aman to that lot easyer if he did but not sure if it would be oncuring though.

kiteboy dave said...

^^^ In english??

Kiteboy, a quick copy and paste into bogantranslate gives...

"aman to that lot easyer if he did but not sure if it would be oncuring though."

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"I concur, the ease of use would be increased if Laurie acted on this suggestion, however I am unsure of the life expectancy of any such forum."

surface2air, no offence meant, just taking the pith

I like the idea. Often I search other (international) forums for advice on DIY, so I think Seabreeze might be missing an opportuntiy in this area. DIY always needs materials to build from, and accessories - this would be a good place for suppliers to advertise (or DIY'ers to suggest where to buy materials from locally).

Perhaps combine into the category kite/board repairs? These types of threads pop up and disappear infrequently. Kiters often want to know where (locally) to take their gear for repairs...opportunity for advertising for repair shops.

It would be good, but I reckon it would get lost .. and wouldn't get much traffic.

Maybe if on posting a new topic, DIY'er choose "How To" from the category .. then you get best of both worlds .. lots of exposure in the general forum, and quick filtering... ?

Here's a sample from the SUP forum filter - folks were after a "Downwinder" sub forum, but general concensus was that it wouldn't get visited often..., but setting category makes for quick viewing of topics...

Always open to ideas...

I've been building my own boards for a 18 months or so and would love to see a subforum on Seabreeze because there is lots of inform but it is really scattered and hard to build a community through your own site ( www.boardbuilders.co )

There is one on kiteforum (kiteforum.com/viewforum.php?f=107 ) which is pretty well used by a very international audience. However, to keep it going I think you need a dedicated group of moderators/contributors because it seems that after a while the really active builders have got all there questions and ideas out there and new builders get everything they need out of the existing posts and new post activity drops off but page views remains strong. A group of moderators could help keep re-injecting some fresh ideas and projects and general community building things.

I think something that would also be really useful is to have a page where the resources (suppliers links, how to videos, design ideas ... ) could be added and sorted. there is loads of great info out there, even on some of the commercial player's sites that would be great to have in one place and also makes it more attractive to advertisers.

Don't know about that I like reading the info on board construction in the main arena you sure there is enough posts to warrant it? I for one would never visit it, but I do like reading about it now and then when it comes up.