The Company: Surf City Texas,L.L.C. was formed for the sole purpose of making this concept a reality. We are seeking energetic, enthusiastic, and innovative thinkers to become investors/company members. You must desire to play an integral part in making company decisions and offer positive input. You must be willing to play an active role in making this project a success. You must believe enough in this project to be willing to offer both time and investment capital. You must have the desire to be an owner of your own wave pool, with the convenience of surfing anytime it suits you! Maybe you already have a successful business that would fit nicely into this theme. You could be a land owner or real estate developer. You may be a restaurateur, a pool builder or a local contractor. You might just be someone who carefully weighs risk versus rewards and sees the upside to getting in early on this venture... whatever your motives or desires may be, we are ready to listen with an open mind. Last but not least, you should be a surfer and share the same passion and dream as we do.

The Concept: (Keep in mind that the following info is just a concept, and is subject to changes) A semi-private surfing club primarily catering to members only and operating year round. The wave park will be open to the public during the peak season (May through Aug.) during most hours of the day, with designated times reserved exclusively for members and private parties. During the off season (Sept. through April)public hours will be reduced, with more hours being available to private members. Again, certain hours are reserved for membersonly and private gatherings. Keep in mind that members will be allowed to surf at all times, except of course during special events. Members will also be allowed to ride their own equipment. Due to liability concerns, the public might be required to ride softboards. Also, be aware that the waves produced will be much better than the ones we currently grovel for, and be available every day! In addition, the size, direction and intensity of the waves are easily manipulated up or down, according to the participants abilities and desires, with a simple computer program!

The wave generated with this new technology is dubbed as a more affordable, larger, safer (breaks in deeper water) and more energy efficient one than the current ones like Typhoon Lagoon, for example, produce. It also offers a longer ride, which is most peoples gripe about what's already out there. The surf pool with it's adjoining beach and clubhouse is only one facet, but the central theme of Surf City Texas. Our vision of the entire project includes, among other things, a restaurant, concessions and retail. Specifics relating to other phases of Surf City Texas will be forthcoming. We are pursuing a plot of land large enough to accommodate expansion. The most important aspect is obtaining a strong, core membership group that will utilize and support the surf pool year round. Once that phase is completed and deemed successful, we will have made history. Expanding upon it will be inevitable.

Club membership: This is the holy grail...this is the foundation. This is where it all comes down. The company members are required to put up much more money than the club members, take a much larger risk, and put all the time and effort in this project that it takes to get it up and running. That's a lot to bite off and chew. It's still not enough. We need you. This project has risk written all over it. We are traveling in uncharted waters. There is no historical data that supports this type of venture. Sure, we are surfers. Our passion for surfing and this project runs deep, but to a loan officer, or an investor who doesn't surf...very very risky proposal that they just don't get. Now this is very important. They want to see whether or not the local surfing community will even support it. They also question whether or not surfing is popular enough or interesting enough to attract the general public, be a benefit to the community, or if other businesses will want to build around it, like restaurants and retail, etc.. Having a solid surf group, committed in advance to purchasing a membership, will show other interested parties and investors that we are unified as a group and believe in it's success. Becoming a member will be an honor, a privilege, something to be very proud of, and something to protect and take care of. Not every surfer will be able to afford a membership, but no other surf club in existence will have what we will... a million dollar wave pool that we can surf in at our leisure! We still have to study other private club's membership fees, as well as existing wave pool fees and other considerations before we can determine the membership fee, but that amount is coming soon. It is my hope that our initial club membership will be at least 200 strong. I have compiled a list of friends and surfers that I am personally inviting to join me in this venture as either a company member, or a club member. Go to www.surfspecialties.com/sctlist.htm to view the list. If your name is on the list, and you are interested in becoming a member, I ask one more thing of you. Find one other person who is not already on the list, that you know and shares the same vision, that will also become a member. By doing so, you will get a substantial deduction on your membership fee. Then, if your referral does the same thing, he/she will get the deduction also, and so on, and so forth. I personally know each and every one of you on the list and sincerely hope that you all join me in this noble cause. If your name is not on the list, and you share the same dream as we do, I invite you to come on board. Please e-mail me at surfpics@surfspecialties.com with your name and address. I would be stoked to hear from you and include you.

Summary: There is a lot more that I could expand on, like the technology itself, the potential land sites, project costs, the various phases, the people already involved, etc... I can elaborate on all that if and when you choose to come on board. The bottom line is that I believe with every cell in my body in the success of this project. I have from the start. It is a shame that a local developer like a Fertitta, or a Moody are not as passionate about surfing as I am and we are, because they are certainly better men than I to pull this project off in the grand scale that it deserves. It is my hope that they, or someone like them, will see the potential of this and get behind us. Having said that, I will continue to move forward until this thing becomes a reality, or I run out of funds and interest. The people that are already involved in this with me all share the same passion and dream. However far fetched this concept may sound to many of you out there, it is the future. I've already heard more than once, "I've never had the dream to ride artificial waves". In other words, they could be implying that it is compromising the soul of real surfing. You know...man pitted against mother ocean, and all that? Well, the ocean is not going anywhere any time soon. You can always choose to surf in the gulf when it suits you and the waves are up. A large part of the allure of surfing has always been the search, the challenges and variations that the ocean offers us, and the surfers' continuous relationship with nature. Man will never be able to fully reproduce the essence of surfing any more than Hollywood would ever be able to capture the feeling. This is just a viable and exciting option. Consider this as a surfing gym, of sorts, that hones your skills and increases your stamina for that next globetrotting adventure. With the ability to change the speed and direction of the wave, this technology can continue to offer challenge too. Theoretically, each wave can be fired differently. I have also heard, "Hey man, surfing's free. I'm not going to pay to surf". Well, to that I say we have been all along, in the form of numerous sacrifices, compromises, and substantial travel costs in the search for ridable surf. If you want to surf at your convenience, and you are able to surf more frequently than you have ever imagined, and in better conditions than you already get...how much would that be worth to you? How many of you out there are like me and seem to get sinus infections quite often from surfing during/after rainstorms, or whatever? How many times have you wasted valuable time and gas to drive to the beach, only to be greeted by sub-standard conditions, then turn around and drive back home? We are all in this together! This is about all of us. It's going to take all of us. This is way bigger than me, or anything I could ever accomplish alone. The end result will be enjoyed and shared by the entire gulf coast surfing community. If it's ever been needed anywhere, it's here along the gulf coast! The inventor has the same passion and drive as I have, and we both want only one thing...to see this thing get built. The proof is in the pudding. Our next step is to build an exact (1''=1') scale model of the pool, complete with peeling waves. It is time to gather the tribe for one big push. Let's do this thing. We deserve it! It can be done if we all work together. It will be done. When this grand project is completed, that first wave fires off, and the deafening sound of 300 hoots fills the air, buy me a beer! James Fulbright