Alex Poirot, along with Chief Scientist Adam Fincham, were the engineers behind Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch; Poirot talks about the creation of that wave, and the future of manmade wave pools.

Kelly Slater’s “perfect wave” nearly started as a surfing merry-go-round. Before the 11-time world surfing champ’s famed Surf Ranch became a 2,300-foot rectangular lagoon in Lemoore, California, the ...

Kelly Slater unveiled the Surf Ranch in December, 2015, ostensibly breaking the internet and blowing the surf world’s collective mind in the process. The 2,000-foot long, 500-foot wide basin in ...

Do you remember where you were, what you were doing, when you first glimpsed what would later be christened, the Surf Ranch? I do. I was sitting on an ex-girlfriend’s couch in Hollywood, sipping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re a celebrity interested in learning to surf, you’re in good hands. Since Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch first began pumping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re a celebrity who surfs – even marginally; an adult learner; weekend warrior; etc. – a pilgrimage to Kelly Slater’s Surf ...

While at the ranch, Harry caught presumably the wave of his life, riding inside the barrel of a perfectly peeling right and then excitedly throwing his arms in the air as he exited. Last Friday, ...

If you’re a celebrity interested in learning to surf, you’re in good hands. Since Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch first began pumping out manmade waves in 2015, the years that followed have seen many ...