Greg Webber himself in the hot seat, testing out
his own ideas whilst surfing the wake of a boat
up his local riverbank // Photo Supplied
speed and motion, thus changing the wave’s
shape and behaviour how they see fit.
We called on Greg to bring us up to speed,
and more importantly answer the timeless
question of whether or not his machine will
really produce waves like we’ve seen in the
drawings. The following is his most detailed
interview to date on the updated plans The artist impressions we’ve seen have
been epic and that’s the main comment we
keep getting from our surfing readership will it really be this perfect and do you think
you will hit close to the mark in respect to
the images of a solid barrelling wave?
Well in terms of the whitewash, the artists
impressions are not really that exact, but the
shape of the wall and the peeling part of the
wave, like the tube and the important bits,
then that’s pretty close to how the actual end
result will be. The photos of the waves in the
river at one metre are by far the best indicator.
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It
has
been
reported that it
will deliver a 1.6
metre wave with
a barrelling ride
for 15 seconds is that correct?
That depends on
the size of the
pool that ends
up being built,
but our standard
Greg Webber
110m x 220m
looped linear will make it closer to 2m waves.
How would you describe the type of wave
you will create?
That’s probably where I feel we really have
it over all other wave pool designs, since
we can make a huge range of waves, from
total beginner-style unbroken walls to piping
barrels. But any wave pool maker can say
that, and they all do … but can they make a
full range of waves in the same pool at the
same time? I don’t think so.