URBNSURF

Urbnsurf

Urbnsurf

Imagine waves on tap! The dream of a turquoise lagoon with mirrored waves peeling left and right under a bright blue summer sky in Melbourne. 8 wave sets dialled in every 2 minutes for 7 hours - do the math; that's almost 4000 waves! That's the scenario that greeted me when I checked into Urbnsurf with a bunch of old high school mates at noon yesterday.

Urbnsurf is like a dream that you get to walk into fully awake. Check in, get the low-down and safety brief and then you're set to choose your adventure. The waves are generated by a central hydraulic system that can delivery everything from mellow peelers on the longboard setting to a thick-lipped barrel section in Beast mode. 

From the moment you first hit the freshwater of the lagoon you know something's different. However, that feeling is quickly replaced by familiarity and intuition the moment you drop into the first wave. The whole experience feels like a contradiction; unfamiliar weighted against familiar, variation disguised in repetition, man-made parodying nature and dream verses reality.  Ask me when you see me and I'll tell you about it... or book a flight and go surf it for yourself!

~
Murray

Beast Mode

Beast Mode

 
Jordy Lawler unleashing

Jordy Lawler unleashing

 
Wedge

Wedge

 
It's the real deal! Ask the seagulls!

It's the real deal! Ask the seagulls!

 
Set Up

Set Up

 
Lull

Lull

 
Jordy toying with the foamball

Jordy toying with the foamball

 
Chris Salmon displacing some freshwater

Chris Salmon displacing some freshwater

Here we go!

Here we go!

Afternoon glass off

Afternoon glass off

Founder Andrew Ross has probably had 5,000+ waves here already!

Founder Andrew Ross has probably had 5,000+ waves here already!

Sleep Mode

Sleep Mode

Murray Fraser