Surf places

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    1. skud Metaweb Staff
      Nov 5, 2008
      skud says:

      Would a "surfing locations" type be of interest here?  I'm thinking of things like Bells Beach.

      2. pdavison Metaweb Staff
        Nov 5, 2008
        pdavison says:

        Yeah, I would think so.  Quite a big category, but definitely a good one.

        Any thoughts on what properties it should have?

      3. skud Metaweb Staff
        Nov 5, 2008
        skud says:

        I have no idea from a surf perspective, but we could easily delegate in some of the properties from /location/location to encourage surfing base members to contribute data.

      4. kconragan Metaweb Staff
        Nov 5, 2008
        kconragan says:

        Absolutely!

         I've started a Surf Break type in my default domain, but haven't gotten much momentum there yet. Maybe we should go ahead and just add the type here so we can start tagging locations as surf breaks. Some properties I'd like to capture eventually:

        • Which direction it breaks (left, right, both)
        • Bottom composition (rock, coral, sand, etc.) 
        • Average wave length (most likely an integer range)
        • Average water temp (want this for Scuba diving as well)

        Some sort of average (or maximum) wave height would be cool as well. However, talking wave height with surfers can be problematic do to ego and subjective scales (Florida vs. Hawaii vs California, etc.).

        We may be able to use a site like WannaSurf as a reference, but again, a lot of their properties are subjective. Here is Bells Beach as an example

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