Wavegarden

Wavegarden SL[1] is an engineering company engaged in research, design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and promotion of wave generating systems and lagoons for surfing and other watersports. The firm's headquarters are in the Basque Country near San Sebastián, Northern Spain.

Wavegarden S.L.U.
Typeprivate
Industrysport, leisure
Founded2005
FounderJosé Manuel Odriozola, Karin Frisch
Headquarters
Donostia - San Sebastián
,
Spain
Productswave generators for surfing
Number of employees
40
Websitewavegarden.com

History

Wavegarden was founded in 2005 in Spain by spouses Josema Odriozola (a Spanish Basque engineer and surfer) and Karin Frisch (a German sports economist and surfer) aiming at producing an authentic surfing experience. In 2011, images were made public of its first full size prototype[2][3] in the Basque Country (Spain). In 2013, a second bigger prototype was launched offering larger, longer and more frequent rides.[4]

thefirm's staff of 50 consists mostly of engineers, architects, and computer science and fluid dynamic experts working with technical suppliers.

Technology

A Wavegarden lagoon comprises a group of items that constitute the wave generating technology.[5] These include the lagoon design and bathymetry, wavefoil and drive system, control unit, pier structure and dissipative shores. The wavefoil is a large hydrodynamic blade that shares similarities with an aeroplane wing and the plow of a snowcat. The wavefoil shuttles underwater at a speed of approximately 4.5 to 7 metres per second from one end of the lagoon to the other, creating a clean swell. The energy of the swell interacts with the shallowing sections of the lagoon's bed, causing it to build in size and steepen.[6] Directly induced by the bathymetry, the swell turns into a wave and starts to break.[7]

Wavegarden surf lagoons

On August 1, 2015 the first Wavegarden lagoon , Surf Snowdonia in Dolgarrog, North Wales, opened to the public.[8] .[9]

NLand Surf Park in Austin, Texas featured their second commercial lagoon when it opened for business on 7 Oct 2016.[10]

References
  1. "Wavegarden". wavegarden.com.
  2. "WAVEGARDEN GOES OFF?". Surfline.com.
  3. "Wavegarden hopes to created the perfect wave". Wired UK.
  4. "Wavegarden, The perfect wave in a Basque mountain valley". THE METHOD CASE.
  5. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. "On the crest of a wave". imeche.org.
  6. "Surfing - CIBSE Journal Supplement October 2015". cpl.co.uk.
  7. "Science goes in search of the perfect wave". BBC News.
  8. "Clear run for first UK inland surf lake". BBC News.
  9. Damian Carrington. "Wales factory site turned into world's longest man-made surfing wave". the Guardian.
  10. "NLand Surf Park to open in Austin, Texas". GrindTV.com.
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