Much of Phil's art has become the blueprint for concepts we still see in wave pools today. We wanted to pick Phil's brain to learn how he consciously or unconsciously seeded the future look of surf parks.

Surf park knowledge nuggets with industry vet Jessica Mahoney

Veteran surf journalist Bryan Dickerson turns the mic to those at the center of the wave pool universe as WavePoolMag shines a light on the engineers, entrepreneurs, pros and the hand-picked few who have a wave pool story to tell. The questions are pointed and the answers range from the sublime to the illuminating, hitting all flashpoints in between. Dig in to hear from the minds designing, building and surfing the world’s wave pools.