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You can surf the perfect manmade wave for $10,000 an hour

submitted by SFOGuy

5 years 1 month ago

Kelly Slater apparently spent 10 years and $30,000,000 developing this wave pool 100 miles from the ocean---and you can ride it for $10,000/hr

It recycles every 4 minutes, and the ride is about 1 minute long---call it---12 rides an hour for your $10,000---and that's about $883 per ride.

Probable never going to make sense for a personal surfer; probably makes enormous amounts of sense for professional surfers, surf competitions, eventual Olympic competition (you can guarantee wave parity), and media.

Right?

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Not worth it!

A friend of my brothers has paid $3,000 to join a group who rented it for a day. When my brother looked into going, the numbers were much less than described in the description above.

I think this article gives more accurate numbers https://motionsmag.com/originals/how-much-does-it-cost-to-surf-at-kelly-slaters-surf-ranch/

You're right! Costs have come down--though I don't know if they reach "reasonable" lol...
"two 1-hour surf sessions on the wave with equipment. The cost of that all-inclusive deal? A cool ...US 5,499...AU$250 for the booking fee, of course...you may well end up sharing the 1-hour session with other people." or

Hiring the Surf Ranch for the day

Groups can also hire the whole facility out for the day...it it will cost them just under ...US$50,000 during the high season and a bit over ...US$35,000 in the off-season. Yes, for the day." or

"...in a group of 10 surfers, they would each be paying ...US$5,000 in the high season or ...US$3,500 per day at the ranch..."

A friend of my brothers has paid $3,000 to join a group who rented it for a day. When my brother looked into going, the numbers were much less than described in the description above.

I think this article gives more accurate numbers https://motionsmag.com/originals/how-much-does-it-cost-to-surf-at-kelly-slaters-surf-ranch/

Lemoore? Spent a week there one night.

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