Guardian: Six-foot swells are set to break on the Thames at an attraction aiming to tempt the growing ranks of urban surfers to taste the “quintessential California surf lifestyle” in the unlikely surroundings of a disused dock in east London.
From 2011, the world’s first outdoor artificial surfing machine will try to rival the Atlantic breakers of Devon and Cornwall using cleaned river water. The plan is to persuade surfers to take to their boards in Newham rather than make the long drive to the West Country, where the surf is sometimes more millpond than Maui.
Coming soon: ‘chlorine surfers’ keen to wave goodbye to packed beaches [Guardian]
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