A handful of the world ́s best surfers – including Yago Dora, Leo Fioravanti, Luke Swanson, Reef Heazlewood, Dion Agius and Victor Bernardo – have been working with Wavegarden ́s founder and CEO and his fluid dynamics team to design and refine 4 different air sections and a new barrel wave.
"Innovation has always characterized our company and we have a lot more in the pipeline this year, with some important business announcements coming in the third quarter. We will establish new industry precedents once again.” Josema Odriozola, Founder and CEO of Wavegarden
In line with our history of ground-breaking innovation, our team of specialist engineers has pioneered the only bespoke water treatment system in the world - 100% designed, built and tested for artificial surfing lagoons.
DSRT Surf is slated to be the first Wavegarden Cove surf park built in the United States of America after plans were unanimously approved by the City of Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley. Wavegarden´s technology will comprise a 52-module wave generator and a fully integrated surfing lagoon.
Good news for Japan, the Wavegarden Cove technology will soon arrive in the country. Wavegarden announced the new alliance in this Asian territory, working with promoter JPF. Both companies have set themselves the challenge of developing up to 7 projects in different regions of Japan in the next 7 years.
In a surf park industry first, a detailed study into the energy efficiency of Wavegarden's electromechanical system vs. pneumatic technology has been released to the public. The study concludes that the Wavegarden system requires approximately 10 times less energy than a pneumatic system on a like-for-like basis.
The first Wavegarden Cove in America will be opened in Praia da Grama, located 60 miles from São Paulo. Built in partnership with KSM Realty, the world-class waves and palm-fringed white sandy beach is at the centerpiece of a residential complex and sets a new benchmark in the realtor sector.
For the first time in the history of mainland Europe it is possible to surf world-class waves in the Swiss Alps year long, thanks to the new surfing facility developed in Sion, just 1 hour from Lausanne. The aim of its founder, Adam Bonvin, a young entrepreneur only 25 years old, is to bring this healthy and fun sport along with the beach lifestyle, closer to Swiss families and surfing lovers. It also aims to offer professional surfers a place to train and companies a venue to hold alternative corporate events. The pre-sales success has been overwhelming, a clear indicator, in these difficult times, that outdoor leisure activities are very much sort after by everyone. The Alaïa Bay project is especially important for Wavegarden as it fulfils the vision of bringing waves and the sport of surfing to places without access to the ocean.
Ahead of the official opening in May some of the world’s best surfers tested out the waves at Alaïa Bay in the Swiss Alps. Hawaii’s Zeke Lau (Hawaii), Aritz Aranburu (Basque Country), Maud Le Car (France) and some other European pros surfed Wavegarden’s 20-wave menu under the snow-capped mountains, 500 metres above sea level.
Alaïa Bay in Sion, Switzerland will begin filling its 8.500m2 Wavegarden Cove surfing lagoon in January and has confirmed the pre opening for April. After 12 months of construction, it is finally possible to dream of surfing in Switzerland on ocean-like waves – the realisation of a daring project launched in 2016.
Nineteen year old Mateus Herdy (ambassador of the Wavegarden Cove now under construction in Garopaba, Surfland Brazil) enjoys an evening session at URBNSURF Melbourne.
In early January the gates of Urbnsurf opened to the public. Two months prior, behind closed doors, a large number of wave testing sessions took place that very few people knew about. We call it the 'Commissioning' phase.
Today marked a historical moment for Wavegarden as waves started breaking in the world’s first public Wavegarden Cove in Bristol, England.
With the official opening of The Wave scheduled for November, Wavegarden’s engineers are on track to complete the commissioning of the machinery that powers the revolutionary Wavegarden Cove technology.
Images of perfect, unridden waves flooded the internet today, providing a sneak preview of what is in store for visitors in the near future.
Four Australian pro surfers - Stu Kennedy, Connor O'Leary, Mitch Crews and Jackson Baker - recently trialled night surfing at Wavegarden's demo center in north Spain. Flood lights lit up the Wavegarden Cove like a sports arena, allowing the Australians to surf and train from sunset to late into the night, a feat not easy to achieve in the ocean.
The Wavegarden Cove has been tested and approved by many of the world’s top ranked surfers, although its versatility extends well beyond making great waves for the elite. Illustrating this point a “Family Surf Session” was organised at Wavegarden’s R&D demo center with several families with varying degrees of experience. The emphasis was on fun, learning, and participation - and less on high performance.
Two special guests were recently invited to surf the Wavegarden Cove: Eric Dargent and Benoit Moreau. Both are French surfers and both have a story to tell.
