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h4m0 - Mar 09, 2010 - 03:43 PM
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Hey guys/girls,

I have just started a new snowboard website - and have had great feedback so far.

It is dedicated to boarders, and just needs members to grow the community.

We have a long trick list, with pictures, explaining how to stick most tricks step by step, user forum, snowboard news, videos, images, and the best tunes to listen to.

Please, I would love to hear your feedback and see you guys there - any feedback will help us at this stage

View this as a suggestion to check it out, not spam.

Find us at www.ustomp.co.uk

Thanks all. Happy boarding

Sam

Branny - Mar 09, 2010 - 03:53 PM
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suggest adding m4v format to your upload capability Sam, all the other flash based sites take it and it seems stupid to have to convert to other formats first

Dylanrobinson - Mar 09, 2010 - 04:21 PM
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Nice idea for trick tips.

Run the site through a spell checker though. 'Shoulders' and 'should' is all over the site spelt with a double 'oo' instead of 'ou'. i.e shoolders.

I'm rubbish at spelling but it does not look good at all.

R1Pilot - Mar 09, 2010 - 04:35 PM
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its very hard to read the text over all those graphics

Branny - Mar 09, 2010 - 04:38 PM
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and it just bad gatewayed me out halfway through an upload...back to mpora Very Happy

DereksDontRun - Mar 09, 2010 - 06:57 PM
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1st page i randomly went to: http://www.ustomp.co.uk/nollie360.php
1.8meg 3,072 x 2,304 pixels graphic resized at the bottom of the page - you're taking the piss m8

didn't dare go anywhere else. Know the majority of ppl have broadband these days but that's no excuse for using 2meg logos.

on the same page "land regolar"
others have commented about bad spelling - is there any hardship in spell-checking before posting?

not wanting to knock the site m8, seems promising but these silly mistakes just makes it seem unprofessional.

ChasKi - Mar 09, 2010 - 08:52 PM
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I like the site, but not mad on the graphics.

I also suggest if you want to build a community, putting a link to your forums in the top bar and not just on the front page Smile

Link your main site's registration with phpBB3's, most people won't bother registering twice for one site.

h4m0 - Mar 09, 2010 - 10:53 PM
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Hi Guys,

1) We are trying to link forums to main site - but not had any luck so far
2) We use phpmotion are are restricted on the file formats we can use
3) Spelling seems to have been some kind of copy a paste error where all our U's got mistaken for O's or something along those lines, eg. Shoolder, Regolar, etc etc - This is being fixed now

So,

What do you guys think of the grab indicators? I thought it was a nice touch? Smile

Any other suggestions? I will be happy to try and get extra stuff you suggest added for you.

Also guys - feel free to upload your content.. we want to grow. Try and remember, we are 3 days old - we need your support.

Thanks for everything people

Sam

h4m0 - Mar 10, 2010 - 02:01 PM
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No more comments guys/girls?

There must be something Wink

Thx in advance.

Sam

figureitout - Mar 10, 2010 - 02:26 PM
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I'll comment because I am confused and pedantic...

The Japan Air, for example, suggests I use my leading hand to grab but the "grab indicator" refers to my rear hand as the one doing the grabbing...

Also "site" instead of "sight" is an issue here and there...

"gra1" instead of "grab"...

"you" instead of "your"...

Random capitalisation after hyphens...

Random punctuation - semi-colons are all the rage...

Hope that helps.

h4m0 - Mar 10, 2010 - 04:02 PM
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Figureitout: Agreed on all those points, I will look into it immediately.

Any suggestions for new content?
Anything you think we are doing well?
Any reason why you haven't signed up for an account?

Thanks in advance for the feedback - it is a learning game.

Sam

dashie - Mar 10, 2010 - 04:20 PM
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Facebook has alot pics of friends videos/pics and all the social networking neeeded. SCUK2 will do more of the networking slope wise for people to ride with.

Mpora/Vimeo/Shred tv have alot of peoples vids who are far better than me and make for better watching.

Forum wise you'll never touch the membership of SCUK and GB. FoTP tried after being a successful online mag with a members list already and didnt get anywhere near a flowing forum (a shame)

Trick tips are done to death on Youtube.

Tons of threads a yr on SCUK about riding playlists.

To be honest I think you might be aiming at a market thats pretty saturated.

h4m0 - Mar 10, 2010 - 04:37 PM
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Thanks for the honest opinion Dashie.. But anything constructive for us to take away?

(Deleting the whole site isn't really constructive)

As you had to list 5 places in your list that do what we AIM to do, I will view that as a good thing.

Thanks - anyone else?

Sam

dashie - Mar 10, 2010 - 10:47 PM
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Yeah sorry seems a bit negative reading it back.

I know your not gonna delete the site but you seem to be spreading it at bit thin, personally I think it needs to be songs from shred site, forum or media.

h4m0 - Mar 11, 2010 - 09:38 AM
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No problems - any feedback at all is useful - thanks for taking the time to look at the site.

We resolved the Japan Air issue (grab indicator was wrong, as was the picture) and some (not all Sad

) of the spelling mistakes - no idea what happened when they imported our word documents into the site but it messed some of it up quite a bit .. We are working on it though.

Keep the feedback coming guys! www.ustomp.co.uk - we want to make it better!

Sam

h4m0 - Mar 12, 2010 - 04:16 PM
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Nothing more to add guys (and girls Wink

? Come on - we badly need your input - Dashie - I'm sure you have more for us to work on ? Smile

Thanks in advance all

Sam

jazown - Mar 12, 2010 - 05:48 PM
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Credit where credit is due mate, you have made a good start! Making a site from scratch isnt easy! There are little things like the spelling etc mentioned above, but it looks like a good site in progress! Very Happy

h4m0 - Mar 12, 2010 - 06:04 PM
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Jazown - thanks for the feedback!!

we are working on the spelling and adding new tricks and news articles all the time - so watch this space. Our webguy isnt local - so getting him to change spelling is tough, but we are getting there bit by bit.

What do you think of the grab indicators on the trick list - people seem to be missing this feature .. did you find them ok?

Hope to see you sign up to the site at some point - we really appreciate your support.

Thanks again

Sam

jazown - Mar 12, 2010 - 06:09 PM
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The grab indicator is a great idea, but if i'm honest i'd prefer it actually on the trick page rather than a link to it. And the link seems too small and understated to grab anyones attention.

But that's just my view Smile

h4m0 - Mar 12, 2010 - 06:21 PM
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Yeah, we are thinking of making it a button not just a link - so watch out for that! Smile

Also - as a pop-up it stops the page cluttering as there is already a picture on most of the pages (we drew them by hand - clearly!! haha) to help illustrate the trick.

When we have time - we will link to actual explanatory videos to help with the trick list.

Glad to see you signed up!

Thanks again

Sam

jazown - Mar 12, 2010 - 06:25 PM
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Ahh i see what you mean with the cluttering! It pobably is right as you say to make a button, just something that stands out that little bit more than a link!

Definately sounds like you know where you're going with this!

Best of luck with the site! Very Happy

Jason

Branny - Mar 12, 2010 - 06:28 PM
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i've tried to upload three times know and keep getting bad gateways after about 5 minutes of uploading

h4m0 - Mar 12, 2010 - 06:28 PM
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Let's hope so...

Thanks for the +ve feedback - if you think of any features you would like to see us add - any tricks, songs, news we are missing, don't hesitate to give us a shout.

Hope you continue to enjoy the site Smile

Sam

h4m0 - Mar 16, 2010 - 11:44 AM
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Hi branny,

Good news. We have discovered our upload error is a brower issue - actually when it says FLENGTH error, it is still uploading, just give it time, it is just that the loader bar has failed to render. We are working on it.

Still looking for feedback all - we have cleaned up our trick list and added some new ones, plus sorted the forum out and are working on some more features currently.

www.ustomp.co.uk - let us know what you think.. and especially if you have any bright ideas.

Thanks again all

Sam

findlater - Mar 16, 2010 - 07:00 PM
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Ok for me it's far to fussy, by that I mean too much going on. So many videos and pictures that I find I dont know where to look and that detracts from what is possibly a good site. Also I looked at your playlists and short of pressing the back button at the top of my screen I couldnt see a back button on the page (but may have just missed it? Either way it's not clear).
If a site isnt simple to follow or use then I dont bother and click straight out of it, for me I found it to be just that way. But in fairness as you state it's new so will click on again in a few days and see what changes you have made.
One other note I wouldnt show prices for advertising, I would get them to contact you directly. In any business you want contact and by showing the prices without speaking to people you run the risk of losing potential clients without even knowing it or speaking to them first. Also by speaking to them you have a chance to build up a database of clients etc so if in the future you run any promo's you can let them know and they may jump onboard if they hadnt done so before!!!! You have to run it like a proper business and as such play your cards to your chest and make them come to you. People will scoff but look at using some basic NLP techniques on the phone when speaking to potential clients (advertising revenue I'm talking about now) all open ended questions etc to make them talk to you!
As for sign ups why not offer a free sticker for the first 100 or something? I'm sure they dont cost you the £3.99 you're selling them for so it could be a nice incentive. Maybe some other sort of offer?
I dont want to give you too much as I'm not getting anything out of it ;0) I ran my own company for many years with great success including contact in the media and a regular radio spot with free advertising due to me making people come to me rather than give all my info without contact. If you need a CEO then drop me a line yeh, or even add me as a director, ha ha lol.

h4m0 - Mar 17, 2010 - 03:09 PM
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Thanks for all the business tips man - it actually raises a good point, we are all business under/post graduates, but have neglected that part of the site immensely - however, we aren't keen to monetize too quickly anyway so perhaps this is why (or that is our excuse for apathy anyway)

As for the free stickers idea - we are going to be doing that for the next 50 members, plus all our existing members starting tonight - so great idea - I hope we get a good take-up Smile

- will keep you posted.

As for the CEO/Director - We are just appointing a new director, so no room at the inn at this point (although I realise your point was made in jest). Also - I have a FTSE 100 CEO in my immediate family should the need arise - so will probably give him a shout 1st.. You are second in-line though Smile

Thanks for your time and feedback.
Sam

ChasKi - Mar 17, 2010 - 05:13 PM
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Two things, minor:

When registering "I agree to: Our Terms" doesn't read very well.
Also when registering, why is the success message in bold red? Isn't that synonymous with failure? Green, might be a better colour Wink

But maybe I'm being pedantic.

dashie - Mar 17, 2010 - 06:15 PM
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The new tab when clicking something really does my head in too. Am trying to use the site as all things shred are good but its annoying, alot. Seems like not all links do it just some.

Also the F for Forum is most likely a copyright logo.

The colour scheme does nothing for me too. I think its the white background. Could do with an picture behind the logo/ustomp portal/forum buttons. theres alot of blank space. I do like the Ustomp logo though.

I'll upload some stuff when I get round to it. The only way your gonna take off is with a massive push on user content.

Branny - Mar 17, 2010 - 06:51 PM
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gonna try and ask this without coming across as a dick (first time for everything) Very Happy

firstly... the site upload is awful, my vimeo, mpora, youtube accounts etc all upload a gazillion times quicker (in fact i still have yet to upload sucessfully..you owe me bandwidth boys!!)

what is your demograph?? who do you want using the site?? is it aspiring filmers/photogs?? snappers with head cams...etc etc

who are you?? you're about you section tells us nothing really.... a gang of students on a "boarding" holiday etc

if you want me to be part of a community, i want to find common ground... are you a dome rider, dryslope ripper..or a once a year snowbomber???

you state in the same section "Whilst discussing the lack of dedicated snowboarding sites" seriously??? try google!!, of the top of my head, SCUK, FOTP, Goneboarding, ShredTV, Mpora, Whitelines, Document, just for the UK!!

what is you're niche?? without a niche, a catch or a hook..what makes us want to be part of the community?? another website, it can come and go and people won't notice... break the mold... be first to break into new markets... mobile based web interfaces or something i don't know.....

and finally... aesthetics... man that site needs some work from a web designer... it doesn't flow it doesn't load very well, clicking through images requires page reloads etc, the music playlist section ??...sometimes less is more maybe??

shred TV did a similar site a few seasons ago... it's still online http://www.shredtv.co.uk/service/displa ... p;as=48487 but hasn't had much action for 6 months or so... and tbh except for some awful placed ads..it looks better than your site .

Anyway that's enough negativity.... on a positive note

Stoked to see people who love shredding getting off there arses and doing something, i 110% hope that the venture works and you find your place in the scene and i will keep trying to upload Very Happy

siany - Mar 17, 2010 - 07:25 PM
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I looked for a few mins:

In your pictures you have the caption "female girl boarder" as opposed to a what? a female boy boarder?

There's a button that says "upload" what am i uploading? (there is a paw print next to it)

3.99 for a sticker is far to expensive. the most i will pay for a sticker is a pound and that's if its rare or i really really want it.

h4m0 - Mar 17, 2010 - 07:41 PM
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07Davies - The caption you talk of is a "Tag" - meaning we used as many search terms as possible to help people find the image- however, I have since changed it to avoid further confusion.

Secondly - click the upload button and you will find out...? As you may have guessed by the huge "Upload Videos" button lower down, and by the site content, it allows you to upload videos or Pictures.. Wink

Thirdly - 86p for a sticker if you sign up now Razz

Demograph - snowboarders of any kind located in UK mainly, but Europe and US/Canada is ok too. Mainly male. Aged 12-45

I don't like talking too much about myself over the web, but since you asked

Name: Sam Harrison
Age: 22
Boarding for: 12 yrs
Stance: Regular +15 -7
Ride: Forum Grudge
Real job: Finance - specifically in investments (No, I didn't cause the credit crunch though) - that is where most of my time goes, as well as my MSc. That paid for the car you can see in one of the pics on uStomp Embarassed

This is a side project.

I ride the dome very rarely, more of a twice a year snow holiday guy, but have done a season too. I also wakeboard, and windsurf.

Our niche - we want to have everything a boarder could ever want under one roof, and do it with some funky styling at the same time.

Thanks for your honest and constructive criticism Branny, I appreciate it, and have taken it all on board. I can't thank you enough.

Sam

siany - Mar 17, 2010 - 08:41 PM
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Well on your website it gives "General riding photos from a variety of sources" under one which had tags Tags: nose tap

and "female girl snowboarders" under another with tags # Tags: Female Victoria Jealouse Shredding

So surely that isnt tags?

You asked wht i thought so i said?
But i'm a girl and your going out to guys so maybe thats why.

h4m0 - Mar 17, 2010 - 09:51 PM
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I have since changed the tag to "Female Victoria Jealouse Shredding " which is why it now says that. Apologies if my previous comment came off condesending in any way - I was just trying to point that out.

Actually I am happy to say we have a good number of female riders at uStomp, hence why I made an album specifically for those of us with double X chromosones.

I do appreciate any thoughts - and take them all very seriously - so keep them coming!

Our web designer is taking a break for uni work so will have a slight pause in getting some of the changes made Sad

Thanks again

Sam

h4m0 - Mar 22, 2010 - 07:34 PM
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Ok guys - we are having a minor refurb and some spelling/bug fixes very shortly. so keep your eyes peeled.

Membership has grown significantly since we started our free vinyl offer -so thanks very much for that suggestion Smile

Any comments/feedback still very welcome!

Thanks all

sam

gaz_5_m - Mar 24, 2010 - 01:05 PM
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It's clear you've put a lot of effort in, su props for that, but I have to agree with whats already been said in terms of:

- Theres already a number of sites that do exactly what you're trying to do (With SCUK and GB being the two biggest) and you don't seem to be doing anything too different. Gonna be hard to get people to buy in.

- You really could be doing with getting a web designer to look over it. It's very fussy, with not much flow to it at all, load times are longer than they should be and (as was pointed out) loading certain parts of the page require loading the whole thing. For photos especially you should only be reloading the photo within the viewer as opposed the whole page. There are plenty of tools out there you can integrate with your sit to do this. I've used "highslide" for example with great success on my image galleries.

- You say you work in finance. Wouldn't happen to be for Prudential (or a Pru group company) would it? First thing I noticed (and it was in your face obvious to me as I also work in that sector) was that you're 4 head graphics on the main page were rip offs of "Prudence", the Prudential logo. OK, they've been tweaked a bit, but not enough for it not to bring about some questions should you start making money on the site and the company find out. You might want to look at that.

Good that you are trying as I like to see all things snowboard, but unless theres something different that draws me in I already spend too much time on GB, SCUK, MPora to add another site.

Can you think of something new and different to add that would make people want to be involved?

h4m0 - Mar 24, 2010 - 10:28 PM
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gaz_5_m wrote:

Haha, no I don't work for Prudential, or in that sector - But on that point - since we used different colours, a name that is totally different, a totally new image base and also are in a different industry, there is 0%chance of any legal issues with that (trust me) - Good spot though, you are numner 2 to spot that.

-The whole thing was done by a web designer and someone is currently going over the whole site to give us a report on improvements that could be made.

-As for your last question - I guess its a love/hate thing, we have had a lot of good feedback, and some people see real value in it, those who have used many snowboard sites before see less value - which is fair enough.

Thanks for your feedback - stay tuned, changes on the way.

Sam

gaz_5_m - Mar 24, 2010 - 10:57 PM
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h4m0 wrote:

You might want to revisit that one, especially since you have admitted you are using the Pru logo. Using different colours, changing the name etc only covers you for "passing off". Unless you received express permission from Prudential to use the Prudence head (which they created) you are in breach of intellectual property and they will be able to pull you up on it (should they wish, which they probably wont).

Their website content and copyright statement is pretty clear:

Copyright Notice
The entire contents of this website are the property of Prudential...
.....You may not reproduce (in whole or in part), modify, decompile, disassemble or transmit or use for any commercial purpose whatsoever any information from this website without contacting Prudential plc or the relevant party and obtaining their prior written consent.

I'm just pointing it out as its something that if I noticed and someone else has as well, if your site does take off it could land you in hot water.

Also, as a part time web designer myself I think its pretty cack that you'll openly steal other folks work for your own site without asking. If it was something of mine you'd taken, I'd be pulling you up and given the work I put in I think that only fair. That said, if you asked first I'd probably give you it, but its just a courtesy thing.

As I said though, only pointing it out since I noticed.

ruanaich - Mar 25, 2010 - 06:24 PM
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Tail block description sounds more like Board Stall. You don't need object for tail blocks. Bit of a mix up there.
Like the idea of simple descriptions though. Be good to get rid of the google ads, or at least drop them lower in the page.

h4m0 - Mar 26, 2010 - 10:11 AM
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Ruanaich - I agree, I didn't write that section of the trick list - however, we are getting new and revised descriptions for a few tricks uploaded soon - so will look into that for you. As for the ads, we have the least numerous and intrusive ads of any any snowboard site I have seen. Smile

Do you agree?

Going back to prudential - we didn't use there logo - we liked the styling - it wasn't used, re-styled in anyway - ours is a NEW image, created in a simialr style, the fact it is a different size, colour, wording, and even looks totally different, with different font means we didn't steal - we used inspiration. Make more sense now?

Thanks again for your feedback on the matter - we will continue to change what we can to make it a better website - expect to see new basics sections in the trick list shortly as well as some other small refinements.

Thanks again guys - keep it coming if you have any more to throw at us (maybe try and find some positive stuff every now and then? Will be better for my self esteem Smile

)

gaz_5_m - Mar 26, 2010 - 01:37 PM
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h4m0 wrote:

Going back to prudential - we didn't use there logo - we liked the styling - it wasn't used, re-styled in anyway - ours is a NEW image, created in a simialr style, the fact it is a different size, colour, wording, and even looks totally different, with different font means we didn't steal - we used inspiration. Make more sense now?

Sorry mate, changing the colour/ font and adding a few extra bits to it doesn't make it OK and certainly wouldn't clear you should you be challenged on it.

The first image has clearly been used as a base (look at the chin, mouth, nose, bandana above the eyes which are all identical) and all you've done is added/changed some things to it to make it fit with the style of your site.

As I said before, Prudential probably wouldn't bother with the hassle. All I was doing was pointing out that with those design ethics (assuming this isnt the only style like this on the site) other people who have had their work "used for inspiration" might and you might land in hot water.

h4m0 - Mar 31, 2010 - 11:34 AM
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Sorry Gaz, I just don't see how this is a problem. To me it looks very different. Thanks for taking the time to raise the issue though.

- On a different note, we are in the process of adding back buttons to every trick page - to make things easier to navigate.

New tricks, updated tricks (re-worded) and new basics sections coming soon too.

Still would love to hear your feedback - also if you oppose to the logos as mentioned above, please let me know.

Sam

DereksDontRun - Mar 31, 2010 - 01:05 PM
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m8, the logo is pretty bloody close - same chin, mouth, bottom of nose, sweat-band & ear/sideburn (plus the sweat-band tassle is the same, just rotated to be the goggle-strap). Swear I've seen that glove somewhere before too, not sure where tho.

normally you could probably get away using their artwork with fair-use rights (until they complain and you'll have to withdraw), but if you're getting any income through the site (which is obvious via the multitude of adverts) then fair-use rights aren't valid and there's pretty much no way you should be using it.

When musicians can sue each other for a fraction of a song (or a small sample) being used for commercial gain without permission then there's no way you'll be able to get away with as much as you've plagerised.

As for your site - you still have massive 2 meg images being used as logos on some tricks (filename is "sidemanual.jpg"). plus, would be far more helpful if the tricks were in some order, perhaps alphabetical?

h4m0 - Mar 31, 2010 - 04:53 PM
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Alphabetical order is a good idea, and TBH had I made the site myself, that is what I would have done. I will try and get this done asap, but my developer has gone somewhat AWOL recently Sad

The images should be smaller in size, and that shouldn't be a hard job to do either, but not a priority at the moment (Will get it done asap though)

Again, I didn't make the artwork, a graphic designer did, we purchased the content from him. and there is not much we can do about it at the moment... Although if we did get big, we would change more than just the artwork.

As for the other aspects of the site - anything you like? dislike? found useful?

Thanks Dereks.

Sam

jbizzle - Apr 06, 2010 - 06:57 PM
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Wow I can't believe we got so much feedback from this thread, probably the most useful tool we could have hoped for in our early development.

Seriously guys all of your feedback couldn't be more welcome and anything negative is much more helpful than anything like "yeah love the site" - although that is welcome Wink

- as it serves to tell us exactly what you want.

For the low down our web designer is a very close friend who is studying web design (you'd hope) at university - he is very talented but he is currently doing his dissertation alongside this and thus it is quite hard to get him to devote time to making the larger changes.

We are getting there and everything is taken on board and we want to make the site exactly how you guys want as it would be pretty lame if it was only us that ended up using it :/

Keep the comments coming and we will do our best to improve.

Cheers guys and girls!!
Jordan

danish_and_pretzels - Apr 13, 2010 - 01:47 PM
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all im going to say is i read the trick tip section and laughed. 720...........you don't even explain if it's frontside, backside, switch back or cab. there is a massive difference in technique for spinning a front sev to a back sev! and you say "find a decent sized jump" haha wtf? so is a decent sized jump a 14m medium table? or is it a 21m step down show booter? your missing a hell of a lot of rail tricks by the way too. in my opinion i read this and think its been written by someone who doesn't know what they are doing.

Branny - Apr 13, 2010 - 03:24 PM
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i was reading the trick tips this afternoon and i have to say they are shocking

you are running a video hosting site and your trick tips are a list of instructions... bad instructions at that....

take a look at some of these http://www.shredtv.co.uk/service/search ... p;as=48487

and see if your tips align.

tips from a decent snowboarder/freestyle coach would be a lot more believable & credible than something you guys downloaded of ask.com or somewhere

maybe approach some of the freestyle coaches/academy's etc and see if they would work with you

or find some decent riders who can do the tricks and get filming...

as i said before i applaud the effort but still don't get the site, and tbh it lacks a little credibilty... you've got no recognized name but are trying to sell stickers, t shirts , advertising etc... you're still missing a niche' at the moment it reeks of a few ex uni friends who are "boarders" and thought it'd be a jape to build a website... you're not regular/frequent riders, you're not involved in the uk scene, riding, instructing, sponsoring....so what is the site bringing to the party??

danish_and_pretzels - Apr 13, 2010 - 03:38 PM
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haha yes branny! i read it and thought how many of these tricks can these guys actually do and how much are they blagging?

h4m0 - Apr 13, 2010 - 07:48 PM
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Thanks for checking us out guys.

The tricks are written by us not copied and you will start to see how-to videos added. But you raise a valid point - they aren't worded brilliantly, some are better than others, but in general we have started to go over them and totally agree.

Currently there are two how-to videos which should help you see the direction we are heading in - Backflip and Side Manual, with more to come when we get time to go filming @ the dome.

Please don't forget we are new, and expanding on what we have all the time.

And in point of fact, I can personally do nearly every trick on the list - every surface trick, most airs and most rails, - and have video evidence (some of it is scrappy) for nearly all of it too. However, the MJ and JJ grinds are a little beyond me as is some of the pipe stuff (Alley oop is fine) Wink

- so don't get too cheeky - although your points are inescapably valid.

Watch this space boys/girls

Sam

Branny - Apr 13, 2010 - 07:55 PM
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well danish is one of the UK's upper echelon of younger riders so he can put his money where his mouth is... but yeah i'm being a cheeky old git Wink

h4m0 - Apr 13, 2010 - 08:12 PM
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Haha well perhaps he can be swayed into throwing an MJ on a box for us so we can film it then annotate it then? Wink

That would be ideal as it is unlikely any of us will ever get to that level Sad

For now - appreciate any feedback you can give us on the how-to videos we do have Wink

- we want to improve - trust me.

As for regular riders - every friday down Hemel recently (didn't snowdome before as wasn't into tricks until this year) - but again valid point - up until now, I haven't been Smile

Sam

dougjohnson - Apr 19, 2010 - 02:24 AM
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i just clicked on your mj and jj section and the descriptions are completely the wrong way round mj being a michael jackson slide is on your toes and i'm pretty sure its impossible to jj with your knee's bent as its on your heels and like gravity comes in your way! people are going to hurt them selves if they follow them tips?!?

you need to proof read the whole site and having trick tips that work might make the site more success full too!

sorry if this has already been raised but i couldnt bring myself to read all the posts in this! haha

Daydreamer - Apr 19, 2010 - 03:04 PM
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Hello

Killing the scene!!

May as well have a Xfactor for ridding...there's nothing worse than seeing an instructor holding someone's hand well on a rail...Just not right..

But Hey Ho it's there money there wasting....

Peace

love

danish_and_pretzels - Apr 19, 2010 - 03:43 PM
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haha i like this guy ^^^^^^^^

jbizzle - Apr 27, 2010 - 03:27 PM
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We have been making some steady improvements, (Ie. no more spelling mistakes :/) And we are now getting through putting together some instructional videos.

As you can probably guess our site thrives on the participation of our members and we are starting to get a few repeat offenders, however as I am sure Danish will quickly tell you, the site is no where near there yet so we could still use your honest constructive feedback.

h4m0 - Feb 20, 2011 - 04:39 PM
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Hello all,

Hope you are all enjoying the season - apologies we have been a bit quiet recently. We have done some considerable work on the site - sure, more is still needed, but as we approach 11 months old, we are in better shape than before.

Sadly due to lots of other things going on for the team, we have been unable to dedicate as much time to the cause as we had hoped.

However, still really keen to hear your feedback, especially on here, as historically it has been the most brutal, but also honest, critique we have got, and really helps us to move things forward.

Feel free to reply or PM me if you have any suggestions.. that kind of thing. Thank you in advance for your input - it is vital to us

Happy riding all!

Sam

cantridepete - Feb 21, 2011 - 11:47 AM
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just looked at the boadslide video's, you really need to be doing them on a side hit mate, ride on's lack credability, ok for learning initially, but you need to make that clear. Check out the S.Additiction video's at how they do it....

when you click on the boardslide tips, it makes no differential to frontside or backside, when I clicked on the video its a bit confusing to see the rider doing a ride on noseslide Wink

your nosepress description also mentions lifting the nose, which would be pretty sick though Wink