Co-director and co-founder of The Wave®.
Nick is 39 years old and lives with his family in Bristol. He has a wife and 3 young boys.
His background is within healthcare and with his family runs a busy multidisciplinary health clinic in Bristol.
Nick has always been a fanatical surfer. He has had a passion for the sea ever since a small child when his Dad used to take him surfing at Portreath, Cornwall. Prior to having children Nick would frequently drive down from Bristol for a surf before or after work. Nick often starts his weekend at the beach getting waves at sunrise (before the world awakes!).
Nick and his wife have travelled extensively in the past in search of waves and this has given him an enormous insight into surf culture worldwide and the surfing industry.
The sudden tragic loss of his father made Nick reassess his life and the vision for creating a legacy destination for Bristol began. With his good friend Tobin, they began to build a vision for utilising the amazing Wavegarden technology and create a holistic and fun outdoor space.
Building a Wavegarden is an opportunity to bring together all his major passions in life:
Surfing, helping children with illness/disability, education, wildlife, ecology, surf industry and Bristol.
"Tobin and I have a vision of a beautiful and sensitively designed community space where people can surf, picnic, play, work, socialise and enjoy the beautiful outdoor space that Bristol has to offer. This space should be accessible to everyone and really show that, if done thoughtfully, you can bring together urban life and rural beauty in harmony and bring benefits to the local community and ecology. Bristol historically has the gift of engineering and raw beautiful nature. The thought of blending and preserving these very precious local traditions excites me beyond belief.
Equally, the thought of not jumping into a car for 5 hours and stamping a big carbon footprint every time we want to surf, will make me feel a whole lot better about surfing." - Nick Hounsfield