(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- In January, as the 2025 World Surf League Championship Tour kicked off on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Brazilian Italo Ferreira waited for what felt like an eternity to ...

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 ...

Why do you need a wave pool when you have the ocean? That’s one of the primary questions, or opposing opinions, when it comes to the rise of manmade surf parks. And perhaps none are facing such a ...

Amidst the global wave pool arms race, China was always going to be a major player. With a rising surfing population, funding from the government for competitive training, and the first-ever Chinese ...

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, ...

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 ...

Before most people could buzz from their morning coffee, 18-year-old Hughie Vaughan was bouncing off the walls. Yesterday, the 18-year-old Australian, fresh off winning Stab High Japan and entering ...

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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 ...

Currently, according to a quick Google search, there are around 1,000 Cold Stone ice cream locations in the United States. That’s triple digits for the candy-infused creamery, serving up confectionary ...

Love surfing but don't live near the ocean? Your backyard could host waves of its own — of course, if you're willing to make ...

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 ...