Gilbert Surf Park Delayed Again

By Cecilia Chan for Gilbert Sun News  A much-ballyhooed 25-acre water park in Gilbert touting technology that can create ocean waves for surfing in the desert is delayed yet again – this time until 2022.  The Strand@Gilbert in February 2019 inked a deal with Gilbert to build the $60M project on town-owned land near Queen Creek and Higley roads, […]

Project Wants Mesa to Become ‘Surf City’

By Jim Walsh for East Valley Tribune  A developer already has “Surf Mesa’’ tee-shirts printed, hoping that his proposed two-acre “surf lagoon” turns into a regional attraction near Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport.  But while the lagoon is the centerpiece of Cannon Beach, it also includes 475KSF of commercial space, a gym, a climbing wall, a go-cart track, a 65-foot […]

Arizona to get 11-acre Wave Park

By Elise Shelton for Surgenights If you ask me, Phoenix pretty much has it all: art, music, nature and nightlife. The only thing missing is a beach… But, come 2021 all of that is changing because- drumroll, please… ARIZONA IS GETTING A BEACH!… Well, sort of. In reality we’re getting a new wave pool. But, this […]