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URBNSURF Melbourne. Credit URBNSURF/Ed Sloane
Wavegarden continues to deliver world-class surf parks around the world
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Following the recent opening of its URBNSURF Melbourne, Wavegarden is planning to open four commercial surfing facilities in 2020/21 (Siheung, next to Seoul and Incheon International Airport, South Korea; Valais, Switzerland; Praia da Grama & Garopaba, Brazil) and has another 30+ projects financially contracted and in development across five continents.
As businesses across the globe progressively start to reopen following the forced closure due to COVID-19, URBNSURF Melbourne recently announced that surfers can return to the attraction.
Amid a period when enterprises are subject to numerous new pressures, Wavegarden founder and Chief Executive Josema Odriozola shares a positive outlook “in spite of everything, our team is working hard to continually improve the performance of our systems and we remain excited and confident about the future.”
A full-scale facility, like URBNSURF, can host over 80 surfers simultaneously, with each surfer catching between 10-15 waves per session. Contact +34 943 041 018, E: sales@wavegarden.com, www.wavegarden.com
Grassports installs Laykold Advantage courts at Melbourne’s Wesley College
Grassports Australia has completed a transformation of the outdoor netball courts at Melbourne’s Wesley College, installing impact absorbing Laykold Advantage surfaces from APT Asia Pacific. The re-surfacing of the school’s four outdoor tennis courts complete with netball lines, using the top-of-the range Australian-made playing surface, is available for use by the more than 1,000 pupils at the school as well as for regular Saturday sport competitions.
Grassports Australia Managing Director, Bernard Evans explained “Grassports was engaged by the school because of our reputation in completing other projects at the school over many years with fantastic outcomes.
“With the existing courts worn out, base rectifications were completed before the new acrylic surfacing could be applied.”
APT (Advanced Polymer Technology) is the leading global manufacturer of polyurethane-based materials, acrylic coatings and synthetic turf products for sporting and recreational applications.
With a range of synthetic sport surfaces, over 100,000 metres² of Laykold surface have been installed worldwide since it was introduced in 1970. The USTA recently announced Laykold as the new surface of US Open. Contact 1800 652 548, E: info@aptasiapacific.com.au, www.aptasiapacific.com.au
Polin Waterparks launches world’s largest Bowl water slide
Polin Waterparks has launched the brand-new Time Rider water slide featuring the world’s largest Bowl offering four paths - allowing riders to experience different choices every time and extend their time on the attraction.
Time Rider also offers special lighting effects on its wormhole (functional observation walkway) while also offering VR applications. Contact Polin’s Australian representative Swimplex Aquatics on 1300 796 759, E: sales@swimplex.com.au, www.swimplex.com.au
BioGuard Retail Lynx is a complete pool business management system which brings together every aspect of a pool business in one simple interface, giving owners and managers complete oversight of their operations at-a-glance. With BioGuard Retail Lynx, operators can now automate workflows, eliminate paperwork, boost sales and serve even happier customers.
By integrating the three most popular software management tools in one seamless pool management platform BioGuard Retail Lynx delivers: State-of-the-art BioGuard Water Cloud and BioGuard Service Pro water testing, servicing and invoicing software used by more Australia and New Zealand stores than any other platform; Vend point-of-sale technology and Xero accounting - collectively used by almost 2.25 million businesses worldwide. Contact BioGuard distributor BioLab Australia Pty Ltd on 08 8274 6800, E: marketing@bioguard.com.au, www.bioguard.com.au
PLAE and BeaverFit formalise partnership to boost athletic training options in Oceania
Leading sports flooring provider PLAE and functional training equipment suppliers BeaverFit have agreed a new joint-venture to expand athletic training solutions in the Oceania region.
PLAE’s new formal partnership with UK-founded BeaverFit presents an expanded range of athletic training solutions and follows the two companies having collaborated on a number of projects globally in recent years.
The partnership, which is set to increase their scope within the industry, will see PLAE’s Australian-based office, in collaboration with BeaverFit, manufacture the Beaverfit range in Australia, adding its diversity of outdoor training solutions to its already extensive consultative offering. Contact 0409 859 335, E: international@plae.global, www.plae.global
Visitance digital contact tracing solution proves popular at aquatic, fitness and recreation centres
Leading leisure industry software provider, Jonas Leisure has reported their recently launched Visitance app, is proving popular with aquatic, fitness and recreation centres.
The contactless system is helping these centres comply with government COVID-19 contact tracing requirements and occupancy limits.
Visitance simplifies the process of checking people in and out of a facility by using a QR code which members and other visitors scan using just the camera app on their phones. Scanning the code loads a branded web page where visitors enter contact details including their name, phone number and email address. This information is then securely held, allowing managers to easily contact people or export data for local government if a case of COVID-19 is discovered among facility users.
Jonas Leisure Chief Executive, Mike Henton advises “it’s great to see Visitance being widely adopted, including by some sectors we hadn’t originally anticipated. It’s now being harnessed by the likes of libraries, scout halls and churches, as well as our target audience of leisure centres, aquatic facilities and gyms.”
Henton advised that a feature that had proven particularly popular was Visitance’s occupancy count display, which allows a facility to show a real-time count of how many people are currently inside by displaying it on digital signage, a spare monitor, or an iPad at their front door. This made it easy for staff and visitors to view the current occupancy count and the permitted capacity at a glance. Contact 02 9906 7522, E: info@jonasleisure.com.au, www.jonasleisure.com.au and www. visitance.net
Quayclean Australia launches new supply network
Australian-owned venue cleaning experts Quayclean Australia, has launched its new commercial arm, Quay Supply Network, to assist public venues, businesses and schools source and supply cleaning and protection products. Quay Supply Network specialises in supplying hand sanitisers, antibacterial hand washes and soaps, hospital grade disinfectants and a broad range of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Quay Supply Network was founded from customers demanding genuine service from product suppliers, searching for commercial competitiveness, and sourcing Australian-made products. Contact 1300 897 117, E: info@quayclean.com.au, www.quayclean.com.au Send your product news to leisure@ausleisure.com.au
Latest Life Floor installation on display at Hills Swimming in Sydney
Life Floor has provided details of its recent installation at Hills Swimming in the Sydney suburb of Kenthurst.
Owned and operated by swim school leaders Julie and Deny Zancanaro, the Life Floor Design Studio recommended two shades of blue from Life Floor’s ‘High Tide’ theme to match the existing decor. Tiles were laid in a classic checkerboard grid arrangement and included pre-cut depth indicator signs.
Prior to the installation, the Zancanaros had persevered with large, interlocking loose lay rubber mats which - not designed for pool deck environments - had made it difficult to keep the pool deck safe.
Julie and Deny Zancanaro are pleased with the transformation Life Floor has made - especially how much easier it is to keep clean (vital in the current climate), explaining “cleaning and maintenance associated with the (old) temporary mats was proving to be increasingly challenging and so, after considerable research, we settled on Life Floor in the 10mm thick Ripple texture.
“We are absolutely delighted with the transformation Life Floor has made to our centre. It looks great, it’s keeping everyone so much safer as they move around the wet pool deck, and it’s a lot easy to clean than the rubber mats we had.” Contact 1300 721 135, E: info@lifefloor.com.au, www.lifefloor.com.au
SwimDesk expands online software functionality for swim schools
SwimDesk has released an expansion to the functionality of its popular software platform for managing swim school communication, progression and retention.
Introducing the extension, SwimDesk Product Manager, Lane Harrison advised “many in the industry have expressed their frustration to us about the limitations and lack of options when it comes to online swim school software (so) we are excited to announce the release of our expanded functionality to the industry.”
This new functionality integrates seamlessly with SwimDesk’s other popular features for managing assessments, progression and providing parents with detailed feedback about their child’s progress. Contact 1300 181 665, www.greenedesk.com
Partnership announced between Technogym and IRONMAN
Technogym has been announced as the Official Global Fitness Equipment Partner for IRONMAN which sees the partnership also including Technogym’s involvement with the IRONMAN World Championships and Virtual Racing Series events.
The partnership will debut with the recently announced IRONMAN® Virtual Racing™ (VR™) Series that will be offered through the IRONMAN Virtual Club, an innovative webbased platform that allows athletes to train and compete from anywhere around the world, while earning activity-based points and engaging with the community.
The IRONMAN Group President and Chief Executive, Andrew Messick advised “Technogym has developed a wide range of state-of-the-art smart fitness equipment that provides exceptional indoor training solutions for our athletes.” Contact Technogym on 1800 615 440, E: info.au@technogym.com, www.technogym.com
Adapting to the changed way fitness providers have done business as a result of circumstances that have been brought on by COVID-19, MiGym has extended its services to assist personal trainers and coaches transition to an online business model.
Built to helping gyms and studios connect with new members, the platform now supports personal trainers, nutritionists, yoga and Pilates coaches - and soon to include sport specific coaches - with additional features to provide the coaches with all the necessary tools to win in the online space.
Advising that the coaches profile looks, feels and functions as their very own website, Ryan Elliott, the founder of MiGym. com.au, explains “I’ve met and worked with hundreds of personal trainers over the years, and although they are great technicians, most aren’t the greatest at building websites, creating marketing channels, ecommerce stores, SEO or lead generations strategies - so we figured we’d do it all for them.” Contact Ryan Elliott 0439 730 487, E: ryan@migym.com.au, www.MiGym.com.au
Extreme Sports Zone releases simplified installation for BrushBoarding attractions
The design team at sporting attractions experts Extreme Sports Zone Ltd have introduced a new innovation that eases the installation of the BrushBoard ‘dry’ wave/surfing attraction.
Extreme Sports Zone’s engineering and design team have developed a BrushBoarding ramp that can be carried through standard double doors and assembled at the owner’s location.
As explained by Extreme Sports Zone founder and Director, Kyle Dent “this is great news for those activity centres and FECs who might find access into their centres an issue but still want to add new innovative crowd drawing interactive features.
“This unique cost-effective attraction can be manufactured to suit just about any location or space available. With a low power consumption using an average 12Kw of power, the required readily available 415v power supply puts the ease of installations and the return on investment at the front of the queue.” Contact info@extremesportszone.co.uk, www.brushboarding.com
New thermal imaging technology to enhance event security
Vital Protection Group have launched new thermal imaging technology that will allow event organisers and venue operators to detect elevated temperatures of event attendees. Commenting on the technology, Vital Protection Group Director, Eddie Idik notes “having the exclusive distribution rights for Australia and New Zealand, our thermal detection technology is going to assist venues in having the tools it needs to instil the confidence back to its stakeholders.”
Anticipating that future events will not just require traditional security screening but a focus on the ‘new normal’ of biosecurity screening as well, Idik notes “the days of discretion are gone. Attendees want to know and see the actions event organisers and venue operators are taking to ensure not just the security of attendees, but what bio-security measures are being put into place.” Contact 02 8856 1421, E: eidik@vitalprotectiongroup.com.au, www.vitalprotectiongroup.com.au
AlphaFit notes local support for Australian manufactured equipment
With the Coronavirus crisis having thrown a spotlight on Australia’s manufacturing sector, Queensland-based fitness equipment company AlphaFit has emphasised how the local manufacture of much of its product range sees it well placed to continue the uninterrupted supply of its equipment. With manufacturing activity such as that undertaken by AlphaFit deemed an essential service during the Coronavirus shutdown, the company has so far not been impacted as severely as many other industries.
AlphaFit Director, Bobby Montesalvo points out the Australian Government’s call for Australians to support local businesses amid the COVID-19 crisis has not only assisted businesses such as AlphaFit in meeting the demand for supplies but has also kept these businesses open and people employed.
Advising that a renewed focus on the Australian manufacturing industry with more consumers looking to support local businesses and the economy, Montesalvo explains “Coronavirus has highlighted Australia’s reliance on international manufacturing, and this is seen through the lack of supply from some of our competitors.
“We are a proud Australian business manufacturing the vast majority of our steel components here in Australia, by Australians.” Contact 1300 257 428, www.alphafit.com.au
Security experts, Centaman Entrance Control, have launched a countertop screen designed to help prevent the spread of viruses at aquatic and recreation centres, gyms, cafes and retail outlets in Australia and New Zealand.
Built to stop airborne germs commonly spread by coughing or sneezing, the robust and easy to install EasyScreen is available as a tri-fold or single panel with an opening that allows for the transfer of items or payment of transactions.
Centaman Entrance Control General Manager, Michael Bystram said the new screen was perfect for facilities seeking a practical and affordable solution to mitigate the risks posed by viruses such as Covid-19.
Bystram advised “the new countertop screen works in a wide range of point of sale settings to add an extra line of defence against airborne viruses. Not only does it offer a physical barrier against the virus, but it also plays an important role in giving customers and staff confidence that you are taking the risk of Covid-19 seriously and introducing measures to protect their wellbeing.”
The new protective screen is the latest in a growing list of virus-fighting products launched in Australasia by Centaman Entrance Control. Contact 02 9906 7522, www.entrancecontrol.com.au
PerfectGym innovations back industry reopening
Following the recent release of a live streaming feature for classes, PerfectGym has continued to innovate and add additional features to their platform to assist clients with their re-entry strategies - anticipating how club owners and centre managers will need to operate as facilities are allowed to reopen in various capacities.
Taking into account Federal and State government guidelines, in the ever fluid Coronavirus environment, PerfectGym has built upon and refined aspects of its platform to assist with maintaining regulated occupancy limits in facilities, and enabled club owners to easily abide by guidelines and support proposed ‘Covid Safe Plans’ in the future.
Introducing the new platform enhancements, PerfectGym Country Manager Matt Inglis explains “I am proud of and impressed with our company’s ability to react and produce enhancements and new features to assist clubs during Covid-19 - which is testament to the agile nature of our offering and development ethos.
“In some cases, features that count ‘who is in’ the club have existed since 2010, but we now can offer the ability to scan out of the club, through a simple to implement ‘people in club counter’, that will deny entry when the threshold is reached.”
Building upon the need to limit entry and control thresholds, PerfectGym’s ‘max people in club’ feature is able to deny entry to members when the facility maximum occupancy is reached, to complement the ‘who is in’ functionality.
Noting the importance to uphold customer satisfaction, PerfectGym has in addition, added a ‘club counter’ to their mobile app, and soon also to their member portal, which is able to inform members of current club capacities, so they can plan their work out accordingly, and to avoid being turned away. Contact 1300 088 922, E: sales@perfectgym.com.au, www.perfectgym.com.au
Smart Connection Consultancy releases updated guidance for Synthetic Sports Surfaces
As part of an ongoing commitment to knowledge sharing, collaboration and advocacy to the industry, Smart Connection Consultancy has released its latest and most advanced generation of Smart Guides for Synthetic Sports Surfaces.
As one of the world’s leading synthetic sports surface consultancies, Smart Connection Consultancy is committed to sharing the latest industry insights and surfacing technology to help local government, the education sector and community sport meet growing demands for sports fields.
The highly regarded Smart Guides for Synthetic Sports Surfaces are the only independent and comprehensive resource of its kind available within Australia, and are conveniently packaged into five easy to navigate volumes. Contact 03 9421 0133, the Smart Guides can be downloaded free of charge at www.smartconnection.net.au/downloads
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APT Asia-Pacifi c 27
Astral Pool 5
AUSTSWIM 15
Cohera-Tech 33
Dip. of Venue Management 25
Event Summit 2020 21
Felton Industries 45
Fitness Australia 53 & 67
HF Industries 49
Jonas Leisure 34 & 35
Life Floor 31
MyMember Sales 51
Myrtha Pools 57
NSC Forums 47
Otium Leisure Planning 9
ParkEquip 59
Perfect Gym 2 & 3
Quayclean 29
SLE Worldwide 23
Swimplex Aquatics/Polin 61
Technogym 7
The P.A.People 39
Ticketek 17
Tim Batt Water Solutions 68
Udio 51
VivaTicket 59
Wellness Solutions 13
Global attraction and amusement ride manufacturer, Zamperla has conceived a plexiglass safety barrier that guarantees social distancing to their park visitors, even when riding their amusement rides, thus giving visitors the opportunity to enjoy attractions and amusement parks without any concern. In this challenging period during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zamperla have taken on a clients’ perspective aiming to “understand the difficulties that Parks are going through in communicating to their guests that amusement venues are now as safe as ever.” Contact +39 0444 998 400, E: zamperla@zamperla.it www.zamperla.com/
INTIX develops world-first contact tracing technology for events
To support customers being able to return to running events sooner, Australian ticketing and technology company INTIX, has developed a world-first contact tracing add-on for its ticketing platform.
Social distancing and lockdown restrictions caused by the COVID19 virus has had a detrimental impact on the events industry.
INTIX Chief Executive, Alan Grant has advised the ticketing add-on will allow event organisers to assist the Government with COVID19 contact tracing by proving the details of attendees if required.
Grant noted “we developed this add-on in the hopes that by assisting the Government with contact tracing we may be able to cautiously help our customers open their doors and get events and gigs back up and running.” Contact E:help@intix.com, www.intix.com
Gumbuya World selects Davey Water Products to deliver efficient innovative solutions for pool maintenance
Having expanded into commercial pool operations, Davey Water Products recently delivered efficient pool maintenance solutions for Victorian water park attraction, Gumbuya World. A total of 3.5 million litres of water flow through Gumbuya World’s pools, slides and lazy river. Consultant Adrian Pratt from WJ Pratt was tasked with designing the water infrastructure and worked with Davey Water Products to select and David Potts, Commercial Business Development Manager for Davey Water Products with Adrian Pratt, WJ Pratt Industries customise pumps for the huge project. Pratt advised “the pump selection is absolutely critical to the project’s success. As the slides are designed to be run at very specific flow rates the pumps selected had to be sized correctly to achieve these. Too much water slows the rides down and not enough water can actually speed the slides up, which of course is an unacceptable safety risk.”
Pratt notes that with using Davey Water Products “we can run the entire plant from anywhere in the world.” Contact 1300 232 839, E: sales@davey.com.au, www.daveywater.com/au/commercial
