Dylan Graves was on a 19-hour layover in Dubai when he decided to throw a hail mary. He’d seen an announcement for Surf Abu Dhabi, the latest Kelly Slater Wave Co. creation in the UAE, and fired off a text to Kelly to try and score an invite. It turned out that Slater was in town and Graves got the chance to test out the wave on opening day.
We first became aware of the new pool in June, when Modon Properties announced that Surf Abu Dhabi would be part of a…