AUSTIN (ABJ) — More than five years after NLand Surf Park shuttered, it appears to be re-emerging as a private surf-and-condominium community. Over the last several months, details have trickled out regarding what's being called Austin Surf Club. It's a partnership between Arizona-based Discovery Land Co. and Kelly Slater — perhaps the most famous surfer in the world — and it's located not too far from the airport along Navarro Creek Road off State Highway 71, about 15 miles from downtown Austin. NLand closed for good in November 2018, and companies tied to Slater subsequently purchased the site in southeastern Travis County. Slater had been working to turn the project into a world-class surf destination, similar to a Surf Ranch community operated by his company in Lemoore, California. But the project appeared to be in limbo since then — even as he continued to amass land holdings that now total more than 190 acres, according to Travis County property records. Read the full story on the Austin Business Journal website.