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[Michael Fk]

i don't think these were your videos, but regardless:

• No posting of wave conditions at spots that have focussed takeoff zones and are rarely good. This will normally include point break and sidewash spots. If you catch a spot like this good, keep it to yourself until long after its not good anymore. If you want to catch it good, check it out often and make some friends at the beach who you can call, email or private message for updates. Posting such information for ALL to see, while the spot is working, is a net negative for skimboarding. Show respect to the locals and don't be a kook.

[skimiks]

dam so many good videos..

[ryaskim]

can't wait....

[Bill C]

dumb rule

[skimmybits]

fuuuuuu

[austenmk]

what if you are a local, the only local, and are extremely lonely and in need of some skimming friends. then, and only then, can you post pics/vid?

[Derek Makekau]

i don't think anyone ever complained when those kids from the bahamas posted their vids...because they were rolling two deep. and they seemed to be the entire skim crew from their area.

so in a case like that, no, i doubt anyone would care.

[Michael Fk]

This is pretty lame along with the negative rep. i think if people are uploading stuff on to youtube the day of those conditions, they are allowing anyone to find it. I'm doing wrong because I'm sharing it with people when they could have found it as easily as I have?

[Derek Makekau]

i'm not condoning the negative rep...but it's similar to sharing links to copyrighted skim material. just because you can find it on youtube doesn't mean you make a thread about it on skimonline sharing it with everyone.

[selvaskim]

i'm not condoning the negative rep...but it's similar to sharing links to copyrighted skim material. just because you can find it on youtube doesn't mean you make a thread about it on skimonline sharing it with everyone.

youtube isn't a private video sharing service, putting a video on youtube makes it available to the entire world. Aren't there ways to protect videos uploaded to youtube, friends only viewing for example? If someone puts a video on youtube it's fair game imo.

[Michael Fk]

Yeah vimeo has passwords and youtube has friendshare. And then there is always not putting it on the internet. I know if I upload a video regardless of what it is, it's because I want people to enjoy it and the more the merrier.

It's like saying "hey you can't make it easy for these people to enjoy vids or find out conditions. I mean then tell surfline to take their spot reports off" and the wedge is not disclosed, I fully understand if it was a low-key spot but it was japan and wedge..

[wardovision]

Last I checked youtube and skimonline aren't the same site. Youtube doesn't have that rule, Surfline doesn't have that rule but Skimonline does. Aaron has no say what goes on at youtube but he does here, why is that so hard to understand? Nobody is stopping you from watching it, just redistributing it

It's like saying "hey you can't make it easy for these people to find out conditions.

No, that's exactly what the rule is saying. It's pretty simple really

youtube isn't a private video sharing service, putting a video on youtube makes it available to the entire world. Aren't there ways to protect videos uploaded to youtube, friends only viewing for example? If someone puts a video on youtube it's fair game imo.

yes and there are ways to protect videos from being uploaded to skimonline as well. You're free to upload or watch any video you want to Youtube as long as it doesn't violate that site's rules, same thing applies here. Available to the world doesn't mean that content is automatically allowed on every other site whether it conflicts with the rules or not.

[Derek Makekau]

yeah i really don't see why this is so difficult to understand.

[Luff]

i fully see where this rule is coming from. if its on youtube and its easy to find, let people search it out themselves if they want. dont post it on here if its not your break and blow that place up. this is skimboardings number one resource pretty much.

if you didnt make the video i dont see why its such a big deal to go along with it?

[Fuji]

lame rule

[Derek Makekau]

lame rule

i'm 99% sure that every person complaining about this rule doesn't live within 40 miles of an already overpopulated, media-saturated area like wedge or aliso.

[UMiamiSkim]

true statement, i'm more like 2000 miles away haha