One day, maybe five years from now, you think surfers will declare allegiance to the various brands of wave pools? Like how folks do with booze and cigarettes. Will there be Wavegarden diehards, Kelly ...

Surfers could one day have access to an endless supply of big waves, each a perfect swell, thanks to a new surfing oasis built not far from the everyday I-95 gridlock in South Florida. In an ...

In this occupation, and with the surf world being what it is in today’s day and age, moving more and more towards the promise of artificial, landlocked surf spots, I hear a lot about wave pools. New ...

For all the skateboarders out there, this might ring a bell: After school in the cul-de-sac, a true test of trust and skill, a handful of neighborhood kids lie down on the ground, as someone ollies ...

The surf is flat, ocean water is cold, maybe the wind is mucking up conditions — would you travel a few miles inland and pay for machine-made waves? Developers proposing a surf park in Newport Beach ...

Just 15 minutes from the Pacific Ocean and Newport Beach’s coastline dotted with epic surf breaks, a man-made wave pool has the green light to build. The Snug Harbor Surf Park won the Newport Beach ...

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, ...

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- In January, as the 2025 World Surf League Championship Tour kicked off on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Brazilian Italo Ferreira waited for what felt like an eternity to ...