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 ...

In 2009, Red Bull was looking to pull together a quick strike mission to Mexico with some of its favorite star surfers. The invite list included the mercurial brotherly duo of Bruce and Andy Irons, ...

Last week, a brand-new wave pool came out of nowhere, with Ben Gravy and Blair Conklin surfing perfect, wedging, barreling waves somewhere in Arizona. The operation, dubbed The Wave Source, took us ...

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 ...

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 ...

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