June 7, 2023  |  News

Move over K Pop & K Drama, here comes K Surfing

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Wave Park South Korea is the setting for a new K Drama which bears a passing resemblance to America's The Ultimate Surfer. But instead of aspiring pro surfers sharing laughter, tears and sexual tension this series titled "Surprise" puts a hand-picked cast of idol stars, actors, singers, swimmers and comedians in emotionally charged situations. Oh, and they learn to surf

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June 5, 2023  |  News

Group uses wave pool to enhance the mental and physical health of young people

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It’s no secret: The impact of the ocean and surfing can have astoundingly positive effects on people’s lives. But can the same be said about surfing in a wave pool? For years the Wave Project in Bristol, England has been specifically utilizing a wave pool to enhance the mental and physical health of young people in need. We sat down

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June 4, 2023  |  News

Discover the process behind Waco Surf’s water treatment

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Behind the veil of every wave you ride in a pool, there is a team that dedicates its time to making sure that magic happens. Michael Holder is one of those people – a wave basin Swiss army knife who knows everything there is to know about keeping the wave pool at Waco Surf running and in tip-top shape. Holder

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June 3, 2023  |  News

Surfline partners with the Clippero platform to launch macro and micro virtual wave tank comps

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Surfline\Wavetrak, Inc. announced that it has joined forces with LiveHeats, Pty Ltd. to acquire the exclusive, global rights to Live Heat's virtual competitions platform, Clippero.  The Clippero platform allows users to run, enter, and judge online video challenges and competitions within their community using interactive judging, scoring, and leaderboards. Surfline plans to use Clippero’s tech in an events platform for

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June 2, 2023  |  Podcasts

Ikaika and Greg from The Lineup at Wai Kai address the challenges of running a wave pool in Hawaii

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The Lineup at Wai Kai is unique in the wave pool world. To make a chlorinated rapid wave work in the birthplace of surfing is a tall order. Getting a skeptical community to support that project might take even more skill and moxie. But since opening this year, the world’s largest rapid wave has integrated into the community here on

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June 2, 2023  |  News

Why hotels and resorts should consider adding surf into their plans

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Surf Park announcements are making headlines all around the world with many projects including resort-like accommodations on-site. These types of projects often showcase 200-500 room hotels projected to be at or near capacity year-round. For surf park developers, adding a hotel brings numerous benefits to their business. But what about the other way around? The same is true for hotels

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May 31, 2023  |  News

Aventuur names Thomas Rubel to key position in North America

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Aventuur announced this week that Thomas Rubel has joined the company as Head of Development North America. In this position, Tom will be leading development initiatives and partnerships as Aventuur grows their North American projects. “Tom is one of the most impressive people I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with,” said Nicholas Edelman of Aventuur. “His depth

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May 29, 2023  |  News

New Zealand’s COVID-19 recovery program may fast track Auckland Surf Park

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The company behind a world-class surf park in Perth, Western Australia has announced it is a step closer to delivering a considered, sustainable surf park community in New Zealand. Aventuur has received confirmation that its proposal for a site in the north of Auckland has been referred to an expert consenting panel for consideration under the New Zealand Government’s COVID-19

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May 29, 2023  |  News

Carissa and Griffin claim wins at the Surf Ranch Pro

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Carissa Moore (HAW) and Griffin Colapinto (USA) won the Surf Ranch Pro in front of a live audience of surf fans in Lemoore, Calif. After their big wins today, Moore and Colapinto have taken the rankings leads. Caroline Marks (USA) and Italo Ferreira (BRA) earned runner-up finishes after putting on outstanding performances. Five-time World Champion Carissa Moore (HAW) claimed her

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May 25, 2023  |  News

Ka’ana Wave Co. partners with Crystal Lagoons for worldwide distribution and installation

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Crystal Lagoons and Ka'ana Wave Co have signed a Preferred Vendor Agreement to certify Ka'ana's CM7-Series surf machines for installation in Crystal Lagoons® amenities. With millions of people passionate about surfing and millions more keen to learn, the partnership provides Crystal Lagoons developers an amenity to attract those who want to surf. Since 2009, the innovative multi-acre, clear blue lagoons

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May 25, 2023  |  News

Wave pool to host World Ocean Day for Schools

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For the first time since it began, World Ocean Day for Schools (8 June) will have a physical home - at The Wave in Bristol. The event will still run as an online festival, as it has for the last 5 years, but in addition, there will be a day of surfing and immersive workshop experiences for selected groups of

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May 24, 2023  |  News

New Brazilian wave pool technology aims to disrupt market with low-cost pools

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$10K buy-in and $200 monthly grants access to new tech which plans on opening 20 new surf clubs in the next five years throughout Brazil. Surf Center, scheduled to launch in 2024, claim to be the world’s first heated and covered wave pool outside of North America. Brazil is ground zero for a recent boom in wave pools. But there’s

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May 23, 2023  |  News

WSL offers a couple of waves to lucky winners on the eve of their annual event at Kelly’s

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This year World Surf League organizers added other wave tanks to their lower-tiered series, but it is the Surf Ranch Pro, both loved and loathed by many, that is their marquee wave tank event. Online pundits point to the event as “the most boring on tour” while the cream of the WSL crop (Hi Filipe! Hi Gabriel) have mastered the

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May 23, 2023  |  News

Would you spend 3 years of your life studying wave pool surfing? This researcher is doing just that (and more)

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We spoke with Ariane Gerami, a researcher conducting a wave pool study to find a correlation between surfing and feelings of happiness. Gerami discovered that, yes, surfing does indeed give you feelings of joy. But her initial research only scratched the surface. She's now committed to doing even more work from the edge of the pool in Bristol. Ariane Gerami

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May 22, 2023  |  News

Rapid Surf League crowns 2023 champions

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The RSL Pro/Am Season 2023 presented by Dextro Energy is done and dusted and what a crazy one it was. This year’s RSL season was a little different from the years before. While surfers had to qualify for RSL Pro events through a ranking from 2018 to 2022, the RSL’s Pro/Am format allowed everyone to participate in 2023: Professionals and

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May 19, 2023  |  News

Long Island wave pool breaks ground, eyes 2024 opening

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Crest Surf Clubs celebrates the groundbreaking of its debut location, Crest New York, located less than an hour from Manhattan at the gateway to the Hamptons in Mastic-Shirley. The 55,000 square foot surf pool, designed exclusively in partnership with Premier Surf Systems, and the 9,000 square foot clubhouse, designed by GRCH Architecture & Curious Yellow Interior Design, is slated to

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May 7, 2023  |  Podcasts

Ander Wynne-Edwards walks us through the entire wave pool building process

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Ander Wynne-Edwards is the Director of Operations at Endless Surf. He’s worked for Whitewater West for the past two decades building and commissioning large-scale wave pools – pneumatic wave pools in particular. In this episode, he walks us through everything that goes on in the time between a project breaking ground and rolling out the first set of waves. Ander

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May 7, 2023  |  News

Employee of the month May 2023: Jina Kim of Wave Park

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Jina Kim has watched the South Korean surfing scene explode. In the past 10 years, it went from a handful of expats and coastal rule breakers to a full-on government-recognised sport. Throughout all the evolution Jina has been there, adapting, evolving, and riding waves, and charting a professional surf career in a country without any professional surfers. Challenging? Yes. Boring?

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April 26, 2023  |  News

Lost? Found! The sunken treasures recovered from the bottom of the world’s wave pools

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We’ve all done it; misplaced keys, phones, and lost coins down the back of the couch. But as for very expensive bling and body parts, we manage to keep track of those. Well, most of the time. Things can go awry when you’re fully focused on the warm fuzzy glow of wave pool euphoria. Coastlines worldwide have had everything from

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April 24, 2023  |  News

Surfline’s first B2B product targets wave pools

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Some of you may remember when Surfline was accessed via a landline phone. Pre-internet and pre modem dial-up, users would call to get wave reports and primitive surf forecasts. In the ‘90s the company saw the potential of the internet, launching webcams and forecast modeling. In short, they’ve been way ahead of the curve for a few decades now. With

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April 21, 2023  |  News

Surfland Brasil installs wave engines, moves closer to first surf sessions

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In Garopaba, Surfland Brasil completed the installation of the wave pool motors for their Wavegarden Cove technology this week. The work started in 2020 but stalled until the first shipment of machinery arrived all the way back in October 2021. Since then it’s been a steady flow of construction on the site to complete a 52-module Cove design as they

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April 21, 2023  |  News

Athletes find new airwave training in Switzerland

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Some of the best athletes will have the opportunity to test these recently developed waves before they are available to the general public.“We are opening the doors of Alaia Bay to Federations to witness the potential of our brand new Air Waves and the advantages of doing training at our facility,” said Founder and CEO Adam Bonvin. “The new Air

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April 18, 2023  |  Podcasts

Editor-in-chief at STAB Brendan Buckley

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What is the premier surf platform's take on wave pools? In this episode, we gather insight into the wave pool scene from the editor-in-chief at STAB Brendan Buckley. While we normally talk to wave makers and doers, Buck’s contribution to the wave pool discourse is on the culture, that unique confluence of salt and pool water. We hit on how

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April 13, 2023  |  News, User Guide

WPM Video Series: (Almost) All You Need to Know about URBNSURF 2023

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From different wave settings and food options, Sarah revisits Australia's first public wave pool located just outside of downtown Melbourne and adjacent to the Airport. The facility opened in January 2020 and has since set the benchmark for surf park operations. You will find surf club competitions, concerts, corporate events, new food options, hot tubs and heaps more - especially

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April 12, 2023  |  News

WavePoolMag Adds Rapid Wave Pools to Global Surf Tank Guide

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We are stoked to add the world’s rapid wave pools to our company’s Surf Planner page. The expansion comes with WavePoolMag’s expanding coverage of the standing wave market. Where to find the Surf Planner on WavePoolMag's menu As surfing enters a global growth phase in the Olympic era, we can expect all forms of the sport to rise with the

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