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This will become a surfing magnet in Texas.

This will become a surfing magnet in Texas.

A 400-acre community called Pura Vida that features a 12-acre Surf Lake at its center could be built south of the airport as early as next year.

A 400-acre community called Pura Vida that features a 12-acre Surf Lake at its center could be built south of the airport as early as next year.

The sport of surfing is modernising, using technology to offer bigger, better and safer thrills.

The sport of surfing is modernising, using technology to offer bigger, better and safer thrills.

An Australian wave-generating surf pool with plans to expand into a year-round tourist attraction could open to visitors as early as 2022.  Broadbeach-based company Surf Lakes built the facility in 2018 near the town of Yeppoon on Queenslands Capricorn Coast.  The pool uses five wave technology to produce five different levels of waves around the lake, using a giant plunger driven by compressed air at the center.  Now, the company plans to convert the site into the ultimate surf getaway in...

Premium Content Subscriber only THIS weekend Surf Lakes will take the next step towards making its wave-generating prototype open to the public by hosting a public information session on the project. Plans for the session were first flagged by Surf Lakes media and marketing director Wayne Dart in late November after he revealed the company had commenced the approvals process to convert the facility. Mr Dart said Surf Lakes was hosting a presentation at Yeppoon’s Town Hall on Sunday between ...