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Turtle Island wave pool development

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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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comparing wave pool waves

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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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Disney's wave pool in the seven seas lagoon

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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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Bethany Hamilton wave pool

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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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Waco wave pool BSR Surf Resort

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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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yadin and king nicol

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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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Noa Deane in Waco Texas

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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

Stab High 2.0 is returning to Waco, Texas on June 29, along with a live broadcast on stabmag.com. Last year’s ...Continue ›

surf planner map

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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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The proposed wave pool design in Cairns

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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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janina zeitler eisbach river

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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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Rapid Surf League event

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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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new australian wave pool

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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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Sebastian Zietz at BSR Surf Resort

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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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wave pool mongolia

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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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The Navy wavepool at carderock

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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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Terre d'Eaux overview

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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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UK Pro Surf Tour event at Snowdonia

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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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Nikki Van Dijk at Wavegarden test facility: Photo Sloane

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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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New wave pool tech launches in the deserts of Arizona

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Swell MFG plunges into the deep end of wave pool manufacturing We don’t like to use the term “space race” whenever a new wave pool technology debuts. Why? Because the current wave pool rush involves more players than the Space Race's America vs. Russia format. It’s, well, complicated. Wavegarden, Surf Lakes, KS Wave Co, American Wave Machines, Webber Wave Pools,

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Sam Piter

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Television: Air game training in BSR’s new water

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Didier Piter coaches son and friends through Perfect Swell ramps Uber-grom Sam Piter dialed in the BSR wave pool’s air section this week under the tutelage of his dad, former European champion and international surf coach, Didier. The French grom sessioned with mates Noa Dupouy, Tiago Carrique and Max Michalewski in the newly filtrated water at BSR. The session was

Didier Piter coaches son and friends through Perfect Swell ramps Uber-grom Sam Piter dialed in the BSR wave pool’s air ...Continue ›

Barton Lynch at Surf Lakes

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Barton Lynch shares his Surf Lakes plans

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Grom comps, coaching and simply soaking up the view… Surf Lakes unveiled their wave pool technology at a test facility in Yeppoon, Queensland last October. Since then the company confirmed a Gold Coast commercial project, meaning we could all be splitting peaks in late 2020. Surf Lakes works thanks to a giant donut, or plunger mechanism. The device pushes out

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Sierra and Josh Kerr (Credit Wavegarden and Pacotwo)

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Television: Can’t wait for Melbourne

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Video homage to patience and Urbnsurf's full-size Wavegarden Cove… Once upon a time there were posters of kittens suspended by their front paws with the words “hang in there baby.” There were several varieties and knock-offs but all were ubiquitous to school offices in the 1980s. Wave pool enthusiasts are counting the days until Urbnsurf Melbourne is finished and the

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BSR Cable Park

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Waco shows off new waves, water

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Waco wowed the world with its matte torquoise wedges and programmable air section throughout last year. BSR Surf Resort became the de facto Instagram air clip canvas and went as far as to host the Stab High air contest. Now the park is open with a new, elaborate and intensive water treatment system. The impetus for the water filtration system

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Melbourne Cove wave pool

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Can Filipe and a total newbie surf the same wave? ‘Yes’ says Urbnsurf

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CEO Andrew Ross walks us through just how, exactly, the new Melbourne wave pool will provide surf for several ability levels. Earlier this year Urbnsurf announced they plan to complete, test and open the doors to their Melbourne wave pool around Easter. And while there have been heaps of questions flung through the social media sphere regarding pricing and access,

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Kelly Slater at his wave pool

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Non surfer nails Kelly’s wave pool despite blowing several waves

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Beta Test host Lexi Savvides typically examines things like Teslasuits, robots, exoskeleton suits, more robots and other fringe high-tech inventions. In a recent episode, she turned her focus on Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch and fell on several waves, sending collective groans from surfing viewers. "Millions of surfers gagging to ride this and they're pushing first timers in," Henrik Menassian said

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