Now Sydney is getting an Urbnsurf water park
Hot on the heels of the announcement of an impending surf park for Melbourne, Perth-based Wave Park Group (WPG) announced it is in the spotlight to build Urbnsurf Sydney at Homebush.
WPG confirmed it has been nominated as the preferred proponent over a 3.2ha site located at Sydney Olympic Park. WPG says that surfing is expected to be confirmed as an Olympic medal sport for the 2020 Tokyo Games, making the location a perfect fit for the future of the sport.
The estimated $26.5 million development is to be located adjacent to the existing Monster BMX Track and Monster Mountain X developments, adding significantly to this exciting public action sports precinct.
The recently announced $1bn Parramatta Light Rail Project may have a station adjacent to the facility, which will mean Urbnsurf Sydney will be within 30 minutes travel time for more than two million Sydney residents.
The surfing lagoon will feature Wavegarden wave generating technology which will deliver authentic surfing waves, offering high quality surfing experiences for beginners through to experts.
“The beauty of the Wavegarden technology is that it can accommodate in separate zones the needs of all surfers,” says Wave Park Group founder and executive chairman, Andrew Ross.
“That’s from the smallest groms and those starting out, through to the high performance training requirements of elite surfing athletes. Waves will range from 1.9m high, 32-second long, pitching waves designed for the highest levels of performance surfing, down to 0.6m high, rolling white-water waves, which are ideal for beginner surfers,” he says.
As well as having amenities like a pro store and surf training academy, a licensed café and function centre, Urbnsurf Sydney will also be home to a climbing wall, parkour trail, skate course and other lifestyle sport opportunities.
In Edition 104 of SPLASH! we highlighted the possibility of the Subiaco Oval site in Perth being turned into a Wavegarden surf park, utilising the wave generating technology currently in use at Surf Snowdownia in Wales and being developed in another park in Austin Texas.
In Edition 105 we reported on plans for Urbnsurf Melbourne, including the $18.5 million, 30-year lease of a seven-hectare site on Airport Drive in the Melbourne airport suburb of Tullamarine, with plans to begin construction later in 2016 and to open by the end of 2017.
