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
- Every board and rig tracked by unit and status
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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.
What your day has to balance
- 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
Boards, rigs, and wetsuits are tracked as individual units with sizes and service status, and lessons and walk-in hire draw from the same inventory — so the counter can see what's free before handing it over.
From booking to day close:
Sell at the counter. A walk-in hire or a lesson goes through the POS basket with rentals and retail on one ticket.
Book the units. Rentals reserve specific units for the date and time window; online lessons see the same inventory.
Sign the waiver. Each participant signs the waiver before going on the water.
Check the wind. Lessons outside your wind limits are flagged; move or reschedule them in the planner.
Log the damage. Damaged gear gets a maintenance record and leaves availability until it's returned.
Close the register. The register closes and hire, lessons, and retail land in reporting.
Fast counter hire on one inventory
A busy centre turns over gear all day. Rentals are booked against specific units for a date and time window, so the counter and the lesson schedule are reading the same rack.
- Booking widget on your own website with live availability, deposit or full payment, and promo codes
- Front-desk POS for walk-ins, rentals, and retail on one basket, with register open and close
- Agent and partner bookings recorded with their commission for settlement
- 0% platform commission on direct bookings
- Timed rentals of specific units, with dates and start and end times
Every board and rig, by unit and state
Boards, sails, rigs, booms, and wetsuits are tracked as individual units with sizes. A unit out for repair is removed from availability the moment its maintenance record is opened and returns when it comes back.
- Gear units with sizes and size-matched availability
- Weekly rental planner by unit
- Maintenance records with vendor, expected return, and overdue flags
- CSV export of the maintenance register
- Retail stock records for the shop
Wind-aware lessons alongside the hire
Lessons share the planner with everything else, with wind and direction context for your spot and thresholds per activity, so the call to run, move, or cancel a lesson is made with the forecast beside it.
- Wind speed and direction context, with minimum, maximum, and direction limits per activity
- Overlap checks on instructor assignments
- Per-participant waivers with typed signature and conditional questions
- Products can require a skill level, asked for only where needed
- Email everyone booked on a session from the planner
What changes when the operation is connected
Fewer surprises at the rack
The counter sees what's free by unit and size before handing it over.
Damaged gear stays out
Maintenance records keep broken units out of availability until they're back.
Lessons and hire agree
One inventory means a lesson's board isn't rented to a walk-in.
A clean close
Register close and reporting come from the same orders.
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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Run the numbers for your windsurf schools
Free calculators with the formulas shown, plus how RidgeHQ is priced and how it compares.
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