Artificial surfing reef for Bunbury

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…

KIckstarter Final

Kickstarter Live For The Airwave Inflatable Reef Project

Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first-ever inflatable reef. Last week we published a story about the Airwave, an inflatable reef concept, which, according to its inventor, Troy Bottegal, has the potential to turn closeout beach-breaks into barrelling A-frames. Troy now has approval from Bunbury council in Western Australia to install one of his dome-shaped inflatable reefs…

Worlds First Inflatable Surf Reef

Airwave – World’s First Inflatable Surf Reef

There are thousands of miles of coastline where mother-nature already does half the work ie; provides swell. ‘Airwave’, inflatable reef concept has the capacity to radically transform the way surfers interact with coastlines. In a nutshell, the Airwave is a self-anchoring, inflatable dome that can be installed in under two days. The Airwave, ten years…