Trust & reviews policy
Our editorial wedge is honesty. These are the rules we hold ourselves to — and the rules that camps and reviewers must accept. We'd rather tell you what we don't yet do than imply we do.
What's true today
We don't write reviews, and we never will
Every review on this site comes from a real, first-hand visit by a real person — a stay, or lessons at a school you didn't sleep at. We do not write sample reviews, we do not invent reviewers, and we do not pad a thin page to make a camp look established. If a camp has no reviews, it says so.
Reviewer skill is always shown
Every review shows the reviewer's Surf Level at the time they wrote it. A 5-star rating from a Level 3 surfer at a beginner-friendly camp means something different than a 5-star from a Level 6 — and we make that visible, not hidden in fine print. That level-weighting is the point of the site.
No paid placement, ever
Best-of guides and rankings are ordered by editorial judgment of fit — never by who pays us. Affiliate partnerships exist (see our affiliate disclosure), but they never change the order of a list or which camps appear in it.
Affiliate independence
We do not currently earn a commission on any link on this site. Every “Check availability” link goes to the camp's own website. That may change as the site grows — if it does, commissioned links will be labelled on the listing itself, and commission will still have no bearing on a camp's rating or inclusion. Full detail in the affiliate disclosure.
Tell us when something looks wrong
Every camp and spot page has a “Report incorrect info” control — nothing you report auto-publishes; a human checks it. For anything else, use /feedback. A real person reads every note.
How member reviews work
These are the standards member-written reviews launched with. We're stating them here so the rules stay public, not buried in fine print.
Every qualifying review published — including 1-star
Every review that meets community standards is published, negative ones included. Camps cannot pay to remove or hide a review.
Owners may respond, not censor
Verified camp owners will be able to post one public response per review — that capability hasn't shipped yet. Once it does, owners will not be able to edit or delete a user's review, or pay to suppress it. Owner edits to a listing (photos, amenities, descriptions) will be tracked.
Anti-spam & integrity
Reviewers need a registered, email-verified account; reviews are rate-limited per user; flagged reviews are recorded for review by the site owner; and any account engaged in coordinated fake reviewing (positive or negative) will be removed. We are one person, not a moderation team — a flag is read when we get to it, not within a promised window.