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Rixen Cableways
Kiefersfelden, Germany
Dominik G端hrs
Rixen Cableways
Innovation out of passion The invention of the water ski cableway by Bruno Rixen, over 51 years ago, allowed the general public access to water ski sports for the first time. From this day forth we have been accompanying this discipline and providing the impulses for the present and the future through our constant technical advancements. Due to the Rixen cable parks, wakeboarding could develop to become the trend sport it is today. Our innovations of the last few years, such as
among others the first mobile double-mast system, which has opened up new fields of application both to riders and operators due to its little space requirement, are trendsetting for the development of wakeboarding. This passion for wakeboarding and the urge for perfection are our daily drive and our motivation as global market leader. See you on the water!
Rixen Cableways
Rixen Cableways - the Experts in Cable Park Business A wakeboard system basically consists of: - 4 to 6 masts, which can be set up on any waters or on an artificial lake in quadrangle, pentagon or hexagon shape. The motor mast contains the drive and the equipment for coupling and decoupling the riders. - 1 constantly running pair of cables, to which the carriers are attached at a distance of 75 to 80 m from each other, in which the tow ropes of the riders are coupled and decoupled. - A start area, which is the centre of action in a cable park, with operation platform and start ramp as well as an adjacent terrace area for riders and visitors. - Restaurant / catering area integrated in a service building with changing rooms, showers, toilets, offices and a trade counter directly in the start area. - Pro-shop for selling wakeboards and accessories
Hard facts: - Possible length of course between 350 and 1600 m - 4 to 16 carriers, depending on track length - Speed 0 – 58 km/h - Drive motor 22 – 45 kW - Capacity 350 to 410 laps/h at 31 km/h - Minimum area of lake: 90 x 160 m, minimum water depth 1.20 m Possible applications: Besides wakeboarders, the cableways are also used by wakeskaters, water skiers and kneeboarders. A great variety of sports activities in only one Rixen cable park for all age groups from beginners to pro-riders.
Rixen Cableways
Weissenh채user Strand, Germany
Rixen Cableways
Bursa, Turkey
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RIXEN CABLEWAYS THE EXPERTS IN CABLE PARK BUSINESS
Rixen Cableways
Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates
Rixen Cableways
Rixen Cableparks – a paying investment Low investment costs, good profitability and high ROI (return on investment) make a Rixen cable park investment extremely attractive.
sations of your cable park help you present your project to communities or financial institutions.
Our engineers plan your Rixen cable park in cooperation with our traders, taking economic efficiency, sport-specific configuration and local conditions into account. The basis for this is formed by a site analysis including the assessment of the plot / lake and the catchment area. In doing so, important business areas, such as restaurant, start area and pro-shop will be individually adapted to the overall concept. As a result, your sales will increase and you will benefit from our services for many years.
The most favourable location for optimally designed Rixen cable parks are artificial lakes, as the layout can be exactly adapted to the cableways. Undeveloped areas near conurbation centres can be found more easily than existing lakes. We offer you individual turnkey solutions, also taking the problems of water renewal, cooling, evaporation compensation, etc into account.
We offer you customised solutions with high added value. No matter how “difficult” a lake is; we find the solution for your individual Rixen cable park. Upon request, we design all buildings and facilities, which we gladly make available to your architects as CAD drafts. Three-dimensional visuali-
We accompany you from your first request up to realistic viability studies and business plans for your financial institution and support you during official approval processes. Upon request, we provide you assistance concerning the acquisition of external funds via state investment banks or within the scope of an investment management.
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We make your investment a success Survey, assembly, TĂœV (Technical Control Board) acceptance and startup performed with the help of our assemblers and engineers guarantee successful and smooth operation from the very beginning. We will provide you with extensive training in technology, operation and customer support. Events, parties and championships with international media attention generate new customers and additional sales. Highest quality standard, TĂœV (Technical Control Board) product certification and more than 250 erected and successfully operated cable parks provide you long-term investment security. Take our word for it. The 24-hour spare parts guarantee is our strength, but, considering the more than 250 cableways, also our duty. You can be sure that each spare part is of approved original Rixen quality.
Our motors exhibit the highest efficiency class - for the sake of the environment. Environmentally friendly, forward-looking technology and low energy and operational costs combine environmental protection and return. As a medium-sized enterprise we are not committed to the shareholder value but first of all to our customers, to whom we stay beholden over decades. We offer you the security of a healthy, financially strong and reliable partner and are well prepared for the future. Joint marketing on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, increases your degree of popularity within the wakeboard scene. Benefit from our vast experience and our name.
Rixen Cableways
Kiefersfelden, Germany
Dominik G端hrs
Rixen Cableways
Fredy von Osten
Kiefersfelden, Germany
In accord with the nature and the environment Rixen cable parks do not affect the environment - on the contrary: as a result of the splashing of water, the waters are provided several tons of oxygen per season. Examinations have shown that the quality of water is thus measurably and visibly increased. The fish populations in the lakes benefit from the high oxygen charge. This has already been confirmed by lake analyses and fishing associations. A perfect symbiosis of technology, sports and nature. Due to their restrained design, the masts are hardly visible already at short distance and integrate themselves naturally into the landscape. The electric drive of the cableway is quiet and emission-free. The whirring of the drive is already drowned out by the soughing of the wind or the rushing of the water. Wakeboarding and waterskiing stand for a modern, soft and economical way of tourism. Due to the sports activity, a considerable recovery effect is achieved “right on the doorstep�. A good alternative to long distance holidays for many sports fans.
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An improvement for every community None of the communities or towns in which a system was set up within the last 50 years wanted to do without it anymore. This has been confirmed by a great number of letters of thanks by mayors and local councils. The advantages are obvious: The citizens are offered a sport which can be learnt within one hour and enthuses them from the very beginning. The sport on the cableway is inexpensive; you neither need your own equipment nor are long journeys required. The community’s recreational value is thus substantially increased. Wakeboarding has a magical attraction for youngsters; this group is thus offered an attracting and useful leisure activity. Courses in the morning have already provided a welcome addition to the curriculum and the leisure activities at many schools and universities.
The cableway is especially attractive to families; a day trip to the Rixen cable park is affordable and offers an entertaining and active programme for young and old alike. Other than in other sports institutions and recreational areas, no subsidies are required from the community, as the revenues from the tickets cover the costs. On the contrary: the community derives additional income. Each Rixen cable park creates new jobs. The restaurant and the proshop provide additional employees and tax revenues. National and international championships provide the community the opportunity to become known beyond the regional boundaries and attract international media attention.
Rixen Cableways
RIXEN CABLEWAYS THE EXPERTS IN CABLE PARK BUSINESS
Rixen Cableways
Beachclub Nethen, Germany
Rixen Cableways
Rixen Cableways – quality and safety that pays off Our company is the market leader in the field of wakeboard and water ski cableway technology and distinguishes itself by outstanding competence when it comes to innovative spirit, product quality, pursuit of safety and reliability. The safety of your customers is our top priority. Sophisticated safety switches in the control unit, easy handling of the system, components with predetermined breaking points and comprehensive instruction of your staff are only a small portion of the measures which we attach great importance to and which guarantee safe operation of your cableway. The improvement of our mechanical and electric components provides you the safety of an optimised product and prevents expensive breakdowns with long downtimes and angry customers.
Large production runs allow for using high - precision robotic welding units and CNC processing centres in the manufacture. Only matured electric components with worldwide immediate customer service, such as the Siemens SPS control unit and the powerful Danfoss frequency inverters, are used in our systems. Elaborate test procedures and the use of high-quality components make it possible for us to supply you with the best quality. This is also confirmed by the TÜV (Technical Control Board), since we have our systems provided with a product certificate. Quality standards, risk analyses and in - house processes are inspected and certified within the scope of complex audits.
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Rixen Easy Start
Olympia Park Munich, Germany
Rixen Easy Start
Rixen Easy Start – a flexible 2-pylon-system for all fields of application In 2007 we created the market of flexible, easy-to-install 2-pylon-systems by developing the Rixen Easy Start. The success of the Rixen Easy Start could be achieved due to its little space requirements, low purchase costs and above all its wide range of application possibilities from beginner lifts to professional wakeboard lifts. It is very popular among riders of all categories because of the 3 preprogrammed modes. The endless loops mode allows wakeboarders and wakeskaters to ride without stops. Advanced and professional riders train there with and without obstacles. By making a 180° loop at the end points of the track, riders can ride as long as they like. In beginner’s mode the new customers easily learn the start and the first 50 to 150 m on the board. The fear of the unknown is taken away by the Rixen Easy Start and you attract new customers for your Rixen cable
park. At the same time you increase your sales on the “large” cableways, as falling beginners no longer obstruct the start area. As the perfect supplement in Rixen cable parks, the Rixen Easy Start generates high sales. Regarding the Rixen Easy Start we rely on safe automatic control technology, which considerably facilitates the operator’s work and excludes the accident risk of manually controlled systems. Thus, the operator can fully focus on his customers. Well–proved and well-known components of the large systems facilitate the maintenance and reduce the costs for spare parts. Large deflection wheels guarantee a long service life of the running cable. The Siemens SPS control unit ensures a high degree of safety: enough reasons for the TÜV to certify the Rixen Easy Start as the only 2-pylon-system.
Rixen Obstacles
Rixen Obstacles Wakeboarders and wakeskaters can no longer imagine life without obstacles. The obstacles in water also increasingly attract the interest of wake-skiers. Rixen Cableways offers you a great variety of high-quality obstacles for all levels. Developed by riders for riders, we have designed the optimum dimensions and shapes and tested them on water with the help of our team riders. The homogeneous and screw-free obstacles manufactured by means of a special plastic welding method provide for long and low-maintenance operation. A warranty period of 5 years is therefore just as much a matter of course as the certification for international wakeboard competitions. The newly developed, UV-resistant CPS (Cracked Pro Surface) surface structure offers far better antifriction properties than conventional obstacle
surfaces. A water film persists much longer, which once again improves the antifriction properties. This not only provides your customers more riding comfort and pleasure but also exposes the board to less stress. Our TCS (Tide Control System) automatically adjusts the obstacles to the water level variations. It is attached to the guys of the obstacles and ensures maintenance-free operation, even at frequent water level variations. Special two-colour side panels allow for the permanent “branding� of sponsored obstacles through milling-out: a neat solution compared to banners and stickers that soon become yellow and come off. Create a unique selling proposition for your cableway by selecting your individual obstacle set tailored to your system from our product range. We are glad to offer you special customised products upon request.
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WE LOVE OBSTACLES
Rixen Access
Weissenh채user Strand, Germany
Rixen Access
Rixen Access Providing the customer a benefit through innovations - this is always the basis of our development work. Therefore, we were the first manufacturer to develop an independently working access system on RFID basis, which exchanges data with the cableway control unit but cannot cause any interference. At a recording terminal at the POS area, all customer data incl. photo are saved on an RFID chip, which is worn by the customer on the wrist, just like a wristwatch. The contactless RFID technology is perfectly suitable for application in water and exhibits no read errors, unlike e.g. wristbands with bar codes printed on them. The advantages of the B.R.O. Access system: - Wear-free, contactless RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. - Besides the ticket information, the operator is able to see the name and
the photo of the rider on the touch screen panel. - Ticket abuse can thus be avoided and the personal addressing of the customer enhances the customer retention. In addition, the operator saves time and is thus able to attend to the customer and the technology more efficiently. - The administrator is able to manage and analyse all data such as sales, types of ticket, hire equipment, customer data, etc on the server. Besides the number of laps and occupied carriers, free rides and false starts can be recorded as well. - The administrator is able to monitor the cableway operation from the POS or from home and view the current sales and attendance figures via live view. - The collected customer data can be used for the targeted advertisement of events and special offers via e-mail or by post. - A programmable interface allows for the linking of the access system to already existing POS systems.
Rixen Team
& RIXEN
FREDY
VON
OSTEN
Age: Home: Best cable: Riding since:
19 Hamburg Antalya 2003
Highlights: 1. X-treme playgrounds 2010, Rider of the Year 2010, IWWF World Champion (Jr. Men) 2010, 1. Protest Cable Call 2010
TEAMRIDERS &
NICK DOMINIK MAXINE DAVIES GUHRS SAPULETTE Age: Home: Best cable: Riding since:
22 England Ski Rixen USA Antalya 2002
Highlights: European Champion 2007, IWWF World Champion 09, IWWF World Champion 10, National Champion 2012
Age: Home: Best cable: Riding since:
21 M端nchen Antalya, Thai Wake Park 2000
Highlights: European Champion 2009, 2. WWA World Ranking 2010, 2. IWWF World Ranking 2010 WWA World Champion 2011
Age: Home: Best cable: Riding since:
20 Enschede Antalya, OWC 2003
Highlights: WWA Overall Champion 09, WWA World Champion 2008, 2009, 2010 und 2011
LEO
LABADENS Age: Home: Best cable: Riding since:
22 Toulouse Thai Wake- Park 1996
Highlights: 6. WWC CWC 2008, 3. WWC CWC 2009, 2. Wake the line 2009
Rixen Team We were not only the market maker for wakeboarding but we have been the market leader in wakeboarding and wakeskating to this day. With our high-ranking Pro-Rider team we have our finger on the pulse of time and technology. There is hardly any championship
KIRSTEEN MITCHELL
MIKE
in which a member of the Rixen team does not stand on the winners’ podium. This is our responsibility for this discipline but also for our customers, in order to give them an understanding of this sport and establish contact with top riders from all over the world.
ANGELIKA
SIMON MORITZ
RUTTKOWSKI
SCHRIBER
Age: 24 Home: England Best cable: JBSki Riding since: 2008
Age: Home: Best cable: Riding since:
Age: 25 Home: Australien Best cable: Thai WakePark Riding since: 2008
Age: Home: Best cable: Riding since:
Highlights: European Champion 2010, IWWF World Champion 2010
Highlights: Wake Masters Overall Champion
Highlights: 2. IWWF World Ranking 2011 1. WWA Monster Triple Crown TSR 2012
Highlights: World Record Holder - Slalom - 1/58/9,50 m, 1. World Ranking, European Champion World Champion - Slalom
21 Duisburg Antalya 2003
HERRMANN 28 München Antalya 1992
THIELE
Age: Home: Best cable: Riding since:
18 Großbeeren Antalya 2005
Highlights: German Champion 2008, German Champion 2009, 2. X-treme Plagrounds 2010 European Champion 2011
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276 Rixen Cableways worldwide AE - Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi:
CZ - Czech Republic: Chomutov:
AR - Argentina: Buenos Aires:
DE - Germany: Allgäu, Blaichach: Aschheim, München: Bad Arolsen: Damp Dresden: DU-Rheinhausen: DU-Wedau: Eilenburg: Erfurt: Friedberg: Garbsen Geisenfeld: Hamm: Haren, Schloß Dankern: Hohenweiden: Hooksiel: Jagel: Kalletal: Kiefersfelden: Kirchheim: Körkwitz, Bernsteinsee: Langenfeld: Leipzig: Löderburg: Magdeburg: Mannheim: Neuhaus, Oste: Niederweimar: Norderstedt: Ostrhauderfehn: Paderborn: Rastede: Rieste: Riol: Salzgitter: Sassenburg: St. Leon-Rot: Straubing:
AT - Austria: Asten: Feldkirchen a.d.D.: Leibnitz: Unterpremstätten: Wien: AU - Australia: Bli Bli: Brisbane, Carbrook: Cairns: Penrith: BE - Belgium: Saint-Ghislain: BG - Bulgaria: Kazichene, Sofia: BR - Brasil: Sao Paulo: BY - Belarus: Minsk: CA - Kanada: Calgary: Point Calumet: CH - Switzerland: Crans Montana: Estavayer-le-lac: CN - China: Peking: San Ya:
Süsel: Thulba: Wachtendonk: Weissenhäuser Strand: Xanten: Zachun: Zirkow: Zossen, Horstfelde: DK - Denmark: Hvide Sande: ES - Spain: Benidorm: Marbella: San Rafael Santa Ponsa Sevilla
Noeux les Mines: Notre Dame D`Allencon: Paris: Rouffiac, Lanouaille: Saint Jean: Saint Viaud: Tencin: Toulouse, TNS: Vittefleur, Cany-Barville: HK - Hong Kong: Hong Kong: HR - Croatia: Porec: HU - Hungaria: Balatonfüred:
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FR - France: Avensan: Baudreix, Les-O-Kiri: Bourg en Bresse: Carmaux: Cergy-Pontoise: Condrieu: Creches Sur Saone: Etang de la Vallee: Jablines: La Grande Paroisse: La Grande Motte: Lamotte-du-Rhone: Le Barcarès: Le Muy: Léry-Poses: Les Alicourts: Malague: Mercus: Moncontour:
IR - Iran: Kish Island: IT - Italy: Milano: Ravenna: JP - Japan: Fukuoka: Nishinomiya: Okinawa: LV - Latvia: Ozolnieki, Riga: Mx - Mexico: Tala: NL - Nederlands: Best, Eindhoven: Grunostrand:
Houten, Nieuwegein: Landal, Svenum: Veendam, Borgeswold: NO - Norway: Akkerhaugen, Norsjoe: Flekkefjord: PH - Philipines: Calatagan, Lago de Oro: Clark: Davao City: Nuvali: PL - Poland: Augustow: Lublin: Komorow: Margonin: Ostroda: Szczecinek: Zukowo: PT - Portugal: Vieira do Minho: RU - Russia: Anapa: Ekaterinburg: Kaluga: Moskau 1: Moskau Strogino: St. Petersburg SE - Sweden: Arlanda: Axvall: SK - Slowakia: Bratislava: Kosice: Piestany:
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UK - England: Basildon: Bedfont: Bedfort: Chertsey: Cirencester, South Cerney: Cornwall, Silbyback: Datchet: Elveden Forest: Milton Keynes: Nottingham: Sheffield: Taplow: Wraysbury: US - United States: Big Bear: Cedars Camp: Cowtown: Cresson, Forth Worth: Deerfield Beach: Fairfield, Ohio: Fort Bragg: Fort Myers:
Guthrie: Houston Iowa Colony: Kansas City: Mecca: New Braunfels: Orlando, W+W: Orlando: Tampa, Seffner: Waco, Texas: XM - Montenegro: Budva: XS - Serbia: Belgrad:
190 full size wake parks 86 two pylon Easy Starts
ZA - South Africa: Jahannesburg, Midrand: Kapstadt: Warmbaths, Bela Bela:
Your contact partner Rixen Cableways GmbH Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 9 D-85221 Dachau / Germany tel: +49-8131-54700 fax: +49-8131-54702 email: info@rixen-cableways.com kontakt@rixen-cableways.com Web: www.rixen-cableways.com
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Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 9 D-85221 Dachau / Germany tel: +49-8131-54700 fax: +49-8131-54702 email: info@rixen-cableways.com kontakt@rixen-cableways.com web: www.rixen-cableways.com
Kiefersfelden, Germany
Rixen Cableways GmbH
Dominik G端hrs
CABLEWAYS SINCE 1961