August 8, 2024  |  News

Surf Park Productions launches new event format at URBNSURF and beyond

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Surf Park Productions, an advisory and event production company focused on the wave pool industry, has been established by Tyson Rose, the former commercial projects lead for URBNSURF group. The company has initiated a series of events, including Surf & Turf at URBNSURF and the Shortees Par 3 Golf Course which have proved extremely popular. Rose's company is now concentrating

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August 7, 2024  |  News

The Wave Bristol becomes first B Corp status wave pool

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B Corporation is a non-profit network established in the USA with a mission to inspire responsible business practices. Launched in 2015, B Lab UK seeks to affect change in the UK economy by recognizing businesses with high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. The Wave in Bristol has just reached this mark, making it the first wave

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August 5, 2024  |  News

2024 Surfboard construction options for wave pool rental fleets

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Choosing the construction of your surfboard pre-Gidget era was simple: it was wood . . or wood. The chemical code for polyurethane foam (better known as PU) was cracked during World War II by the Germans, seeking a replacement for rubber, and it was introduced to the nascent world of surfboard manufacturers in the late '50s. Compared to wood, PU

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August 3, 2024  |  News

Why do surf parks use the Design Build process?

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Between the vision of a wave pool and the bedrock reality of opening day lies a tangle of parts that must fit together perfectly – on time and on budget. Within these phases the biggest one is physically making the damn thing happen. This is called delivery method, and it denotes how you will proceed with the architect, contractors, subcontractors,

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August 2, 2024  |  News

Man pulled unconscious from Sydney surf park lagoon dies

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On Wednesday July 31 Australian news outlets reported that a surfer was pulled unconscious from the water at Sydney’s wave pool. URBNSURF lifeguards attended an unconscious 70-year-old male at the Wavegarden Cove pool shortly before noon and performed CPR according to reports. Local emergency responders then showed up at the surf park and took the man to Concord Hospital in

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July 31, 2024  |  News

The best wave pool movie ever and surfing’s lasting influence with John Philbin

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John Philbin’s best-known movie parts were in Children of the Corn, Tombstone, Point Break and, of course, The North Shore – that classic 1980s film about an Arizona wave pooler who goes to Hawaii. In this podcast, John talks about how he landed the role of Turtle (hint: he had to audition 7 times) and the movie’s lasting effect on

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July 30, 2024  |  News, User Guide

Basics: Here’s what makes a good pair of boardshorts

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Smack dab in the heat of the northern hemi summer, wave pool wear has officially shifted from wettie to boardie. And just as there's more to wetsuits than simply rubber and zippers, there's way more to boardshorts (and bikinis, but we'll cover that in another post) than simple cloth, cut and stitch. As many wave pool learners find themselves purchasing

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July 25, 2024  |  News

Tweaking the beginner zone – Wavegarden makes changes in Brazil

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On the heels of a promo clip released this week, one WavePoolMag staffer pointed out that 90% of the digital surf pool candy we consume is ultra-high performance. While we love viewing impossible airs (Thank you Stab High!) we often overlook these learner zones. To this point, do you personally know someone who can land a frontside stalefish? In a

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July 24, 2024  |  News

Quick chat with Michael Irvine, Surf Operator at Waco Surf

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We're standing in the boardroom at Waco Surf and all my equipment quirks are laid bare in front of surf operator Michael Irvine. He listens patiently as I explain how I'd like to use a twin+trailer for my backhand waves and a straight up twin for my front-hand waves. Waco divides their sessions as half lefts and half rights and

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July 24, 2024  |  News

Testing first waves at Endless Surf’s new tank in Munich

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WavePoolMag put out the idea to Blair Conklin and crew for a Euro wave tour. Why not? There were at least four pools launching and we had the keys to the kindgom. After visiting AllWaves in Belgium we flew to Munich, landing in the thick of the construction of Germany's first wave pool at o2 SURFTOWN MUC and Endless Surf's

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July 22, 2024  |  News

Let’s talk about risk and wave pools

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Why is a fin cut acceptable when it happens during an ocean session, but not permissible when at a wave pool? What are some of the operational and financial risks associated with building a wave pool? This WavePoolMag Friday Session focuses on Risk Assessment and Management as we tackle what wave pools can do, are doing, and should do to

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July 19, 2024  |  News

New consulting firm enters the artificial wave space

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Solid Iberia and blueOASIS have announced the formation of a new joint venture, blueWAVE, aimed at addressing the growing market demand for advanced wave pool technologies. The partnership will focus on developing, assisting, upgrading, and providing consulting services to improve wave pool technologies. Solid Iberia brings experience from surf pool projects and industry contacts, focusing on project management, market analysis,

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July 19, 2024  |  News

Black communities are under-represented in surfing – wave pools can help change that

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Off Piste Ski Trip - the largest Black winter sports group in the UK – swapped snowboards for surfboards this summer. The group brought over 60 people from London to The Wave in Bristol for their first experience of riding the waves - opening up the sport to a whole new audience.   Off Piste was set up with the aim of changing

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July 16, 2024  |  News

Asking URBNSURF if your second wave pool is easier than the first

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There’s a mantra in the wave pool space that the development, opening and operation of parks will get easier as more facilities open up. That’s why the unveiling of URBNSURF Sydney is a pretty big deal. The launch makes the URBNSURF group the only entity to have two surf parks in operation. We wanted to find out if the company

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July 12, 2024  |  News

Celebrated photographer returns to find wave pool in his hometown

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Bristol native Adam Warmington runs an Emmy Award winning production company out of San Francisco, California. He vaguely remembers the area around The Wave in Easter Compton, having only ventured there as a kid to play the odd cricket match. In July he returned home to see family, reconnect with old friends and take his kids to the The Wave.

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July 12, 2024  |  News

Wave Pool Jobs: Atlantic Park looking for a General Manager

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There will be 10 surf parks opening this year, and all need to be staffed. In addition, the projects on our Surf Planner Map represent more than 5000 job openings in the next 3-5 years. We’ve collected a few of the listings on Wavepooljobs to give you a small idea of what’s out there. Atlantic Park needs a GM, The

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July 11, 2024  |  News

The circular wave that got the bureaucratic run-around

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Okahina Wave, the French company behind its unique “semi-natural”, circular wave technology, is on a mission to complete funding and construction for a public opening in northern hemisphere Summer 2025. And while the first large scale project is located midway between Paris and Bordeaux in the South-West of France, the company said that we can expect to see additional projects

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July 10, 2024  |  News

Rotterdam wave pool’s grand opening showcases unique venue

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The highly anticipated opening of RiF010, the world's first downtown wave pool located in Rotterdam, took place last Saturday to much fanfare. The event drew in a large number of visitors, spectators, international surfers, and sponsors - all eager to witness the debut of Surf Loch's latest wave pool. Rotterdam’s Sports Alderman, Faouzi Achbar kicked off the event at noon

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July 8, 2024  |  News

Automated and integrated video & competition tech launches for wave pools

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AI automated video capture platform Flowstate and competition management platform Liveheats have today announced a strategic partnership with the goal of bringing automated video capture to the world of live events, introducing new data points to the Flowstate AI technology and enhancing the competitor experience throughout the action sports industry. Liveheats is a competition and scoring platform used by an

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July 5, 2024  |  News

Employee of the Month: Duty Manager Deja Bednarz at URBNSURF Sydney

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The first thing I notice about Deja is that she has that omniscient-lifeguard vibe on lock. And my impression is that she is absolutely, totally aware of each and every mis-step on site - from that unattended wax ball on the lawn to an errant protein bar wrapper. We wanted to ask Deja (pronounced Dee-zsuh) what it's like being the

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July 3, 2024  |  News

Revel Surf stokes the “two technologies” fire

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For years developers have been batting around the "wouldn't it be awesome" proposal of having two wave pools in the same location. Revel Surf seems to be the first one poised to do just that. Revel Surf sent out a mailer this week promoting their upcoming UNIT Surf Pool technology. The rapid wave design will sit alongside the park's SwellMFG

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July 2, 2024  |  News

Avant-pool surfboard brand launches new fin template

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Forward thinking and avant-guarde board brand Firewire Surfboards announced the release of VELOX, an all-new fin set with a raked template with an emphasis on drive and control. The new design is now available in authorized retail locations, online and at surf parks that carry Firewire Surfboards. The company said the fins were designed to pair with all surfboards in

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July 2, 2024  |  News, Television

That sticky intersection where wave parks meet surfing careers

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Blair Conklin joins us as we explore sponsor obligations today and where wave pools help (and hurt) pro surfing for both spectators and those earning a living as brand ambassadors. In this abridged WavePoolMag Friday Session Blair shares what it's like to come up with new, creative videos to feed his YouTube channel and how surf parks help push that

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July 1, 2024  |  News

WavePoolMag SoCal desert wave pool update for Summer 2024

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The WavePoolMag desert update Summer 2024 focuses on developments east of Los Angeles. Progress on area surf parks has changed dramatically. A golf couse will replace the Kelly Slater wave pool at Coral Mountain after neighbors successfully rallied agains the project's water use and noise output. Palm Springs Surf Club opened, closed, opened briefly and then closed again while DSRT

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June 27, 2024  |  News

Auckland wave pool project gets latest approval, eyes breaking ground this year

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New Zealand's first surf park, the Auckland Surf Park, has been granted resource consent by the Ministry of the Environment. The ruling means that construction on the project located on Dairy Flat Highway can start later this year. It's good news for developers Aventuur who are moving ahead with their Perth wave pool which is expected to open in 2026. In

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