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Terms of use

Effective date: 5 November 2026

These terms are the agreement between you and Oliver Edwards, trading as SurfKit, based in the United Kingdom ("we", "us"), for the SurfKit app. The business may later be run through a limited company; if so, these terms will transfer to it and we will tell you. By creating an account or using the app you accept them. If you do not accept them, do not use the app. Items marked TO CONFIRM or TO FILL IN are still to be checked before publishing.

1. The app

SurfKit helps you find surf shops, read surf news, keep a surf journal, follow a surfer roadmap and get AI-generated advice. You need to be signed in to use AI features and to buy SurfKit Pro. You must give accurate account details and keep your sign-in secure. You are responsible for what happens under your account.

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are under 18, you confirm that a parent or carer is happy for you to use SurfKit.

2. Surf safety and AI-generated advice

Surfing is dangerous. You surf at your own risk. Nothing in SurfKit replaces your own judgement, local knowledge, lifeguards' and local advice, flags and signs, or proper tuition.

• Board AI, Surf Spots AI and the SurfKit Pro tools (trip planner, surf coach, packing list, arrival brief, roadmap tips) are generated automatically by an AI model. They can be wrong, out of date or unsuitable for you.
• The AI gives general suggestions. It is not professional coaching, medical, safety or travel advice.
• SurfKit does not provide surf forecasts, wave, tide, weather, wind or water-quality conditions, hazard warnings or rescue information. Check conditions and hazards from official local sources before every session. Surf break information in the app is general and may be incomplete.
• Board suggestions depend on the details you enter. Check any board with a qualified shaper or shop before buying.
• Do not enter sensitive personal information into AI tools.

3. Shop listings and surf news

Shop information (names, addresses, opening hours, services, prices, contact details, tags such as board hire) comes from the shops, their websites, shop owners and public data sources. We try to keep it accurate but we do not guarantee it is correct, complete or up to date. Check with the shop before travelling or paying. A blue tick means we checked that the person who runs the listing has shown they are connected to the shop; it is not an endorsement or a guarantee of quality. Shops are independent businesses. Your dealings with them are between you and them. Articles and news are for information only. Articles that a business has paid for are labelled "Sponsored". Shops that offer a discount to SurfKit members are labelled "Partner"; the discount and its terms are set by the shop, and the shop is responsible for honouring them.

4. Your content

You keep the rights in what you add (journal entries, photos, board details, shop details, messages). You give us a non-exclusive licence to store, process and display it as needed to run the app, and (for shop listings and shop photos) to show it to other users. You promise that you have the right to add it, that it is accurate, and that it does not infringe anyone's rights, is not unlawful, abusive, misleading or harmful, and does not contain other people's personal data without permission. If you claim or list a shop, you must be authorised to act for it, and any verification documents or claims you submit must be genuine. We can remove content, listings or accounts that break these terms. Your journal, saved boards and roadmap are private to you; shop listings and shop photos are shown to everyone. To report a shop, an article or any other content, email SurfKit.hello@gmail.com. We review every report and remove content that breaks these terms.

5. SurfKit Pro and payments

SurfKit Pro unlocks extra AI tools and journal features. The prices below are for the UK and may differ in other countries and be shown in your local currency. The price and terms shown in the app and the store at the time of purchase apply.

Subscription terms

• Payment is charged to your Apple ID account (App Store) or Google Play account at confirmation of purchase.
• Free trial: the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. The monthly plan and the Trip Pass have no free trial. The trial ends and your subscription starts, and you are charged, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription.
• Auto-renewal: subscriptions renew automatically for the same period at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Managing and cancelling: you can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your store account settings after purchase. Deleting the app or your SurfKit account does not cancel a subscription; cancel it in the store first.
  • Apple: how to cancel a subscription (Apple Support)
  • Google Play: how to cancel, pause or change a subscription (Google Play Help)
• Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their own rules. We cannot refund purchases made through the stores. Apple: reportaproblem.apple.com. When you buy, you ask for Pro to start straight away; to the extent the law allows, you lose the 14-day cancellation right once it starts, but the store's refund process and your statutory rights as a UK consumer are not affected.
• Restore purchases: use Restore on the Pro screen if you change phone or reinstall.
• Fair use: AI tools have daily limits to stop abuse and control costs. Every account gets 3 free Board AI answers and 3 free Surf Spots AI answers to try.
• We may change prices or features. Price changes for subscriptions are notified as the store requires.

6. Acceptable use

Do not: misuse the app or our servers; try to get around limits, App Check or security; scrape the app or reverse engineer it; share your account; submit false claims or verification documents; upload unlawful content; or use the AI tools to produce harmful content.

7. Our rights

The app, its design, the mascot "George" and our content belong to us or our licensors. Map and place data are supplied by third parties: shop data from Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and the businesses' own websites; surf break data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0); offline maps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), tiles by Protomaps. These credits are also shown in the app. You may use the app for your own personal, non-commercial use.

8. Availability and changes

We try to keep the app available but do not promise it will always work or be free of errors. We may change, suspend or stop features, and we may suspend or close accounts that break these terms. You can stop using the app and delete your account at any time (see delete your account).

9. Limit of liability

Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or your statutory consumer rights. Subject to that, and to the maximum extent the law allows:

• the app, AI answers and shop and spot information are provided "as is" without promises of accuracy, fitness for a purpose or availability;
• we are not responsible for injury, loss or damage from surfing, travel or relying on the app's information or AI-generated advice, or from the acts of shops and other third parties;
• we are not liable for indirect or unforeseeable losses, or for lost profits, data or opportunities; and
• our total liability to you for anything related to the app is limited to the greater of £50 or the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim.

10. Ending the agreement

You can end this agreement by deleting your account. We can end it or suspend your account if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms. Sections that by their nature should continue (for example liability and content licence for listings you made public) continue afterwards.

11. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We will change the effective date and, for important changes, tell you in the app. If you keep using the app after a change you accept the new terms.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland you can also bring proceedings in your local courts and you keep the protection of your local consumer law. Please contact us first so we can try to sort things out informally.

13. Apple-specific terms

These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for SurfKit or its content, has no obligation to provide maintenance or support, and is not responsible for any claims about the app (including product liability, legal compliance or intellectual property claims). Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. You confirm you are not in a country subject to a US Government embargo and are not on a US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. Your use must also comply with Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement.

14. Contact

Oliver Edwards, trading as SurfKit, 22 Lysia Street, London SW6 6NG, United Kingdom
Email: SurfKit.hello@gmail.com