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RiF010 wave pool drawing for Rotterdam

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Dutch wave tank RiF010 to open in 2024

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For Edwin van Viegen, being a surfer in the Netherlands was frustrating. The waves of the North Sea are inconsistent, stormy, and unforgiving. He envied the surfers around the world who could surf quality waves at home on a daily basis.  But one day as he was eating lunch on the historic canals of Rotterdam’s city center, he got an

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Tom Lochtefeld with 2023 Surf Park Summit Award

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Tom Lochtefeld, Flowstate, others claim Surf Park Summit Awards

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Four winners were announced at the annual Surf Park Summit event held in San Diego this past week. The event, hosted by Surf Park Central, is the premier event for surf park developers, operators, and industry professionals and took place September 18th - 20th, 2023. Held annually as the Summit, this years award ceremony recognized the outstanding achievements of companies and

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the lineup wave pool follows surfing ethos

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How do you do sustainability at a wave pool? The LineUp at Wai Kai example

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What makes a wave pool “green”? With surf park development speeding up around the globe it’s only natural for questions about environmental impact to come up. How can wave pools become more sustainable? What practices are they implementing to mitigate their carbon footprint? And why are wave pools so highly scrutinized compared to other similar energy and water users? To

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reception desk at wave park

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WPM Video: (Almost) All You Need to Know about Wave Park South Korea, a fabulously Pop! and affordable destination

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Wave Park South Korea is a big, beautiful fever dream of surf complete with bright lights, bizarre mascots and choreographed K-Pop moves. What we love about this pool is that it’s much more accessible than one might imagine. In this video, we explore why Wave Park is a solid bet for a surf trip. (Hint, it’s reasonably priced and offers

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leander texas wave pool

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EpicSurf named tech provider for Texas and other projects

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Aquatic Development Group (ADG) announced that their first EpicSurf® installation is coming to Texas, a secret location somewhere on the globe, along with another one at the home of EDM superstar deadmau5. Read on below for updates. Texas Announced at the VIP opening session of the annual Surf Park Summit tradeshow event in San Diego, CA, EpicSurf® is proud to have

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waco surf guide

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2023 Guide to Waco Surf

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The first accessible wave pool in America, Waco Surf has a storied chapter in the history of surf tanks. At first, a bit of an anomaly it was an add on to a wakeboarding cable park. Today the pneumatic wave system pumps out surf for a core, dedicated Texas crew as well as visiting surfers from across the globe. Read this

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FlowRider and Hydrostadium announce partnership, unveil FlowSurf products

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FlowRider Inc. and Hydrostadium, subsidiary of French energy conglomerate EDF, announced a licensing agreement surrounding Hydrostadium’s patented “river wave” technology. The culmination of this deal was months in the making and pairs together a multi-billion dollar company with expertise in hydrodynamics with FlowRider who deliver stationary wave attractions across the globe.  “We are beyond stoked” said Marshall Myrman, leader of

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jessica mahoney and endless surf

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Surf Park Central Presents the 10th Annual Surf Park Summit

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Sept 18 - 20 | Scripps Seaside Forum | San Diego, CA Surf Park Central presents the 10th Annual Surf Park Summit, the premier event for surf park developers, operators, and industry professionals. Set against the stunning backdrop of Scripps Seaside Forum in La Jolla, California, this year's summit promises to be an unforgettable experience, taking place from September 18th -

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axel dominguez alaia bay

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New wave pool and action sports management team launches

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Today marks the official launch of Surfcollab, a company run by three executives from Alaia Bay launched this week. The group was founded in Spring 2023 and said they came to be to meet the growing demand for expertise in the rapidly evolving surfpark and action sports industry. “We provide expert advice to surf-park and action sport centre developers,” said

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Mason Ho Waco wave pool doing a christ air

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Stab High to run at newly minted Palm Springs Surf Club

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Stab announced that their Stab High event is returning to its original wave pool format. The event was first run in Texas in 2018 before going to salted locations across the globe. Traditionally a showcase for social media darling male freesurfers, the competition has evolved over the years, most recently with the addition of the Ladybirds division for girls under

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adventure parc snowdonia wave pool

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Waves cease at world’s first 2.0 wave pool

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The world's first dedicated surf park, Adventure Parc Snowdonia, closed the wave pool for good this month. In a post on Instagram, the company said the machine had cost them a fortune in downtime and was not economically feasible to maintain. Their wave generator, a first-generation Wavegarden plow system, was one of only two deployed commercially in the world (the

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Photo Series: Moody moments at Kelly’s from lensman Miles Jackler

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Kelly’s wave pool sits smack dab between Los Angeles and San Francisco. In the SoCal vs NorCal surf culture wars it’s as neutral as Switzerland. Bright wetsuits are welcome as are stickerless DIY shapes. The genius of Surf Ranch is that it attracts clientele from the financial hot zones of two Californias. A while back, Lemoore’s favorite wave secured three

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wave pool bordeaux

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Will this be France’s first wave pool? Bordeaux rejoices

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I sat with Eneko Elosegui at a neighborhood restaurant overlooking the Atlantic near his home in St Jean De Luz, a picturesque Basque seaport famous for sending whalers to North America in the 16th century. It’s fete season. Each town spends a handful of days per year partying, drinking, dancing, singing and dodging the occasional vachette, a breed of cranky

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Heavy Lifting: English wave pool moves to speed up bureaucratic bind

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Thirty miles south of Stonehenge, a wave pool project initially pitched two years ago in Dorset, England has given the nudge to local officials to speed up the permitting process. Recently, W. H. White Ltd submitted an appeal against the non-determination of the planning application for Brocks Pine. The Planning Inspectorate will now be required to make a timely decision

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Aventuur air New Zealand renders, secure exclusive wave tech rights in several markets

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Aventuur aired renders for their New Zealand surf park this week along with an announcement that they are eyeing new US and Mexico territory. The company said they have secured exclusive Wavegarden rights for wave pool projects in nine dedicated North American territories with plans to develop projects in Los Angeles and New York. Aventuur's primary business is integrated real

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Atlantic Park wave pool construction site

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One company will open three wave pools within one year

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Main image by Matt Bagwell Beach Street Development is thick in the mix of pushing both DSRT Surf and HTX online for 2025. The California company will also operate the Wavegarden Cove being built at the Atlantic Park project in Virginia Beach (yes, the Pharrell Williams development.) Blake Hess is the COO and a Partner at Beach Street and was

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Hawaiian Pro Jason Shibata gives tips for the salted set on how to ride a rapid wave

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Jason Shibata shares a few things with Kelly Slater. To surf nerds he's the other 2011 WSL mathematical error of note (after Kelly's premature world title crowning) when commentators gave Jason a loss for his Pipeline heat when in fact he'd advanced. This year he shared another moment with Kelly, this time at the Lineup at Wai Kai wave pool,

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Wave pool supports SurfAid with donations via booked sessions

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SurfAid’s annual fundraiser called Make A Wave asks people to raise funds by surfing everyday in September. The charity outfit which helps people in impoverished surf destinations will be getting a boost from Melbourne wave pool URBNSURF. URBNSURF have announced they have put their Make A Wave September specials online. Surfers who buy multipacks will see a portion of their

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What to know about traction pads: Evolution, design and (yes!) placement tips

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Traction pads today are as synonymous to surfing as fins, a leash, and wax. From world champions to average Joes, from the ocean to the wave pool, everyone is using grippy foam pads on their tails to maintain control. But it wasn’t always like that. Nearly a half-century ago traction pads didn’t exist. It wasn’t until the 1970s that a

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Olympic surfing: Nikki van Dijk wavegarden cove

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Could a German Olympic bid rekindle the wave pool vs ocean debate?

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The once scorching debate of whether the Olympics should be held in the ocean or a wave pool has been dead for years. Comment sections and social media posts have long been deprived of the engagement-baiting, opinionated, and divisive arguments surrounding that subject. However, due to a new development, the comments section on your favorite surf platform could re-ignited shortly.

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Skim it or surf it? Blair & crew explore Brazil’s latest

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One of the best surf vloggers out there isn't really a surfer. Blair Conklin's a world-champ skimboarder who happens to surf. And the cool thing with surf tanks is that the lines between both types of wave riding are blurred. Blair gets barreled and boosts big airs easily on both craft. And we love that. Surfing benefits from more craft

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bsr changes name to waco surf in 2022

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Coaching system targets wave pool set with dedicated content

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Pactto just released a new page dedicated to teaching people the ins and outs of wave pools, starting with Waco Surf. The company said that after months of working with surfers from all levels trying to progress in wave pools they've decided to share a ton of details to help anyone interested in progressing in their surfing. "It's simply incredible

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How is the wave pool space evolving? Surf Park Summit returns

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In this episode, we have a lively chat with the always-on-point Dr. Jess Ponting Jess is one of the brains behind Surf Park Summit, the annual wave pool dreamer, doer and developer convention. The Summit runs September 18-20 in San Diego, California.

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Photography Series: Tanner Wilson’s Swiss analog jam

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There’s a certain allure to Switzerland. I think it’s the open green spaces set to a backdrop of alpine peaks. But what do I know about open spaces, I’m from Orange County. So maybe it has to do with the fact they have an actual Matterhorn mountain rather than the fabricated Disneyland version I grew up with. Maybe it's the

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Hey there Lucky, these are the wave pools you will be surfing in the next year

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The 2023-24 surf park landscape is not the one we imagined seven short years ago. Do you remember The Wave Pool Space Race? Well, it hasn't panned out as anticipated. Following Kelly’s Lemoore reveal in 2015 digital surf platforms frothed while financial news media drew comparisons between Wavegarden and Sputnik. Fast forward to the present day and the wave pool

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