(CNN) — 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 ...

A little over a month ago, a new wave pool emerged into the blossoming world of synthetic surfing. But this one was different – it wasn’t like the daily barrage of new projects popping up across the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person surfing at the Palm Springs Surf Club. (David Fouts/For The Times) The coastal city of El Segundo is an unlikely location ...

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 ...