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Four years ago, Alan Rice returned to the “Today” show how he was always ready for use, and saw a segment, which also hosted a horse Segway Matt Lauer on the Plaza in New York by the NBC, the studio where the show with tape.
“I thought:” I will try! “Rice said, has been successful sales and entertainment industry executive in Hollywood at the time.
He received his chance, a year later, when her son Justin saw a young man riding a Segway on the campus of UCLA.
The man turned out to be the owner of a company Segway tours, the solutions proposed in Beverly Hills. Justin spent his card Rice, who contacted for a test drive, for himself, Mrs. Jeanne and son Michael.
“When we slipped from individuals at home, I remember recalls the latest Lamborghinis, Porsches and Maseratis, and the owner has been done and tells us that the Segway was cool,” said Rice. “That was a coup! ”
Intrigued, he learned the Segway runs on electricity, so there was no release of pollutants into the environment. The maintenance costs are equal to zero, because the self-balancing personal transportation, it is not necessary, oil, gas, filters, a security check, license, insurance or registration fees, and it is not expensive as brake linings and belt.
“It goes up to 24 miles, from six to eight hours on a single charge,” said Rice. “It is quiet, there is no traffic congestion, and it costs only about 10 cents on the entire cargo. ”
Inspiration: Why not offer Segway Tours of Waikiki and downtown Honolulu?
RICE MADE his first trip to Hawaii over 20 years, and fell in love with the state. Jeanne had insisted on Oahu, and for almost a long time.
They met in California, where they have a career in the year 1994, but has visited the island each year, then increasingly serious in finding a venture that would allow them to live here on a permanent basis.
Segway of Hawaii, was the answer, but in 2006, was inaugurated, with rice as their owners and operators.
It all starts with a round of 30 minutes per drive unit headquarters of the Corporation at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa in Waikiki. Thereafter, the participants sufficient time to adjust their capacity of the new practice before their tour.
The three hours of Waikiki, Kapiolani Park to Diamond Head & Tour Kalakaua Avenue travel up to 200-acre Kapiolani Park, King Kalakaua dedicated in June 1877 and bears the name of his beloved wife.
You will then cruise to Diamond Head Road, near Diamond Head Lighthouse of dollars and several villas, a gazebo, opens a magnificent view of Kahala, Koko Head and the Pacific. (This time of year, you probably on the ground Buckelige whales umherspringend offshore).
After a pleasant break photo, head back towards the Hilton, gliding as a symbol of past, the Natatorium, the Waikiki Aquarium and the statue of Duke Kahanamoku, the legendary beachboy, won five Olympic medals, including gold In 1912 and 1920 100-metre free style Swimming.
“A Segway tour is close, as a walk, but it is much easier on the feet,” said Rice. “You can no longer the ground in less time, it can be a real advantage if you are on a schedule, and only one person in who can do that. ”
It has recently been shown that if a young visitor to a private Segway Tour.
It was the unity of in-depth research and for good reason, he wanted a lot of attractions to leave States, but because he has a prosthetic leg, walk long distances was difficult for him.
“Where, in the first 20 years, a wheelchair or motorized scooter options were not ideal,” said Rice. “To be honest, I was a little bit tricky in the first, but he received the Segway depends the act quickly, in fact, he was, within minutes of slipping around our area of training, as he did for years.
“He brought Shorts today, and as we have our way on Magic Island, many people are no longer to see and he went with his cheeks. You could say he was impressed by the way it was easy to manage for him. ”
Rice with his Segway as often how he can to races to attend meetings, go for coffee breaks and in the light of shopping.
And he still plays occasionally States Segway tours.
“I can not give, which I love too,” he said. “The perspective is so particular, as an opportunity to meet people and friends from all over the world.”
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