Yeah, it’s been a while since we heard from the folks at NLand. America’s first public Wavegarden has been overshadowed by the neighboring BSR Park in Waco, a few hours down the road — as well as the WSL Surf Ranch and the new Surf Lakes facility in Queensland, among other wavepool developments since NLand opened in 2016.

Big news today, though, as the WSL just purchased the place. Official word: “The World Surf League has acquired land and assets from NLand in Austin, Texas. Additional information will be made available at the appropriate time.”

We’re not sure when that’ll be, but word is that they’re gonna scrap all the existing Wavegarden tech and machinery to build a pool using the technology they’ve spent the last few years developing in Lemoore. Stay tuned as more info becomes available.

Meantime, have a look below at Surfline’s first visit to NLand a couple years back. [Lead photo: Billy Watts.]