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Wavegarden Barcelona-Montgat opens Spring 2018

The small Mediterranean coastal town of Montgat, near Barcelona, will build a Wavegarden surf pool. The “Tarifa of Catalonia,” as it is also known in Spain, will have a 15,000-square-meter artificial wave lagoon capable of pumping 5.5-foot (1.70 meters) waves every four seconds. The first public Wavegarden complex to open in Spanish territory will cost […]

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The surf pool powered by human muscles

An entrepreneur has developed a prototype of a surf pool that only uses human muscles to pump waves. “Fred’s Wave” is a one-man show. The dream of building an inexpensive, eco-friendly artificial wave has been growing somewhere in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia. The idea started with a very small-scaled model and later evolved into a […]

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