...and so it starts. Thank you to everyone for helping this get off the ground

Huge thanks to everyone who helped bring SkiffHQ.com to life — what started as an idea on May 28th 2025 is now a live, growing community as of June 2nd 2025. That’s just 5 days — and it wouldn’t have happened without all of you.

Special shoutouts to @Zika, @Smackdaddy53, @JCDesigns, and @DBStoots — you guys answered countless texts and calls, offered honest feedback, and were there at every step. I truly appreciate the time and energy you gave this.

Behind the scenes, there were a lot of long nights spent securing the domain, wrangling DNS records, setting up SMTP servers, writing code, and testing things to get us across the finish line. It was a grind, but 100% worth it knowing this space is already bringing people together.

Now that we’re live, I’d love to get more folks involved. This is your space — not mine — and the more hands and talents we have, the better it’ll be.

If you have skills in:

  • Graphic design (site tweaks, icons, future merch)
  • Legal help (LLC setup, site policies, community guidelines)
  • Marketing or promotion (social media, boating groups, word-of-mouth)
  • Logo/tagline ideas for SkiffHQ
  • Merch design (shirts, stickers, hats, etc.)
  • Forum moderation (keeping the vibe helpful and respectful)
  • Writing/editing (FAQs, community docs, future blog content)
  • Photography/videography (header images, brand visuals, skiff content)
  • SEO / analytics setup (to help more people find us)
  • Technical help (Discourse tips, backups, uptime monitoring)

…or anything else you think could help — drop a comment or shoot me a DM. If you’ve got a good idea or skill, there’s likely a spot for it here.

Thanks again, seriously. Let’s build something great here, together.

— Capt. Jan
Founder (in spirit), steward (in practice)

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Crazy how quickly you guys got this up and running! Here to help and watch it grow!

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Happy to be a part! Thank you and Zika for all of your efforts! I know a couple Graphic artists and a Graffiti artist that is also big into fishing/skiffs I’ll reach out to them.

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Thanks very much to everyone involved in getting this new site up and running!

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Glad to be part of it! Thanks for everything!

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Welcome aboard, happy to see ya!

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Thank you for all your efforts guys. I’m looking forward to contributing best I can to the new neighborhood :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Happy to be here! Let’s go!

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Congrats on getting this off the ground. While I was never a huge contributor to MS, I look forward to being a part of the new community!

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as the other place became more pc and less of us having fun, i faded back into the mangroves. glad to see there’s more guys just wanting a good forum for fun and some. im sure this place will quckly become the home we all used to love. @iMacattack thanks

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Dang, awesome work on getting this up and running. Looking forward to it.

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Looks like a good spot!

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Congrats on the launch! Looking forward to getting in early on this!

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Glad to be back home! Great job Jan, Mac, and everyone else who were involved in getting this off the ground. Put me to work helping to build this community back up!

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Fantastic job getting this set up! What a turnaround!!!

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That escalated quickly!

Thanks to those that made it happen.

Not sure what I bring to the table but if there is anything I can help with just ask.

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Thank you guys!! Really grateful for your work and happy to be a part of the new community

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Forgot to ask - are we at a point to invite others, get the word out, or are we still in “soft launch” mode?

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So I’m all signed up and ready to post but do I have to build up my post after being on microskiif for years

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