Mega surf parks take entertainment to new extremes

摘要

This year could see the opening of the first inland park exclusively for surfboarding in North America. NLand Surf Park is developing such a park on 159 acres near the airport in Austin, Texas, three hours from any coastline. It will feature a 1,082-foot-long, 492-foot-wide lagoon, in which a hydrodynamic blade, or wave foil, will move underwater from one end to the other, creating waves up to six feet high and rides up to 35 seconds long, at a rate up to 300 waves per hour. NLand's Golden, Colo., address hints at who's behind this effort: Doug Coors, of the brewing dynasty, an engineer and avid surfer. Coors told ThinkProgress that he's been investigating wave technology for 15 years. Beyond that, Coors isn't revealing much. No renderings or cost estimates had been released as of mid-December.