Our latest wave pool discovery from the YouTube vault features motorized mini barrels reeling out from somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere tropics. To make the waves, a strap is attached to the drive wheel of a pickup truck – much like Tom Lochtefeld’s early test systems – which powers the door to a resevoir. Water from the tank then spills out to create beautiful little peelers.

What struck us here is how clean the miniature right-hander is. It also resembles prototypes of some of the well-funded pneumatic systems on the market today. But this was 13 years ago!

The clip was made by underground wave-making legend Fred Island, the gent who woke the world to that hand-powered learner wave that stormed YouTube a few years back.