Making Waves.

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  • Source:
    TIME Magazine; 10/10/1969, Vol. 94 Issue 15, p97-97, 1/3p
  • Subject Terms:
    SURFING; WATER waves
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      TEMPE (Ariz.); ARIZONA
    • Subject Terms:
      DEXTER, Phil; HEMMINGS, Fred
    • Abstract:
      The article offers information on "Big Surf," a manmade surfing destination in Tempe, Arizona. It says that the idea came from a Phoenix draftsman, Phil Dexter who stayed on the California coast and made the concept of making inland waves for fun and profit. It states that the manmade surfing destination provide waves every 40 seconds and can carry 30 boards and bodies up to five feet high. It adds that Hawaii's Surfing Champion Fred Hemmings Jr. acts as the facility's head instructor.