
Wave Pool Mag
Veteran surf journalist Bryan Dickerson turns the mic to those at the center of the wave pool universe as WavePoolMag shines a light on the engineers, entrepreneurs, pros and the hand-picked few who have a wave pool story to tell. The questions are pointed and the answers range from the sublime to the illuminating, hitting all flashpoints in between. Dig in to hear from the minds designing, building and surfing the world’s wave pools.
Latest episodes

Nov 13, 2022 • 19min
What wave poolers need to know with Nick Hounsfield
Quick Update with Nick Hounsfield of The Wave. We’ve had Nick on the show before and The Wave’s history is well documented. For this episode of the podcast we branched out to explore community and how The Wave is helping diversify the lineup.“We’re starting to see people of very different backgrounds come here, rather than feeling like it’s constantly a middle class white playground which would make me feel like I failed. So I want to make sure that diversity is embedded from the start.”

Oct 30, 2022 • 28min
What the surf park world can learn from the golf club set
Luke Altschwager is the Managing Director at Parkwood Village on the Gold Coast of Australia. He’s a former pro golfer currently merging resort know-how with surf park potential via the Club at Parkwood. Well-spoken and sharp-witted, Luke walks us through the similarities and the gaps between surf and golf as we explore how future wave pool developments can learn from this established leisure blueprint.

Oct 11, 2022 • 37min
The subtleties you don’t see in the Surf Lakes plunger system with Kit Sidwell
In this episode, Surf Lakes engineer Kit Sidwell explains some of the nuances, history and basics of why the stone-in-a-pond wave machine concept works.

Oct 4, 2022 • 37min
Alternative wave pool construction with Myrtha and Endless Surf
In this episode, Paul Chutter of Endless Surf and Roberto Colletto of Myrtha Pools dive into how they are changing the process of wave pool construction. Myrtha uses a pre-fab steel-and-pvc technique that simplifies the wave pool building process and reduces project time. Too good to be true? Give it a listen.

Nov 18, 2021 • 41min
Wave intervals are more important than you might think
In our latest podcast Nick Robinson dives into the hot new topic of intervals in wave pools. Joining Nick and editor Bryan Dickerson are Baptiste Caulonque and Clement Ginestet of Endless Surf wave pools. The four explore the intervals inherent in popular surf systems and how that affects the surf itself, the customer experience and ultimately operating expenditures. It’s a fascinating dive into an area that is just now being recognised as a crucial component to surf park operations.

Oct 18, 2021 • 45min
Quarterly pool chat with editor-in-chief Bryan Dickerson
Nick Robinson chats with WavePoolMag editor Bryan Dickerson about the latest happenings and goings-on in the wave pool world including upcoming projects, rumors and pipe dreams. The two also map out what wave pool contests could and should look like...

Aug 26, 2021 • 35min
Aaron Trevis on the state of Surf Lakes five years in
Aaron Trevis has been tinkering away for well more than five years on Surf Lakes. He built small 1:25 and 1:10 prototypes of the plunger to see if the idea could work. It did. Fast forward to today and licensing has been fast with Surf Lakes selling territories in Hawaii, China, the US, and elsewhere. In all, the company says they have 19 projects in the works with more to be confirmed. WavePoolMag Podcaster Nick Robinson speaks with Aaron to cover the progress in Yeppoon and map out his company’s expansion into the global wave pool marketplace.

Aug 19, 2021 • 39min
Meet the person behind Brazil’s first wave pool, Oscar Segall
Oscar Segall is the human behind Fazenda do Grama, Brazil and South America’s first surf-focused wave pool. In this episode podcaster Nick Robinson uncovers the how and why of Segall’s master development. The Wavegarden Cove is the central component to the private development and is only accessible via membership or residency. It could also herald the arrival of wave pools replacing golf courses en mass as future real estate developments copy Oscar’s business plan.

Aug 12, 2021 • 41min
CEO Damon Tudor mapping Urbnsurf’s growth
Urbnsurf Melbourne has been open for a little more than one year. In that time the gates have been shut more often than open. By not pumping out waves to a happy public on the daily, their learning curve for building a thriving, profitable surf park has been incredibly steep. CEO Damon Tudor shares with us an accelerated master class in wave pools, outlining the company’s plans including key targets in Sydney, Perth and elsewhere in Australia. Find out how he expects to get the job done.

Mar 26, 2021 • 44min
Surfloch one of the "big six" wave tech providers
Surfloch is one of the larger wave tech providers having originally made a splash with the sale of the Flowrider system to White Water. Tom Lochtefeld has led Surfloch into a new era of wave creation coming up with a powerful system for creating top quality surfing waves. He has proved it in the Californian desert at Palm Springs with ex-BSR wavemaker, Cheyne Magnusson and his team at the Palm Springs Surf Club.Check out the video of their incredible few months when the test tank was open: https://vimeo.com/463513131 We also talk about lots of other things and Wisemans surf lodge down in Australia https://www.wisemans.surf/ I hope you enjoy it and next week we have Aaron Trevis with an update from Surf Lakes!Stay well,Nick