New social network for surfers
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- Sep 03, 2008
Surfstock, a new social network for surfing, has gone live to coincide with last week's annual Surfstock Festival.
The new Surfstock website, built by content management software specialists Modera http://www.modera.com, aims to become the premier online destination for all surfing related news throughout the UK.
Festival-goers can visit the new Surfstock website to get information and update on the programme and the all important surfing and weather updates.
Weather updates are also able to be plugged in to users own websites, blogs and social networking sites through the use of a weather-widget.
Alec Short, festival director at Surfstock explains, "The new Surfstock website has been built by Modera in such a way that it creates longevity far beyond the two-day festival. Surfstock.co.uk will continue to grow after
the festival, and will serve as the place to go for updates on what's going on in surfing within the country. "
The Surfstock was project managed by management company Million Media http://www.1-000-000.com and features 'The Green Room,' a community section named after the feeling a surfer gets when they're in the middle of a "Tube", developed by New Visions Media http://www.newvisionmedia.co.uk.
Neil Cartwright, managing director at Million Media comments, "Through permanent features such as Beaches, Surfcast, Events, Surf Awards and The Green Room where they can interact with other likeminded surfers, both
casual and professional surfers will now be able to have up to date and dedicated information that's important for them."
"Surfstock also features other popular social networking elements such as YouTube videos and RSS feeds so users can be kept abreast of all updated information as and when it happens. A Surfstock Radio provided through
last.fm will also be added to the site," says Siim Vips, chief executive officer at Modera.