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What is übersurf? |
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Combining equal parts technology, community and stoke: this is übersurf.
Built by surfers, for surfers, übersurf is the ultimate online surfing community. Bringing the best technology and content together into a tightly knit community of surfers, übersurf provides surfers with a single online resource for research, product reviews, tech articles, contest & industry news, editorial content, interviews and much more. Partnering with the finest surf companies and organizations, übersurf brings its members and visitors an offering that is above all else.
Members of übersurf benefit from access to the most comprehensive directory of surf-related companies and organizations and a database containing thousands of the products we all use as surfers in an easily searchable format. New products are inserted daily and members write new reviews on a variety of products each and every day providing the übersurf community with honest reviews and opinions to help educate and enlighten every user of the site.
In addition to product reviews and our directory we provide intriguing and entertaining original content through tech articles and how to's all the way to our "über _____ of the month" feature. übersurf allows surfers to connect with some of the most talented surfers to ever set foot in the water, hear thoughts and advice from the greatest shapers of our time and learn more about the local surf shops we all support.
We built übersurf to be the finest and most complete surfing community on the Internet and we hope you enjoy it and what it brings to each and every surfer that visits the site. Aloha.
Bryan Mills |
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What's inside übersurf? |
übersurf gives surfers content that is important to them and the breaks they surf
übersurf educates members and visitors to the site in several different areas: |
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- Containing a database of over 200 breaks and growing, übersurf keeps members and visitors in the know by providing critical information and data on surfing breaks both home and abroad. übersurf members can write reviews of their favorite breaks helping users to find the right break for the current conditions or that next travel destination.
- Get educated at surfing university on dozens of topics from surfing terminology to history of surfing.
- Learn how to fix that ding yourself or the easiest way to strip old wax off a surfboard or how to land that floater off the lip in the how-to's and tech articles. The newest technologies and methods are explained by some of the biggest and brightest minds in the industry and the simplest tips and tricks are right there for all to see.
- Our travel pages provide valuable information on an integral part of surfing: travel. Find out more from dozens of featured travel destinations including typical airfare, customs, culture, medical concerns and more. Provided by Quiksilver Travel
- Coming soon, übersurf will bring up to the minute forecasts and weather reporting from user-specified breaks or regions.
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| Reviews |
| One of the most helpful areas of übersurf are the user reviews. Surfing accessories, surfboards, DVD's & other media, services--well, basically anything that has to do with surfing-- can be reviewed by übersurf members for everyone to read. Know the pluses and minuses of 1000's of products reviewed by the people that use them on a daily basis. |
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| Green Pages |
| Need to find a shop to repair your board or want to know who shapes near you?Let your fingers do the surfing! Browse the world's most comprehensive and easy to use directory of surf companies, shapers, shops and service providers. |
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| News |
| Keep up to date with ASP, NSSA and other contests and calendars of upcoming events in contest news. Also, learn about industry trends, changes and other happenings in industry news. |
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| Features |
| Each month übersurf selects an übersurfer, übersurfer-girl, übershaper and übershop to share their thoughts, ideas and experiences in surfing with the übersurf community. Get to know the surfers you admire, the shapers that make your surfing experience possible and the shops you buy from. |
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| my.übersurf |
übersurf members are given several helpful tools and privileges on their own FREE my.übersurf page.
- Journal
Members can keep track of those killer sessions at home or abroad or even just keep a daily log of their surfing habits. Share the entries with other übersurf members or keep them a secret, the journal is yours: so use it!
- Quiver
Surfers talk about their quiver of boards like part of their family. So, at übersurf surfers can keep a digital portfolio of boards that can be shared with the übersurf community.
- Media
A picture is worth 1000 words right? Keep an online photo album to remember those Kodak moments. Upload photos, videos and more for all übersurf members to experience.
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Who is übersurf |
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| Bryan Mills - Creator/Owner |
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| An entrepreneur at heart and a surfer by way of the Midwest. After a stint at an Internet start-up, Bryan moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in real estate finance. Fascinated by Internet technology, Bryan began expanding his knowledge of HTML, Cold Fusion and other web technologies. After discovering surfing, the rest as they say "is history"... |
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| Chuck Patten - Technology Coordinator |
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| Building on knowledge from the world of information technology and database integration and deployment and a deep-seeded love of surfing, Chuck was the perfect candidate for technology guru. |
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| Mike Lee - Content Coordinator |
| When not surfing, Mike Lee is in charge of finding content for the site and working with surf companies to get them on board with übersurf and working together to come up with better offerings |
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