Four years after the URBNSURF wave pool opened in Melbourne, the company is heading north into New South Wales to launch the second Wavegarden park in Australia. The pool, reportedly a $75 million project, will be located in Sydney Olympic Park, a killer location next to public transit and a major .
A development group planning to bring the first Wavegarden pool to Hawaii has confirmed plans are still on schedule despite pushback from oppostion groups.
Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, wavepools are currently reshaping the surf world. And they likely will for the foreseeable future, too, with synthetic surf spots cropping up across the world, fostering an impending generation of new-age surfers who, like a dystopian film or novel, are raised riding waves .
The inaugural Siheung Korea Open will be held at the Siheung Wave Park and will have both Qualifying Series 3,000 and Longboard Qualifying Series 1,000 events.
The price of admission is no longer going to cover your average day at a wave park if you're walking in the door with training and progression in mind.