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, ...

In 1969, the space race wasn’t the only game in town – the race to build the first wave pool in the U.S. was on, and Alabama was in it. Wave pools – indoor or outdoor swimming pools with artificially ...

Surfers could one day have access to a limitless 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 ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. For most of the world’s population, the hardest part of ...

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 ...

Big names, big wave pools, big luxury – makes sense for a place like Texas, where everything is, well, you know. The Kelly Slater Wave Co.’s latest manmade surf park, the Austin Surf Club, has ...

But actual surfing—involving water, a board and serious moves—is blowing up as an amenity in high-end communities, harnessing ...