Watch: Former world surfing and body boarding champions have taken to the water in Yeppoon, testing out the Surf lakes wave pool prototype.

WIN News took an exclusive look inside the facility and all the pumping sets it has to offer…

Watch QLD Junior champion Jay Occhilupo taking on The Island at 5 Waves Surf Lakes

Check out QLD Junior champion Jay Occhilupo taking on The Island, the most challenging wave at our R&D facility. He then moved over to Occy’s Peak to try out the right hander, with more success. Unlike his Dad Occy, Jay is a natural footer, so no arguments as to who goes left and who goes

Channel 7 story: Australia’s best surfers and bodyboarders visiting the Surf Lakes 5 Waves facility in Yeppoon

Watch: Occy Tests Surf Lakes’ Full-Size waves

Yesterday we released pics of 3x bodyboarding world champ Ben Player inside a huge barrel “The Island”, the largest of the four breaks at our prototype test facility. Meanwhile, over at Occys Peak, Mark Occhilupo was testing out the wave he helped design. Occy’s Peak is smaller than The Island, breaks both left and right, and is

Surf Lakes achieves maximum target wave size

  We are excited to share that  the maximum target wave-face height of 2.4m (8ft) has been achieved! 3 x world bodyboard champ Ben Player was frothing to get inside this beast to give us scale (yes he made it out!). A wave-face height of 2.4m was the theoretical safe maximum for the prototype, based