May 20, 2019  |  News

Norway project continues European push for “natural” wave pools

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A project slated for Norway’s Jølster embraces a new frontier in nature style wave pool facilities. Set for the Jølstraholmen Camping development, the wave pool will be green powered and enjoy the dramatic Kvamsfossen River valley as a backdrop. Norway’s nature tourism is big business. Norweigan Cruise Lines’ Aurora Borealis journeys book out early while World Heritage Sites like Geirangerfjord

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May 19, 2019  |  News

Stab forges unique vision of future wave pool comps

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Stab High will return this year with their wave pool event in Waco Texas. Later this year they will chuck yet another comp at a secret spot in Australia. (They are intentionally vague on Aussie comp details.) Stab's not the first to jump into the deep-end of controlled environment surf contests. Munich's Rapid Surf League is building a tour through

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May 16, 2019  |  News

Surf Lakes wave pool coming to Bournemouth

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This week a group of UK business minds officially launched plans for their Surf Lakes facility in Bournemouth. The wave pool project, officially named The Lagoon, will be surrounded by a range of indoor and outdoor activities a la Snowdonia Adventure Parc. Along with the adventure attractions, plans call for a mix of guest stays. A modern 145-bedroom hotel will

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May 15, 2019  |  News

Board design goes soft to counter hard hitting wave pools

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Soft boards will never surf the same way as your favourite high-performance shortboard. But one man is trying to change that. Wave pools are notoriously hard on surfboards. There is more concrete and metal at your local wave pool than at the beach. Consequently, your chances of encountering said material with our precious board are increased. Factor in a hurried

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May 12, 2019  |  Latest, News

In 1969 Australia sought Queensland location for wave pool

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Professional surfing’s first world champion and bon vivant Peter Townend dropped a bomb in our inbox recently with an old newspaper clip. “Was researching in the PT collection over last weekend and found this Aussie newspaper column on the Tempe, Arizona wave pool,” said Peter PT Townend. What was this bombshell? It appears that Queensland, currently the site of three

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May 10, 2019  |  Latest, News

Webber Wave Pools Update: US licenses and smart hulls

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It started with an artist’s rendering of an arena wave pool featuring a perfect right and a mesmerised stadium audience. Next came an animated party scene celebrating a fat left. And just like that, Greg Webber stoked the fires of the world’s collective wave pool imagination. For years Webber was synonymous with wave pools, predating Kelly’s, Surf Lakes and Wavegarden’s

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May 9, 2019  |  Latest, News

Surf Lakes inches closer to full potential, big barrels

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Next month could see full-sized sets roll out from Surf Lakes’ giant donut plunger. The company announced the completion of their new connecting rod, or “conrod”, to replace the one that failed during initial testing. “The repairs are well underway and are now entering the final stages,” says Surf Lakes. “The aim is to be back in operation next month.

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May 7, 2019  |  News

The world’s largest wave pool breaks ground in South Korea

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Under the bright spring sun, Wavegarden brass and Siheung City dignitaries broke ground at the site of the new Cove facility in South Korea. The ceremony signalled the commencement of civil work on the wave pool which, upon completion, will be the largest man-made wavepark in the world. Plans for the new Siheung Surf Park include nearly one kilometre of

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May 5, 2019  |  News, Television

Check this clip of 5 wave pools side-by-side

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Exaimine the difference in shape and speed between BSR Surf Resort, Kelly's Wave, Snowdonia, Surf Lakes and Wavegarden's Cove set up. They are all very different waves. If we had to pick one common wave trait for pools it'd be that the pocket of the wave tends to be tight. But apart from that, length of ride, hollow sections, air

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May 2, 2019  |  Latest, News

Three places of failure that are also the future

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Exploring the tumoultuous wave pool thread between Japan, Florida and The Netherlands Like a well-publicized celebrity breakdown on Twitter, if places have wave-pool mood swings and can throw public tantrums, then our favorite bi-polar entertainers must be Japan, Florida and The Netherlands. All three have stellar examples not only of booming new wave pools but also of projects that have

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May 1, 2019  |  News, Television

Bethany Hamilton has a thing for wave pools

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Bethany Hamilton is one of America’s favorite tales of inspiration and drive. The red hot Kauai grom lost her arm in a shark attack at age 13. She then recalibrated her entire surfing approach to become one of the best female surfers in the world. Bethany’s fan base is huge and her personal brand has launched everything from movies to

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April 30, 2019  |  Latest, News, User Guide

All you need to know about the BSR Surf Resort

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Surfing the BSR Cable Park's star wave in 2019 Editor's Note: We have updated articles with more current information on a visit to Waco here and in our Big List of Prices and Hours here The article below is popular with search engines, but we have better, more up-to-date information at the above links... That pumping little wedge at the

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April 27, 2019  |  News, Television

Father-son-duo lighting up American wave pools

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Micro-From King charges Waco and Kelly’s with dad Yadin Nicol World Tour retiree Yadin Nicol left the outskirts of Western Australia for the USA post tour. The fast-twitch regular foot known for his bravado in slabby waves is now getting a few wave pools under his belt. Yadin visited Waco this month to test out the new water and new

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April 24, 2019  |  News

Stab announces return of Waco event, hints at new Oz venue

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Stab High 2.0 is returning to Waco, Texas on June 29, along with a live broadcast on stabmag.com. Last year’s greatest performers, including event champ Noa Deane, runner-up Chippa Wilson, Big Air winner Eithan Osborne, teenage flipster Eli Hanneman, and the highest scoring surfer Mason Ho will all be back in attendance, including another dozen (or so) elite punters. “It's

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April 20, 2019  |  Latest, News

New Wave Pools hit Cairns, Regensdorf and Mongolia

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In this monthly Surf Planner installment, we cover Sevran (Paris), Cairns (Australia), The Arizona Desert and we learn more about Surf Lakes’Gold Coast location. To top it off we’ll explore how landlocked stoke-dens Regensdorf and Mongolia plan to get wet. The WavePoolMag Surf Planner is currently up-to-date with nearly 50 projects worldwide. How do we do it? How do we

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April 20, 2019  |  News

Architecture firm spills the beans on Cairns wave pool

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Tropical Australia a natural choice for human-made barrels An Australian architecture firm released designs for a wave pool in Cairns Australia recently. CA Architects says their design will appeal to the large number of tourists who choose Cairns as a resort destination. Tropical Australia seems a natural choice for a wave pool. Weather averages remain steady between 80 and 90

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April 18, 2019  |  Latest, News

Janina Zeitler: From the river to the sea to the pool

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Find out how Janina Zeitler is bridging surf worlds: standing wave pools, river surfing and ocean surfing... The 18-year-old Munich local learned to surf on the Floßlände – the Eisbach River wave’s kinder, gentler sister wave – before becoming a fixture in the Eisbach’s core scene, no easy feat in the urban hustle of Munich. She soon branched out, salting

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April 18, 2019  |  Latest, News

What wave pools can learn from the river surfing movement

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Quirin Rohleder shares how surfing in a tight space in the middle of a city, spawned standing wave pools and a professional tour. Did river surfing start the whole wave pool movement? In some ways, yes. At least for small spaces. If you haven’t walked through Munich Germany on a nice, summer day it’s really incredible. Tour past the beautiful

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April 9, 2019  |  News

Surf Lakes pushes on with plunger perfection

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What's a conrod? Apparently something super important to Surf Lakes machinery. The company just announced they are in the process of a rebuild of the one at their Yeppoon test facility. When Surf Lakes launched footage of its first waves last October everyone frothed over and saw the potential of the new technology. While everyone's energy was focused on the

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April 8, 2019  |  News, Television

Quick Hit: Digital BSR Surf Resort round up

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What’s up down in Texas? Heaps. Including a couple new waves, less Play Doh looking water and some of the biggest airs ever. Some fun moments from the BSR wave pool so far this year included sessions with Sebastian Zietz, Chippa Wilson, Olvier Kurtz, Sam Piter and Dean Vanderwalle. The park reopened in late March following a heavy duty water

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April 8, 2019  |  News

With coming wave pool boom MonGOLDia is born

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In a page taken right out of the Jamaican Bobsled playbook Mongolia lets fly with Olympic dreams. The International Surfing Association signed up Mongolia as its latest member this week, banking the country’s surfing future on yet-to-be-built indoor wave pools. With recognition from the Mongolian National Olympic Committee and ISA membership approval, the Mongolian Surfing Federation can now organize wave

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April 7, 2019  |  News

Discover the world’s most sophisticated wave pool

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Unfortunately the most advanced wave pool is not for surfing, but for frogmen and ships... Waco! Lemoore! Carderock? Contrary to popular belief, America’s most sophisticated wave pool is not in Texas or California. It’s out on US Government property in Maryland. The US Navy owns and operates an indoor 240 feet wide and 360 feet long wave pool that holds

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April 5, 2019  |  News

Wave pool launches Olympic and urban renewal hope in Paris

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How one of France’s most disenfranchised banlieues could host Olympic surfing in 2024 Surfing will make its debut at the Tokyo Olympics next year with the ocean as the playing field. Despite efforts to build a Kelly Slater wave pool in time for Tokyo, the decision remained to keep Olympic surfing salted. The International Olympic Committee declined the change from

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April 3, 2019  |  Latest, News

Survey Says: UK to produce real-life Rick Kane before USA or Australia

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Why future British champs might be from London or Birmingham In forecasting the UK’s wave pool future, yes, we know Bristol, Edinburgh and London are getting Wavegarden Coves and Wales already has Snowdonia’s Lagoon technology, but how do these locations mesh with the actual surfer population? We’ve just discovered that these wave pool hot spots are where the density of

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March 29, 2019  |  News

Urbnsurf forced to find new location for Perth wave pool

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The Western Australian State Government has rejected Urbnsurf’s application to use public land at Alfred Cove to build a Wavegarden Cove and their Urbnsurf Perth project. At issue is a portion of the project at Tompkins Park in the City of Melville that requests a section of public land. Urbnsurf’s plan was rejected by Lands Minister Ben Wyatt. In a

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