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That place looks crazy big, but we don't have a whole lot of that sort of stuff here in AU.
To me, dudes like Omar Hassan, Peter Hewitt and as seen in that video Grant Taylor are always good to watch on big transition, with Omar doing a series of how to videos on some channel from a while ago.
There is also the "Transition help thread" here if that has anything you might deem useful:
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=114852.0
It kinda sucks how rare it is to find transition over 6ft in Australia yet almost every park in the USA has 9ft transition at least
For a long time it came down to insurance.
There were certain guidelines regarding heights of things, especially for some like Brisbane City Council, where they were not at all keen to relax the max 2m height restrictions for anything.
As to other places, some Councils weren't so restrictive, or at least some contractors made things bigger or deeper than was initially shown, just to have some bigger transition here in AU, but I think now things are getting a little more relaxed in that regard, as there have been some pretty big, deep bowls in recent years.
It is also down to how big the overall skateparks are too. Most just don't have the funds to make such a big or deep bowl, whereas they will just put in smaller everything as it costs less.
I am thinking of a couple of new places in Perth / WA, a few bowls in NSW or VIC and definitely a couple here in QLD that have topped out the max height restrictions and people are stoked, but there are still not that many.
Bar Beach in Newcastle is another one that comes to mind, but that is not that deep compared to some places.