Airwave was recently featured on Australia by Design series, broadcast on Channel 10 and streamed worldwide on Amazon Prime. Architect and television presenter Suzie Hunt spoke to Waveco founder Troy Bottegal to unravel the story behind Airwave’s inception. Like many other historic lightbulb moments, Airwave was first conceived in the most benign settings, a…
After a successful phase one trial, the team at Waveco returned to the drawing board, making some essential design changes to Airwave 2.0. While the original design was modelled on a bathroom light fitting, the second iteration is taking lessons from their real-world ocean trial in 2019. Airwave’s founder, Troy Bottegal, reflects on the experiment,…
In a world-first ocean experiment, Waveco successfully submerged Airwave underwater for five days. It was another fair-weather day in the idyllic regional port city of Bunbury, Western Australia. A light breeze blew over the sand as light sparkled over the water. What many of the locals didn’t realise, is that a groundbreaking experiment was taking place…
ASB MAGAZINE: The world’s first inflatable surf reef, the Airwave, is about to undergo trials in Western Australia. The Airwave is a 20-metre round, 2-metre high dome which sits on the bottom of the ocean about 50 metres from shore, turning unrideable close-out waves into a surfer’s dream Creator Troy Bottegal said it was a lack of waves at his local beach…
It’s A World First! The world’s first ever inflatable surf reef will soon be calling Bunbury home! The surf reef, called an Airwave, was the brainchild of Yallingup surfer Troy Bottegal who also chose Bunbury’s back beach as the ideal test site. Mr Bottegal worked on the idea for around a decade before presenting it…
Chris talks with Troy Bottegal, inventor of the Airwave inflatable surf reefs, about the plans to create more surf appealing beaches in the Bunbury area.
SYDNEY, June 13 (Xinhua) — The world’s first inflatable surf reef, the Airwave, is about to undergo trials in Western Australia and creator Troy Bottegal said that if successful it could have a huge impact for surfing communities all over the world. The Airwave is a 20-metre round, 2-metre high dome which sits on the…
Bunbury will soon be home to the world’s first Airwave – inflatable surf reef – after Bunbury City Council voted to back the one-of-a-kind project on Tuesday evening. The idea for the project was first brought to Council in August 2018 by Yallingup surfer Troy Bottegal who saw the need for better waves in Bunbury.…
Sydney: The world’s first inflatable surf reef, the Airwave, is about to undergo trials in Western Australia and creator Troy Bottegal said that if successful it could have a huge impact for surfing communities all over the world. The Airwave is a 20-metre round, 2-metre high dome which sits on the bottom of the ocean about…
Bunbury will be home to a “world first” artificial surfing reef set to put the city on the international surfing map after financial backing from Bunbury City Council and a private donor. The council this week supported a $75,000 sponsorship deal for South West surfer Troy Bottegal’s concept. Dubbed the AIRWAVE, the dome-shaped bladder made…