The question before the council tonight is whether to reverse the prior approval of the wave pool project or, if not, which future ballot to put the referendum on, the June 2 primary or the Nov. 3 ...

Tensions are rising in ritzy Newport Beach, California. The conflict? A proposed wave pool, which would take over a portion of an existing golf course. As expected, the golf community is not happy, ...

Surfing legend Laird Hamilton makes daring rescue in 25-foot "Wedge" waves. — -- Thousands of spectators lined the beach as surfers, bodyboarders, and other brave athletes went headlong into ...

From a 15-year-old boy drowning in 1926, to the accidental creation of California’s manmade freak-of-nature wave.

During a City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 28th, Newport Beach officials gave the greenlight for Snug Harbor Surf Park to move forward. The wave pool project, which has received criticism ...

A decade ago, most surfers would scoff at the thought of a machine making waves. A place away from the beach and Mother Nature, artificial waves instead of swells — it all seemed so … unnatural. Fast ...

Newport Beach, California delivered on August 29, 2025, the Friday of Labor Day weekend. The waves, the energy, the vibe – everything lined up for one of those sessions that reminds me why I chase ...

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Ben Herrick is still not fully aware of what happened the morning of July 3, 2021, when he set off alone to surf some small ...