Originally posted by: water
Dear TheFirstPeakProject,
An honor to hear that you think my photos are sexy. I have ridden the "Pumped" thin sheet flow systems. They remind me of snowboarding on a bad lumpy snow day. Very choppy. No Zen. But big moves are attainable.
My system is the only one that relies solely on the hydraulic jump (Google it) phenomenon. As such I can move the hydraulic jump (stationary wave) up and down river to encounter a different bottom contours creating different wave shapes in real time by just opening and closign a gate. The other guys are trying to adjust the bottom of the river in real time. I am also the only one creating a glassy deep barrel. That's why my prototype pictures look sexier. I have a clean glassy deep stable barrel. Patent Pending.
Surf Anywhere and McLaughlin whitewater both have good systems for creating a clean lump of a wave that is comparable to longboarding at Waikiki. Must of us really want a more hi performance wave than that. Like this Zambezi barrel. How much more popular would Montreal's Habitat">http://riverbreak.com/spots/habitat-67/">Habitat 67 be if it was a barrel like that.
Another key distinction is water flow volume. The pumped sheet flows are in the neighborhood of 100 gallons per second and the manmade river waves are mostly in the low hundreds with notable exception to Colorado's Glenwood springs. In an effort t to mimic ocean waves as accurately as I can my system need 3,500 CFS on the low end to create a barrel to squeeze into. More testing is needed to firm up that number.
Please let me know if I can clarify anything further.
PS. Army Core of Engineers already did a number on first peak. Whats new with your technology?
LOL he was hatin' haters but some of it must have rubbed off.
Looks is super sick! typhoon lagoon could use a face lift, but believe they are having trouble using the FL natural water so that may be an issue... keep us posted!
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01/05/2018 07:35 AM
