American Wave Machines announces the largest surf park in the world to be built as part of the American Dream – Meadowlands, NJ project. Watch American Wave Machines Surf Park Summit Presentation Millions of surfers throughout New York, New Jersey and the north-east coast are frothing after hearing American Wave Machines(AWM) announcement at Surf Park … Read More >
Starboard Team Rider Zane Schweitzer wins the first Annual Abu Dhabi All Star Invitational, taking 1st Place in the Wadi Adventure Park Wave Pool.
Surfrider co-founder, Glenn Hening, provides the opening address for Surf Park Summit and shares his views on how imperative it is to build “spirit of aloha” into the foundation of the surf park industry. Glenn Hening’s Highlighted Quotes “Today is the birth of the surf industry…What we’ve seen up until now really has not … Read More >
While it would be impossible to bottle the energy and enthusiasm at this year’s Surf Park Summit, we’ve put together a short highlight reel for everyone to get a taste of history in the making. A big thank you goes out to Mark Samuels Media for creating this incredible highlight reel. Here are a … Read More >
A behind the scenes look at the Carve Surfing Magazine shoot at the Wavegarden Test Facility in the Basque Country. Exclusive in depth feature article in the current issue (#145) on whether the concept is a winner.Music: U Got the Power – Swiss Lips – swisslips.com.Surfers: Alan Stokes / Ben Skinner / Harry Timson / Toby … Read More >
Billabong surfers Laura Enever, Courtney Conlogue and Justine Dupont traveled down to the Basque country’s Wavegarden research and development site to test out the wave. At the time the Atlantic Coast was suffering a lengthy flat spell and the girls jumped at the chance to surf the perfect man made waves, test their short boards, … Read More >
Despite storm swells in the Atlantic, prolonged flat spells land the Millennium Yolo crew at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. Featuring: Kelly Slater Cory Lopez Tommy Coleman CJ Hobgood Dylan Graves Evan Geiselman
When describing waves, most surfers rely on subjective, ambiguous descriptions that leave room for a lot of misinterpretation. For example, even with a simple metric like wave height, some people use the hawaiian technique while others use the oceanographic (wave face) technique. Trying to characterize the shape of the wave is even more challenging: fat, … Read More >
After months of deliberation, The Wave: Bristol has announced the location for its new $9.7 million Surf Park facility. The new project site will be housed at Washingpool Farm in Easter Compton, Almondsbury and could be fully functional as early as Summer 2014. According to the owners, the previous location, a 13 acre plot of … Read More >
Check out the full video release of the new Wavegarden 2.0… Press Release – June 10, 2013 New, full scale demonstration facility now operational; generating the world’s longest and highest quality man-made surfing wave. (SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN) – Wavegarden, has today unveiled its new full-scale surfing installation with a video showcasing test sessions with several of … Read More >
The world famous Wadi Adventure wave pool and Volcom recently teamed up to present the first “Just add Volcom” Surf and Skate Jam on May 31st, 2013. The Surfing and Skateboarding took place simultaneously in the water and on the land. The Rage, Volcom mini ramp was set up right in front of the pool … Read More >
PRESS RELEASE – JUNE 3, 2013 SOLANA BEACH, CALIF. – American Wave Machines (AWM), the technology leader in out of ocean surf recently completed installation and commissioning of the latest PerfectSwell® wave generating invention in East Durham, New York. Adding to the PerfectSwell® suite of innovations, including the patented reflecting wave generator, the new software based … Read More >
June 3, 2013: Check out the new teaser video from the Wavegarden team at their new wave facility in the Basque country of Spain. Pro surfers featured in the video include Taj Burrow, Gabriel Medina, Jeremy Flores, Dane Reynolds, Pauline Ado, Damien Fahrenfort, Aritz Aranburu and Craig Anderson. Come back on June 10th for the … Read More >
With summer in high season, the Philippine Surfing Academy (PSA) and members of the Manila Surfing Association hosted their 4th Annual Club Manila East Surfing Cup at the BeachWaves Surf Park. Open to all grommets and beginners, the competition is meant to give everyone a chance to compete, boost confidence and to give a once … Read More >
Switzerland: home and origin of many a fine watch, delicious chocolate, the Swiss Alps, Bernese Mountain Dogs, and now the Swiss Wave Pool Jam. Early this month Martin Suter became the first champion of the newly minted event, which was held in a deep-water standing wave in Bern, Switzerland. Watch some of the contest highlights … Read More >
