Once upon a time, the first American wave pool, built specifically for surfing, was located in the unlikely town of Tempe, Arizona. Big Surf, it was called, and it opened in 1969 with a reported price ...

One great promise of the wild world of wave pools is the increased amount of time actually riding a wave. Unless you’re surfing Chicama, Jeffreys Bay, or any other of the world’s greatest pointbreaks, ...

"This ramp is gonna change the game," said Zeke after his first dip in the pool, and first dance with the new air section. "I've never gone this high in my entire life. People are gonna do some f*cked ...

Abu Dhabi has many of the things that surfers hunt for in their quest for perfect waves: warm weather, year-round sun and clear water. The only thing it did not have was waves. That changed in October ...

When we first reported on Cabo Real Surf Club, Mexico’s first luxury wave pool community, it felt like a big idea with serious upside: a private residential club on the Cabo corridor built around a ...

One of the primary complaints, in the burgeoning world of wave pools, is homogeneity. Whereas the ocean provides a unique canvass like a fingerprint, in the pool, the waves are all the same. This ...

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