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Surf champ Kelly Slater invents a machine to create the perfect wave
Kelly Slater has long been considered the greatest surfer alive. He teamed up with USC engineers to design a machine that could create not just any wave, but a perfect wave.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readKelly Slater has long been considered the greatest surfer alive. He teamed up with USC engineers to design a machine that could create not just any wave, but a perfect wave. His perfect wave pool is far from the glittering coastlines of Southern California, or anywhere. It’s outside Fresno, in the small town of Lemoore.
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2 of 4Man who spent decades in prison responds to new criminal justice bill- 0:00Senate passes sweeping criminal justice bill -- what does a man who spent some 20 years in prison think of it?
- 11:56Surf champ Kelly Slater invents a machine to create the perfect waveYou’re reading this
- 22:35‘Queen of Scots’ takes artistic license in its portrayal of rival 16th Century Queens Mary and Elizabeth
- 37:10Christmas is over-the-top in Vietnam, and it’s not about religion