The difference between American Wave Machines’ wave pool in Waco and, say, the Surf Ranch in Lemoore is analogous to a city bus and Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Model X. Besides Musk himself and his wealthy friends (and maybe journalists!), few have driven Musk’s own, likely incredibly souped up, creation. What we mean to say is it’s an exclusive club. A city bus? Well, it’s public and everybody gets a ride. Such is the case with the Waco wave pool, of which we’ve been inundated with video since its public unveiling just a few months ago.
By now, we’ve studied the angles, seen some insane maneuvers go down, but we haven’t seen (and correct us if we’re wrong here) how unconventional asymmetric craft fare in the artificial wave tank. We also haven’t seen Bethany Hamilton test out the Waco wave pool wares… until now.
Recently Ryan Burch and Co. descended on Waco, putting a few handshapes to the test. Turns out they go quite well! Also featuring Damien Hobgood, Cheyne Magnusson, Mike Gleason, Willie Smith, Jason P. Bennett, and Bethany Hamilton.
