November 15, 2021  |  Television

Television: Skim-centric wranglings with Blair and Koa

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It’s like a buddy movie without famous actors: giddy, spontaneous and punchdrunk (we’ll blame the jet lag.) One of the most innovative skim-to-surf crossover personalities Blair Conklin took Ultimate Surfer contestant and Skeleton Bay standout Koa Smith on a skim-centric trip to BSR in Waco Texas. The two trade surf craft and barrels and a few airs with poolside banter

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November 11, 2021  |  News

Coral Mountain to demonstrate light noise for neighbors

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Coral Mountain’s planned Kelly Slater Wave Co. tank in the desert east of Los Angeles will stage a light demonstration to show neighbors how the surf park will affect the area. The action is in response to the neighborhood group La Quinta Residents for Responsible Development opposing projects near their housing developments. One issue neighbors raised on a menu of

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November 10, 2021  |  News

Rapid wave pool party in Milan showcases tech

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UNIT Surf Pool invited a few of the world’s best rapid surfers to surf and enjoy the 10-meter UNIT wave pool in Milan, Italy recently. The event was titled an ‘Expression Session’ and featured some of the world’s best rapid surf athletes from all walks of life. Legendary rapid surfers and founders of the Rapid Surf League, Quirin Rohleder and

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November 10, 2021  |  News

OceanKamp project underway, but pool remains a mystery

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When will we see Southern California’s first wave pool? Apart from the desert projects, including the Palm Springs Surf Club - scheduled to open mid-2023, the next tank could be in Oceanside. It’s a big ask, but dirt is moving at the project site, and while there have been no formal communications from developers, we dug around to find the

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November 9, 2021  |  News

Wave Pool Tales: Cosmic children at play in the fields of the moon

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Deep in the jungle of Sumatra there is a monthly tidal bore that regularly sweeps by and through a small village as dependably as a wave pool. And the grown-ups ride this bore in the river on everything from reed canoes to cast-off surfboards left behind by the few Ocean surfers who have come to ride the phenom. But the

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November 8, 2021  |  News

The long, long list of details that go into creating a surf destination

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How do you design a surf park? Well, the short answer is that the pool goes in the middle, and everything else just gets plopped around it. Easy. Done. The rest is simply a smattering of details. But, in reality, these ‘details’ must accommodate a very complex, layered user group. And that’s where the whole process gets tricky. When architects

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November 2, 2021  |  News

Adventure Parc Snowdonia turns on the lights for concert promo

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Professional surfers Luke Dillon, Tassy Swallow and Lukas Skinner jumped in the water at Adventure Parc Snowdonia recently to film a promo clip for one of the UK's favorite surf/concert events. The special shoot was part of a collaboration with Boardmasters, the long-running WSL event in Newquay England. “We were recently lucky enough to host something seriously special on the

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November 2, 2021  |  News

Coach-to-the-stars Glenn Hall signs on with Aventuur

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Partnership will see Hall's Micro Surf Academy become one of the world's first surf park high-performance centers dedicated to improving technique in a controlled, repetitive wave pool environment. Global surf park investor, developer and operator Aventuur Inc. (Aventuur) today announced its partnership with Micro Surf Academy (MSA) to deliver the world’s first surf park high-performance centers. Recognizing the opportunity for surf

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October 27, 2021  |  News

French high country eyes latest floating atoll wave

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Okahina Wave system has been tapped for a new floating wave in France. The latest surf spot will be at Lac du Bourget in the French Alpine city of Aix-les-Bains 1.5 hours east of Lyon and 2.5 hours west and down-mountain of Alaia Bay in Sion. The wave pool announcement for Aix-les-Bains comes on the heels of two very fruitful

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October 27, 2021  |  Latest, News

Tips for your first wave pool session after lockdown

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Surf Coach Cahill Bell-Warren shares expert advice about how to ease back into the pool after an extended dry spell... After what will have felt like an eternal flat spell, Urbnsurf Melbourne is back open! Launching into a surf session will naturally be on the minds of Victorian surfers, particularly the Melbourne Metro surfers who have been unable to wax

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October 26, 2021  |  News

New wave pool contest coming to Switzerland

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Alaïa Bay announced the launch of the inaugural Alaïa Open Winter Cup surf competition which will take place on the weekend of 4/5 December, with warm-up and training sessions on Friday 3 December.This first mainland Europe surf contest is open to both international surfers and local Swiss surfers. There is US$75k in prizes including US$32k in prize money. The event

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October 26, 2021  |  News

Why your surfing matters: WPM airs #SurfersLikeUs campaign

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There’s a myth perpetuated in digital surf media. It is the illusion that every wave that is surfed, is ripped and shredded by its rider. That's all we see on Instagram. However, 95% of surf sessions are a wonderful symphony of bogged rails, blown turns and lip clips buoyed by fleeting moments of personal best. It’s these floating highs that

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October 22, 2021  |  User Guide

Guide to prices, waves and stays for Surf Stadium Japan – the world’s newest wave pool

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How much does it cost to surf the Surf Stadium Japan wave pool? Adults (13 years and older) 550-1650 yen ($5-$14)Children (12 years old and younger): Free - 825 yen ($7)Trial session: 3300 yen ($30): This includes rental goods (surfboards, wet suits and safety equipment) and an instructor.Beginner Session: 6600 yen ($60)Intermediate Session: 8800 yen ($77)Advanced Session: 8800 yen ($77)Expert

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October 22, 2021  |  News

Buzz intenstifies as Fort Pierce furthers Florida’s latest wave pool dream

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The old citrus and fishing town of Fort Pierce is next on the list of upcoming wave pools in America, and this one is set to rival the grandness and rip-ability of Wave Park in South Korea. The Fort Pierce project is planning a 56-module Cove that will offer rides of up to 16-seconds. The development is part of the

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October 22, 2021  |  Podcasts

Quarterly pool chat with WavePoolMag editor-in-chief

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Nick Robinson chats with WavePoolMag editor Bryan Dickerson about the latest happenings and goings-on in the wave pool world including upcoming projects, rumors and pipe dreams. The two also map out what wave pool contests could and should look like. You can give a listen below.

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October 20, 2021  |  User Guide

Alt-Board aficionado Harley Ingleby’s surfboard choice for two very different wave pools

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Harley Ingleby rides anything he can get his mitts on: mid-lengths, logs, twins, and finless - but mostly quads and longboards. In this piece, he runs us through a few favorite alternative surfboard designs for wave pools, specifically Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch and Urbnsurf in Melbourne. With the exception of the recent longboard event at The Ranch, the majority of

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October 13, 2021  |  Latest

Updates to planned Endless Surf pool on the Gold Coast

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After lodging a development application and receiving approval from the Gold Coast City Council earlier this year, the Parkwood project submitted more detailed plans this month. The proposal includes new design images and provides specific details about the surrounding buildings being planned. The Club at Parkwood is already an established attraction on the Gold Coast offering a par 71 golf

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October 13, 2021  |  Latest

Foiled! A closer look at the techs that kicked off wavepools 2.0

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How do wave pools with foils work? Plows, foils, sleds - there are many names for this type of wave generation device which works by pulling a piece of metal, resembling a ship’s bow, along a track to create a wave. Some devices use a locomotive-type engine to push the plow, while others use cables to pull it along. Fun

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October 12, 2021  |  News

The long wave pool history of EpicSurf creators ADG

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When landlocked surfer Rick Kane wins a wave pool contest in the 1987 movie, North Shore, his trajectory is as improbable as his inland surf skills. On the podium after his win, he tells the crowd he’s going to the North Shore of Hawaii to ride ocean waves, become a pro surfer and make his dreams come true.  Of course,

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October 11, 2021  |  Latest, News

Arizona’s pool total could top 5 surf basins

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The City of Cottonwood, in the middle of Arizona, may become home to the states’ fifth proposed wave pool, one-upping California’s Coachella Valley who has four on the drawing board. If successful, Cottonwood would join Surftown AZ, The Strand, the nearly completed Revel Surf Park and Big Surf. Cottonwood is the epicenter of the Verde Valley wine region and has

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October 11, 2021  |  Latest, Television

Air Farmer Jackson Dorian’s latest Waco binge

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Jackson Dorian is perfecting airs under the watchful eye of surf coach dad Shane Dorian. In this latest digital episode, young Jackson pulls off a handful of truly, technical, innovative airs. Want to know more about Jackson? Check the below interview from WavePoolMag last year. Like John John and others before him, Jackson Dorian learned to skate and surf about

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October 8, 2021  |  Latest, News

Big in Japan: Company famous for bike tracks enters wave pool game

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More wave pools are coming to Japan as JPF, a company with deep experience in bicycle racetracks, just inked a deal with Wavegarden. Plans are to meet the country’s growing demand for surfing by developing up to seven projects in different regions of Japan in the next seven years. Wave pools in Japan kicked off in the 1960s with the

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October 5, 2021  |  News

Employee of the Month: Blaise Booth of The Surf Ranch

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One Instagram feed, in particular, captured our attention early last year. The BlaiseyShootz feed kept up our interest with fresh perspectives and action of Kelly’s Wave in Lemoore. Not an easy task. Images of Kelly’s Dream in Lemoore have become as perfunctory and comfortable as living room furniture. And digital pixels of a Felipe alley-pop during the CT comp is

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October 5, 2021  |  Latest

Wave pool opposition in the desert: Will Kelly’s wave damage the La Quinta neighborhood?

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As residents take aim at wave pool developments across the globe, we do a deep dive into one project on the front lines, Coral Mountain in La Quinta. Will this wave pool drastically alter the quality of life for nearby residents? Or are neighbors just opposed to any construction done after their own house was built? The recent 3 1/2

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October 5, 2021  |  News, Television

Wave pool tweaks: Japan crafts three new settings

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Wave pool connoisseur Evan Geiselman dishes details on three new wave settings at Surf Stadium Japan: The Drainer, The Wedge Pop and The Highball. In an interview with our friends at Stab, Evan goes into detail about each one, assigning clever names and elaborating about why the PerfectSwell settings appeal to him. Which one is the ultimate performance wave in

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