June 21, 2019  |  News, Television

Rob Machado and daughter party wave the Wavegarden R&D center

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Rob Machado is no stranger to traveling the planet in search of waves. In his calendar, which is generally left open to chase swells, he has a rendezvous each year that he never misses. This is when he heads to France to catch up with his teenage daughter, Macy. They live oceans apart. Macy in Reunion Island on the Indian Ocean; Rob on

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March 12, 2019  |  Latest, Television

Be Kind Rewind: Our 10 favorite Wavegarden clips

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From knee-high peelers in a pond lined with black plastic to crystal clear Cove barrels, as part of our Be Kind Rewind Series we showcase the top 10 Wavegarden video edits. Since 2010 we’ve been fed a steady stream of digital amazement with clips of Wavegarden wave pools. Footage of touring pros at the beta version of the Wavegarden Lagoon

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February 28, 2019  |  Latest, News, Television

Video Mashup: Urban Melbourne collides with wave pool culture

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Is your friend a new wave performance artist? Are you itching to surf the URBNSURF wave pool in Melbourne? The worlds of hip-urban culture and surfing will collide fantastically this Easter when URBNSURF opens their Wavegarden Cove pool. And for a brief, shining moment there will be no other place on earth where you can watch artisanal bottle dancing, drink

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February 20, 2019  |  News

Foundations go in as Wavegarden tech arrives in Bristol

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The Wave in Bristol is starting to take shape as the outline of the wave pool itself is now visible. The next few steps are to pour the concrete, build out the surrounding facilities and install that beautiful wave-making machine. “Since Christmas, the construction team has been creating the large structural elements including the sides of the lake and the

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February 19, 2019  |  Latest, News

One-stop wave pool shop launches

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Wavegarden partner with rocket scientists to build turnkey pools globally... Wavegarden announced today a partnership with Spanish engineering firm Sener. The partnership makes it easier for would-be wave pool owners to get a site up and running with fewer build issues. In the past, builders like URBNSURF or The Wave would have to buy the Wavegarden tech, and then find

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January 16, 2019  |  News, Television

Cold, cold Cove: Wavegarden hosts two underground legends

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Friendly rivalry heats up freezing Winter session in the Basque Country... Winter wavepool surfing logged another clip this week when Eneko Acero and Bra Boy Koby Abberton took to Wavegarden’s Cove test pool. Basque first-generation pro Eneko, brother to Kepa Acero, traded kegs with Abberton in a friendly January surf off. The duo have compeeted against each other since they

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December 9, 2018  |  Latest, News

Where will the new Wavegarden Cove wave pools be?

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We've put together a comprehensive Wavegarden Cove guide along with everything we know about the Cove wave pool tech The first public Wavegarden Cove wave pools are currently under construction on opposite sides of the globe. Ground has broken in both Melbourne and Bristol and the company has plans for 16 additional locations. You're stoked if you live near Coachella,

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December 4, 2018  |  Latest, News

Status Report: Europe’s upcoming wave pool boom

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Detailed account for all upcoming wave pool projects in Europe Europe is teetering on the verge of becoming the wave pool center of the world. Why? The cradle of western culture has more pools planned than any other zone in the world. Perhaps it’s due to a culture that embraced surfing later than the US and Australia and is, therefore,

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November 28, 2018  |  News

London added to growing list of wave pool cities

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The Wave Bristol confirms plans for new wave pool London project There could be two wave pools in London. Hot on the heels of Surf Lakes' listing of new locations that included London, The Wave Bristol announced plans to open a Wavegarden Cove facility in the English capital. "We have some exciting news to share with you,” the Wave Bristol

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November 23, 2018  |  News

Wavegarden refines wave pool night surfing experience

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Wave Pool Night Surfing means wading into the deep end with both shred sticks and glow sticks One promise of the coming wave pool boom is how it will open up surfing for, you know, vampires... or at least partying European pros. While a goth surfing subculture is still a ways off, there are those among us ready to jump

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October 17, 2018  |  Latest, News

Pros try new slab wave pool setting at Wavegarden Cove

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Christmas in October as Wavegarden plays Santa with new wave pool settings During some down days at the Quiksilver Pro France Filipe Toledo along with friends, Miguel Pupo and Ian Gouveia tested Wavegarden’s brand spanking new Cove settings. The new high-performance waves, which include a barrel wave, a slab, and an aerial section, reaffirmed to the touring pros that a day trip

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August 2, 2018  |  News

Meet Surf Snowdonia resident pro Jo Dennison

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When Surf Snowdonia openend up the first public wave pool with Wavegarden technology, Welsh champion Jo Dennison took the position as resident pro. Technically “Water Operations Manager” (but doesn’t ‘resident pro’ sound cooler?) it means she overseas everything that goes down in the Surf Snowdonia pool from surf instructor break times and live-saving diligence to ejecting kids for peeing. She’s

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October 30, 2017  |  News

Wave pool night surfing is a thing thanks to Wavegarden

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Thanks to the brilliant minds at Wavegarden, wave pool night surfing is now a thing. Wavegarden recently conducted a series of tests at their headquarters in Northern Spain. The tests are to check how its technology can improve different aspects of the surfing experience. The first of such tests focused on wave pool night surfing, using a state-of-the-art lighting system.

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