Big names, big wave pools, big luxury – makes sense for a place like Texas, where everything is, well, you know.
The Kelly Slater Wave Co.’s latest manmade surf park, the Austin Surf Club, has attracted a handful of A-list actors and athletes for the preliminary offerings of their residential properties, including Matthew McConaughey, Tony Hawk, and Drew Brees, according to the Austin Business Journal.
While there’s no set opening date for the wave pool or the accompanying properties – not yet at least – as we reported earlier this year, ground has been broken, and there’s a first look at the dirt plot, soon to be home to one of the world’s most innovative players in synthetic surfing. See below.
Here’s a little more about the project, per the website:
“In a groundbreaking partnership between Discovery Land Company and legendary surfer Kelly Slater, Austin Surf Club aims to redefine residential living by offering a 2,200 ft long surf basin equipped with state-of-the-art high-volume wave technology – a canvas for surfers of all ages and skill levels to perfect their craft. Indulge in farm-to-table dining experiences, and explore a world of well-being at the state-of-the-art spa, all within an innovative community that celebrates the essence of adventure and connection.”
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The location of the Austin Surf Club was formerly home to NLand Surf Park. Helmed by Doug Coors, the same Coors of the beer business, NLand opened in October of 2016, as one of the first artificial surfing operations on US soil during the modern wave pool boom. But the property sold in 2018.
And it’s not the first time that McConaughey has sampled Slater’s synthetic surfing goods. Recently, he was out at the OG Lemoore facility getting whipped into waves by the inimitable Tahitian wave pool instructor to the stars, Raimana van Bastolaer. On that occasion, McConaughey went down; he wiped out while setting up for the tube. But with a residence at the incoming pool in Austin, the actor will have more opportunities to work on that stink bug stance. Maybe a successful tube, too?
Stay tuned.
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