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SUP rental software that keeps

the whole station moving

TIDEFORCE 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.

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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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Planning that moves with the calm-water windowBoard, paddle and leash rental, trackedWalk-ins and the front deskSeasonal pricing and capacity
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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

Hourly and half-day rentals turn over fast, and you need to know how many boards are out and how many are free right now.You sell more than rentals: beginner lessons, guided and sunset tours, SUP-yoga, family and group bookings, vouchers and add-ons that scatter across different tools.Calm-water windows and tides decide when a tour or a yoga session can actually runBig groups and families show up together and have to be split by level, age and language — not just dropped into one slot.
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Hourly and half-day rentals turn over fast, and you need to know how many boards are out and how many are free right now.You sell more than rentals: beginner lessons, guided and sunset tours, SUP-yoga, family and group bookings, vouchers and add-ons that scatter across different tools.Calm-water windows and tides decide when a tour or a yoga session can actually run, so times shift and everyone has to see the new plan.Big groups and families show up together and have to be split by level, age and language — not just dropped into one slot.Walk-ins arrive at the desk wanting the next available board or the next tour, and your team needs to book them on the spot.Boards, paddles and leashes go out, come back, wear out and occasionally walk off, and someone has to keep track of the fleet.Peak summer weekends sell out while shoulder season is quiet, so pricing and capacity have to follow the season.At the end of it you still owe instructors their hours and customers their invoices, and the numbers have to add up.
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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 together
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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 update
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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 items
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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 kids
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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 season
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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 café
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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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What's live vs. what's coming. Live today: one 12-type checkout with vouchers, day planning and grouping, rental linked to inventory, walk-in bookings at the desk, seasonal pricing, invoicing, payroll bookkeeping, the Guidebook and the schedule widget. Labelled Beta: material intelligence (usage hours, condition, location). (experimental): AI-assisted setup and a storefront booking assistant. (rolling out): guest-first booking with no mandatory login, email-first passwordless access with a secure booking link, and a QR ticket with one-tap check-in. Customer reviews, automatic instructor matching, rental deposits and overdue handling, and weather-station integrations are on the roadmap, not in the product today.

The recap

Fast hourly rentals across a big fleetLessons, tours, SUP-yoga, rentals, vouchersTours and yoga tied to the calm-water windowFamilies and mixed groups
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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

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Can 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.

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Does 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.

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Can 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.

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How 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.

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Can 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.

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What 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.

Next step

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.

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Kilian Kirchberger, Founder and CEO of TIDEFORCE
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Kilian KirchbergerFounder & CEO