Hello! We are Richard, Amanda & Baby North!

We are passionate about adventure, challenges, our planet and big ideas - We simply love to have fun, achieve and dream big.

We are sporty, global orientated, big-thinkers, believers, change-makers, enthusiastic, self motivated and driven. We love to collaborate with energised, fresh minded inspiring people. Around the dinner table we tend to share stories and enter discussions on topics and ideas that challenge norms, push boundaries and explore beyond the box.

Our sporty interests include anything from hiking, mountain biking , wave kiting and wake boarding, to snowkiting and snowboarding our incredible backcountry mountains.

Our business interests include: entrepreneurship, digital-tech, software engineering, international business, horse racing and positive global ventures. We like to create and work with projects that carry powerful and meaningful initiatives, story, experience and movement. We like to collaborate and work diversely with other curious and driven entrepreneurs, powerful creatives and passionate, global thinkers.

Our bigger interests are; Adventure and exploration, EV movement, flow and the human brain, photography, app design, marketing and buyology, politics, sustainable and meaningful business practice, environmental science, collaborative, conscious humanity and the theory of contentment and happiness.

Our home is an adventurers paradise! A beautiful alpine setting in Lake Hawea, right next to the incredible township of Lake Wanaka , nestled on the mountainous South Island of New Zealand.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We love to meet and exchange with great minded humans, teach, learn, grow, adventure, experience and collaborate. Immerse ourselves in ideas, culture and community, be a part of something that evokes passion and inspiration and get closer to understanding the big questions in life.

Interests

• technology
• music
• snowboarding
• paragliding
• extreme sports
• international relations
• statistics
• adventure travel
• mountains
• mountain biking
• adventure
• fun
• happiness
• kiting
• globalization
• entrepeneurship
• electric vehicles
• hiking mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything from Classical and Jazz to Drum & Bass and Hop Hop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swam alone with a Blue Whale!

Teach, Learn, Share

Yes please!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Outdoor enthusiasm and adventure heartedness

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, England, France, Gambia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, England, New Zealand, Switzerland