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Heya all,

I have some exciting news to share today. We’ve entered into an agreement to buy back Dropzone.com, BASEjumper.com and Rockclimbing.com. See the official PR below. There are several factors that played in on this decision and that got us to this point. Bringing these sites back into the D4DR Media stable at this time provides us with the best opportunity to improve on what’s been created here over many years and ensure their longevity.

So what will happen next? Right now I don't have a long list of plans lined up to execute. We've been managing these sites as a partner and more recently as minority stakeholder since the day we initially sold them so while the ownership just changed, our involvement really doesn't. I think the moderators and Bryn are doing an excellent job at being available to you guys to help steer the ship in the forums and they will continue to do so.

We're excited to be able to focus on this community again. We're looking forward to the opportunity to grow and improve the site.

Sangiro



Press Release:
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D4DR Media Acquires Dropzone.com, BASEjumper.com and Rockclimbing.com to Refocus on Adventure Sport Communities

Somerset West (South Africa) August 20, 2012 - D4DR Media announced today that the company will acquire and operate three of the leading sites in the adventure sport category: Dropzone.com, BASEjumper.com and RockClimbing.com.

Willem Grobler, the CEO of D4DR Media, originally founded Dropzone.com in 1994. Dropzone.com merged with Rockclimbing.com in 2005 and in the year after these two sites started operating under the banner of D4DR Media. In 2007 BASEjumper.com was added to the portfolio of leading adventure sport sites .

"I have a personal history with Dropzone.com spanning almost two decades" Grobler was quoted as saying. "Bringing Dropzone.com, BASEjumper.com and Rockclimbing.com back to D4DR Media will give us the opportunity to refocus on the adventure sport niche and reconnect with some old and new friends."

D4DR Media will continue to build on the success of these sites by providing a platform for members to interact, share knowledge, experiences and ideas. Focus will be also be brought to efforts to help introduce new members to these sports by leveraging the reach of new and existing online channels.

"These are well-established communities and the company understands the strong underlying cultures and the industries that support these sports. Social media, new web and mobile platforms and technologies, application based interaction and different form-factor handheld devices have changed how individuals and businesses find and share information," said Grobler. "D4DR Media is looking forward to exploring how to solidify the foundations of these sites but also reinvigorate them to grow these great online communities."

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About D4DR Media:
D4DR Media CC is a privately held company based just outside Cape Town in Somerset West (South Africa). D4DR Media owns or operates a portfolio of leading adventure sport portals which include Dropzone.com, Rockclimbing.com, BASEjumper.com and Divetime.com. These sites serve the skydiving, rock climbing, BASE jumping and scuba diving communities world-wide by providing platforms for sport participant and industry interaction.

Contact:
Charl Liebenberg
D4DR Media - Marketing Lead
info@d4drmedia.com
10 Lourensford Rd
Somerset West
South Africa
7130

So you get back the website and promptly add pop-up advertisements?

That is exciting news...

Yes, this is annoying me to no measurable end as well.

::: Hey sangiro :::
Congrats on the site purchase!

ONE major improvement that "can" be made is to make these sites "more modern" looking with all the buttons and styling like...umm....pretty much EVERY OTHER FORUM out there.

I'm part of MANY, many forums and basejumper & dropzone are one of the "oldest" looking forums (no offense) in comparison to let's say: http://www.r6-forum.com or http://www.r1-forum.com or http://www.6speedonline.com etc..

All these forums seems to have the SAME "TEMPLATE" they follow and it's easy to navigate.

Is there something that you can offer to DZ & BASE forums???

You mean to look more like BLiNC http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/forum.php ?

I care more about the tits

than the color of the shirt

This is not true, we always have and still have a 'no pop-up policy' - any pop up ads you see on the site would not be our doing and would be something related to the ad server we are using.

If you come across any pop up ads, the same as before applies. Take a screenshot and make a post with the screenshot in the suggestions and feedback forum and we will get at working to remove them from the site.

While we are re-templating dropzone.com currently, there isn't a big visual change to the templates of the forum. We are using a content management system which limits us to using specific 'plugins' and with that means we're left with this forum type.

I personally think that the forums, for the most part - while old, are easy to navigate and rounded corners and glossy buttons aren't always good things. I know we have people here who want to make sure the forums aren't redesigned too much too.

It is something we are considering and we are looking at options, but our focus will more be on things like mobile support for the forums and making the site much more easy to navigate for mobile devices. But we will keep you guys up to date with progress.

Every time I open base jumper its a pop up.

It does it on any device or browser that does not have ad block. Phone, tablet, it doesn't matter. I'll shut this down and try to capture the source.

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