Chris,

Glad to hear your ok. That is a very valid situation at EB with SW winds.

I have put in my launch notes about EB that the place works from NNE to SSW. Sounds like I am in the ball park.

I have shared a Ride Guide that I put together for my students with Steve S. He intends to incorporate alot of it into the TBKA.org site.

I feel it is pretty accurate, but I did not get specific about locations along the Gulf of Mexico. Tom brought up some good points. I think that is an area that could use more detail for sure.

Steve,

I am hoping to put that info up on a Wiki that summarizes all the spots.
http://www.tbka.org/TBKAWiki/index.p...Local_Launches

as well as on a website, perhaps.

I am really hoping for help from a bunch of people to get a complete guide done. Having the info in a tidy format would make is easy to read.
As opposed to run long run on sentence/paragraph.

Can you guys think of some suggestions for maybe 5 to 8 common headings and run with it? If so, that'd be awesome. I could post them to the wiki.
The form format is moderately cumbersome and not as fast to navigate, so I am more than willing to format it for the Wiki if the info is "broken up" into subheadings. :)

I think the Wiki is going to work really good, and Steve-O's Ride Guide is the best I have seen and has a consistent look to it with good pics.
Thanks Scott! This is a great idea so everyone can add what they know about the spots.

maybe break it out into wind directions and give advice on each spot accordingly..

i also give folks the link that is in my signature.. i know that some of the info is not exactly accurate.. maybe you could revise each launch info..

We currently have some pretty good info out there (and some pretty inaccurate stuff) :)

The nice thing about the wiki is that we can all collaborate on it to insure it's accuracy as a team.
It looks like we have a pretty healthy head start with the two Steves info.
All I am hoping for at this point is a standardized format. Primarily because it makes quickly finding (and adding to) info really quick. Wiki means quick, btw.

Something like ---

SKYWAY NORTH

Most Favorable Wind Conditions:

Water Depth/Conditions:

Recommended Skill Level:

Hazards:

Etc.:

Etc.:

Additional comments:

And then fill in the blanks.

This has some advantages. First, easy to read. Second, easy to edit and add to, without breaking up a paragraph or needing total command of the language (simple is more gooder).

Any ideas on a standardized layout, before we dive into it?
I can put pics galore on the Wiki as well. I can not embed YouTube though, which semi sucks.

If anyone is totally new to wikis, here is a good vid showing their usefulness for collaboration : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Is there a way to edit what currently exists on that Google Map?
I would like to link to it, but... quite a bit of the wind directions are off.
It would defeat the purpose. Is it possible to edit it -

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...1dc4fcb4cd7db3

When are you going to allow people to register and update the wiki pages?

I tried but it wouldn't let me register.

sorry Tom,
we are only going to let the experienced riders add info :)


J/K

Happened to you too huh.

I unlocked it at 10 am.
Hmmm.....

Let me know. I am putting a Google Maps extension in there right now and fiddling with it.
This Wiki has some fairly strange markup language. Not hard, just different. Like this '''BOLD''' were make the word bold and this ==Heading== is a level one heading.

Let me know if you are locked out. I had someone sign in, no problemo, at 10 am.