Members must be 18 or older

Only people aged 18 or older can become members. When you register, you confirm that you are 18 or older by answering yes (self-declaration). People under 18 cannot become members.

One account per person

Each person may have one account. Do not create several accounts or share an account with someone else.

Rules for nicknames

• 2 to 20 characters (full-width and half-width characters each count as one). Spaces at the start and end are removed.
• Allowed: letters (Japanese, English and others), digits, spaces between words, and the symbols - _ . and the middle dot. Anything else is not allowed, so that email addresses and URLs cannot be written.
• Latin letters can be used together only with Japanese (kanji, hiragana, katakana) or Korean letters, so that look-alike letters cannot make a name look like someone else's. A nickname you already use can stay as it is.
• Nicknames containing "admin", "official", "staff", "flatwaterpopup" or the Japanese words for operator, management or official are not allowed (to prevent impersonation).
• You cannot use the same nickname as another member. Upper and lower case, full-width and half-width forms, and look-alike letters of other alphabets (such as Cyrillic "а" and Latin "a") are treated as the same.
• You can change your nickname at any time. The old one is not kept.

Prohibited acts

Please do not do any of the following.

• Impersonation: pretending to be another person, the operator or an organization
• Writing another person's personal information (real name, address, phone number, email address, photos and so on)
• Harassment: troubling or hurting others, or contacting them persistently
• Advertising and solicitation: promoting products, services, groups or events, or recruiting members
• Using the Site to look for a romantic relationship
• Buying or selling things (gear included)
• Giving or publishing the contact details or nickname of a member you are connected with, without that person's consent
• Anything against the law, or helping someone do it

Usual practice spots and "I'd like to practice with you"

Members can put out a practice spot so that other members can press "I'd like to practice with you". Please follow the rules below. The first time you put out a spot, press "I'd like to practice with you" or say OK, you are asked to tick that you have read this part and the safety notes and agree.

• Rules for places: Put out only a place you actually practice at and that anyone can go to. Do not write an address, the location of a home, a precise position or someone else's private land.
• What not to write: Do not write contact details (email, phone, social media, URLs), another person's personal information, advertising, solicitation, business, buying or selling, or invitations to romance in the name of a place or the note.
• Only your own contacts: You may register only your own contact details. Posting someone else's is impersonation and is prohibited.
• Press "I'd like to practice with you" only to people you want to contact as practice partners for foiling and similar activities. Using it to look for a romantic relationship, or for advertising, solicitation, business or buying and selling, is prohibited.
• Do not spread contacts: Do not give or publish the contact details or nickname of a member you are connected with to other people without that person's consent.
• Talking is your own responsibility: After you are connected, talk inside LINE or a similar service, under that service's terms and at your own responsibility. This Site does not hold messages and does not mediate between members.
• Practice is your own judgment: Practice at your own judgment and responsibility. This Site does not hold practice sessions. Check the rules and permissions of the water yourself.
• Disputes, injuries, damage: The operator does not mediate or settle, and is not responsible for, dealings between members or disputes, injuries or damage that happen when members meet (on the water included), except where the operator acts intentionally or with gross negligence.
• Removal by the operator: The operator may delete a practice spot or contact that it judges to break these terms, and may remove the member.

Safety on the water is your own responsibility

This Site is a practice notebook and a guide to videos about activities on the water such as foiling and paddling. You must judge safety on the water yourself: weather, local water rules, equipment, your health, distance from other people, life jackets and so on. The operator is not responsible for injuries or accidents that happen when you try what you read or watch here.

About the video summaries

The summaries of videos on this Site are written by AI from each video's captions or description. They only describe what the video says; they do not judge whether a video is good or what level it suits. Summaries that a person has not checked yet are marked "Not yet reviewed". All videos belong to their creators.

Leaving, and removal of members by the operator

Members can leave at any time from the My account page. When you leave, the information you gave is deleted immediately (it can remain in backups for up to 30 days; see the Privacy Policy). You can register again later with the same Google account.

If you cannot leave yourself, for example because you lost your Google account, you can ask for deletion through the Contact link.

The operator may remove a member who breaks these terms.

Changes to these terms

These terms may be changed when needed. When they change, the new version (date) is shown on this page. If you keep using the Site after a change, you are treated as agreeing to the new terms.

Limits of liability

The operator does not guarantee that the Site is correct, complete or always available. Except where the operator acts intentionally or with gross negligence, the operator is not responsible for the Site being stopped or changed, for lost data, or for problems arising from dealings between members or with outside services.

Japanese law and courts

These terms are governed by the laws of Japan. Courts in Japan have jurisdiction over any dispute about the Site.

Contact

Please write to us through the Contact link at the bottom of this page. Email us

Japanese and English

These terms are also available in Japanese. If the Japanese and English versions differ, the Japanese version prevails.