attraction manufacturer founded 1981 1981 founder tom lochtefeld headquarters 9747 olson drive san diego california 92121 1 united states products surfpool flowbarrel flowtour wave house 1 website official website wave loch inc. is a surf ride manufacturing company responsible for such water rides as the flowbarrel flying reef surfpool wave house franchises and formerly flowrider . kelly slater carving the mobile flowbarrel during the swatch wave tour 1999 history edit during the 1980s tom lochtefeld was a partner in the development of raging waters water parks in the united states . he created a water park attraction to simulate the riding of waves in the ocean . in 1988 a patent was taken out for a wave forming generator for generating inclined surfaces on a contained body of water . this was the concept of a sheet wave the basis of most of wave loch s rides . lochtefeld worked with charles sauerbier carl ekstrom and others to model the wave using wave tanks at the scripps institution of oceanography in la jolla . 2 tom lochtefeld test flowing the first flowbarrel at b sommarland norway the first waveloch flowrider opened at the schlitterbahn in texas in 1991 . this was followed by the first flowbarrel at the summerland resort in norway two years later . 3 in 1999 wave loch built a portable flowbarrel which was shipped around the world to support the swatch and siemens wave tours which visited florence munich australia and other places . wave house south africa opened in 2001 with a double flowbarrel called the d rex and two flowrider singles at the center of an entertainment retail and food and beverage complex . 4 in 2005 wave house san diego opened at the northwest corner of the belmont park amusement area in san diego where the company headquarters was located for ten years . by 2009 wave loch had sold more than 175 flowrider sheet waves to locations around the world . in 2014 there were wave houses located in durban san diego santiago chile sentosa singapore and mallorca . additional locations are planned for miami florida orange county and three in china . 5 in 2014 wave loch sold the flowrider ip and technology to whitewater west although it retained the flow barrel and wave house brands . 6 that same year after ten years of r & d wave loch introduced its surf pool technology . 7 8 9 with its goal of making surfing an olympic sport 10 wave loch s surf pool generates 2 metre high 6.6 ft waves every ten seconds in a 5 000 m2 1.2 acres footprint . larger pools allow for additional breaks to increase user capacity for no extra wave generating cost . like waves in the real ocean all of wave loch s surfpools are powered by changes in air pressure . the intensity of waves can be controlled at the turn of the dial from beginner to expert allowing simultaneous surfing and general public attendance use . for the business owner operator surfpool revenues are generated by hourly or pay per use membership corporate or group events and through wave shows or competitions . 11 references edit a b czech 2014 03 03 . wave pools wave machines surf pools . wave loch . retrieved 2016 01 29 . tom lochtefeld in the encyclopedia of surfing . matt warshaw . june 2013 . retrieved january 23 2014 . wave loch a short history of wave loch and wave house & surfing machines . wave loch . june 23 2010 . retrieved june 27 2010 . making waves . wired . june 2008 . retrieved january 23 2014 . wave loch history . wave loch . june 2008 . retrieved january 23 2014 . wave loch turns their attention to surf pools after selling their world leading flowrider sheet wave product to whitewater west industries . waveloch.com . wave loch . 27 february 2014 . retrieved 20 november 2014 . beamish christian . jumping in the wave pool . surfline.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . wave loch surfpool iaapa 2014 . youtube . 2014 11 24 . retrieved 2016 01 29 . e tina . world s largest professional network . linkedin . retrieved 2016 01 29 . tom lochtefeld discusses new focus on surf pools at wave loch podcast 1 . surf park central . 2014 03 27 . retrieved 2016 01 29 . czech 2014 06 20 . surfloch surfpool frequently asked questions wave loch llc . waveloch.com . retrieved 2016 01 29 . external links edit making waves wired magazine august 1999 making hay of haymakers forbes 2005 making waves san diego tribune 2006 royal caribbean allows tricks on surf machine usa today 2013 makin waves durango herald 2013 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wave loch & oldid 743675456 categories 1981 establishments in the united statescompanies established in 1981companies based in san diegohidden categories use mdy dates from october 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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