Surfing Maps Stay - No further discussion on this

Vexorg

Since certain elements of the surfing community have decided that it was ok to post a moderators name and and private contact information despite it being clear that this was not welcome in the surfing threads and he has subsequently being threatened by members of the surfing community there is to be no further discussion about the removal of the surfing maps.

The map link stays and the recent arrivals to the site will find their accounts removed as result of this. So much for the surfer lifestyle - sounds like an unpleasant bunch to me.

Vex.

Boston

Just to add to that. The moderators photo and home address where posted along with references to a personal meeting.

cornbb

I would like to add that the surfers in question are an insular bunch of small-minded and selfish cowards and are in no way representative of the massive number of people who surf in Ireland, especially the fine bunch of people on the Surfing forum on boards.

Popinjay

Vexorg wrote: »

Since certain elements of the surfing community have decided that it was ok to post a moderators name and and private contact information despite it being clear that this was not welcome in the surfing threads and he has subsequently being threatened by members of the surfing community there is to be no further discussion about the removal of the surfing maps.

The map link stays and the recent arrivals to the site will find their accounts removed as result of this. So much for the surfer lifestyle - sounds like an unpleasant bunch to me.

Vex.

My hero!

*swoons*

gandalf

Hmmm and I thought surfers were a laid back bunch. Sounds like they acting like "the man" now !!

Sherifu

Correct decision. Well done to all involved.

garthv

Jesus, sounds like a bunch of whiney kids to me,
Glad I don't surf!

Winters

Correct decision by boards, its clear they are supporting the growth of the sport and not the narrow-minded members that throw personal threats towards others across public forums for supporting other users spreading knowledge to the wider community.

Spread and spread alike ...
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=116418679035108261065.00044dd289371de607569&ll=52.231164,-9.779205&spn=0.478588,1.109619&t=h&z=10

El Weirdo

*I was gonna post this on the other thread before it was deleted. If admin deem it a continuation of the discussion please feel free to delete it.*

Well done lads. You have confirmed my long held suspicions that a lot of surfers are just a bunch of cliquey, spoilt tossers.

I come from a well-known surfing village and would not be in the least bit surprised if some, if not all, of the "locals" posting here turned out to be nothing more than blow-ins to the areas where they claim to be locals.

20-30 years ago many of the now well known places to surf in this country would have been considered secret. Its impossible to keep them secret for long. Its a natural progression.

Its a small world, lads and there is nothing you can do to stop people finding all your spots. Especially in this day and age.

You have done nothing to help your argument here over the past couple of days and I would now be inclined to post all of these spots on canoeing forums. Childish, yes. But what's good for the goose and all that...

BuffyBot

Fantastic

6th

I'm not going to tar all surfers with the same brush as there seems to be a fair few who (although new to surfering) use Boards and seems fine. What I will say though is that I'm disgusted with how some people think they can bully others into doing what they want.

I intend to go on a spree of advertising secret spots in the next while ..... and an attention whore like me knows how to get info out there.

Anti

A decission well made vex.

GuanYin

I like surfing

Mind you, if I had to surf in cold Irish water I'd probably be grumpy too

_blank_

PSI wrote: »

I like surfing

Mind you, if I had to surf in cold Irish water I'd probably be grumpy too

So, what is it that makes you grumpy then?

Slow Motion

6th wrote: »

I'm not going to tar all surfers with the same brush as there seems to be a fair few who (although new to surfering) use Boards and seems fine.

Well in fairness if you use the internet your a surfer!

6th

Slow Motion wrote: »

Well in fairness if you use the internet your a surfer!

Wow, you're right. Hang 10 dude!

biko

Good decision.

Ruu_Old

Nice. I will be taking note of any "new arrivals", those who play nasty won't be having the opportunity to partake in the community here.

ozt9vdujny3srf

post it on kayaking forums? you mean you guys wouldn't like that?

oops?

RoundyMooney

****.

I'd love to shove their boards up their posteriors.

:mad:

javaboy

RoundyMooney wrote: »

****.

I'd love to shove their boards up their posteriors.

:mad:

Ironically enough they are probably saying "They can shove their Boards up their posteriors" about us.

See what I did there?

MOH

Slow Motion wrote: »

Well in fairness if you use the internet your a surfer!

Yep, everyone here surfs on Boards.

RoundyMooney

The irony isn't lost on me

Hard men that they are, they probably think they can follow through as well.

javaboy

Is Vex's post a candidate for most thanked post? That should be a Boards award if it's not already.

humanji

Nah, I'd say Terry's post where he banned 6th got at least double that.

r3nu4l

Vex got vexed!

Good job!

Gandalf23

humanji wrote: »

Nah, I'd say Terry's post where he banned 6th got at least double that.

Link?

Rb

Wow, what a bunch of incredibly immature, ignorant, elitist little prícks.

Hope DeV decides to hover the giant magnifying glass on their part of the map

Oh and

Lols

tallaght01

we should all put the links to the map in our sigs

El Weirdo

May their secret spots be infested with kayakers/canoists and may their Denny's sausages give them the shytes...:D

cornbb

Rb wrote: »

Wow, what a bunch of incredibly immature, ignorant, elitist little prícks.

Hope DeV decides to hover the giant magnifying glass on their part of the map

Oh and

Lols

Thanks for the link but the placemarks have unfortunately been removed. If anyone managed to save them perhaps they could PM them to Beruthiel as per this post

castie

already have.

And www.CastiesSecretSurfSpots.ie is in the pipeline

6th

humanji wrote: »

Nah, I'd say Terry's post where he banned 6th got at least double that.

Yeah, I felt very unloved that week.

castie

It places on the map have been deleted :O. My sig is useless now

Rb

cornbb wrote: »

Thanks for the link but the placemarks have unfortunately been removed. If anyone managed to save them perhaps they could PM them to Beruthiel as per this post

It's ok, they're still on the KML file loaded onto that post (if you click "View in Google Earth").

Managed to save myself a copy yesterday from the google maps so everythings intact, as I'd a feeling about these guys and wanted to keep something to use against them should they act up. I hope it doesn't píss off any real, nice surfers but these guys have brought whatever happens now on themselves.

Just tried to attach it to this but it won't take KMLs, if anyone needs a copy and I'll send it on to Beru.

Edit: Just noticed you can download it straight off there by clicking View in Google Earth - Save to Desktop (rather than open in Google Earth)

cornbb

Rb wrote: »

It's ok, they're still on the KML file I loaded onto that post (if you click "View in Google Earth").

Managed to save myself a copy yesterday from the google maps so everythings intact, as I'd a feeling about these guys and wanted to keep something to use against them should they act up. I hope it doesn't píss off any real, nice surfers but these guys have brought whatever happens now on themselves.

Just tried to attach it to this but it won't take KMLs, if anyone needs a copy and I'll send it on to Beru.

That particular KML must reference online placemarks because they didn't load into Google Earth on my machine

But if you have them on your machine still that means you've stored them locally and can probably save a new file with placemarks intact... If so, if you could PM them to me and Beru that would be awesome! Or you might be able to attach it to a post if its zipped.

Beruthiel

Rb wrote: »

I'll send it on to Beru.

You're a star Rb!

cpoh1

http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Europe/Ireland/index.html

This is a decent site with details of all the main surf spots in Ireland. Very few of the spots mentioned on the google map are not mentioned on here too. It has directions photos and comments about most spots with dangers etc outlined.


Another site not as good as above is

http://www.beachwizard.com/country.asp?country=Ireland


Im all for educating newer surfers and having spots that are not real secrets available to aspiring surfers provided they are well warned and aware of potential dangers and are sensible when arriving at spots and not bring a truckload of mates with them. Real secret spots will never get near the net anyway.

Maybe this post could be included in the sticky too?

5starpool

I'm thinking of banning anyone from the poker forum that asks for or gives strategy advice as it might make things harder for the rest of us......

These surfer dudes really were on to something.

Rb

cornbb wrote:

That particular KML must reference online placemarks because they didn't load into Google Earth on my machine

But if you have them on your machine still that means you've stored them locally and can probably save a new file with placemarks intact... If so, if you could PM them to me and Beru that would be awesome! Or you might be able to attach it to a post if its zipped.

Done and saved as a .kmz so have attached it to this post, hope it works this time!

smog

These Guys in NO way represent the majority of the surfing community in Ireland, someone please gets these maps and publish them anywhere possible.

Surfing in Ireland should be something we encourage and promote, home and abroad!

No one "owns" Ireland or the surf spots.

BuffyBot

*destickies the New York megathread*

After all, we don't want anyone discovering America, do we!

gandalf

cornbb

Rb wrote: »

Done and saved as a .kmz so have attached it to this post, hope it works this time!

Still nothing appearing Maybe its just my copy of Google Earth?

Boston

Nope, doesn't show up for me either. Rb, could you create a new google map yourself from your KMZ and then invite collaborators?

Popinjay

I'm not getting it either but that could just be my rather strict restrictions in work.

Next boards beers on the beach anyone?

BBOTB! I like the sound of that.

Rb

cornbb wrote: »

Still nothing appearing Maybe its just my copy of Google Earth?

Weird. I've clicked it from the Google Earth forums and the attachment that I added here, and it's opening fine. I don't think it's just because I have them locally, as it's adding a new addition to my places and adding the spots to the map. At the moment, due to opening it so many times all the spots are coming up 4x!

If others could test it and let me know, particularly if it loads the spots a few times as I think I saved it with one or two copies of the spots opened.

Boston

Rb wrote: »

Weird. I've clicked it from the Google Earth forums and the attachment that I added here, and it's opening fine. I don't think it's just because I have them locally, as it's adding a new addition to my places and adding the spots to the map. At the moment, due to opening it so many times all the spots are coming up 4x!

If others could test it and let me know, particularly if it loads the spots a few times as I think I saved it with one or two copies of the spots opened.

Nope, doesn't show up for me.

cornbb

Rb wrote: »

Weird. I've clicked it from the Google Earth forums and the attachment that I added here, and it's opening fine. I don't think it's just because I have them locally, as it's adding a new addition to my places and adding the spots to the map. At the moment, due to opening it so many times all the spots are coming up 4x!

If others could test it and let me know, particularly if it loads the spots a few times as I think I saved it with one or two copies of the spots opened.

[nerd mode]I opened the file in an XML editor and there's very little there so unfortunately it looks like the placemarks aren't saved in it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2">
<Document>
  <name>Surf Breaks in Ireland</name>
  <description><![CDATA[The spots that I've surfed in Ireland.
(2 exceptions: Aileens + Mullaghmore point)]]></description>
  <NetworkLink>
    <name>Surf Breaks in Ireland</name>
    <Link>
      <href>http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=116418679035108261065.00044dd289371de607569&amp;output=kml</href>
    </Link>
  </NetworkLink>
</Document>
</kml>

There's only one thing for it Rb, clone your hard drive and send copies to everyone!

Maybe they are saved as "My Places" in the toolbar on the left? If so maybe there's a way of saving em? I dunno.

Rb

cornbb wrote: »

[nerd mode]I opened the file in an XML editor and there's very little there so unfortunately it looks like the placemarks aren't saved in it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2">
<Document>
  <name>Surf Breaks in Ireland</name>
  <description><![CDATA[The spots that I've surfed in Ireland.
(2 exceptions: Aileens + Mullaghmore point)]]></description>
  <NetworkLink>
    <name>Surf Breaks in Ireland</name>
    <Link>
      <href>http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=116418679035108261065.00044dd289371de607569&amp;output=kml</href>
    </Link>
  </NetworkLink>
</Document>
</kml>

There's only one thing for it Rb, clone your hard drive and send copies to everyone!

Maybe they are saved as "My Places" in the toolbar on the left? If so maybe there's a way of saving em? I dunno.

I exported the placemarks straight from GE to the forum using the application itself,

post is Here


Could someone verify if the .kmz on that post loads alright?

Am also trying to load the placemarks onto a google map from direct import but having difficulty there too. In the left toolbar, when I enable a "place" all the spots show up, when I disable it, they disappear. Even with those I've opened directly from the browser.

Very odd, will keep playing with it, I'm sure we can get this!

Gumby

Rb wrote: »

I hope it doesn't píss off any real, nice surfers but these guys have brought whatever happens now on themselves.

Of course it does. You are tarring all surfers with the same brush and ruining it for the rest of us. Do you believe all surfers agree with naming people and their personal details?

Really, have you nothing better to do? Could you all stop patting your backs and just leave it lie?

Its unfair to those of us that argued the point in fair and reasonable fashion.

The damage is done- the map is up - its spreading like wildfire and we will all see the fruits of this in time, but for now can you all please grow up and just leave it there.

Thanks