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WATER RIDES cost $500,000 (£452,000, $754,000). ATV’s Rainer Klimaschewski believes there’s a great deal of potential for standing waves, as they give the opportunity of an authentic surfi ng experience with less investment than big wave pools. An installation was recently completed at the Alpincenter in Bottrop, Germany, and more are lined up for 2010. The product is also available as a mobile construction. The Belgian company AFP Technology only started marketing the Wavesurfer within the last few months, although the founders have been in the industry much longer. Wavesurfer is a wave pool, with a travelling wave that has speeds of up to 70 km per hour. According to technical sport and training academy director, Bart Van Kralingen, the best feature of the system is that it’s modular and easily relocatable. The smallest size is 4m (13ft)-wide, suitable for one surfer or two body boarders, but more can be added to create double or triple pools. Another selling point is that the strength of the waves and the slippier base mean it’s easier to ride. It’s made of soft materials so can be installed anywhere and doesn’t need to sit in a concrete pit. It costs from 350,000 (£317,000, $527,000) WORLD WATERPARK ASSOCIATION Following a tough year for operators, and with association trade shows suffering from dropping attendances, the World Waterpark Association worked especially hard to get new faces and increase first time attendees to its 29th Symposium and Trade Show at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort at the end of October 2009. As a result, attendance matched last year’s show in Las Vegas and reports suggest there was a lot of purchase planning on the floor, showing that projects are still developing and there are active plans for park expansions and new projects. to 2m (£1.8m, $3m). Two have been installed in Belgium and more are underway in other western European countries. MOBILE OPTION Another newcomer, only having been in the market for a year, is The Wave Booster, from Belgium. The USP is its mobility – it can be ready for use within four hours and can be moved again a few hours after use. It can be used indoors and outdoors and The Wave aims to replicate Munich River’s wave and can be adjusted to suit all levels “This past year was a particularly challenging one for our operators and this year’s educational programme was designed to address those challenges by offering new and innovative ideas and solutions,” said Aleatha Ezra, director of park member development at WWA. As well as 50 breakout sessions, including 30 new topics, attendees had the chance to experience workshops facilitated by Disney, which looked at the core principles of Disney’s organisational strength and took attendees behind the scenes of some of the company’s most innovative areas. placed on any surface, with no construction work needed. The permanent product is also easy to install. Any board without a fi n can be used, including a wave board and a wakeboard and it’s suitable for all levels, including children. It has one pump, which runs between 30 and 50km/hr and prices range from 400,000 (£362,000, $600,000) to 1m (£900,000, $1.5m). Scottish wave supplier, Murphys Waves, has been in the business for 16 years and has around 100 installations, including a Point Break Surf ride at Tenerife’s new waterpark, Siam Park, which is a large wave pool with a travelling wave. The company has also just created a new surf system using a static wave, called BoardRider. The price and technology varies according to the product. Like the sport itself, the artifi cial surfi ng market looks set to be very competitive, but Meistrell thinks the market has a huge amount of untapped potential: “The surfing culture has been admired for many years and people all over the world wear surf brand clothing, even though they don’t surf. I’ve seen many people experience surfi ng for the fi rst time and get the stoke [surf-speak for ‘get a buzz from it’]. There is truly nothing else like riding a surfboard. I believe we’re on the cusp of an explosion of the surfi ng experience.” If these products can create the thrill of surfi ng, while making this diffi cult sport easier to learn, there could well be room in the market for all the players. ● 70 Read Attractions Management online attractions<strong>management</strong>.com/digital AM 1 2010 © cybertrek 2010
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