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This Wild New Technology Is Making Surfing More Accessible—but Not How You Think

Cutting-edge tech is turning deserts and other inland areas into top-flight surfing destinations.
Inverse

Olympic Surfing Requires a Perfect Wave — This 58-Year-Old Tech Can Bring It

The surfing competition for the Paris 2024 Olympics will not be staged at any of France’s famous mainland surf spots. Not at Biarritz or Anglet or even the thumping sand-bottom beach break at Hossegor ...
The Spokesman-Review

What it’s like to surf in Waco, Texas, where machine-made waves create the stoke

The woman in the Austin airport gave us a perplexed look. “What ya’ll got in those big bags?” she asked in her thick Southern accent. Surfboards, of course. Texas isn’t known as a surfing hotspot, ...
AOL

Big wave machine — by the sea — rolling into El Segundo

The coastal city of El Segundo is an unlikely location for a massive, new artificial surf park. Other California surf parks with machine-powered wave pools are inland, far from natural waves in places ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Wave generator arrives at Virginia Beach surf park as opening nears

A high-tech machine that generates artificial waves is being installed at the Atlantic Park surf park this week, marking another milestone in the project’s construction. A grand opening is planned ...
Daily Breeze

Travel: What it’s like to surf in Waco, Texas, where machine-made waves create the stoke

The woman in the Austin airport gave us a perplexed look. “What ya’ll got in those big bags?” she asked in her thick Southern accent. Surfboards, of course. Texas isn’t known as a surfing hotspot, ...