For SUP schools & rental stations
Use caseTIDEFORCE connects lessons, guided tours, SUP-yoga and a busy rental fleet of boards, paddles and leashes in one system built for high-volume paddleboard operations.
Operational effectOne checkout for lessons, tours, rentals and yoga
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A SUP station lives on volume. The gear is simple — boards, paddles, leashes — but the day is not. Hourly rentals turn over fast, families and groups arrive at once, beginners need a lesson before they go out, sunset tours fill up, the SUP-yoga slot needs the calm-water window, and a steady stream of walk-ins comes straight to the desk. A generic booking widget can take a reservation, but it can't run the station.
TIDEFORCE is the Commerce & Operations Platform for Outdoor Sports Schools. It connects what a customer books online with what actually happens on the water that day — so the booking, the rental board, the group, the instructor and the invoice are all the same connected data, not five disconnected tools.
What running a SUP station actually takes
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How TIDEFORCE runs it
One checkout for lessons, tours, rentals and yoga
Customers book a lesson, a guided or sunset tour, a SUP-yoga session, a board rental, a shuttle, lockers, vouchers and add-ons in a single carta real 12-type checkout, not separate forms stitched togetherRead moreRead less→
Customers book a lesson, a guided or sunset tour, a SUP-yoga session, a board rental, a shuttle, lockers, vouchers and add-ons in a single cart — a real 12-type checkout, not separate forms stitched together. A family can book two beginner lessons, a board rental for the afternoon and a voucher for a friend in one transaction, and it all lands in your system as one connected booking.
You can show your offer with a Live Preview (draft → preview → publish) and embed your schedule on your own site with the embeddable schedule widget, so customers see real availability and tour times before they commit. Vouchers are built in, so gift sales and group credits sit in the same checkout.
Planning that moves with the calm-water window
The real-time whiteboard and timetable is where the paddling day comes togetherWhen the wind picks up or the calm window shifts, you drag tours and yoga sessions, regroup paddlers and reallocate instructors, and everyone working sees the same board updateRead moreRead less→
The real-time whiteboard and timetable is where the paddling day comes together. When the wind picks up or the calm window shifts, you drag tours and yoga sessions, regroup paddlers and reallocate instructors, and everyone working sees the same board update. Wind and conditions are entered by your team — you stay in control of the call, the software just keeps the plan straight.
You group paddlers by level, age and language with manual drag-and-drop, assign the right instructor to each group or tour, attach the boards they'll use, and check people in when they arrive at the launch.
Board, paddle and leash rental, tracked
Your shop and rental gear are linked to inventorythe boards, paddles and leashes that go out on a booking are tied to real itemsRead moreRead less→
Your shop and rental gear are linked to inventory, so the boards, paddles and leashes that go out on a booking are tied to real items — and you can see what's out and what's free for the next walk-in. You can also sell used or demo boards straight from the same catalogue. Material intelligence — usage hours, condition and location for each board and paddle — is available in Beta, so you can spot which boards are getting hammered and which are sitting idle.
Walk-ins and the front desk
Volume means walk-ins, and your team can place and manage bookings at the desk for the customer standing in front of thema board for the next hour, a spot on the sunset tour, a lesson for the kidsRead moreRead less→
Volume means walk-ins, and your team can place and manage bookings at the desk for the customer standing in front of them — a board for the next hour, a spot on the sunset tour, a lesson for the kids. The booking goes into the same plan as everything booked online, so the desk and the water never drift apart.
Seasonal pricing and capacity
Set high, mid and low season prices by date range, per activity and per location, and use Pricing Modes so a change ripples across everything it shouldCapacity is set per slot, per activity, per day and per seasonRead moreRead less→
Set high, mid and low season prices by date range, per activity and per location, and use Pricing Modes (shared price tables) so a change ripples across everything it should. Capacity is set per slot, per activity, per day and per season, so a sold-out summer weekend fills to exactly the number of boards and tour spots you have — and not one more.
Partners, multi-location, invoices and the local spot
If you work with providers or partnersa second launch site, a transfer service, a caféRead moreRead less→
If you work with providers or partners — a second launch site, a transfer service, a café — they get their own role, account and access level to place and manage their own bookings, with B2B provider invoicing built in. Run more than one station and you get operational visibility across all of them. Create invoices directly from a booking or a payment, with connected data and multi-rate VAT; you confirm each invoice before it goes out. Instructors file session reports, payroll bookkeeping rolls sessions into periods and payouts, and a built-in Guidebook lets you share curated local tips, calm-water spots and day-plans for your area.
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The recap
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| The SUP station reality | How TIDEFORCE handles it |
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| Fast hourly rentals across a big fleet | Rental linked to inventory — see what's out and what's free in real time |
| Lessons, tours, SUP-yoga, rentals, vouchers | One 12-type checkout in a single cart, vouchers included |
| Tours and yoga tied to the calm-water window | Real-time whiteboard — drag sessions, regroup, reallocate; everyone sees it at once |
| Families and mixed groups | Manual grouping by level, age and language, with instructor allocation |
| Constant walk-ins at the desk | Staff place and manage bookings on the spot, in the same plan |
| Peak weekends and quiet shoulder season | High/mid/low seasonal pricing and capacity per slot, activity, day and season |
| End-of-season hours and customer invoices | Payroll bookkeeping and invoices created from bookings, with multi-rate VAT |
Pricing is a take-rate of 6.9% per processed transaction, payment fees included, with no setup or monthly fee. You can import your customers and material yourself by CSV, or we'll do a full migration from your previous system with you. Hosting is in the EU on Google Cloud, GDPR-compliant, and your data stays yours. You can go live with your core offer fast, with guided onboarding.
Frequently asked questions
01Can customers book a lesson, a tour and a rental in one go?
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Yes. Lessons, guided and sunset tours, SUP-yoga, board rentals, shuttles, lockers, vouchers and add-ons all go into a single cart — a real 12-type checkout — and arrive as one connected booking.
02Does TIDEFORCE keep track of my rental fleet?
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Yes. Boards, paddles and leashes are linked to inventory, so items that go out on a booking are tied to real gear and you can see what's out and what's free. Material intelligence — usage hours, condition and location — is available in Beta.
03Can my team take walk-in bookings at the desk?
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Yes. Staff can place and manage bookings for a customer in front of them, and those bookings go into the same plan as everything booked online. Guest-first booking with no mandatory login, passwordless email access and QR check-in are rolling out.
04How does it handle tours and SUP-yoga that depend on the conditions?
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The real-time whiteboard and timetable lets you drag tours and yoga sessions, regroup paddlers and reallocate instructors, and everyone working sees the same update. Wind and conditions are entered by your team, so you keep control of the call.
05Can I sell vouchers and group bookings?
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Yes. Vouchers are built into the same checkout, and you can group families and mixed-ability paddlers by level, age and language with manual drag-and-drop, then assign an instructor to each group or tour.
06What does it cost, and is my data safe?
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A take-rate of 6.9% per processed transaction, payment fees included, with no setup or monthly fee. Hosting is in the EU on Google Cloud, GDPR-compliant, and your data stays yours.
See how TIDEFORCE fits your school
In a short demo, we'll walk through your real workflows: services, booking, planning, team, guests, inventory, guidebook and shop.

We map your real school day first, then show only where TIDEFORCE actually fits.


