Bruno Rixen

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Bruno Rixen (born July 3, 1931 in Kiel ) is a German engineer , inventor and entrepreneur. He developed the prototype of the water ski lift and made it ready for the market. The German Waterskiing and Wakeboarding Association explains: "... without this man the wakeboard sport would never have become what it is today".

Life

Bruno Rixen grew up in a business household in Groß Buchwald . He went to school there and finished his school years with secondary school leaving certificate. From 1950 to 1953 Rixen completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic . The following year he began studying mechanical engineering , which he successfully completed in 1958. After completing his studies, he built the first water ski cableway on the Bordesholmer See in 1959 to enable himself to water ski. In 1961, Rixen founded his own company and worked on his idea of ​​a simultaneous and continuous water ski lift. Rixen came up with the idea of ​​not placing the starting skier under the circulating rope, as usual, but rather at the full length of the tow line away from the rope. This invention is the basis of every water ski cableway to this day. After two years of trials with a prototype in Hamburg and two more years with a larger prototype cable car on the Baltic Sea , the first water ski cable car to Benidorm in Spain was sold in 1966 . In the meantime, Rixen has applied for patents for 37 inventions.

Awards

  • 2008 Order of Merit from the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation
  • 2010 Bavarian Export Prize - Handicraft category and German Standards Award - world market leader
  • 2011 Traumfirma special prize for his life's work Rixen Seilbahnen
  • 2012 Golden Badge of Honor from DWWV for his special achievements and merits in the area of ​​water ski ropeways.
  • 2012: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

  • Ralph Hübner: Rixen Bruno Dipl.-Ing. In: Who is Who in the Federal Republic of Germany. 14th edition, Who is Who, Zug 2008, ISBN 978-3-7290-0075-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The revolutionary idea of ​​Bruno Rixen. In: Münchner Merkur, July 5, 2011
  2. 50 years of Rixen Cableways - International wakeboard competition  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 24, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wasserski-online.de  
  3. History and development of the water ski ropeway ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , cablewakeparks.us, accessed on March 23, 2012 (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cablewakeparks.us
  4. ^ Bruno Rixen Awarded Order of Merit by IWSF & WWC , wakeworld.com
  5. Winner category craft: Rixen cable cars  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bavaria Export Prize@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.exportpreis-bayern.de