Archive for Month: January 2020

Surf News

• The world's first surfing simulator game
  Have you ever heard of "Surf Champ," the world's first digital surfing simulator? This 1985 ZX Spectrum game was sold with a miniature surfboard that balanced on the computer's keyboard. Meet Norman McMillan. He was born in 1945 in Ontario, Canada, and raised in the United Kingdom by an English mother and a Canadian father. […]
• Bubble surfing keeps social distancing in the lineup
  Meet Alex Mangiarotti and Guillaume Mangiarotti. They're two brothers from Hossegor, France. One of the safety recommendations of the Covid-19 era is physical and social distancing. But how can it be applied to the surfers' lineup* Alex and Guillaume figured out a way to enjoy the waves without putting themselves and others at risk of […]
• Seoul creates the world's largest 3D wave
  There is a huge wave breaking in the heart of Seoul, in South Korea. d'strict, a company that designs and produced visual content for out-of-home advertising, created a public media installation that brings the power of the ocean waves into the city. Everyone who arrives in K-Pop Square, in Seoul's Gangnam District, is confronted with […]
• La Vague Grand Paris: the new wave pool by WhiteWater
  WhiteWater launches Endless Surf; the wave selected for the €250m development at La Vague Grand Paris. The world's largest designer and manufacturer of water parks announced the construction of a wave pool facility in Paris, France. WhiteWater presents Endless Surf, an inland surfing technology that will make its debut in the 250-million euro La Vague […]