Tomorrow's World with Nick Hounsfield
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Nick Hounsfield is the surfer-turned-founder behind The Wave, an inland surf lake near Bristol. Trained as an osteopath, he wanted to help more than one person at a time, and built a solar-powered, year-round surf destination rooted in wellbeing, connection and blue health.
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What we talked about.
Nick Hounsfield's conversation starts with wetsuits and ends up in much deeper water: surfing, blue health, The Wave, stroke, community and what it takes to build an idea that sounds impossible for a decade before it becomes real. It is a story about water as technology, medicine and belonging.
This episode explores:
- How did a wetsuit change the life of a child who did not live by a surf beach?
- Where did the idea for an inland surf lake actually come from?
- How do you keep going for ten years when most people think your idea is impossible?
- What does surfing give people beyond the sport itself?
- How did a serious stroke change Nick's relationship with the project he had built?
- Can blue spaces become part of how we think about health, community and recovery?