Building the perfect wave: Kelly Slater Wave Co.

12/08/2021 1h 0min

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Episode Synopsis

When the world’s best surfer asks you to build him the perfect wave, where do you begin? That’s the question Kelly Slater Wave Co.’s chief scientist Adam Fincham had to ask himself when Kelly Slater came to him in 2007, proposing building the “perfect” man-made wave. In this episode, Adam Fincham discusses the winding road that took him from academia to making waves, the science behind the wave pool, and his thoughts on the future of surfing.

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