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Surfin' UAE ... Aussie pro Sally Fitzgibbons practises her moves in the desert.(Photo by Getty Images)
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Surfin' UAE ... Aussie pro Sally Fitzgibbons practises her moves in the desert.(Photo by Getty Images)
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The Basque region's Wave Garden in Spain is thought to offer the world's best fake surf. (Photo by Getty Images)
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The Basque region's Wave Garden in Spain is thought to offer the world's best fake surf. (Photo by Getty Images)
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The Seagaia Ocean Dome in Miyazaki, Japan. (Photo by Getty Images)
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San Diego's "Bruticus Maximus". (Photo by Getty Images)
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Kelly Slater would need something a little more challenging than the Flow Rider, or these fake Chinese beaches. (Photo by Getty Images)
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Kelly Slater would need something a little more challenging than a fake Chinese beach. (Photo by Getty Images)
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Kelly Slater would need something a little more challenging than a fake Chinese beach. (Photo by Getty Images)
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Kelly Slater was in sublime Tahiti. And the next week in sloppy Brazilian mush. Bring on the wave pool! (Photo by Getty Images)
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Kelly Slater was in sublime Tahiti. And the next week in sloppy Brazilian mush. Bring on the wave pool! (Photo by Getty Images)
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Artist impressions of Aussie Greg Webber's proposed circular "surf arena". (Image courtesy Greg Webber)
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Artist impressions of Aussie Greg Webber's proposed circular "surf arena". (Image courtesy Greg Webber)
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Artist impressions of Aussie Greg Webber's proposed circular "surf arena". (Image courtesy Greg Webber)
New-school pools
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Dec 11 2014 6:35AM
