The thirty-seven million horsepower chariots of fire mesmerized generations. Each Space Shuttle relaunch reminded us that humanity occupied a place in outer space. Star Wars, Star Trek, and an assortment of science fiction movies motivated students to stay home and do their math homework. Good grades meant you could go to outer space someday. The Space Shuttle was the vehicle … [Read more...] about Website Relaunch
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Surfer Magazine | The Chance to Bring it Back
The entire team at the First Peak Project is beyond stoked to be featured in SURFER Magazine. Below is the article's transcript from the interview by Zander Morton. Florida's famous wedge disappeared 15 years ago. Now we have the chance to bring it back. In the late 1960s, while extending the north jetty at Sebastian Inlet in hopes of preventing the navigation channel … [Read more...] about Surfer Magazine | The Chance to Bring it Back
Patriotic Peak
America has always been great. Once dubbed America’s Ultimate Surf Park, First Peak was an epitome of everything that is American. Even though the peak was an accident, in its day First Peak was a marvel of surfing wave technology. The reflected wave energy bouncing off the jetty created some of the most radical surfing waves known to man. With First Peak’s greatness, an … [Read more...] about Patriotic Peak
Florida Today | Peak Performance
It was our pleasure to team up with Florida Today for a feature on the First Peak Project and our collaboration with the Surfrider Foundation. Thank you Tim Walters and Terry Conway of Florida Today for such a great article. Peak performance: Restoring Sebastian Inlet’s legendary wave By Terry Conway For 35 years it was our perfect wave. An incredible surfing … [Read more...] about Florida Today | Peak Performance
Accidental Man-Made Waves
There are many man-made waves in the world. The best are mistakes. Humans are funny when it comes to creating artificial waves. When we try to make man-made waves purpose, we mostly end up dumping tons of sand and material and money into the ocean, to little effect: Chevron Reef in El Segundo in 2000, New Zealand’s Mount Reef in 2008, Bournemouth, England in 2009, Kovalam, … [Read more...] about Accidental Man-Made Waves