WAKEBOARD and SURF PARKS
WACO SURF
WACO
Water parks are fun, but there’s a constituency craving something edgier when it comes to aqua thrills, like surfing (see next page) and wakeboarding. Waco Surf has both. The 2.5-acre lagoon has done what no other human-made water enterprise in Texas has accomplished: It produces real swelling, curling, barreling waves that are consistent and fully formed. “It stands out as a training tool for mid and top-level surfers looking to use the machine consistency to take the variable of wave quality out of the equation,” says pro surfer Morgan Faulkner, the director of Texas Surf Camps in Port Aransas.
Surfing gets top billing at Waco Surf, but the cable park—with ramps, jumps, and rails—is just as popular. There’s also a water park and a mile-long lazy river, which is the longest in Texas. And the surf shop, restaurant, and cabanas could be confused for a country club. Pro tip: Reservations to surf should be made weeks, if not months, in advance. Water park pass: $39 and up. Cable park pass: $49 and up. 5347 Old Mexia Road,
