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£22 Million Wave Pool Breaks Ground – 20 Minutes From World-Class Wave

The race for wave pool supremacy rumbles on.

By Jason Lock

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Florida’s Getting A Kelly Slater Wave Ranch!

Well it’s almost set in stone: Florida are getting a Kelly Slater Wave Ranch! The building permission was granted yesterday by Palm beach county. Wave pools have been the talk of the town recently, with WSL purchasing Kelly’s ranch in Lemoore in…

By Orla Cullen

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The Definitive Highlight Reel From The Kelly Slater Wave Pool Competition

After months of hype, Tuesday finally saw the first ever event go down at the Kelly Slater Wave Pool in California. It was the first attempt by the WSL at testing the pool for its competitive potential, hence the lack…

By Luke Gartside

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Are Wave Pools About To Change Surfing In Britain Forever?

Yesterday Scotland joined the long list of nations with a wave pool in its sights, after their application for an artificial wave in Edinburgh received massive public backing. There are also plans, in various stages of the development process, for…

By Luke Gartside

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Scotland Puts In Application For A Wave Pool!

Wavegarden Scotland, the company which hopes to develop Scotland’s first artificial wave park, has submitted its planning application today after receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from public consultation events held earlier this year. The planning application proposes to redevelop Craigpark Quarry…

By Luke Gartside

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Perth Residents Petition Against Plans For Wave Pool

At the beginning of this year we reported on Australia’s plans to construct no fewer than three wave pools in their already surf rich nation, including one in Perth, WA. However, in an increasingly common occurrence for wave pool projects…

By Luke Gartside

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Kelly Slater Responds To Wave-Pool Tech Theft Allegations

Last week Tracks reported that contest format innovator and ex-pro surfer Peter Drouyn, who had formerly been identifying as a transgender female named Westerly Windina, had written a long and impassioned letter accusing Kelly Slater of stealing his previously patented wave-pool tech…

By Luke Gartside

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Kelly Slater Is Modifying His Wave Pool To Make It Even Better!

When Kelly Slater revealed footage of his new wave pool just under a year and a half ago the internet went crazy. How could a wave this perfect have been engineered by man? Particularly when held up against its counterparts…

By Luke Gartside

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Bristol’s Wavepool Finally Gets Off The Ground

It has been reported, that after five years of difficulties, Bristol’s ‘The Wave’ wavepool has finally got off the ground, with a proposed finish date of 2018 for the project. The project was started in 2012 by Nick Hounsfield and…

By Luke Gartside

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