endless pool??

Steven M · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject: endless pool??

i was watching tv and seen a comercial for something called the "endless pool". its about the size of a hot-tub, but pumps water in one direction so you can swim. i was wondering if if u could attatch a rope and use it to wakeskate? has anyone eles heard of this thing?

hpdvs · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 288 City: Dallas

I've always wanted to do that, you would have to have a really powerful one and the tub would have to be really long

Steven M · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject:

the water was movin pretty fast. it was like 10' X 10' or something.

Parky · Guest

i wanna do that too.... dont ya think u could do the same thing on one of those endless waves?

wakesk8ordie · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject:

I had always wondered that too... whether or not there would be a way to devise something to make a water flow that you could ride on but remain stationary. That would be so insane. It would be prime for learning all kinds of technical tricks.

The Pavement 3.6 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 572 City: Eustis

i dont think they go fast enough i read about them in a mag somewhere. they only go like 10mph.

Steven M · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 4:44 pm Post subject:

ya thats what i was thinkin. plus the water is warm and u could do it by urself. its for ppl who want like a huge lap pool but have no room and stuff

Steven M · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject:

The Pavement 3.6, it looked like the water was movin faster than that

Parky · Guest

The Pavement 3.6, those pools can get up to 30.... same with the stationary waves

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

if i remember correctly when i saw one there was LOTS of water turbulence. add to that the fact that its much, much too small. there is the question of what might happen if the board flies out from under you....it either slams against the wall of the pool or flies out and possibly breaks something else...

cool idea though. it would be pretty sweet if owc or one of the cable parks installed a bunch of these off to the side so they could teach people how to learn stuff like ollies, shuvs, kick flips, etc. i think it could be a very useful tool since the instructors can stand pretty much right next to the rider in the pool.

Parky · Guest

scott a, thats sick

Steven M · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject:

scott a, good idea

Catalyst · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 736 City: Kelowna

what happens though when you fall down. Youd get like trown against the back wall of the pool and it would be hard to swim back to get things going again. IT could be done though i just think that it would neeed like a kill switch like a seadoo has it would have to be realy wide. think of it this waythough if u can make a winch your one step closer into figuring out the next big idea.

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Sounds kind of like treadmill skateboarding! Twisted Evil

Steven M · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 6:18 pm Post subject:

Catalyst, the thing has different speeds so u can stop it. u probably would get thrown back back but u could maybe like a foam pad or someting their

Steven M · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 6:20 pm Post subject:

el, that does sound rite

Catalyst · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 736 City: Kelowna

haha actually thats a good analogy(i think thats the right word) to use. Tredmill skateboarding sucks though haha why not just go outside.

wakesk8ordie · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject:

yeah, ha ha, you would definitely need like a kill switch and a major pad, because in the less than a second that it takes you to fall down I am pretty sure that water would smash you into the back wall and you would get smoked.

wakesk8ordie · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject:

that would be so sweet now that I think about it... if it was an inground thing you could rip around in it and do stalls and stuff on the edges of the pool, and then just drop back in.

Steven M · Posted: Apr 16, 2004 8:43 pm Post subject:

wakesk8ordie, thats not a bad idea. when i win the lotto ill make one and let everyone know how it goes