Terms.

The pilot

Taper is a free, private, invitation-only community pilot for gym members preparing for races. No payment is collected or implied by these terms. The service is provided as is during the pilot and can change or stop.

Who runs Taper

Taper is operated by its founders, Christo Huntington and Shawn Booth, during a free private pilot. A company will be formed before any paid service, and these terms will be updated then. Contact: christo@tapergym.com.

Who can join

You must be 18 or older, invited by your gym, and you must accept the current community notice. You confirm you are 18 or older when you create your account and when you join your gym’s community. Use only your own invitation and do not share it. Keep your password private; you are responsible for activity on your account.

Community conduct

Be respectful. Do not post harassment, threats, hate, sexually explicit material, dangerous or illegal content, other people’s private information, or spam. Do not use Taper to pressure, stalk or keep contacting someone who has said no or blocked you. Post only content you have the right to share, and do not post photos or videos of other people without their permission.

Report and remove

You can report any message, block a member, and mute or leave a conversation. Photos and videos appear as soon as you post them; nobody reviews them first. At any time and without notice, your gym’s owner and Taper’s founders can remove any message, photo or video in your gym, including in private conversations, remove a member from conversations or from the whole community, and delete a member’s account; coaches can remove posts in crews. Staff do not see everything that is posted, so removal does not guarantee that every violation is found.

Taper is not an emergency service. For an emergency, call local emergency services. For an urgent concern about another member, also email christo@tapergym.com.

Workouts, meetups and races at your own risk

Workouts, training sessions, crew events, travel plans, meetups and races that members or your gym arrange through Taper are not organized or supervised by Taper. Taper does not vet members or partners, check venues, or book travel. Taking part is voluntary and at your own risk. Meet new people in public places, tell someone your plans and use your own judgment. Activities at your gym remain subject to your gym’s own waiver and rules, and races remain subject to the race organizer’s rules.

Not medical advice

Taper is not medical advice, a diagnosis or a training prescription. The optional Readiness Score describes recorded performance evidence in your race category. It is not a percentage of race readiness or a prediction of your finish, and a coach’s check-in does not certify that you are ready to race. Talk to a qualified professional about your health before you train or race.

Your content

You keep ownership of what you post. You give Taper permission to store your content, show it to the audience you post it to, and process it as described in the privacy notice so the service works. You can delete your own messages. Your gym’s owner, Taper’s founders and, in crews, coaches can remove your posts as described above.

Google Maps

Coaches can search for event meeting points with Google Maps Platform, and Taper can open places in Google Maps. By using these Google Maps features you agree to the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service (https://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps/), and Google’s Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) applies to what Google receives. Map places, addresses and directions come from the map service and can be wrong; check them before you travel.

Public results

Results you import come from a public results service and are saved for your own use in this private pilot. Published dates, categories and splits can be incomplete or wrong, and imported results keep their source.

Taper and other names

The Taper software, design and content are proprietary. Using the pilot gives you a limited right to use the service; it does not give you a license to copy or reuse it. Third-party names belong to their owners. Taper is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by HYROX. Event names are used only to identify races.

Limits

To the extent the law allows, the pilot is provided without warranties of any kind, and the founders are not responsible for indirect or consequential losses from your use of the pilot or from activities you join through it.

Ending participation and your data

You can stop using Taper at any time. From Privacy and data you can download your data and request correction, restriction or deletion, as the privacy notice describes. Restriction stops community access right away; a deletion you request is completed by your gym owner or a founder. Your gym owner or a founder can also delete your account at any time, and that deletion takes effect immediately.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee.

Changes

Taper may update these terms. When the community notice changes, the app asks you to review and accept it before you continue.