The Gulf Coast of the United States is a beautiful, although surf-starved, region of the country. The waves are inconsistent, the swell windows are scarce – still, there’s a healthy population of ...

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 ...

Music mogul shreds Atlantic Surf Park.

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Locals may look back at the inaugural Chlorine Clash Surf Invitational at Atlantic Park Surf as the start of the prime-time era of surfing here. Sixteen of the top surfers in the ...

Wave pools, Bloomberg says, were once “the antithesis of surf culture.” But that has changed considerably: The publication opens its story about the rise of these inland, human-designed bodies of ...

It took Kelly Slater, and his team of hydrodynamic engineers, 10 years to build the Surf Ranch…so the story goes. Not to mention the untold amount of dollars that went into such a revolutionary, ...

Abu Dhabi has many of the things that surfers hunt for in their quest for perfect waves: warm weather, year-round sun and clear water. The only thing it did not have was waves. That changed in October ...

It’s the off-season, presumably, for those of the winter sports persuasion. And especially those competing in the Olympics, as the next winter Games will take place next year in Milano Cortina (Italy) ...

There’s a first‑of‑its‑kind surf spot taking shape inland near Lisbon, trading tides and guesswork for a more controlled kind of session. Expect dependable sets and a mellow scene that still tastes of ...