The Story Behind Atlantic Park, America’s First Urban Surf Park

by Jess Ponting | Surf Park Central

What does it take to build the first Wavegarden Cove in the United States and America’s first truly urban surf park? In this special Surf Park Summit session, the team behind Atlantic Park Surf pulls back the curtain on one of the most ambitious surf park developments ever attempted. Located in the heart of Virginia Beach and backed by local developers alongside Virginia Beach-born music icon Pharrell Williams, Atlantic Park is a mixed-use destination that combines surfing, hospitality, residential real estate, retail, entertainment, and public gathering spaces into a single vision for the future of urban placemaking.