Kelly Slater Wave Pool
In 2005, Kelly Slater, an eleven time world surf league champion, had a dream to build a wave pool for surfing competitions and practice.
That dream became a reality in December when Kelly surfed the wave shown here in his first pond in California. The Timberland supplied 3000 h.p., 2500 volt, variable speed drive electric winch is used to pull a foil at speeds up to 20 mph which creates a perfectly shaped wave in the 1200 ft long surf section of the approximately 2500 ft long pond.