Set in the Steigersgracht Canal in the center of Netherland’s second largest city (Rotterdam), Surf Loch LLC has developed cutting edge technology for the world’s first city center surfing pool. The RiF010 Water Sports Arena project features the SurfLoch SurfPool™ set in the canal showcasing a 1.5 meter (5 ft) high curling first-breaking every 8 seconds, followed by a .75 meter (2.5 ft) high beginner training wave. The SurfLoch SurfPool™ will surprise and astonish as it generates consistent, clean, surfable waves in the middle of a modern metropolis.

Rotterdam’s regional area has a resident population of over 1 million, and 14 million tourist visitors. It is known as the “Gateway To Europe” due to its nexus of ocean, rail, air and overland transport, and its position as Europe’s largest port. Several years ago the City began focusing on experience-based real estate developments as a tool for economic development. The RiF010 project follows an initiative by Rotterdam City Council that featured community sourced ideas for locals to select by a popular vote. Spearheaded by a small local resident group named RIF010 (which means ‘reef’ located in the mail code for Rotterdam, i.e., ‘010’), the SurfLoch SurfPool™ project won a majority of the vote and will receive City grant funds allocated for the initiative. Now in the early construction stages, the project is expected to break ground in the spring of 2016.

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