ISA REACTS TO SURFING’S RECOMMENDED INCLUSION IN 2020 OLYMPICS September 28th, 2015 – The International Surfing Association (ISA) has today expressed its delight at the decision by Tokyo 2020 to recommend to the IOC that Surfing is included on the Sports Programme for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The IOC will now make the final decision … Read More >
Words by Jeff Mull at SURFER Mag September 21, 2015 After much fanfare and hype, the litmus test for the manmade waves at Surf Snowdonia has been passed. Over the weekend in Wales, a mix of top-shelf surfers competed in a freshwater pool belching forth 2- to 3-foot waves with, well, machine-like precision, for the … Read More >
Red Bull Unleashed Goes Off in Wales September 19, 2015 Author: Chris Binns Albee Layer is your 2015 Red Bull Unleashed champion after sustained spectacular displays carried him to victory at Surf Snowdonia in North Wales. The Hawaiian powerhouse Layer beat New Zealand’s Billy Stairmand 3–1 in the final battle in front of a raucous 2,000-strong audience. After a long … Read More >
Red Bull Unleashed will be the world’s first Wavegarden contest Alan Stokes working on his backside blasts at Surf Snowdonia’s Wavegarden. One of the 24 competitors in the upcoming Red Bull Unleashed event. Photo: Nick Pumphrey Taking place next weekend on September 18-19, Red Bull Unleashed will see the most creative surfers from around the … Read More >
August 26, 2015 by Mike Jennings Earlier this month, in the 500-person Welsh town of Dolgarrog, Surf Snowdonia opened. The outdoor complex’s prime attraction is a freshwater lagoon that creates two surfable waves at the push of a button. Developed by a company called Wavegarden, it’s without question the best surfing wave pool in operation today. … Read More >
PRESS RELEASE August 1, 2015 by Surf Snowdonia The time has finally come folks! We’re absolutely delighted to be launching what we believe is the most exciting family destination in the UK. From Saturday August 1st we’ll be generating the longest man-made surfable waves on the planet. Have you seen what they look like yet? Our pioneering Wavegarden … Read More >
Tom Rezvan made the most of his trial session at Surf Snowdonia Wavegarden Tom Rezvan Tests Surf Snowdonia Wavegarden from Surf Park Central on Vimeo. Tom Rezvan made the most of his trial session at Surf Snowdonia’s Wavegarden two weeks prior to the grand opening today.
Surf Snowdonia, the first commercial Wavegarden in the world is up and running Check out the Surf Snowdonia video below of British surfers Alan Stokes and Jayce Robinson tearing it apart last week. We’ve got waves. Check out the Surf Snowdonia video sneak preview of what’s to come. Thank you to all our staff, contractors, Wavegarden … Read More >
The Surf Park Insider Series features exclusive content in taking a detailed look at the philosophical, and the more tangible differences between surf park technology providers and surf park developers across a range of comparison points. In this first installation of the series, Director of the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University, Jess … Read More >
WAVEGARDEN Night Surfing Experiment Originally Released on July 17, 2015 Wavegarden, pioneers in man-made wave technology, recently conducted a series of tests at their headquarters in Northern Spain in order to check how its technology can improve different aspects of the surfing experience. The first of such tests focused on surfing at nighttime, using a … Read More >
Remembering When Pro Surfing Came to Allentown, PA By Jeff Schuler The Morning Call June 23, 2015 at 8:12pm If everybody had an ocean Across the USA Then everybody’d be surfin’ Like Californ-i-a … In mid-June of 1985, travelers waiting around the baggage carousels of what was then Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport were treated to a somewhat … Read More >
PRESS RELEASE June 29, 2015 WAVEGARDEN, market pioneer in wave generating technologies, unveiled details of a groundbreaking technology that produces the longest man-made wave for surfing. Marking a historic moment in the surf world, this technology will be introduced at Surf Snowdonia in North Wales this summer and at NLand Surfpark in Austin, Texas in … Read More >
The Destruction of Surfing, or the Contradiction of the Surfer Published on Surf Europe June 28, 2015 With the first public Wavegarden due to open for business in Wales in a matter of weeks, the man responsible for its creation, Basque Country surfer and engineer Josema Odriozola, shares his thoughts on the ways – both … Read More >
The International Surfing Association (ISA) has welcomed the decision by Tokyo 2020 to place Surfing on the shortlist of additional events for inclusion on the Sports Programme at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Surfing will now be admitted to the second phase of the application process, during which the ISA will be required to present to Tokyo 2020. Tokyo … Read More >
Here’s what Skyplex’s Sky Surf Park could look like… June 16, 2015 Richard Bilbao Orlando Business Journal Now, we already know Skyplex on International Drive is set to open with a surf park as part of its growing portfolio. But what will it look like? Well, the Sky Surf park, to be developed by Wallack Holdings, will be designed by … Read More >
