Louisiana Wave Studio

The Louisiana Wave Studio in Shreveport in action.

In June 2006 the wave tank became part of Louisiana Wave Studio, LLC, which is owned and operated by Louisiana-born Dr. Ken Atchity, chairman of Atchity Entertainment International, Inc., and co-manager, Fred Griffin of Houston's Griffin Partners, Inc.

The tank is 100 feet long, 80 feet wide and 8 feet deep, a total of 8,000 square feet, holding 750,000 gallons of water. The "wave factory" is capable of generating an endless variety of waves up to nine feet and horizontal storm conditions. On one side, drums, or "dump tanks," can be mounted 50 feet in the air atop wide chutes to pour water onto actors or set pieces such as ship decks. Three 150 horsepower fans and eight hidden chambers are used to churn up waves of any type or configuration the director can imagine.

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