February 13, 2023  |  News

2023 California desert update: Wave pools still target 2023-24 launch

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The WavePoolMag desert update focuses on developments in the evolving surf park oasis east of Los Angeles. After the pandemic, more drought and economic woes, progress on the four surf parks has changed. Coral Mountain is no longer on the map. Palm Springs Surf Club appears to be the next launch with DSRT Surf and Thermal the following year. Full

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February 13, 2023  |  News

Scottish wave pool makes room for university research on site

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Lost Shore Surf Resort and Edinburgh Napier University have announced a unique collaboration that will see ground-breaking surfing research take place in Scotland. The partnership, which will be called SurfLab, represents a global first in terms of a formal research relationship between further education and a wave pool. The agreement will see Lost Shore Surf Resort, Scotland’s first inland surfing

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February 11, 2023  |  News

New project in Tennessee aims for family-focused wave pool development

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It’s a busy endeavor pulling together a wave pool project. Along with the standard home-building construction challenges, there’s the labyrinth of surf-centric creation issues from ground conditions to local board approvals. Matthew Ford and Jonnie Corrie are currently in the midst of building a new surf spot complete with residences and activities that will embrace a family-centric slowed-down lifestyle. We

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February 10, 2023  |  News

Rapid Surf League makes changes, airs new schedule

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In 2023 the Dextro Energy Rapid Surf League will organize a Pro/Am tour to shake things up a bit. The company said that because more and more rapid surfers are coming onto the scene each year, the group is changing its format to provide new faces a platform to present themselves and collect ranking points. The Rapid Surf League said

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February 9, 2023  |  News

EpicSurf granted Certified Autism Resource title

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Aquatic Development Group (ADG) announced that their deep-water stationary surf wave EpicSurf, has been granted the title of a ‘Certified Autism Resource’ by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). The company said the current wave and surf pool movement will change the world by providing access to the sport of surfing, adding that many countries around

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January 31, 2023  |  News

Pharrell Williams gets big push for his wave pool project

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Pharrell Williams has secured further funding for his wave pool project in Virginia Beach. The $330 million Atlantic Park development will be the biggest public-private partnership in the city’s history, according to news reports. Bloomberg reported that a two-part transaction will be split between the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority and the Atlantic Park Community Development Authority will create $121

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January 30, 2023  |  News

Going Big: How the East’s largest human-made surf spot came to be in this exact, undoubtedly surreal location

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Surfing is young in South Korea. It's only been in the past ten years that interest has flourished. When considering cultural norms and geography, it makes sense. The peninsula country is surrounded by less-than-ideal swell-generating seas. In late 2022 WavePoolMag set out to surf the world's largest Wavegarden Cove here. The surf park sits in Siheung-si in an unremarkable industrial

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January 25, 2023  |  News

Surf Park Summit returns to San Diego, announces 2023 dates

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Surf Park Central announced the return of Surf Park Summit on September 19-20, 2023. The industry-leading event returns to the Scripps Seaside Forum in San Diego for another unmatched networking event with a focus on expert discussions that help shape and define the future of surfing outside the ocean. This year’s Surf Park Summit is offering a new early bird

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January 25, 2023  |  News

Spanish sports hub signs on for new wave pool

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Last week at the FITUR International Tourism Fair in Madrid, developers announced they will be using Wavegarden tech for an upcoming sports facility project. The surf park is aimed at boosting tourism and economic growth in the Valencian Community of Spain. Known as a European sports capital, La Nucia lies southeast of the Mediterranean coastline and 10km north of Benidorm,

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January 24, 2023  |  News

WavePoolMag Photographer Series: Simply “Roo”

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While you'd be forgiven if you confused today's Instagram with Tic Tok. Insta was once a fertile ground for photographers to show their work, but with each 15-second choreographed Tik Tok dance, we move further away from a platform once dominated by stills. Recently we scrolled through a few beautiful images of The Wave in Bristol and thought, "hey, amazing

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January 17, 2023  |  News

Seven pools in 7 years: This is how Japan’s next surf boom will happen

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This year WavePoolMag visited a few projects in Japan including Surf Stadium and citywave Tokyo. Our trip included a meeting with members of the JPF Company, which stands for Jump for Positive Future. The publicly-traded entity with 800 employees is famous for growing track cycling, that once-obscure sport of chasing opponents around an oval track on hipster fixed-gear bikes. Launched

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January 13, 2023  |  News

Are inflation and high interest rates hurting wave pool projects? Here’s what we found out.

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Amid soaring inflation, high-interest rates, crypto meltdowns, and a stumbling stock market, investor confidence is weak, to put it nicely.  Despite falling from its peak in June of 2022, USD inflation still sits at 7%, the highest mark since the 1980s. The current 4.4% interest rate is the highest since the 2008 financial crisis. And 2022 was also the worst

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January 12, 2023  |  News, User Guide

How to Choose Your First Surfboard When You Graduate from a Foamie

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You've mastered the pop-up and that foam rental - now it's time for your first surfboard. A mini-mal is a great idea as is a mid-length. Both range in size between 7'0" and 8'10" – perfect as you'll need enough floatation to paddle but not so much that it's hard to turn the board. WavePoolMag Basics is an ongoing series

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December 19, 2022  |  Latest, News

All I want for Christmas is a job at Alaïa Bay

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Consider this: Even if only half of the surf park projects on the WavePoolMag App come to fruition, it still represents more than 5000 jobs in the next 3-5 years. And we just found a few dream positions for anyone serious about working in the space.Switzerland’s best surf spot just put out a call to fill three positions. This is

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December 18, 2022  |  News

Op-Ed: Top Wave Pool Stories from the year 2050

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Ahead of the curve, that's how we roll at Wave Pool Mag. Do you want the low-down on the top stories from the future? Here are what's sure to be the top stories from 2050. You're welcome. Satellite Surfers While outer galaxies are still being explored, it's safe to say our solar system has been tamed. With commercial colonies on

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December 18, 2022  |  News

The Top Wave Pool Stories of 2022

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If this year felt like a blur, you're not alone. So much happened in the wave pool world that our heads are still spinning 10 days before 2022 comes to a close. And this surf park sphere in which we live is only going to accelerate more rapidly with each subsequent trip around the sun. Our minds are blown in

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December 17, 2022  |  News

The Top Industry Stories of 2022

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It’s the technology companies that power the surf parks we know, love and dream to build. These engineering institutions are constantly evolving, growing and making better surf. WavePoolMag reached out to a handful of wave makers this year with a simple question; “What was your biggest accomplishment in 2022?” The answers varied. Some were technical. Others were more business-minded. Each

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December 15, 2022  |  News

Brazil buzzes with more activity as Wavegarden announces partnership with KSM Realty

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A new partnership between KSM Realty and Wavegarden will see a string of surf clubs created. The first will be a massive Cove with 62 modules, spanning 27,000 m2 and opening in 2025. Wavegarden says this will be the first in a series of specialized centers delivered throughout the world. The announcement comes on the heels of Endless Surf's partnership

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December 10, 2022  |  News

WSL holds first competition outside of its own KSWaveCo technology

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The Rip Curl Pro Urbnsurf QS1000 presented by Pirate Life has wrapped up in pumping waves and sunshine in front of 1,000 spectators at Urbnsurf Melbourne with local Victorian Xavier Huxtable and Lennox Head surfer Nyxie Ryan claiming wins. This is the first WSL event held outside of the Surf Ranch, and part of the WSL's expansion to include wave

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December 8, 2022  |  News

Surfing in central Tokyo is a thing thanks to this rapid wave

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WavePoolMag recently toured through Japan to scope out the mechanically generated wave scene in the land of the rising sun. We discovered a thriving surf culture not only along the coast but also within the world’s largest city, Tokyo. Most urban surfers travel out to the coast at Chiba or Shonan or make the trip to the Surf Stadium wave

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December 8, 2022  |  News

Kent rekindles Betteshanger surf park stoke with new team and vision

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This week a new wave park called The Seahive hit the British news cycle. The surf park is looking at a location in Betteshanger County Park near Deal in Kent. If all goes well, the £40million project (another report quoted the price tag at £50million ) will stand on a 15-acre site in a popular park which attracts 200,000 visitors

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December 7, 2022  |  News

“You mean I get barreled AND help out people in Indo?” SurfAid Cup returns to the Surf Ranch in 2023

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On February 26th and 27th, 2023, the SurfAid Cup Surf Ranch competition returns for its third year. Teams of four to five surfers, of all ages and abilities, will be raising funds for SurfAid’s global work.  Teams will compete for awards, including the top fundraising team and the champion surfing team.  All teams get to enjoy world-class Surf Ranch hospitality with

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December 6, 2022  |  News

Why are these Swedes so damn happy? Oh yeah, they scored pumping surf for their national championships

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The Swedish Champs went down at Waco Surf last month crowning several new national champions. The field was made up of six men and six women who had qualified through previous events and at specialty comps at Torö in early October 2022 As a peninsula, Sweden gets swell on three sides, in the east Knäbäckshusen is the main draw, while

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December 5, 2022  |  News

The time has finally come! The Wave to go carbon neutral by summer

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Work is set to start on a solar and energy storage array at The Wave in South Gloucestershire to kick out solar-powered surf by June 2023. The Bristol surf facility says that planning, funding and contracts are now all in place for the solar installation, which will produce more energy than the wave pool and its surrounding facilities use every

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December 1, 2022  |  News

Competitive surfers in Texas relish Pro/Am event with custom waves

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The Tejasurf Waco Pro/Am went down at Waco Surf on November 19, 2022. This was the second time the Texas Gulf Surf Association ran an event in Waco. The post-COVID return was due in large part to competitors’ excitement about surfing the PerfectSwell pool. To make it all come together Tejasurf signed on as the title sponsor and with the help

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