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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June 25, 2024  |  News

Belgian tech AllWaves enters the wave pool market, opens up investment 

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AllWaves, based in the coastal town of Knokke-Heist, has carved out a spot for itself on the world wave-making stage.  "Unlike many of our competitors, AllWaves prides itself on creating wave pools that blend seamlessly into their natural surroundings," said Marie-Laure Clement, CCO at AllWaves. "This commitment to aesthetic integration ensures that every AllWaves installation feels like a natural extension

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June 24, 2024  |  News

Sydney joins Melbourne in surf helmet partnership

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URBNSURF announced this week the extension of its partnership with Simba Action Sports to exclusively supply free helmets for guests at URBNSURF Sydney. The company said the move to supply free helmets highlights URBNSURF’s commitment to prioritising surf safety and enhancing the guest experience. The move follows the successful roll out of the Simba/URBN partnership at URBNSURF Melbourne where Simba

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June 23, 2024  |  News

Eithan Osborne crowned 2024 Stab High champ

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After the initial two live events at the Waco Surf, Texas in 2018 and 2019, Stab High shifted to an episodic series in the ocean, with contests in the Mentawai Islands in 2020, Central America in 2021, and Lakey Peak in 2022. In 2024, the event happily returned to a live format at Japan’s Shizunami wave pool.  The Stab High

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June 22, 2024  |  News

Tech Spotlight: FlowSurf, FlowSurf Lake and FlowSurf River

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Sheet-wave pioneers FlowRider entered the deep-water standing wave market last year with the launch of FlowSurf and a new partnership with Hydro Stadium. The product launch puts FlowRider alongside other wave pool technologies like EpicSurf, Ka’ana, Citywave and Unit. Modeled after the Waimea River Wave, FlowSurf is a new deep flow stationary wave by FlowSurf. FlowRider says their goal is

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June 21, 2024  |  News

All you need to know about rapid waves: History, locations and the new pools

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We'll explore the question of how a rapid wave pool is different from Kelly's wave pool and answer the question, "Is there a difference between standing waves, river waves, rapid waves, deepwater standing waves and stationary waves?" No. These are simply different terms for the same type of wave. Rapid waves are, however, very different from sheet waves like a

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June 20, 2024  |  News

The AllWaves Story: Outside-the-box imagineering

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Steven Nauwelaerts of AllWaves refers to competitors as "collegues," a refreshing take in a sector that grows more competitive each day. Steven has a unique view of the space. He spent years doing the one thing that might be more difficult than creating surfable waves in a confined pool – extrancting energy from ocean waves. Steven is one of the

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June 20, 2024  |  News

Surf Park Summit lists first round of speakers

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The initial lineup of speakers for this year's Surf Park Summit, an event that gathers key figures in the surf park industry, is now live. The Summit, the largest event dedicated to human-made wave technology, offers surfers the opportunity to enjoy the sport away from traditional ocean settings. Scheduled for September 30 to October 2, 2024, in San Diego, California,

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June 20, 2024  |  News

Industry: Victoria Gosling signs on with Lost Shore Surf Resort

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GB Surfing chief Victoria Gosling OBE has been appointed as a non-executive director at Lost Shore Surf Resort. The resort, set to open this Autumn, will feature Europe's largest wave pool and luxury accommodation within a 60-acre country park. Victoria, also chair of GB Surfing and a board director of the British Olympic Association, brings experience in working with high-performance

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