“We are building one in Florida, we are also going to build one in Tokyo, Australia, Brazil, probably Los Angeles and we are looking at building a couple in Paris,” WSL CEO Sophie Goldschmidt told the site. sports media in a long interview in which he touched on several topics.

Regarding the wave pools, he added: “We have a very clear strategic plan on the direction, which goes in two directions: The first six facilities will be strategically chosen to grow the Championship Tour (CT) and our key events.”

It suggests that the suspicions of many that in the future the tour will have several stages in swimming pools are real.

Furthermore, the choice of the swimming pools in Los Angeles and Paris is a matter for the organizing committee of the Olympics in each of these cities (2028 and 2024, respectively).

As for the second phase, “partners and licensees,” “we will remain very selective,” he said, adding: “I don’t imagine we will have hundreds of these around the world, but I think we will have a dozen. And the best business model is different for each one. Obviously, when they are tied to WSL events, normal revenues and commercial opportunities come in but there is room for further development.”

The CEO said that many of the developers who want to invest in the wave pool want to replace golf courses to put it there. And that the sites where they want to put it are almost always related to recreation places. Goldschmidt points out that there is more than one use for the pool and that it is also “beautiful” and can be used for concerts.

On this subject, he said: “The mind wanders. Again: We are learning. No one has ever done this before.”