Kelly Slater built a man-made wave that could change surfing forever

Looking forward to decent surfing outside the main surfing geographies (Pacific Ocean).

I've always wondered why more locales didn't simply copy the standing wave in Munich. Seems easy to copy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbach_(Isar)

Sure, it's not a barrel, but it's still a commercially viable way to enable surfing anywhere.

I don't think it will change surfing but it may contribute greatly in making this an Olympic sport... or perhaps create surf stadiums for contest a circuit?