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Appointment Surfing

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of doing an Inherent Bummer conversation with a surf legend, a name that’s been imprinted in my brain since I saw The Endless Summer II at Pierside Pavilion in 1994 with my dad and watched Kelly Slater stand inside a man-made wall of water, a surfer synonymous with wave pools, inventor of the Flow Rider, founder of Surf Loch, Mr. Tom Lochtefeld.

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Surf Loch Unveils New Wave Pool Design With Unique Cap’n Crunch Footprint

Surf Loch unveiled a new wave technology design that uses the same pneumatic caisson powering as previous models, but with a drastically different footprint. It’s called Wavebender. Last year, a surf park insider shared the design with WavePoolMag under the agreement that we would wait for the official launch to share.

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What Is the ‘Wavebender’? Innovative New Surf Park Tech Unveiled

Surf Loch drops new feature, touting “a breakthrough wave-generation technology that redefines what’s possible in commercial surf pool design.”

Featured in: Surfer Today

Surfloch’s WaveBender Generates Artificial Reef-Style Waves

SurfLoch has been building artificial waves for more than four decades, but its newest design, the WaveBender, is easily the company’s boldest turn yet.

WaveBender is way more than just a refreshed footprint or a bigger pool. It’s an attempt to make a mechanical reef behave like a real one, complete with a wave face that actually curves toward the surfer.

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Wave Pools Join the Railway Industry, Others, With Newly Minted Surf Park Safety Standards

Up until last week, there were no universal safety standards for surf basin makers. This hobbled more than a few surf park development projects, as each newly proposed venue had to scramble to assure local jurisdictions that their wave basin would be safe for public use.

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Inside SurfLoch’s Pressure and Vacuum Technology

Technical breakdown of SurfLoch’s pneumatic chamber system, air dynamics, and energy efficiency metrics.

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Technology from One of the Largest Companies in the World is Helping to Create Waves

Explores Siemens technology integration into SurfLoch’s systems for efficient and smart surf pool operation.

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Surf’s Up in Palm Springs

Feature on the Palm Springs Surf Club, its facilities, and SurfLoch’s wave pool system at the core of the experience.

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SurfLoch Podcast with WavePoolMag

Podcast with SurfLoch’s VP of Business Development covering energy efficiency, wave tuning, and small-scale pool innovation.

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Italo Ferreira Put On a Show for the Opening of RiF010 Rotterdam’s New SurfLoch Wave Pool

Launch event of the RiF010 pool featuring Italo Ferreira demonstrating SurfLoch’s waves in Rotterdam.