wave pools

Wave pools have become a mainstay of waterpark environments in the past four decades, providing visitors with a dynamic experience that once could be found only at ocean beaches. Here, Andy Tymiak of Whitewater West describes what makes these waves roll, reviewing basic wave-pool technology, system functions, vessel configurations and creative factors involved in designing and installing these spectacular, crowd-pleasing watershapes.
Cresting Waves
The idea that someone can enter a man-made body of water and go surfing is both exciting and a bit mind-boggling.  Perhaps that's why, as is the case with many a good idea, there's more than one claimant to the distinction of having built the first-ever wave pool.   Most people in the know trace the origins of these vessels to the early 1970s, and I know for certain that we at Whitewater West jumped into the game early on:  The company became involved in its first wave pool a year after opening its doors in 1982, and to date we've been involved in installing many of the hundreds of systems that now grace aquatic facilities across North America. As waterparks work to distinguish themselves, wave pools have become more elaborate when it comes to both themes and aesthetics.  In fact, in the 17 years I've been working on wave or surf pools for the company, I've seen these vessels grow dramatically both in popularity and in the level of the technologies and design details that make them
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Wave pools have become a mainstay of waterpark environments in the past four decades, providing visitors with a dynamic experience that once could be found only at ocean beaches. Here, Andy Tymiak of Whitewater West describes what makes these waves roll, reviewing basic wave-pool technology, system functions, vessel configurations and creative factors involved in designing and installing these spectacular, crowd-pleasing watershapes.
Cresting Waves
The idea that someone can enter a man-made body of water and go surfing is both exciting and a bit mind-boggling.  Perhaps that's why, as is the case with many a good idea, there's more than one claimant to the distinction of having built the first-ever wave pool.   Most people in the know trace the origins of these vessels to the early 1970s, and I know for certain that we at Whitewater West jumped into the game early on:  The company became involved in its first wave pool a year after opening its doors in 1982, and to date we've been involved in installing many of the hundreds of systems that now grace aquatic facilities across North America. As waterparks work to distinguish themselves, wave pools have become more elaborate when it comes to both themes and aesthetics.  In fact, in the 17 years I've been working on wave or surf pools for the company, I've seen these vessels grow dramatically both in popularity and in the level of the technologies and design details that make them
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