American Airlines starts off 2017! In the inaugural 2017 issue of their in-flight magazine, American Way, you’ll find a great cover story about late-night host/funny-man Jimmy Fallon to start your new year off on the right foot. Turning to page 26 and looking into the future, American Way
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Wave Loch’s sister company, Surf Loch, headed by our CEO and artificial wave pioneer Tom Lochtefeld, has mastered the design, development, and operation of surf attractions worldwide. Research has shown that both surf breaks and artificial waves bring value to the local community, increasing revenues for local businesses,
Read more →Surf Loch is featured in the LA Times today by respected Times writer Joe Mozingo in a “state of the surf (pool)” article. The primary competitors What purists are saying The undeniably magnetic appeal of man-made waves Insightful comments are offered by Steve Hawk, editor of the iconic
Read more →The view from 35,000 feet up is spectacular. It gives one perspective. The vastness of our planet, the closeness of space, the varied biomes on our continents. Twinkling cities at night evidence humanity, huge swaths of forest and ocean evidence nature in her majesty, and the vast sky
Read more →COUNTDOWN BEGINS The countdown to construction of the first commercial SurfPool™ has begun. Rif010 sources tell us that various hurdles have been cleared, and construction of our part of the project is expected to start in August – that’s only 7 months away! General construction starts in two months
Read more →Would you like to meet with us in person and discuss your Wave House® or SurfLoch SurfPool™ project? Attend the IAAPA trade show in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 17-20 and visit us at Booth #2215! Bring your site plans and renderings, cocktail napkin drawings, or just the vision
Read more →How Do We Create Meaningful Surfing Spaces ….. Outside the Ocean? Tom Lochtefeld, inventor of the FlowRider and FlowBarrel sheet waves, Wave House and Flow House venues, and now the SurfLoch SurfPool, brings his 30 years’ of experience to bear on this question in a recent interview with
Read more →“Once people understand better that we will be running competitions on high quality artificial waves, I think a lot of attitudes will change,” Aguerre told me. “And just like the [1998 Nagano] Winter Olympic Games did for snowboarding in terms of elevating the athletes and sport without
Read more →According to Huffington Post, there’s a “good chance” surfing and karate will be at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In addition, CNN chose to lead their story with surfing as one of the possibilities. FRIENDS OF OLYMPIC SURFING – CALL TO ACTION According to the ISA’s July 7th “Call
Read more →Surfing just got short-listed to become an Olympic sport!! The sport of surfing has been selected to enter Phase 2 of the selection process to become an Olympic sport in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Final voting occurs in August 2016. The International Surfing Association (ISA) is the prime-driver
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