In June Wavegarden Scotland announced that the country’s first wave pool received planning permission from the powers that be in Edinburgh. Work will soon begin to transform Craigpark Quarry near Ratho into a Cove facility with an opening date sometime late Spring 2021.
Andy Hadden, like Andrew Ross of Urbnsurf, Nick Hounsfield of The Wave and Andy Ainscough of Adventure Parc Snowdonia, is the mental engine behind this project that will transform an empty mining site into a surf destination and transform the local economy.
As we’ve learned in the wave pool business, it takes a certain type of individual to see the whole thing through. If we were to create any of the above mentioned mavericks in a lab, the core ingredients would include an addiction to surfing, a fair bit of obsessive compulsive disorder, stubborn-headed drive and the simultaneous vision to grasp the big picture.
We found these bits and more in Andy Hadden, the project’s managing director. Andy also gifted us possibly the best wave-pool building mantra to date: “Nothing has been done before until it’s been done.”
Read on to discover who is driving Scotland’s first wave pool.
What is your surfing background?
I fell in love with waves as a 7-year old while my father was on a one year teaching exchange programme that took us from Edinburgh in Scotland to the Gold Coast in Australia. Apparently asking how big the waves were became a daily obsession. Only later in life did I realise that we had some pretty impressive waves local to me in Scotland and that a good wetsuit keeps you warm. Since then I’ve been surfing the south east coast of Scotland, generally alone, for the past 15 years.
How does your background or personality help with what you do each day?
Having played rugby and other sports all my life it became clear the contact base built up over these years spanned all ages, demographics and professional sectors. Enough so that these relationships could drive the diligence that’s required to spearhead a project of this scale. If our board need advice, the chances are we’ll have someone well qualified and close to us that can provide it. And if we don’t, then we’ll know someone who knows someone that does. My wider family is also sociable and supportive, and they’ve helped me figure things out when facing the many challenges a project like this presents.
Share with us one moment when you thought you were nuts for doing this – meaning, what are the biggest challenges?
I live and breathe this project, hold all the information, and am my own worst critic. If a number sounds wrong we cross check it, if something doesn’t look right we analyse it and sensitise the outcomes. And even then we can only be certain of one thing – our predictions wont be exactly correct. So that’s where hedging the business plan and allowing for flexibility comes in, not to mention passion and attitude.
The main personal challenge has been managing the balance between leaving a job I enjoyed in 2017 and that supported my family financially, to set up not only Wavegarden Scotland but a co-working business in my local town called the Lighthouse Business Centre. Explaining this rationale to my wife has been tricky at times, but she’s been supportive throughout, and the success of the business centre project has helped me allay any concerns over this much larger project.
Conversely, name another moment when you heard angels singing a rainbow appeared and you knew for certain that this is your path in your life.
When our predictions in the early years regarding the sector, the technology, the proof of concept and the Olympic movement all came true. But really I knew it was game on ever since my first wave at Wavegarden HQ out in Spain in 2013.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to embark on this very same journey?
You need multiple components before contemplating how sweet the beer will taste onsite. Aside from growing a thick skin, these fundamentals are land, exclusivity, funding, planning permission, local permits and a business plan for operation. This process needs to be communicated clearly to all those on your team, and many outside your team, daily, over years. Relationships and home advantage are a head start, and make sure you are trustworthy. Do not lie, try not to exaggerate, use supporting evidence at all stages, and equally never let yourself be overpowered by a fruitless argument on the basis something ‘hasn’t been done before’. Nothing has been done before until it’s been done. If the evidence is there, move forwards and don’t be scared.
This process will take years. One of these components on their own is pointless – they’re all essential, and there’s no shortcuts. So if you treat the project like a very long and challenging game of chess, treating each opponent and hurdle with respect, but have the courage in your convictions and diligence, then eventually a checkmate can be reached.
When everything is finished, who gets the first wave?
Someone we value.
Online Casino South Korea
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
http://manchu.dothome.co.kr
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
live Streaming tv bola 88 are macbooks Touchscreen
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
read more
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
item279303053
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Cheap Flowers Delivered Same Day
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
m88
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Mulabux income review
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
delivered flowers online
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Flowers have
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
streaming sexe
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
http://www.greyscaleproductions.co.za
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
cpzibo.ru
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Story mill sexy stories
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Ff dating my ex part 1
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
https://easydominoqq.Best
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
fellation en exterieur
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Ремонт автомобилей на Варшавке
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
info lengkap
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
informasi lainnya
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Situs judi Bola adil
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
kappa.her.jp
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
2ip.ru
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
http://www.group-kin.com/
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
http://www.0sex.com/
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
use Yar Net here
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
vos.openlinksw.com
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
http://li137-108.members.linode.com/
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
https://orehovod.com
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
http://www.tellusmore.net
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
pkv 77
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Matthew Erausquin
blog topic
sữa ensure úc
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
post_953
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
discount mlb jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
cheap baseball jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
wholesale basketball jerseys
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
1654
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
authentic nba jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
cheap basketball jerseys from China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
wholesale baseball jerseys from China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
cheap basketball jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
wholesale baseball jerseys
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
discount football jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
discount baseball jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
wholesale baseball jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
discount jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
cheap nfl jerseys
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
discount nhl jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
wholesale hockey jerseys from China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
discount baseball jerseys
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
authentic basketball jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
Click On this page
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
authentic nfl jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
cheap hockey jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
discount nba jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
2392
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
268045
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
authentic nhl jerseys China
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here website
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
web accessibility click here
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
here to help you
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here button transparent
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
clicking here will get you there
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
one click link
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
link without his top
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
hit the links meaning
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
for further options click here
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
clicking with someone
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
post151827
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
the right link to the site
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
we just click
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
post link here
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here accessibility
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
reach out here link
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here click here now please click here click here to view click more click here digital click here for more details alternatives to click here click here to join the meeting click here button click here to click here to view listings wcag click…
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
message329443
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here agency
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
message331536
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
anchor link begin with books
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
clicking practice
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here ada
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
please click on the link below for further details
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here for more information
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
this link will work for anyone
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
the link take me
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
we clicked meaning
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
message356379
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here to buy
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
read the full article here
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here for the accessible version
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
click here for full details
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland
안전카지노사이트 도메인
Interview with Andy Hadden, the man behind Wavegarden Scotland