12/8 - Inaugural SDMBA-PRO Photo Contest

It's me again :) Hope you SD folks can make it over to this.

INAUGURAL SDMBA-PRO PHOTO CONTEST

The Progressive Riders Organization (PRO) is a new organization associated with San Diego Mountain Biking Association (SDMBA), and SDMBA-PRO’s main purpose is to advocate for progressive riding opportunities (downhill/freeride/etc.) in and around San Diego County. We want what you want, a bike park and more areas for Progressive Mountain biking!

Join SDMBA-PRO and Cal Coast Bicycles for an evening of free pizza, beer (donated by Lagunitas Brewing), and adrenaline-inducing memories at 7:00pm on Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at Cal Coast Bicycles located at 3020 Adams Avenue San Diego, CA 92116. Stop by to enter in your action shots, enjoy good company, and learn more about P.R.O.

All photos will be displayed at the event and judged by your peers. Winners will get their photos printed on the P.R.O. Poster Calendar and receive cool swag from our sponsors; the Best of show grand prize will be announced soon!

Cal Coast Bicycles will be offering a 15% discount to all Photo contest attendees. We will also be raffling off an Ellsworth frame. Raffle Tickets are $5 (we will be selling some at the Photo Contest) and are also available ahead of time from Cal Coast Bicycles and North of the Border Bikes.

Current sponsors include: Cal Coast Bicycles, Lagunitas Brewing, iMountainBike, SixSixOne, Canfield Brothers, Loaded Precision, Inc.

HERE ARE THE RULES:
*SDMBA and SDMBA-PRO members can enter photos for free; Non-members pay $10.00. You can become a member on-site
*You can enter up to 3 photo prints per category. Prints may range in size from a minimum of 5 x 7 to a maximum of 8 x 12. Please do not have the prints framed.
*Photos must be from within the last 5 years.
*On the back of your photo please include your name, phone number, the category and a caption or title for each photograph.
*You must be present to win.
*By entering the SDMBA-PRO Photo Contest, you agree to grant SDMBA-PRO and the Photo Contest Sponsors the right to display your image in Print and on the web. Contestants will retain the rights to their photographs.

AND THE CATEGORIES ARE:
Airing it out (Dirt Jumping photos)
Racing (Downhill, 4X, full pajama riding!)
Downhill (show us what 8-10 inches of travel can do)
Freeriding (Ladders, drops, rock gardens, waterfalls)
Holy ***** (pucker factor!)
BMX (Racing, jumping, tricks, 20 inch fun)
Stoke (anything that gets you stoked to ride – bike-related)
Grit (Photos that show the toughness of mountain biking. This can include goat shots!)
Gravity Sucks (Show us your crash photos!)
Adrenaline (what gets your heart racing?)
Dirt Divas (Boys aren't the only ones who like to get dirty)

BEST OF SHOW: All photos are automatically entered for Best of show.

DIRECTIONS TO Cal Coast Bicycles:
Heading South on Highway 805: Exit Adams Ave, turn right on Ohio, Turn left on Adams Ave, Cal Coast Bicycles is a half block on your right “3020 Adams Ave”

Heading North on Highway 805: Exit El Cajon Blvd, go left on El Cajon Blvd, turn right on 30th, Turn right on Adams Ave, Cal Coast Bicycles is a immediately on your left “3020 Adams Ave”

Link to Map: Locations - Cal Coast Bicycles- San Diego's Best Selection of Giant, Electra, Ellsworth, Ibis, Intense, and Haro Bicycles.

PLEASE RSVP TO: greg@sdmba.com

Check SDMBA.com, SDMBA.com/forum, and Facebook for updates.

Bump. This is next week, so if any of you guys will be or live in SD... feel free to attend and enter. Maybe get some of your Boot Bash pics in.

We just added SixSixOne as a prize sponsor.

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Just added Canfield Brothers as a prize sponsor. They're sending us 3 sets of Crampon pedals.

badkittyjing wrote:Just added Canfield Brothers as a prize sponsor. They're sending us 3 sets of Crampon pedals.

You mean 2 right....

We've just added another prize sponsor: Loaded Precision, Inc. Go to the OP to find a link to their website.

This is only two days away, so start gathering your photos!

For those of you non-XC riders who have felt underrepresented within a formal organization, come out and support, because we're here to support you!

(Disclaimer: This does not mean we are hating on XC riders... we are just the arm of SDMBA that focuses on the interests of non-XC riders)

Another note: If you are going to use photos that you've purchased from a photographer (race photos and such), please be sure to get permission from the photographer and be sure to list (on the back of the photo) the person in the photo and the person who took the photo.

For you SD Folks - this is tonight! Stop by to have fun or submit a photo.

Free pizza free beer and chance to win free Crampon pedals or TLD stuff? Any other pirates going?

Trying to drag the wife down again....90% chance.

We had some cool prizes... a LOT actually...

Each winner received a:
Tshirt, lanyard, and hat from Dark Timber
Tshirt from iMountainBike
$20 CalCoast gift card

Other prizes were split based on what we thought would go best for each category, but they included (this isn't the full list):

Chainguide from Gamut
3 sets of Crampon pedals from Canfield Brothers
Stem from Loaded Precision
Handlebars from Loaded Precision
Ellsworth Tshirts
Fleece Jacket from Dark Timber
Ellsworth messenger bags
Ellsworth hydration packs
3 sets of matching seat clamps, chainring bolts, and spacers from Loaded Precision
Recon helmet from sixsixone (we awarded that to the Gravity Sucks crash photo category)

A calendar will be made of all the photos that won (almost all dh/fr oriented). For "Holy Sh!t" category, we actually had a photo of Vanderham. Nuts!

Also, they finally did the SDMBA Ellsworth Frame raffle where you win the frame of your choice (unfortunately not a DH or carbon frame though).

We're working on our next event to come either Jan or Feb that COULD potentially be at Ellsworth's private training ground. This isn't set in stone!! But if it does come to fruition, you will have to be an SDMBA / SDMBA-PRO member to attend.