Kaayko Scouts
The rules
Who can take part
Anyone, anywhere. There is no sign-up and no age limit for adding a spot. To receive the thank-you code, give an email with the spot; without one we have nowhere to send it.
What earns a code
Every new spot that Kaayko approves, if an email was on the entry when it was approved. Suggested edits and reports do not earn one. One code per approved spot.
The code
20% off one order of Kaayko’s own pieces at kaay.store. It works once, for 180 days from the day it is sent. Pieces sold by independent Kreators are not discounted, one order takes one code, and a code cannot be exchanged for money.
How it reaches you
The code is in the email that tells you your spot is live, sent to the email on the entry. Keep that email. Lost it? Write to help@kaayko.com with the spot’s name and we send it again to the same address.
What we check
A person at Kaayko looks at every entry: the launch is public, the pin is on the launch, the photos are yours and show the water, and the name reads like a place. Kaayko’s decision is final. A declined entry gets an email, with the reason when there is one to give. There is no fixed time for review.
Your name on the spot
Optional. It is shown as “Added by” on the spot’s page. Take it off at any time on your Scout page, or by writing to help@kaayko.com if you gave no email. We may shorten or correct a name before it is shown.
Your photos and your spot
You confirm the photos are yours and the launch is open to the public, and you allow Kaayko to show your photos, pin, note and chosen name on Paddling Out. You can ask for a live spot to come down on your Scout page; other paddlers may rely on it, so a person at Kaayko decides and writes to you either way.
Your Scout page
The first time you give an email with a spot, an edit or a report, we email you a Scout code. Sign in at kaay.link/m with your email and that code to:
- see every spot and report sent with that email;
- take your name off one;
- withdraw a spot still in review: it is never published, and its photos and your details on it are deleted (Privacy says what little stays);
- ask for a live spot to come down;
- get a new code; the old one then stops working.
Keep your code private. We send at most six code or link emails a day. A code sent before 29 October 2026 starts with MK and keeps working.
Changes
Kaayko may change or end the thank-you at any time; a code already sent keeps working until its 180 days are up. Kaayko may refuse or take down a spot that breaks these rules, for example photos that are not yours or a launch that is not public.
Not a safety endorsement
A spot on Paddling Out is not a statement that it is safe to paddle. A report from a paddler (wildlife, a hazard, whether paddling is allowed) is what they say they saw: Kaayko checks it before it shows but cannot confirm it, it is not permission to paddle, and no report does not mean there is nothing there. Check the conditions and the local rules before you go.