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🛝 Surf simulator (FlowRider)🏝️ Schlitterbahn🏭 FlowRider

Boogie Bahn

The world's first surf machine, still running in Texas since 1991.Tom Lochtefeld's first FlowRider sheet wave opened at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels in 1991 and still operates.

📅1991opened
📍🇺🇸New Braunfels, Texas, United States
🚦Operatingstatus

🏆Records & awards

  • First FlowRider

🗺️Where is it?

Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels, Texas, United States. Show on the World Slide Map →

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Sources: Guinness World Records, manufacturer and park announcements, Coasterpedia, Wikipedia, Blooloop and news reports; last reviewed September 2026. Spot an error?