Kelly Slater’s incredible Lemoore surf ranch — and the truly harebrained plan he had to kill

Source: New York Post

Kelly Slater’s “perfect wave” nearly started as a surfing merry-go-round. Before the 11-time world champ’s famed Surf Ranch became a 2,300-foot rectangular lagoon in Lemoore, California, the original plan was far more bizarre — a circular pool that would churn out a nonstop, spherical wave. 5 Before the 11-time world champ’s famed Surf Ranch became a 2,300-foot rectangular lagoon in Lemoore, California, the original plan was far more bizarre.