1. API WATER FUN
Neuenberger Straße 26
D - 36041 Fulda
Tel +49 (0) 661 250 330
Fax +49 (0) 661 250 331 0
Mail info@apiwaterfun.de
www.apiwaterfun.de
we create waves
2. with us you are a APIGeysir, Therme
Bad Aibling, Germany
The API PLAY & SPRAY®
wavelength ahead... ground offers you:
colourful above ground features shoot, spray and gush
water. Below ground elements provide water sprays, jets
and cascades that shoot from specially designed fittings.
most features can be computer choreographed to make
the water dance and spray and to create a challenging
guessing game for every one.
a child‘s hand passing by the infrared activation bol-
lard sets your API PLAY & SPRAY® into wet motion. The
infrared sensor assures that the API PLAY & SPRAY®
operates only when kids are present to enjoy the fun.
our control assures an automatic start-up in the morning
and shut down in the evening.
thrilling water fun with no need for swimming pool - thus
no standing water, no danger of drowning, no need for
lifeguards
Content low cost to build and low operating cost.
Wavegenerators for Leisure + Surfing
Waterslides
Torrent Rivers
API Play & Spray®
The API PLAY & SPRAY®
for public swimming pools indoor and outdoor, leisure
centers, theme parks, Hotels and Resorts
for Camping and public playgrounds
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3. The Origin
Together with Prof. Dr.- Ing. S. Schuster, inventor and
patent owner of the principle to create artificial waves
pneumatically, Wolfgang Teichmann and his engineers
of Jmhof & Co GmbH, Bad Nauheim, Germany, reali-
zed in 1967 / 1968 the first Pneumatic Wave Genera-
tor in the world in an outdoor wave pool operated with
seawater in Horumersiel, a small town at the North Sea
in Germany.
The innovation got around very quickly in Europe, was
taken up with enthusiasm outside Europe and initia-
ted several innovative solutions in the pool building
industry.
It was already in 1970 that the first wave pool on the
American continent was realized in Decatur, Alaba-
ma, USA with the know-how and technical assistance
of Wolfgang Teichmann and his team. In 1973 the first
Pneumatic Wave Generator of Asia was opened in Tochi-
gi, Japan. In 1971 Pneumatic Waves were generated
in an Olympic sized pool equipped with an inclined
movable floor as beach area in Warnemünde, Germany.
Multi-pattern waves were realized for the first time in
the world in 1973 in Rheinkamp, Germany. In 1975
the first combined 50 m sports and wave pool opened
successfully equipped with our first Pneumatic Quick Wa-
terlevel Change System in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
The Technology
The pneumatically generated waves are produced by a
periodical oscillation of air pressure in the wave cham-
bers. The wave chambers are placed at the deep end of
the pool and are open below waterlevel towards the pool.
With the appropriate tuning, the waves travel along the
pool and form the breakers in the shallow beach area.
API PLAY & SPRAY®
Our Experience
The More than 500 Pneumatic Wave Generators in 500
different wave pools realized in 38 countries around the
ground... world are on our steadily growing reference list. Since
years we continuously optimise and harmonize the com-
ponents and the pool designs in order to assure that you
as the investor and operator are always a wavelength
ahead on what is an attractive and safe wavepool in
. . . the wetter the better! daily operation.
We invite you to share our experience already in the
planning phase and to invest our experience into your
successful wave pool.
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4. we create waves...
... worldwide since 1967 in more than 500 pools
Our Torrent River enables you to offer to your guests a
The Pneumatic Wave Generator wet-get-together with high capacity and safety.
The BigSurf Wave Generator Buffered by the high amount of water your guests swim,
paddle and slide down through varying widths and water
The FlowRider® depths, they accelerate on integrated rapids and land in
intermediate pools equipped with additional attractions
The APIBALL, the funny wavemaker for a rest before they continue their ride. The capacity
of the Torrent River in comparison to a typical waterslide
is thus much higher and reaches up to 2.000 guests per
hour.
A few meters of level difference between start and lan-
ding are sufficient to create a more than 100 m long
splashy and wild adventure.
The space requirement can be adapted to your local
situation. In an indoor waterpark project in Korea we
realized a Torrent River besides a wavepool on a foot-
print which is only 5 to 8 m wide and 25 m long.
A more generous design and integration of the mean-
derings into a natural slightly descending landscape can
be realized if the Torrent River is built as an outdoor
attraction.
The installed pump power can be used to have your
guests ride a more calm and gentle River or a real chal-
lenging Torrent. Down-hill competitions with small mats
or boards can be organized as special events.
Nearly every Center Parcs has been equipped with our
Torrent River since 1982.
Are you interested in further information ?
Give us a call. We are looking forward to show you one
of our references and submit a proposal which fits your
situation.
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5. Wild Water Fun…
...with our Torrent River
Europabad, Karlsruhe, Germany Bernaqua, WestSide, Bern, Switzerland
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6. Our four successful technologies
to create artificial waves: Bodyslide
designed as a typical family ride with a predictable path
design (average inclination of 10 to 12 %)
The Pneumatic Wave Generator
designed as a Turbo or Kamikaze slide with an extreme
for seabreakers in wave pools with path design (average inclination of 15 to 40 %)
a beach. Wave height: 0,90m to 1,25m
as a BlackWater Fun slide with sound and light-effects
with our Light Twister in a tunnelled version
equipped with a Sofa or Aqua-Catch-Run-Out (6 x 3
m) made in polyester, with integrated overflow channel,
Kreuzsteinbad, Bayreuth, Germany recommended by the German TÜV (German Society for
Technical Control and Safety) to ensure safe operations
The BigSurf Wave
Tube slide
for surf competitions in wavepools
with a minimum size of 30m x 120m. double the experience, fun and capacity with a Tube
Wave height: 1,80m to 2,10m slide designed for single and double tubes (average inc-
lination of 10 to 12 %)
Ascot Sports World, Izunagaoka, Japan Family slide
the compact and attractive outdoor slide, inner widths
of 2,0, 3,0 or 4,0 m with typical lengths ranging from
The FlowRider®, 7,0 to 25,0 m (average inclination of 20 to 25 %)
FlowRider® Single and FlowRider Double
for Flowboarding, the new surf
sport in water parks, leisure centers, ProBowl - Extreme
hotel resorts and shopping malls
shoot down on a 40 % inclined tube before you spiral
in a funnel and plunge into the reception pool, the ex-
treme thrill
First Indoor FlowRider® in Europe,
Alpamare, Bad Tölz, Germany
The APIBALL®,
the funny wavemaker...
for waves in enclosed wave zones Outdoor pool in Hermsdorf, Germany b = 2,00m, l = 19,00m
and wave pools without a beach.
Wave height: 0,90m to 1,00m
Outdoor pool Lörrach, Germany
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Antalya, Turkey
7. Custom - engineered
waterslides which perform…
Seabreakers with our
. . . great attraction using thrilling
path designs
Bodyslide
Pneumatic
Tube Slide
Probowl Extreme
Family Slide
Meerwasser-Freizeitbad Langeoog, Germany
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The Technology
The APIBALL® - protected by worldwide patents - is a
bowl, freely floating on the water surface and moving
We create waves... up and down. An elaborate software is controlling and
optimizing the movement of the APIBALL® and assures,
in rectangular pools, circular or oval pools, in pools that it keeps its position and attains the requested wave
having a sophisticated geometry as they are linked to height from crest to trough of up to 0,90 m and more.
adjacent rivers, leisure pools and children pools. The oscillating movement is generated by a mechanical
driven crank mechanism which moves a weight up and
in competition pools where the still water level is equal down against a number of springs. A flexible control and
to the surrounding walking level. Our Pneumatic Quick Agrippabad, Köln, Germany supply cable which can be guided through the ground of
Waterlevel Change System lowers and raises the water the pool or via the ceiling of the swimming hall supplies
level within a few minutes only. Instead of pumps we the APIBALL® with 12 V alternating current.
use air to move large quantities of water from a specially A mechanical drive crank inside the APIBALL® produ-
designed storage tank back to the wave pool. During ces the oscillating movement. The energy (12 V) for the
this procedure your guests do not need to leave the APIBALL® is supplied by a cable running either via the
pool. ceiling of the hall or via the pool floor to the APIBALL®.
in competition pools equipped with our Pneumatic Mo-
vable Wall. The Movable Wall serves as a turning wall at
the 25 m mark and takes up start blocks and swimming The Safety
lanes.
The first APIBALL® was approved by the „TÜV“, the
in Olympic sized competition pools which are equipped German Society for Technical Control and obtained the
with a Movable Floor put into oblique position during GS-Label for “Tested Safety”.
the wave operation to serve as a beach area.
We create waves... The Wavepool
wave heights from 0,90m to 1,25m Waves can be created in nearly any pool, if the pool wall
surfable waves for bodyboarding is higher than the still water level. This can be achieved
different wave patters and wave heights by either separating the wave zone with a wall high-
er than water level from the rest of the pool (Example:
Tuttlingen) or by lowering the water level for the wave
We create waves... session and pushing it back quickly after the wave session
to its old level with pumps. Though higher investments
with air, air does not corrode and does not need large are necessary for lowering the water level this approach
oscillating masses which require large foundations allows you to turn a sports pool equipped with a movable
floor within minutes to a wave pool (Reference: Agrippa-
with the lowest energy consumption per meter of pool bad, Cologne). During the swim session the APIBALL® is
width parked in it´s “garage” and is pulled out by a swivel arm
to its wave position.
with the lowest maintenance and service costs The proper size of the APIBALL® depends on the water
surface to be activated with waves. Some guidelines are
listed below for a preliminary check. API will submit an
We create waves... approved concept after having received and checked
customers execution drawings.
in oceanariums, bird parks, pools for scientific purposes
or Aircraft Rescue Training
in swimming pool water, sea water, thermal salt water or Agrippabad, Köln, Germany
even polluted water for research and testing purposes
(research of oil binders)
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Morahalom
The BigSurf Wave Generator
In 1988 we realized surfable waves with a wave
height of up to 2,10 m in a 30 m wide and 120
m long wave pool for the Japanese Surf Champi-
onship in Ascot Sports World, Izunagaoka, Japan.
A water reservoir placed above the water level is
The APIBALL®,
released instantly so that a singular wave runs
through the pool every few minutes. The BigSurf
Wave Generator can be combined with a Pneu-
matic Wave Generator in a way that pneumatically
the funny wavemaker... generated waves with a wave height of 0,90 to
1,0 m are generated in the same wave pool as the
singular BigSurf Wave with a wave height of up to
2,10 m.
...for wave fun in any pool
Damian Hardman
Refurbishment and Replacement
BigSurf Wave, Ascot Sports of old Wave Generators
World, Izunagaoka, Japan
With pleasure do we submit a proposal for the
refurbishment or the replacement of your old wave
generator even if it is one which was not realized
by our engineers.
In 1997 we began to refurbish the oldest wave
machine in the world known to us the “Undosa”
Wave Machine in the Bilzbad in Radebeul, Germany.
The wave machine is under the protection of his-
Wellenberg, Oberammergau, torical monuments. Large wooden boxes moved
Germany by large connecting rods push down the water level
in the wave chambers and create the breakers. The
wave machine was in operation all summers since
1912. It was completely disassembled, defective
components were especially re-manufactured to
TuWass, Tuttlingen, Germany the original design and in 1998 the 86 years young
Undosa Wave Machine went into operation again
in a refurbished wave pool made of stainless steel.
APIBALL® Diameter of Power Weight Watersurface Water depth below the Port el Kantaoui, Tunisia
APIBALL® (cm) (KWatt) ca. (Kg) min - max (m²) APIBALL® min. (m)
APIBALL® 105 105 0,5 - 1,1 160 - 210 38 - 64 1,10 - 1,40
APIBALL® 130 130 1,1 - 2,5 330 - 420 50 - 110 1,25 - 1,50
APIBALL® 150 150 2,5 - 3,0 500 - 580 100 - 200 1,40 - 1,60 Indoor wavepool at Chamalières,
APIBALL® 165 165 ca. 6,0 670 - 800 180 - 300 1,50 - 1,70 France; Pneumatic Wavegenerator
APIBALL® 180 180 ca. 6,0 1.100 280 - 400 1,60 - 1,80 with our Pneumatic Quick Waterlevel
Change System and our Pneumatic
Movable Wall
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10. Aquapark Zambrone, Italy Aquapark Zambrone, Italy First Indoor Flow Rider® in Europe, Alpamare, Bad Tölz, Germany
The FlowRider® Single and FlowRider® Double
The FlowRider® Single and FlowRider® Double are the
most compact and versatile member of Wave Loch’s
worldwide patented FlowRider® family.
The space requirement for a surfable wave is reduced to
a footprint of only 6,50m x 15,50m (FlowRider® Single,
one lane of operation) or 10,00m x 15,50m (FlowRider®
Double, two lanes of operation) in the stand alone
version.
The FlowRider® Double is delivered with a removable
divider which allows you the operation of two lanes for
bodyboarding. For competitive events or for stand-up
Flowboarding the divider can be removed easily and
offers you a width of approx 10,00m.
The FlowRider® with Action River
The integration of the FlowRider® into an Action or Lazy
River concept increases the capacity of the overall
design concept and offers additional attractive rides
to your water park guests. The pumps used for the
FlowRider® allow the simultaneous operation of an
Action or Lazy River of 130 m to 250 m length and more
as well as additional fun elements like a Flip Ramp or
one or two Torrent Rivers which can be nicely integrated
into the landscape. The design enlarges your offer and
addresses different customer groups of your waterpark:
Flowboarding for your sportive guests, a challenging Flip
Ramp and one or two Torrent Rivers for your thrill see-
king guests and the Lazy River for guests who prefer a
relaxed ride in an innertube at low speed.
...on the FlowRider® Single Flowboard Competitions
and FlowRider® Double Your participation in the European Flowboarding Summer
Series integrated into the worldwide Flowboarding com-
petitions organized by the Wave Loch Federation empo-
wers your water park marketing and creates continuous
annual attention in the media.
Are you interested in more information ? Please contact us.
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