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Effective Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Customers in Surf Parks

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“Filling the pool” is a play on Bob McKnight’s now-famous call to the surf industry to “grow the pond.” At the height of the aughts (or noughties for those outside the US), Quiksilver, Billabong, and Rip Curl heavily invested in surf schools to grow the sport—and their apparel sales. More than 20 years later, wave pool marketing has taken the

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A DIY wave pool in action, generating artificial waves for testing.

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How to Build a DIY Wave Pool: The Ultimate Homemade Wave Pool Guide

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It’s pretty simple really. All you have to do is displace water to create a wave. We’ve all done it in bath tubs, swimming pools and by tossing stones into a pond. And many of us have thought, “wow, I could do this much bigger. I could even build a device to make waves – surfable waves!” But only a

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The surfboards you should try on your next wave pool visit

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Based on our experiences with high-performance thrusters, twins, fish, mid-lengths, and longboards, along with insights from pro surfers and shapers, we’ve compiled this list to help you choose the best board for wave pools. Below you'll find 5 board options for your next surf park session as well as notes on how the craft work at which wave basins. We

Based on our experiences with high-performance thrusters, twins, fish, mid-lengths, and longboards, along with insights from pro surfers and shapers, ...Continue ›

mikey february makes waves

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Creating your own wave with Mikey February

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Last month Mikey February took his buttery surfing to Munich making, literally, new waves in the process. While he's quite public when refining surfboard shapes with sponsors, this was the first time he locked in with an engineer to create a wave. WavePoolMag spoke with Mikey and Endless Surf's Tanner Wilson in San Diego to learn more about the process.

Last month Mikey February took his buttery surfing to Munich making, literally, new waves in the process. While he's quite ...Continue ›

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Move like Tigers on Vaseline: The most common reasons why surf parks take so damn long to get done

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Wave pool projects have become a thrilling blend of modern engineering, surf culture, and tourism potential. Yet, as we know these projects can take years to travel from the initial concept to the day paying customers actually scratch into their first waves. And while the average punter focuses on their future freshwater session, they often ignore the lengthy process and

Wave pool projects have become a thrilling blend of modern engineering, surf culture, and tourism potential. Yet, as we know ...Continue ›

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