Terms of Use

Effective Date: May 13, 2026 | Last Updated: May 13, 2026

Not legal advice. This document was prepared by the site operator (not an attorney) using common plain-English boilerplate. It is provided for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for advice from a qualified lawyer in your jurisdiction. If any provision below is unenforceable where you live, it does not invalidate the rest.

⚠️ EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS BETA. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Verdant Ride is an experimental, work-in-progress hobby project. The content, tools, software, AI features, data, and recommendations on this site are unfinished, unreliable, may be wrong, and may change or disappear without notice. Nothing here is professional advice of any kind. Activities discussed (including but not limited to eFoiling, hydrofoiling, watersports, electrical work, battery handling, lithium charging, modifications, and DIY repair) are inherently dangerous and may cause property damage, serious injury, or death. You are solely responsible for evaluating everything on this site and for the consequences of any action you take.

1. Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to Verdant Ride (the “Site”), operated by Wraith Reality LLC (“Verdant Ride,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Notice and any other policies posted on the Site, constitute a binding agreement (the “Terms”) between you (“you,” “your,” or “User”) and us.

By accessing, browsing, registering for, downloading from, contributing to, linking to, scraping, embedding, or otherwise interacting with the Site or any content, software, data, communications, or services made available through it (collectively, the “Services”), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree, you must immediately stop using the Site and the Services.

If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of a company, organization, or other legal entity, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that entity, and “you” refers to that entity.

2. Beta / Experimental Nature of Everything

Every part of this Site is, and should be treated as, an experimental beta-of-a-beta-of-a-beta. That includes (without limitation) the website itself, blog posts, book chapters, song library, music files, lyrics, audio players, ride-logging tools, community ride-data dashboards, spreadsheet editors, comparison tools, calculators, energy/battery estimators, chapter and reading experiences, comment systems, account features, AI-generated text, AI-generated images, AI-generated audio, recommendation engines, search results, embedded video, and any third-party integrations.

Features may appear, disappear, change, break, lose data, expose data temporarily, behave unpredictably, contradict each other, or be replaced without notice. Numerical estimates may be order-of-magnitude wrong. Text descriptions may be hallucinated or fictional. Code snippets may be unsafe. Anything labeled or appearing to be authoritative is not.

You understand and agree that the Site is offered free of charge, in pre-release condition, for personal exploration only, and that we make no commitment to: (a) keep it online; (b) preserve any data; (c) provide support; (d) fix bugs; (e) honor any feature or behavior; or (f) provide migration, export, refund, or notice before discontinuing anything.

3. Eligibility & Account

3.1 Age

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, to create an account or use interactive features. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided information to us, please contact us so we can remove it.

3.2 Account Security

You are solely responsible for: (i) the credentials used to access any account on the Site; (ii) all activity that occurs under your account; (iii) keeping your password secure; and (iv) immediately notifying us of unauthorized access. We are not liable for losses caused by unauthorized account use.

3.3 Truthful Information

You agree to provide accurate, current information when creating an account or submitting content, and to keep it reasonably up to date. We may suspend or terminate accounts that contain false, misleading, or impersonating information at our sole discretion.

3.4 One Person, One Account

Accounts are personal. You may not share login credentials, sell, transfer, rent, lease, or otherwise allow third parties to access your account.

4. No Warranties — “As Is” / “As Available”

THE SITE, THE SERVICES, AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we expressly disclaim all warranties, including but not limited to:

implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, system integration, quiet enjoyment, and warranties arising from course of dealing, course of performance, or usage of trade;
any warranty that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, virus-free, free from data loss, free from data corruption, free from unauthorized access, or available at any particular time or location;
any warranty regarding the accuracy, reliability, timeliness, completeness, currency, or usefulness of any information, content, calculation, estimate, recommendation, score, ranking, prediction, or output produced by, displayed on, or transmitted through the Site;
any warranty that defects will be corrected, that any feature will be preserved, or that any data you submit will be retained, backed up, or recoverable;
any warranty that AI-generated outputs are factual, original, non-infringing, safe, suitable for any purpose, or free from bias, error, hallucination, or offensive content.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from us or through the Site, creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so portions of this section may not apply to you.

5. Assumption of Risk (eFoil / Watersports / DIY / Electrical)

You expressly understand and agree that any activity described, discussed, demonstrated, or referenced on this Site — including but not limited to electric hydrofoiling (“eFoiling”), surfing, hydrofoil board operation, foil board assembly or modification, propeller operation, jet operation, swimming, paddling, kiteboarding, wakeboarding, water-skiing, open-water activity, cold-water activity, the construction, repair, modification, or charging of lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries, electric motor work, soldering, high-voltage circuits, battery management systems, marine electronics, 3D printing, machining, working with composites, working with epoxy resin, paint, solvents, or fasteners — involves significant inherent risks including risk of drowning, hypothermia, blunt and lacerating trauma, severed limbs, electric shock, fire, explosion, chemical burns, toxic fume inhalation, permanent disability, and death.

You voluntarily assume all such risks, known and unknown, in consideration of being permitted to use the Site and any information on it. You acknowledge that:

You are physically and mentally capable of any activity you choose to undertake.
You will independently verify any information from the Site before relying on it.
You will wear, use, and maintain appropriate personal protective equipment, including United States Coast Guard–approved (or equivalent) personal flotation devices, helmets, leashes, and impact-rated clothing.
You will comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and local rules, including waterway, boating, environmental, and safety regulations.
You will obtain qualified training before attempting any activity discussed on the Site.
You will follow manufacturer instructions, warnings, and labels for any product you use, and that the Site is not a substitute for those instructions.
You will not rely on the Site for any safety-critical decision.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you waive, release, and discharge Wraith Reality LLC, its members, owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors, contributors, and affiliates (the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), losses, or damages arising out of or related to such activities, whether caused in whole or in part by the negligence of any Released Party or otherwise, except to the extent such liability cannot be waived under applicable law (such as for gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud).

6. AI-Generated & Algorithmic Content

The Site uses, and may continue to add, generative AI, large language models, image generation, voice/audio synthesis, automated scoring, recommendation engines, and other algorithmic systems to produce, summarize, classify, retrieve, or transform content (collectively, “AI Outputs”).

You understand that AI Outputs:

may be inaccurate, fabricated, outdated, biased, internally inconsistent, or completely wrong;
may produce different results on different visits for identical inputs;
may inadvertently reflect or amplify biases present in training data;
may resemble or unintentionally reproduce third-party copyrighted material;
are not vetted, fact-checked, or endorsed by any human before being shown to you;
are not professional advice (see Section 7).

You agree not to rely on AI Outputs for any decision that could result in personal injury, property damage, financial loss, legal consequence, medical consequence, or harm to others. You agree that any reliance you place on AI Outputs is at your sole risk.

7. Not Professional Advice (Medical, Legal, Financial, Engineering, Safety)

Nothing on the Site is, or should be construed as, professional advice. This includes (without limitation) medical, mental-health, legal, tax, accounting, financial, investment, engineering, electrical, mechanical, marine, safety, regulatory, environmental, nutritional, or fitness advice. Always consult a qualified, licensed professional in the appropriate field before acting on anything you read, see, or hear on the Site.

Statements on the Site that look like recommendations, scores, ratings, comparisons, “best of” lists, or evaluations are personal opinions or automatically generated outputs and are not endorsements, certifications, or assurances of safety, suitability, performance, or compliance with any standard.

8. User-Generated Content

8.1 Your Submissions

The Site may allow you to submit content, including comments, ride logs, battery and performance data, ratings, photos, audio, video, profile information, and other materials (“User Content”). You retain ownership of intellectual property rights you already had in User Content.

8.2 License You Grant to Us

By submitting User Content, you grant Wraith Reality LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, and irrevocable license to host, store, cache, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works from, publish, perform, display, distribute, aggregate, anonymize, and otherwise use the User Content in any media now known or later developed, in connection with operating, improving, promoting, and providing the Site and Services, and for any other lawful business purpose.

8.3 Your Representations

You represent and warrant that, for any User Content you submit: (a) you own or have the necessary rights to grant the license above; (b) the User Content does not infringe, violate, or misappropriate any third party’s intellectual-property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, contractual rights, or any law; (c) the User Content is not defamatory, obscene, harassing, threatening, hateful, deceptive, or otherwise unlawful; and (d) the User Content does not contain malware, hidden trackers, or harmful code.

8.4 No Obligation to Publish

We are not obligated to publish, retain, display, or use any User Content, and we may remove, refuse, edit, label, demote, or limit visibility of any User Content at any time, for any reason or no reason, without notice. We may also retain copies of User Content for legal compliance, dispute resolution, backups, or operational purposes after you delete it.

8.5 Feedback

Any suggestions, ideas, feedback, or proposals you submit are non-confidential, and you grant us the unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable right to use them for any purpose without compensation or attribution.

9. Intellectual Property & License to Use

All content on the Site that is not User Content — including text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, video clips, digital downloads, software, source code, design, layout, look-and-feel, organization, compilation, and trademarks — is the property of Wraith Reality LLC, its licensors, or its content providers, and is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, trade-dress, patent, and other laws.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Site for your personal, non-commercial purposes. No other right or license is granted, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise.

“Verdant Ride,” “Wraith Reality,” and associated logos and product names are trademarks of Wraith Reality LLC. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Reference to any third-party trademark on the Site is for identification purposes only and does not imply endorsement.

10. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to, and not to allow any third party to:

use the Site in violation of any law, regulation, or third-party right;
access, scrape, copy, harvest, mine, frame, mirror, deep-link, or redistribute any portion of the Site by automated means without our prior written consent (limited use by legitimate, well-behaved search-engine crawlers is permitted);
circumvent or interfere with any security, authentication, rate-limit, or access-control feature;
use the Site to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or develop any machine-learning model, large language model, image-generation model, audio model, dataset, or other AI system without our prior written consent;
attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, server, or network connected to the Site;
reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive source code from any portion of the Site, except where applicable law expressly permits;
interfere with, disrupt, overload, or impair the Site or any other user’s use of it (including via denial-of-service, flood, or spam);
introduce viruses, worms, malware, trojan horses, ransomware, keyloggers, time-bombs, or any malicious code;
use the Site to harass, threaten, defame, dox, stalk, impersonate, or harm any person;
submit content that exploits, sexualizes, or endangers minors;
submit content that promotes self-harm, violence against people or property, or unlawful activity;
use the Site to send unsolicited commercial communications (spam), chain letters, pyramid schemes, or similar;
misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization;
resell, rent, lease, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Site or any access to it.

We may, but are not obligated to, monitor activity on the Site and may report suspected illegal activity to law-enforcement authorities. We will cooperate with valid legal process.

11. Third-Party Links & Services

The Site contains links to and embeds from third-party websites, services, platforms, products, advertisements, plugins, scripts, fonts, content delivery networks, analytics providers, social-media services, video providers, music providers, payment processors, hosting providers, and AI providers (collectively, “Third-Party Services”). Third-Party Services are not under our control, and we are not responsible for their content, accuracy, privacy practices, security, availability, terms, fees, or behavior.

Your interactions with Third-Party Services are solely between you and the third party. References, links, embeds, or integrations are not endorsements. You should review the terms and privacy practices of each Third-Party Service you use.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

(a) No Indirect Damages. IN NO EVENT WILL WRAITH REALITY LLC OR ANY OF THE RELEASED PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, ENHANCED, OR STATUTORY DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OPPORTUNITY, REPUTATION, COVER, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE) THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CLAIM IS BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY.

(b) Cap on Direct Damages. IN NO EVENT WILL OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED THE GREATER OF (i) THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR (ii) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US$100.00).

(c) Essential Basis. THESE LIMITATIONS ARE A FUNDAMENTAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND US AND APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

(d) Non-waivable Rights. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES (FOR EXAMPLE, FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR FRAUD), AND TO THAT EXTENT ONLY, THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS IS INTENDED TO LIMIT ANY LIABILITY THAT, BY LAW, CANNOT BE LIMITED.

13. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Wraith Reality LLC and its members, owners, officers, directors, employees, contractors, contributors, agents, licensors, suppliers, and affiliates (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) arising out of or related to:

your access to or use of the Site or Services;
your violation of these Terms;
your violation of any third-party right, including intellectual-property, privacy, or publicity rights;
your User Content;
your interaction with any other user of the Site;
any activity you undertake based on information obtained from the Site;
your negligence, willful misconduct, or violation of applicable law.

We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which case you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses. You will not settle any claim without our prior written consent.

14. Privacy Summary & Cookies

We collect a limited amount of information needed to operate the Site, including: information you submit (such as account name, email, profile data, ride logs, and comments); standard server logs (IP address, user agent, request paths, timestamps); cookies and similar technologies for authentication, session, preference, and analytics purposes; and information collected by third-party services we use, such as hosting, content delivery, caching, analytics, and embedded media providers.

We do not sell personal information. We may use aggregated or de-identified data for any purpose, including for community statistics displayed on the Site. We retain information as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in these Terms or as required by law. Where the law gives you rights over your personal information (such as access, deletion, correction, or portability), you may exercise those rights by contacting us using the information in Section 21.

By using the Site you consent to the placement of cookies and similar technologies on your device for the purposes described above. You can usually control cookies through your browser settings, though disabling them may make parts of the Site unusable.

If a separate Privacy Notice is later published on the Site, that notice will control to the extent it conflicts with this section.

15. Copyright & DMCA

We respect the intellectual-property rights of others and expect users to do the same. If you believe content on the Site infringes a copyright you own or control, you may submit a notice under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) by sending the following information to our designated agent:

A physical or electronic signature of the owner (or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf) of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
Identification of the allegedly infringing material and information sufficient to permit us to locate it (such as the URL).
Your contact information (address, phone number, and email).
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Notices should be sent to the contact address in Section 21 with the subject line “DMCA Notice.” Counter-notices may be submitted under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) using the same channel. We may, at our discretion, terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

16. Termination & Suspension

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to all or any part of the Site at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, in our sole discretion. We may also delete or anonymize any User Content or account. Upon termination, all rights granted to you under these Terms cease, but provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including (without limitation) Sections 4 (No Warranties), 5 (Assumption of Risk), 8.2–8.5 (User Content License), 9 (Intellectual Property), 12 (Limitation of Liability), 13 (Indemnification), 18 (Governing Law), 19 (Arbitration), and 20 (Miscellaneous) — will survive.

17. Changes to These Terms or the Site

We may update these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top. If we make material changes, we may also provide additional notice (such as via an on-site notice or email to registered users). Your continued use of the Site after the effective date of any revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of those Terms. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Site.

We may add, modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature, page, content, account, integration, or service at any time, in whole or in part, with or without notice and without liability to you.

18. Governing Law & Venue

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or related to them or the Site are governed by the laws of the State of [STATE], United States of America, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Subject to Section 19 (Arbitration), any judicial action permitted under these Terms must be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in [COUNTY], [STATE], and you and we irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction and venue of those courts and waive any objection based on forum non conveniens.

19. Arbitration & Class-Action Waiver

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT.

19.1 Agreement to Arbitrate

Except for (a) claims for injunctive or equitable relief related to intellectual-property rights, (b) small-claims-court disputes that qualify for that court’s jurisdiction, and (c) disputes that cannot lawfully be subjected to arbitration, you and Wraith Reality LLC agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect.

19.2 Procedure

Arbitration will be conducted by a single arbitrator. The seat of arbitration will be in the county identified in Section 18, unless the parties agree otherwise. The arbitrator’s award is final and binding, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitrator (and not any court) has exclusive authority to resolve any dispute about the formation, scope, or enforceability of this arbitration agreement, except that a court of competent jurisdiction has exclusive authority over disputes about the validity of the class-action waiver in Section 19.3.

19.3 Class-Action Waiver

YOU AND WE EACH AGREE THAT ANY PROCEEDING WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, REPRESENTATIVE, OR MASS ACTION. NEITHER YOU NOR WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION FOR ANY CLAIMS COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT. If this class-action waiver is found unenforceable as to any particular claim, then that claim will be severed from arbitration and brought in the courts identified in Section 18, while all other claims remain in arbitration.

19.4 Opt-Out

You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to the contact in Section 21 within thirty (30) days after first accepting these Terms. The notice must include your name, the URL of the Site, and a clear statement that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms.

19.5 30-Day Right to Reject Changes

If we materially change this Section 19 in the future, you may reject the change by giving us written notice within thirty (30) days. In that case, the version of this Section in effect immediately before the change will continue to govern disputes between you and us.

20. Miscellaneous

20.1 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

20.2 No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any right or provision is not a waiver of that right or provision. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative.

20.3 Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with any policies expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Site and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings.

20.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights or obligations under them, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms freely, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets. Any prohibited assignment is void.

20.5 Force Majeure

We will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, civil or military authorities, fires, floods, accidents, pandemics, network or infrastructure failures, strikes, or shortages.

20.6 Relationship of Parties

Nothing in these Terms creates any agency, partnership, joint venture, franchise, or employment relationship between you and us.

20.7 Headings; Construction

Section headings are for convenience and do not affect interpretation. The words “include,” “includes,” and “including” mean “without limitation.” Ambiguities will not be construed against the drafter.

20.8 Electronic Communications

By using the Site, you consent to receive communications from us electronically, including via the Site, email, and other electronic means. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications provided electronically satisfy any legal requirement that they be in writing.

20.9 Export Controls

You represent that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country subject to a United States embargo, and that you are not on any United States government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

20.10 U.S. Government Users

If you are a U.S. government end user, the Site and any content are “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” as defined at FAR 12.212 and DFARS 227.7202, provided with only those rights granted to other end users under these Terms.

21. Contact

Questions, notices, opt-outs, and DMCA notices should be sent to:

Wraith Reality LLC
Attn: Verdant Ride — Legal
Email: legal@verdantride.com

By continuing to use this Site, you reaffirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please close this browser tab and do not return.