Since we now have Mountain Bike Post as a sister site to this one, I am sure there are some whitewater kayakers out there.
What's everyone's feeling on starting another SP branch site that deals with whitewater kayaking?? Any interest?
by redcell6613 » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:00 pm
by Bob Sihler » Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:47 pm
by BeDrinkable » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:33 pm
by silversummit » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:56 pm
by Holsti97 » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:36 pm
by erykmynn » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:30 pm
MikeTX wrote:Holsti97 wrote:Summitpost has evolved into more than just a mountaineering website. Why not incorporate other outdoor activities into the SP website? Sister sites of whitewater kayaking and mountain biking might be more successful if under the Summitpost banner. I would not want to see hunting, fishing, bird watching, geocaching, and 4 wheeling here but I think mountain biking, hiking, trail running, kayaking, skiing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and canoeing might fit if done right. The Silent Sports.
I am sure this would upset some of the original mountaineering purists who first joined Summitpost, but I think it could be a valuable resource if the website was organized so that visitors who visit the website could find what they are looking for quickly and set-up so they would not have to look at things they are not interested in. Registered users might even be able to customize the Summitpost homepage to have their interests appear in the forums section and photos. If they are not interested in kayaking they could customize the page so that does not appear in the Recent Forum Posts on the left side.
I think that's a good idea.
by erykmynn » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:39 pm
by Baarb » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:12 pm
cp0915 wrote:Yeah, why not just add new boards to the pre-existing ones? Clearly it can be done easily by the elves. I bet a 'Canyoneering' board would get a lot of use.
by garburator » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:08 pm
by Dan Leonhard » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:25 pm
I'd like to see a whitewater anything whether it's kayaking, rafting or anything related but judging from the regional nature of the boards already in existence I don't know how successful one would be here.
by Dave K » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:39 pm
cp0915 wrote:Yeah, why not just add new boards to the pre-existing ones? Clearly it can be done easily by the elves. I bet a 'Canyoneering' board would get a lot of use.
by Dave K » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:43 pm
Baarb wrote:cp0915 wrote:Yeah, why not just add new boards to the pre-existing ones? Clearly it can be done easily by the elves. I bet a 'Canyoneering' board would get a lot of use.
I think if rafting were to be integrated into the existing architecture then the way to do it would be to create a 'River' object category just like there are existing 'Mountain/Rock' and 'Canyon' categories. That way someone can write about the river in terms of rafting and kayaking and it wouldn't bother anyone who didn't care too much about them.
Such a thing would be more difficult with mountain biking as that occurs on mountains already and might cause some confusion, perhaps why it has its own site.
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