys make it look easy … it’s not
@@DylanGravesYT fun for rich people...🤑🤑🤑
Doubt it. Watch Noel Salas struggle at Surf Ranch and you'll realize pretty quick it's a difficult wave to surf. I suspect you're just one of those types though. You probably comment like this about everything you watch on youtube. Thinking you're clever being a contrarian.
I think I have hit a raw nerve. Maybe I just believe in the adventure, freedom and unpredictability of paddling out in a real surf break . But every one to their own, and it was just my personal opinion not meant to upset the vested interests of modern day commercialism.
@@doublestrokeroll
@@123456snowey naaa...you're just a boring cliche. Just trying to make yourself feel superior. Your argument is a dumb as someone saying using a nail gun is boring compared to a hammer.
Nobody is making you do it so what's the point of even saying this? Exactly. There is NO point to statements like yours. They're meaningless. If anything hits a nerve, it's the inability of people like you to logically reason this out before making stupid posts.
Plus I bet you've never even tried it have you? It's always you people who've never been to one who think this way. I've never seen a single post from someone who's tried a wave pool, and didn't have fun.
As a kid growing up the thought of something like this would have blown my mind !!! Now in my 40's and it's reality....it does absolutely nothing for me and simply misses all the main aspects of what surfing is
I think most people agree with you. It's one day cricket compared to Test cricket. But if you can't make it - fake it. If the technology is there why not use it? It's indulgent, but compared to the resource waste of military-industrial complex, it's harmless. Wow, getting barrels in Abu Dhabi is innovative - taking things to the next level. Kelly is the GOAT.
@@SuperBingo96 pretty good post mate. Can't really argue with that !!
Well put
What a score man!! 🙌
Trippin !
That is awesome! Kelly is king
I guess Kelly’s hip is doing better. 🤘🏻
Never fails to impress that's for sure that wave 🌊 is Stu able
Stooooooop ! And the planet ? We walk on the head
WOW...thank you for this.
My pleasure 🍻
Even by their standards the cost per session/wave is breathtaking.
Sure, but obviously it's working. Supposedly the wait list at Surf Ranch is so long that's the reason when you go to their website you can't even schedule a booking. At least the last time I checked. It's booked up years in advanced. So people are paying that consistently. Remains to be seen if this one will be the same.
@@doublestrokeroll tech people and industry boot lickers. I’m glad this exists, why fight it, however, to say “it’s working” really, is it? Do better.
@@waikikiwilly13 Well it's working for those people, right? You're acting like you should be entitled to go there. Why?
I can't afford it. Tough shit for me right? I don't whine about it. If they want to cater to an "exclusive" crowd and they can make that a success for themselves then more power to them. Complaining about it is just sour grapes.
There are cheaper technologies that are starting to open in many places, so it's trickling down.
@@hoppingrabbit9849 That has nothing to do with anything I said. If you'd like to talk about wave pools and wasting water we can but your response to my comment is not logical. I never said anything about water waste or farming.
Dude!......Awesome!
Looks like the royal family is going to have some surf bums in it now 🤙🏄♂️
😂
Anthony Kiedis rides Kelly’s wave pool😂More news at 11
so sad isn't it ?
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Money rules the world...sad but true, get over it and enjoy what is left of this world.
Broo what you talking about that waves looks siiiick!
I prefer the natural indo wave pools but still would like to hit that wave pool once 🏄🏼♂️
You are the sad one for feeling that sour while seeing other people building and achieving the impossible.
yeah man , so sad to get barreled for five minutes straight.
It was meant to be ... The universe is shining on you man!!
So grateful for the opportunity, thank u universe !
@@DylanGravesYT Good thing the universe didn't make you a jew, because then this would have been a whole different experience.
Obviously no human cares about the atrocity only about money I can’t imagine Kelly doing this but money is a very powerful tool
In this case I think Kelly wants to share the joy of surfing with the Arabs. They can easily afford it so why not?
@@MARZOSIRUShahaha yeah right 😂😂😂😂😂
Gotta love the goat 🐐 ❤
He’s a good goat 🐐
finally a good investment with those petrodollars. better than the buildings
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Que claje e Curete Dylan Sickkkk ¡ Kudos
exactly well said....
longer rides,
clear wave styles, perfect intervals
and glassy standards. way better than the real thing~historied,
from natural levels to super natural levels.
we need more areas of such things for sure.
I wonder how much time is needed to keep the intourvals perfect after each wave settling grace course?
glassy, glossy, gleamajesty....
endless summer secrets.......
to.be.continued....
Pretty insane, would take some getting used to heading towards a massive pier with a rolling train.. wonder if it’s noisy too?
Booking my trip now! see you there!
Whoop whoop 🙌🏼 🎉
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷!!! Mira Dylan, cual es el titulo de la canción que empieza a 5:10 en el video? It's fire!
Those muckrakers at Beach Grit sent me here. Noice. They were sincere in their reporting. I love weird waves! Is this the 1st successful artificial saltwater wave?
Who's going to ride it? A bunch of oil rich fools, who are going to line Slater's pockets. 🤔
Same in California, except they're not from the oil business, but just rich fools surf these
I can't see any use for this thing except as a tour stop for sports washing an area oppressive to human rights. Because humans are not built to tolerate that type of heat and sun without fully protective garments, like they traditionally wear in such areas. it certainly has no local income to support operations . So it is either a simple vanity of the rich, or just more sport washing in an effort to normalize those who choose to oppress their fellow human beings.