(CNN) — Abu Dhabi has many of the things that surfers hunt for in their quest for perfect waves: warm weather, year-round sun and clear water. The only thing it did not have was waves. That changed in ...

A little over a month ago, a new wave pool emerged into the blossoming world of synthetic surfing. But this one was different – it wasn’t like the daily barrage of new projects popping up across the ...

It took Kelly Slater, and his team of hydrodynamic engineers, 10 years to build the Surf Ranch…so the story goes. Not to mention the untold amount of dollars that went into such a revolutionary, ...