Bristol inland surfing company, The Wave, is expanding, which means we could be seeing more surfing locations across the rest of the UK soon. The company has just signed an investment deal worth £27 million with Sullivan Street Partners to rollout across several sites in the UK and Ireland, with plans already set for a London site in Enfield.
The Wave in Bristol, which cost around £30 million, opened in November 2019 and was the first in the world to use Wavegarden Cove technology. Since then, despite the pandemic, more inland surfing sites in Australia, Korea, Switzerland and Brazil have opened using the same technology and our own Bristol centre has not only survived the most difficult trading conditions, with various lockdowns to contend with - but it has proved that there is a bigger appetite than ever for surfing and its many physical and particularly mental health benefits.
This new investment is set to support the expansion phase of the business, enabling the securing of sites and planning for the next three or four wave parks, including the already secured London site in Enfield and the agreement comes with a commitment to fund the construction phases of the future projects. Other potential locations across the UK - and even abroad - are already being considered.
