NO PURCHASE NECCESARY
Sponsor: Contour Inc., 3131 Western Ave. Suite 410, Seattle, WA 98121
Title of Contest:
Summer Shred Showdown: USA vs. The World
Promotion Period: Begins June 22, 2011 and ends at 11:59am Pacific Time on Wednesday August 10, 2011.
Contest Description:
Who:
Participants: Mountain bikers
Sponsors: Pinkbike, Transition, Anthill Films, Bear Back Biking, Gravity, Dakine, Contour
Judges: the contour community and editorial staff
What:
Summer Shred Showdown is the ultimate mountain bike bracket challenge that will
settle the debate on whether or not the greatest talent lives in the USA or on
other worldly turf (Mars?). The winning producer will receive an all-expenses-paid
trip to spend a day with the crew from Anthill Films on the set of their new movie,
Strength in Numbers. The winner will also receive atwo-night stay at Bear Back
Biking in Whistler, subject to availability, a Transition TransAM frame, Gravity
Light handlebar and stem, Dakine backpack, and Contour+ camera.
When:
Bikers will have 4 weeks starting on Wednesday June 22nd until Friday July 22nd
to submit their edited videos to Contour.com. From Monday July 25th - Friday July
29th, the Contour Community will choose the best 12 USA and 12 World videos to move
on to the actual bracket challenge by voting on the videos at Contour.com. The
Contour editorial staff will pick the remaining 4 USA and 4 World videos to move
on to the bracket challenge. The staff will pick the videos based on actual biking
talent, and overall quality of the edit. We reserve the right to pick or refuse
any video into the final bracket challenge.
The bracket challenge will start on August 1st and will pit 16 USA videos against
each other and 16 World videos against each other with one video advancing from
each pair of matchups. The winning videos will be decided byvoting in the bracket
on Contour.com. The final pair will be announced on August 5th. Beginning on August
8th the Contour Community will vote for the grand prize winner until August 10th.
You can vote once per day. The grand prize winner will be announced on August 10th.
Edits should try to be as packed as possible with the best riding possible. If
you had 90 seconds to prove to Anthill why YOU should get to experience a film
shoot with them, what would you show them?
Where:
You tell us! Find your favorite trails and rip it up. All entries will live on
Contour.com/contest.
Why:
The USA has an ego and we’re not afraid to challenge the rest of the world in
sports. We’re ready to take on everyone else to see where the best mountain bikers
live! We want the best mountain bikers from our community to show off their riding
skills and have the chance of a lifetime to hang out with Anthill on the set of
their new movie, Strength in Numbers.
Rules:
- The participant (the “Participant”) enters by uploading their video to the
Contour website http://contour.com/contest. Participants may submit as many
videos as they wish to the initial open group stage, however each Participant
may only have one video advance to the bracket stage.
- By entering the Contest, the Participant grants permission to the Sponsor to
use his name, address (city and/or province), photograph, likeness, voice, image,
Prize information (if applicable), promotional purposes without further
compensation unless prohibited by law. Before submitting his Entry Form, the
Participant will have to confirm that he grants such permission to the Sponsor.
- In the event of a dispute regarding any Entry Form, the Entry Form will be
declared made by the authorized account holder submitted at the time of the entry.
- Winner must be at least 13 yrs old.
- By uploading a video and entering the contest, the participant hereby
acknowledges they have full ownership rights of the video.
Prize winner selection
- The Grand Prize Winner will be selected at the end of the Contest Period,
and will be the best mountain bike video as voted on by the Contour Community.
The number of votes per entry video will be reviewed at the Sponsor’s head
office (3131 Western Ave, Suite 410, Seattle, Washington, United States,
98121). The odds of being selected are dependent upon the total number of
eligible entries received each day during the Contest Period and upon the
originality of the videos submitted.
- The Grand Prize Winner will be notified by email within ten (10) business days
after the last day of the contest. In the event the Sponsor is unable to notify
a Grand Prize Winner within ten (10) business days or if the Grand Prize Winner
doesn't reply to the email of the Sponsor's representative, the Grand Prize
Winner will be disqualified and the Sponsor will have the right, in its sole
discretion, to select an alternate Grand Prize Winner based on second best total
votes received by the Contour Community. In the event the Sponsor is unable to
notify the alternate Grand Prize Winner within ten (10) business days or if the
alternate Grand Prize Winner doesn’t return the telephone call from the Sponsor’s
representative, that alternate Grand Prize Winner will be disqualified and the
Sponsor will have the right, in its sole discretion, to withdraw the Prize.
- To be declared a the Grand Prize Winner, a declaration and release form
(the “Declaration and Release Form”) acknowledging and confirming compliance
with these Contest rules as well as the non-responsibility of the Sponsor and
any other organization involved with the Prize or the Contest and their
respective employees, for any injury, accident, loss or misfortune related
to the Contest, Prize or awarding of the Prize. The Grand Prize Winner will
also have to confirm that he consents to the use of his or her video by the
Sponsor for promotional purposes. If the Grand Prize Winner is a minor, a parent
or legal guardian will also have to sign the Declaration and Release Form.
- The Grand Prize Winners executed Declaration and Release Forms must be
received by the Sponsor at the latest two (2) weeks after the email contact.
Otherwise, the Prize will be forfeited.
Prize details
- Final Four: Top 2 World and top 2 USA videos will all receive a Contour+
camera, Dakine Backpack, and bar/stem combo from Gravity
- Final Winner: The winner of the final two will get to spend a day on the set
of the new film Strength in Numbers by Anthill Films. Location will be decided
by sponsor at the time of the contest ending. Winner will also receive a Transition
TransAM bike frame, and a two night stay at Bear Back Biking in Whistler, B.C,
subject to availability.
Additional Prize details
- The Prize will be delivered to the home of the Winner by a courier company.
- The Prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be substituted or converted
to cash. No substitution is possible, except in the Sponsor’s sole and entire
discretion. Any portion of the Prize not accepted by the Winner will be forfeited.
The Sponsor will not be responsible if any event results in the cancellation of
the Prize or if other factors beyond its reasonable control prevent the Prize or
any part thereof from being fulfilled. The Sponsor makes no express or implied
warranties or conditions of any kind with respect to safety, appearance or
performance of any aspect of the Prize. By accepting the Prize, the Winner
acknowledges that the only warranties applicable to any aspect of the Prize, if
any, are the warranties provided by the supplier of the Prize to the Sponsor that
are transferable and/or the manufacturer’s warranty. In no circumstance whatsoever,
the Winner shall have any recourse against the Sponsor with respect to any warranty
of the Prize.
General conditions
- All Entry Forms and videos submitted become the property of the Sponsor.
- Any attempt to deliberately damage the Contest Website or any related website,
or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal
and civil laws. In such cases, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and
damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution.
- Sponsor reserves the right to exclude any questionable content submitted including
but not limited to content that is sexually suggestive, pornographic, violent or
otherwise inappropriate.
- Entry Forms are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are
received outside the Contest period or are illegible, incomplete, mechanically
reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way.
- No correspondence pertaining to the Contest will be entered into except with the
Finalists and the Winners.
- Any tampering with IP addresses, false email addresses, or browser cookies
will result in immediate disqualification of the video.
- Contour reserves the right to add or remove a video from the contest at any
point during the duration of the contest.
Indemnification by participant
By entering the Contest, a Participant: releases the Sponsors and their directors,
officers, employees, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, sponsors
and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind
to the Participant or any other person, resulting in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any Prize, participation
in this Contest, any breach of these Contest rules, or in any Prize-related activity;
agrees to fully indemnify the Sponsor and their directors, officers, employees,
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, sponsors and agents from any
and all claims by third parties relating to the Contest, without limitation.
Conduct
- By entering this Contest, a Participant agrees to be bound by these Contest
rules. A Participant further agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsor
and the Contest Judging Organization, which are final.
- The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any
participant it finds to be: violating these Contest rules; tampering or attempting
to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest Website, or any
related website; acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with
intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.
Information request
- The Contest rules will be available throughout the Contest period on the
Contest Website.
- The names and photographs of the Winners will be posted on the Contest
Website after the contest has ended for a week thereafter.
Limitation of liability
- The Sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability for lost, delayed,
destroyed or misdirected Entry Forms, Declaration and Release Forms or for
any computer, online, telephone, hardware, software or technical malfunctions
that may occur.
- The Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information,
whether caused by users or by any of the equipment or programming associated
with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may
occur in the administration of the Contest.
- The Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend or modify the Contest,
should a virus, bug, computer problem, unauthorized human intervention or other
cause beyond the Sponsor’s control, corrupt or affect the administration,
security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest.
Release/privacy/use of participant information
By entering this Contest, a Participant agrees to: use of his personal information
by the Sponsor for the purposes of administering the Contest and awarding the Prize;
execute a Declaration and Release Form as described in these Contest rules; and use
by the Sponsor of his personal and other information. His personal information will
not be provided to any third parties, other than as provided for in these Contest
rules.
Laws
These are official Contest rules. This Contest is subject to federal, provincial
and municipal laws and regulations. These Contest rules are subject to change
without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial and
municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over the
Sponsor.
DISCUSSION
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