The designers propose to integrate hospitality and entertainment activities as a prime contributor to the financial viability of the project. The facility would be located adjoining Science World and Creekside Park, and include a pay-for-use surf park, a publicly accessible beach, along with restaurant and entertainment facilities topped with a green roof.
The proponents believe Vancouver is a perfect city for such a facility with east False Creek being the ideal location. We’re proposing to create a world-class city amenity, in an underutilized waterway, while tackling a recognized environmental issue in a city that promotes itself as one of the greenest on the planet”.ĬitySurf Vancouver would be a Canadian first for urban surfing and the second surf park in North America. "Much of our city waterfront invites participation on the water but for reasons including physical conditions, water temperature and pollution, it offers only limited immersive opportunities”, states architect and REVIVER CEO Philip Davis. ”Vancouver is an ocean city with an active outdoor water-oriented lifestyle, but due to geography it lacks open ocean surf. Their proposal, known as CitySurf ( provides Vancouverites with social amenities and programmed park space, all while actively addressing the significant pollution problem in False Creek through an innovative water filtration system within a floating wavepool. This is the vision of REVIVER Sport+Entertainment, a sport experience design firm looking to reconnect locals and visitors with the city ocean water by creating a multi-purpose surf park and urban beach. Yes, you read that correctly, surfing in downtown Vancouver. Kids splash in the water as surfers catch six-foot waves off in the distance. Paddle boarders and dragon boats share the water as people flock to the new beach located just north of The Telus World of Science. It’s a sunny summer afternoon and the activity along Vancouver’s northeast False Creek has never been more vibrant. An Urban Surfpark and New Public Beach in the Heart of Downtown
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