This is a dumb question but I was just reading a Sebo interview. He gets there 5 weeks before the race. I can’t imagine they stay in a hotel - since that would be extremely expensive?
The surfers in Oahu - all the companies own a house at pipe - in which even the groms get to stay for free for season. Is this sort of how it works? Do they air BnB or does say Felt rent a big house and the athletes stay there or?
Not sure how that all works.
It’s probably a combination of hotel, airbnb (or similar), or home stay. There’s such a wide range of level of pros that some have 5 weeks at a 5-star hotel while others might stay at a random apartment they rent.
I heard that Faris used to take his cardboard bike box he would fly to Kona with, and build it into a shack and live on the beach…Everyone else just rents condos on Alli drive…
I had a homestay in Kona but I think it varies. Some athletes might piggy-back on the back of sponsor house. I am sure a lot of people rent for a month or more at monthly rate.
A few years ago we visited Kienle in his hotel room and conducted an interview, stayed at a hotel just past Huggo’s. Sarah P rented a house a nice distance away. I find the rates pretty reasonable and way cheaper than Lake Placid. We rent a condo 5 miles out near the Sheraton on a golf course, with a loft, sleeps 5 for $250-280 a night??
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I heard that Faris used to take his cardboard bike box he would fly to Kona with, and build it into a shack and live on the beach…Everyone else just rents condos on Alli drive…
Faris is my hero. I know loads of people rough camp in Hawaii, but the insects and rats… not sure I’d be able to do it.
monthly rentals in condos for all the athletes I was dealing with. Much more reasonable that hotels especially if you know well in advance you are going for that amount of time.