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Kelly Slater's artificial wave machine brings surfing inland

Twenty-five of the world's best professional surfers are converging on an unusual surf spot this weekend for the Founders' Cup. It's not happening in Hawaii or Tahiti, but in the middle of California's inland farm country on a 14-acre, man-made lagoon. It was created by 11-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater. It generates 7-feet tall, rideable waves every few minutes. Carter Evans reports.
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