Run a high-volume watersports centre at full speed.
Built for busy lesson and rental floors — windsurf, wingfoil, SUP. Sell through more channels, keep one live schedule for the whole team, and run clean check-ins without spreadsheet chaos.
- 0% commission on direct bookings
- Lessons and walk-in hire share one fleet
- Live status on every board and rig
See it on your operation
A short walkthrough of RidgeHQ mapped to how windsurf schools actually run the day — bookings, schedule, resources, and the close.
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The operational reality
A busy windsurf centre turns over gear all day and rents storage racks all season, while also teaching wind-dependent lessons. On paper you never quite know what is on the water, what is due back, or whether the board a lesson needs is already out with a walk-in.
Core Constraints Managed
- Wind speed and direction thresholds for beginner vs advanced lessons
- Board volume and rig size matched to student weight and skill
- Shared fleet split between taught lessons and walk-in hire
- Return times and overdue tracking for items on the water
- Physical storage rack availability and recurring billing
How RidgeHQ helps
One shared fleet across lessons and walk-in hire, with each board and rig tracked out and back and every storage rack billed on schedule — so the desk always knows what is available right now.
From booking to day close:
Take the walk-in. A client asks for a two-hour rental; the desk assigns a specific board and rig on the POS.
Take payment. The rental and any retail go on one ticket, paid through your own gateway.
Send it out. The item is marked out with a return time; the desk sees an overdue flag if it runs late.
Add a lesson. The client books a lesson for the next day; it is added to their profile and the same calendar.
Check it back in. Gear is returned, any damage is logged, and the balance settles on the existing ticket.
Close the day. Outstanding items, storage billing, and the day's takings land in reporting.
Fast walk-in hire, no second system
The front-desk POS moves a walk-in from counter to water in a few taps, assigning a specific board and rig and starting the return clock. Lessons booked online land in the same calendar.
- Front-desk POS for rapid walk-in rental, retail, and add-ons on one ticket
- Booking widget for lessons, courses, and pre-booked hire with a deposit or full payment
- Return times tracked per item, with an overdue flag at the desk
- Card-on-file for repeat renters, with balances tracked against the order
- 0% platform commission on direct bookings
One fleet, shared between lessons and hire
Boards and rigs committed to a lesson are not offered to a walk-in, and the reverse. Every unit shows its status — available, out, due back, in for repair.
- Shared board and rig inventory across taught lessons and walk-in hire
- Volume and rig size matched to student weight and skill level
- Wind speed and direction context on lesson sessions from your spot's forecast
- Per-activity thresholds separating beginner-safe from advanced-only conditions
- Maintenance status that pulls a damaged board out of availability until it is fixed
Season-long storage and clean books
Storage racks are managed and billed like any other resource, and money-affecting changes leave a clean trail.
- Long-term storage racks tracked per client and billed on a recurring schedule
- Per-participant digital waivers with typed e-signature and conditional health questions — built in
- Automated confirmations and reminders for booked lessons and hire
- Order immutability: an edit to a paid order creates a credit note, not a silent rewrite
- An AI copilot that reads the day and can reschedule a lesson or reassign an instructor, with a confirm step
What changes when the operation is connected
You know what is on the water
Every board and rig shows available, out, due back, or in for repair — in real time.
Lessons and hire stop colliding
Kit committed to a class is never handed to a walk-in, and the reverse.
Storage bills itself
Season racks sit on a recurring charge instead of a note in a drawer.
One ticket per customer
Rental, lessons, and retail settle together instead of across separate systems.
Built around the work
Stop acting as the manual API between your booking engine and your team.
Common Questions
How RidgeHQ handles windsurf schools edge cases.
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