Terms of Service

By creating an account or using The Board Riders ("TBR", "we", "us", "our", the "Service" — the TBR mobile app and the theboardriders.com website), you ("User", "you", "your") agree to these Terms of Service ("Terms"), our Privacy Policy and our Cookie & Local Storage Policy. If you do not agree, do not use TBR.

When you register, you are asked to confirm that you have read and agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. That confirmation is your acceptance of a binding agreement.

If you publish the page of a club, school or camp, you are shown and asked to accept the Page Manager Conditions the first time you publish it; they supplement these Terms for that feature. Riders who simply use TBR have nothing extra to accept.

These Terms are authentic in Italian: this English text is a courtesy translation produced with the help of automatic translation tools. In case of any conflict, the Italian version prevails.

2.1 Age Requirement

You must be at least 16 years old to use TBR. By using TBR you represent that you are 16 or older. If you are under 16, you may not use TBR under any circumstances.

2.2 Legal Capacity

You represent that you are legally able to enter into this agreement in your jurisdiction, or that you have valid consent from a parent or legal guardian where required by local law.

2.3 Truthful Information

If you provide false information about your age or identity, we may suspend or terminate your account.

2.4 Account Responsibility

You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.

3.1 Description

TBR is a social network for board sports enthusiasts (Kitesurf, Skateboard, Snowboard, SUP, Surf, Wakeboard, Wakesurf, Windsurf, Foil). It lets you share posts, find spots and sessions on Spot Radar, connect with other riders and exchange direct messages.

Anyone who represents a club, a school or a camp can also create a public page to describe their activity (about, where and when, contacts, courses and rentals, camps, staff) and to organize Contests. From a page, riders can ask to join a camp and enter a Contest. Anyone who manages a page is also bound by the Page Manager Conditions.

3.2 "AS IS" Service

TBR is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE", free of charge, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee that TBR will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free or available at any particular time.

3.3 Changes and Discontinuation

We may modify, suspend or discontinue TBR (or any part of it) at any time. Where reasonably practicable we will give notice of material changes inside the app or by email, but we are not obliged to keep any feature available. Nothing in this section limits rights that mandatorily apply to consumers under their local law.

4.1 Registration

To use TBR you must create an account with accurate, current and complete information, using email/password, Sign in with Apple or Google Sign-In.

4.2 Account Security

Keep your credentials confidential. Notify us immediately at [email protected] of any unauthorized use of your account.

4.3 One Account Per Person

You may create only one account. Additional or fake accounts may be removed.

4.4 Incomplete Accounts

Accounts whose registration is never completed (no username or profile set up) may be removed after a reasonable period. Signing in again afterwards simply creates a fresh start.

4.5 Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate your account if you breach these Terms, the law, or the rights of others, or to protect the Service and its users. Where required by law (including the EU Digital Services Act) we will tell you the reason for the restriction, unless we are legally prevented from doing so, the account was used for abusive high-volume behaviour (e.g. spam), or notification would compromise security or an investigation.

4.6 Your Right to Leave

You can delete your account at any time from Edit Profile inside the app (see Privacy Policy §9 for what happens next).

5.1 Ownership and Licence

You retain ownership of the content you post ("User Content"). By posting it you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable and sublicensable licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt (for technical purposes such as resizing and encoding), translate, publish, distribute and display your User Content for the purposes of operating, promoting and improving TBR.

This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except that: (a) technical copies (backups, CDN caches) may persist for a limited time; (b) content reported by other users may be preserved as evidence while the report is reviewed; (c) shared references to removed content simply degrade to "no longer available".

5.2 Your Responsibility

You are solely responsible for your User Content. You represent and warrant that:

• You own it or have the necessary rights to post it
• It does not violate any third party's rights (including copyright and image rights)
• It does not violate any applicable law
• You have the consent of any identifiable person appearing in your photos or videos

For a child under 14, consent means the consent of both parents. At contests and camps children often end up in photos: post such a photo only if you have that consent, and remove it at once if a parent asks you to. A parent can ask us to remove it by writing to [email protected] with the link to the content: we remove it without asking them to prove that consent was missing.

5.3 No Storage Obligation

TBR is not a backup service. We have no obligation to store or return copies of your User Content: keep your own originals. Some content is ephemeral by design (chat photos and videos are automatically and permanently deleted on the schedule described in the Privacy Policy) and cannot be recovered by anyone once expired.

5.4 Content Removal

We may remove or restrict User Content that we reasonably believe breaches these Terms or the law. Where required by law we will state the reason (see §8).

6.1 Public by Default

Except for direct messages, everything you post on TBR is PUBLIC: your profile, posts, photos, videos, comments, Shakas, Buddies, sessions, spots and — if you publish one — your club page with all its content and — if you take part in a Contest — your accepted entry, your scores and your placings are visible to everyone, including people without an account, and may be indexed by search engines. Do not post anything you want to keep private.

6.2 Direct Messages Are Private — With Limits

Chats are visible only to the two members of the conversation. However:

• Chats are NOT end-to-end encrypted
• Chat photos are automatically screened for prohibited content when uploaded
• If a message is reported, our moderation can access that individual message to review the report
• We may disclose content where the law requires it

6.3 Location Sharing

Sharing your position in a chat, or attaching a spot to a session or post, is always your explicit choice. Photo and video files are stripped of embedded location metadata (EXIF/GPS) when posted.

7.1 Prohibited Content — Zero Tolerance

You may NOT post content that:

• Is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory or invasive of privacy
• Contains nudity, pornography or sexually explicit material
• Contains graphic violence, gore or disturbing imagery
• Promotes self-harm, suicide or eating disorders
• Contains hate speech, racism, discrimination or promotes violence against any group
• Sexualizes, exploits, endangers or ridicules minors, or depicts children under 14 without the consent of both parents
• Promotes illegal drugs, weapons or criminal activity
• Infringes copyright, trademarks or other intellectual property rights
• Contains spam or unauthorized advertising
• Impersonates any person or entity
• Contains malware or malicious code
• Spreads misinformation that could cause harm

7.2 Prohibited Conduct

You may NOT:

• Harass, bully, stalk or threaten other users
• Create fake accounts or impersonate others
• Attempt to access other users' accounts or data
• Scrape, harvest or bulk-download content or personal data from TBR
• Use TBR content or data to train artificial-intelligence models without our written permission
• Use bots or automated systems without authorization
• Circumvent security measures, moderation, or technical limits (e.g. usage quotas)
• Interfere with the proper functioning of TBR
• Use TBR for any illegal purpose

7.3 Enforcement

Violations may result in content removal, feature restrictions, suspension or permanent ban, and — where serious — reports to competent authorities.

8.1 How Moderation Works

• In-app reporting: every post, comment, profile and chat message can be reported
• User tools: you can block, mute or restrict other users at any time
• Automated screening: post photos and photos sent in chat are automatically checked (Google Vision SafeSearch) before publication; an image that fails screening is not published. Profile photos, cover photos and club page images do not go through that check: they are removed upon report. Automated systems may occasionally make mistakes
• Evidence preservation: when content is reported, a copy of the reported item may be preserved until the review is closed, even if it is edited or deleted in the meantime

8.2 Decisions and Reasons

Moderation decisions are made by TBR's administrator, assisted by automated tools. Where the EU Digital Services Act or other law requires it, you will receive the reason for a restriction (except for high-volume abuse such as spam, legal prohibitions, or security needs).

8.3 Contesting a Decision

If you believe a moderation decision is wrong, you can write to [email protected] describing the decision and why you contest it. We review such requests in good faith. Reports and reviews never reveal who reported the content.

8.4 Final Say

Subject to the above and to mandatory law, we retain discretion over what is allowed on TBR.

9.1 User-Generated Information

Spots, sessions, and session invitations are created by users, not by TBR. We do not verify spots, conditions, or the identity, age, skill or intentions of any user. People may not be who they claim to be.

9.2 Meetings Are At Your Own Risk

Any meeting or interaction between users in the real world is entirely at your own risk. To the maximum extent permitted by law, TBR is NOT responsible for:

• Accidents, injuries or death arising from meetings between users
• Theft, assault, harassment or any criminal behaviour
• Property damage or disputes between users
• Any other consequence of real-world meetings arranged through TBR

9.3 Be Careful

Meet in public places, tell someone where you are going, and treat strangers online as strangers. Minors aged 16-17 should involve a parent or guardian.

9.4 Camps and Contests Are Organized by the Page, Not by TBR

Camps and Contests are organized by whoever manages the page that publishes them: TBR does not organize, control or take part in them. Accepting or rejecting a request or an entry, fees, how the event runs, safety, judging, scores and rankings depend on the organizer and on the judges they choose. TBR does not verify or guarantee results or the fairness of judging: for a dispute about a result or an entry, contact the organizer. §9.2 and §10 apply.

9.5 What Becomes Public If You Take Part

If your entry to a Contest is accepted, your name, profile photo, country, stance, category, heats, scores and ranking are public, like the rest of the Contest, including for people without an account. The category is part of what is public: if you choose an Adaptive or Seated category, you make public that you compete in it. Your request to join a camp, instead, is seen only by you and by whoever manages the page; others only see how many places are taken.

10.1 Inherent Risks

Board sports are inherently dangerous and can cause serious injury or death. Water, snow, wind, traffic and terrain conditions change constantly.

10.2 Nothing on TBR Is Safety Advice

Spots, sessions, posts, comments and any tips on TBR are user content and general information, not professional instruction, weather advice or safety assessment. Never rely on TBR to judge whether conditions are safe. Always check official forecasts and local regulations, use appropriate safety equipment, and get qualified instruction.

10.3 Assumption of Risk and Waiver

By using TBR you acknowledge the risks of board sports and assume full responsibility for your own practice. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any claim against TBR and its owner for injury, damage or death arising from your practice of board sports, whether or not connected to your use of TBR. This waiver does not apply where the law does not allow it (see §14.4).

11.1 Machine Translation of Chats

Chat messages can be translated on demand by an external AI service (Anthropic's Claude). Translation happens only when the reader requests it: at that moment the text of the message is sent to Anthropic, as part of operating the Service.

11.2 Best Effort Only

Machine translation is produced by a third-party service and is not reviewed by us: it may contain errors, omissions or misunderstandings. The original message is the only authentic version: you can always view it via "Show original". Do not rely on a translation for decisions concerning safety, health, money or contractual commitments: always check the original. Within the limits of §14, TBR and its owner are not liable for damages arising from the use of, or reliance on, a machine translation. Daily usage limits apply.

11.3 Automated Image Screening

Images are screened by an automated service before publication (see §8.1).

12.1 TBR Property

TBR's name, logo, design, software and related intellectual property belong to the owner of TBR. You may not use them without prior written permission.

12.2 Your Content

Your content remains yours, licensed to us as described in §5.1.

12.3 Aggregated Data

We own aggregated, anonymized and statistical data derived from the use of TBR (never including personal data in identifiable form).

12.4 Copyright Complaints

If you believe content on TBR infringes your copyright, notify us as described in §16.2.

13.1 Service Providers

TBR is built on third-party services (including Supabase, Cloudflare, Google, Apple, Expo, Sentry and Anthropic — see the Privacy Policy for the full list and their roles). Their availability is outside our control.

13.2 External Links

Users may post links to external websites. We are not responsible for the content, safety or practices of any external site. Opening links is at your own risk.

13.3 App Stores

Your download and use of the app is also subject to the terms of Apple's App Store or Google Play, which are not parties to these Terms.

14.1 Free Service

TBR is provided free of charge, by an individual, as a non-commercial hobby project, at no cost to you. You use it with that understanding.

14.2 Exclusion of Indirect Damages

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, TBR and its owner are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, data, use or goodwill, arising from or related to your use of TBR.

14.3 Liability Cap

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to TBR is limited to the amount you have paid us for the Service in the twelve months before the claim — which, TBR being free, is zero.

14.4 What This Does NOT Limit

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for intentional misconduct or gross negligence, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or any liability that cannot be excluded by law. If you are a consumer in the EU, your mandatory statutory rights remain unaffected.

14.5 Data Loss

Subject to §14.4, we are not liable for loss of User Content or data — including ephemeral chat media, which is deleted by design. Keep your own copies.

To the extent permitted by the law applicable to you, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless TBR and its owner from claims, damages, losses and reasonable expenses (including legal fees) brought by third parties and arising from:

• Your User Content
• Your use of TBR in breach of these Terms or the law
• Your violation of any third party's rights
• Your real-world meetings or interactions with other users

This obligation does not apply to the extent a claim is caused by our own breach or fault.

16.1 Hosting Provider

For User Content, TBR acts as a hosting provider under the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, art. 6) and Italian Legislative Decree 70/2003. We do not have a general obligation to monitor content and are not liable for User Content we are not aware of; when we become aware of illegal content we act expeditiously to remove or disable it.

16.2 How to Notify Illegal Content

Send a notice in-app (report function) or to [email protected] including:

• Why you consider the content illegal
• Where the content is (link, username, or exact description)
• Your name and email (unless the report concerns sexual abuse material, where anonymity is allowed)
• A statement that your notice is accurate and made in good faith

We will process valid notices diligently and inform you of the outcome. Knowingly false reports may lead to account measures.

16.3 Point of Contact (DSA)

Point of contact for authorities and users: [email protected]. Languages: Italian and English.

We are not liable for any failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, pandemics, power or internet failures, cyberattacks, failures of third-party providers, or acts of any government or authority.

18.1 Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Italy, without prejudice to mandatory consumer protections of the country where you habitually reside.

18.2 Talk to Us First

Before starting any proceeding, please contact us at [email protected] — most issues can be resolved amicably.

18.3 Jurisdiction

Disputes shall be brought before the courts of Rome, Italy. If you are a consumer in the EU, the mandatory jurisdiction rules of your country of residence prevail, and you may sue or be sued in the courts of your own domicile where the law so provides.

18.4 Users Outside the EU

Where permitted by your local law: (a) disputes shall be resolved by binding individual arbitration before resorting to courts; (b) you waive any right to participate in class actions or collective proceedings against TBR. Where such waivers are not permitted, §18.3 applies.

We may assign or transfer these Terms and the Service, in whole or in part (for example if TBR is transferred to a company or a new owner), provided the assignee assumes our obligations. Your personal data would be transferred only as described in the Privacy Policy (§5.4). You may not assign your account or these Terms.

We may update these Terms. For material changes we will give reasonable advance notice inside the app or by email, except for changes required by law or urgent security reasons, which may take effect immediately. If you keep using TBR after a change takes effect, you accept the new Terms; if you do not agree, delete your account. The "Last updated" date at the top always tells you the current version.

21.1 Service Communications

We may send you communications necessary for the Service (verification emails, security notices, service or legal updates). These cannot be opted out of while you have an account.

21.2 Push Notifications

Push notifications are controlled by you via system permissions and in-app preferences (Settings → Notifications).

21.3 Marketing

We currently do not send marketing communications. If we ever do, it will be only with your consent, and you will be able to opt out at any time.

22.1 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found invalid, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions remain in full effect.

22.2 Entire Agreement

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Cookie & Local Storage Policy and — for anyone who publishes a page — the Page Manager Conditions are the entire agreement between you and TBR regarding the Service.

22.3 No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.

For any question about these Terms: [email protected]

The Board Riders — theboardriders.com