Wanna win this sweet surfboard?
The contest period has ended. Thank you for all the amazing entries. Stay tuned over the next few days for the announcement of our winners!
We worked with our friends over at Carve Designs to create a one-of-a-kind T9er surfboard (shaped by Entropy) for one of you lucky ladies to win. Here’s all we’re asking – dazzle us with your creativity by telling us why YOU deserve this sweet 7′ sustainably-made ride.
Would you like to fulfill a life-long dream to catch a wave? Use it as a surf deco coffee table, or save drowning children in faraway oceans? Whatever the cause, tell us in 99 words or less by posting a comment below.
Share your words by June 1st, 2009 for a chance to win the surfboard awesomeness. Fret not, ’cause we’ll be giving away 2 prizes to the runners-up ($100 gift card + Team T9 membership).
Heads Up: Our contests are only open to Title Nine eMail subscribers. They are our way of saying thanks to our loyal customers. So if you aren’t already a subscriber you will become one by submitting your entry. Click Here to read the official rules.
I asked my kids (4, 9 and 14) why I deserve the surfboard. They said “Why YOU deserve the surfboard or why WE deserve the surfboard?” The contest states why I deserve it. Silence. My oldest daughter said “You are middle aged (at 40?) and may have a mid-life crisis soon. Instead of buying an expensive red convertible like men do, you should get the surfboard. It’s better for the environment and more economical. Then you could become a hot surfer chick. I’m thinking I deserve the surfboard because I raised such a smart daughter. And I’d use it.
Aloha! I lead Hawaiian Immersion classes on the Big Island of Hawaii. Many of our lessons revolve around the ocean. Teens paddle outrigger canoes, freedive, bodysurf, and discover how the “Moana” fed the bodies and souls of the “kama’aina”. Invariably, when I ask every kid what she wants to learn, the answer is “surf, surf, surf”. I would use this board to teach them the joys of “he’e nalu”, the royal sport of Hawaii. Mahalo!
The Surfboard Speaks
“Come home from the hills,” I hear it say.
“Come back to your roots!
You belong in the water.
Come ride with me.”
“My mountains are here,” my mind protests.
My biking, my hiking.
My champagne powder, my golden-leaf trees.
I surf on the mountain, not on the sea.”
“You belong in the water. It’s perfectly clear.
You’re a California girl.
Come home to the surf, come home to the sea.
Climb on my back and come ride with me!”
“If you’re mine I’ll come.
It’s all I need.
The mountains are kind,
But my heart’s in the sea!”
I would like to win the surfboard because:
The surfboard would not be limited to just the act of surfing but be the vehicle by which I have lived my life…
Carving a space in the domain of family
Barreling through the wave of my career
My life jacket when I ‘eat it’ and need to float to the next wave
…and continue to live life…
hanging on the wall as art my friends would ask, “why is that there?” upon which a smile would swell my left side of my upper lip and I would take a deep breath before telling of the adventures past and those to come.
…and yes, round out my adventures by actually catching a real wave…
My name is Sarah. I’m 18 years old, and my family has never learned to surf, but we have a house in Cape Cod and I’ve always wanted to learn! I love doing things in the water- waterskiing, swimming, sailing… you name it! But I’ve never tried surfing, and it looks really fun. This surfboard would allow me to finally learn how to surf. I’ll tell you how I do, Title Nine. You’re the best!
I absolutely love the freedom, bliss and tranquility I feel in the ocean – often out-picturing Oneness, Eternal Peace and Limitless Abundance. Understanding our intentions literally change the frequency of water, I relish in the knowingness that my affirmations and intentions offered, while immersed in the ocean, are amplified for the highest and best of every sentient being upon our sacred Planet. I would love to paddle around on this magnificent treasure of a surfboard, joyously intending while sound toning and beckoning my dolphin friends to join me on this most sacred journey.
Okay, so I am probably not T9’s “typical” customer, because I’m not exactly the most physically fit person in the world. I’m just an average woman… a single mom who lives in NC with her daughter and parents. But I would love to win this surfboard for my little girl, Koi, who is autistic. I have heard of an a CA based organization that teaches autistic kids how to surf. My daughter LOVES LOVES LOVES the water, and so it would be wonderful if she could participate in surfing lessons the next time this organization comes to Wrightsville Beach, NC. Although Koi is nonverbal, she has taught me so much about life, love, and trying new experiences. She pretends-surfs on everything in the house, and so I know she would just love going out into the water and surfing for real! And until she really does get to surf- she’ll enjoy pretend-surfing on her surfboard in the living room. And who knows… maybe I’ll get some exercise chasing after her, too!
As a young girl, I barrel raced until college and then picked up snowboarding. Trading one extreme hobby for another, I broke two vertebrae in the snowboard park and knew my snow days weren’t over. As a determined, 19-year-old, I worked my body back to health with cardio, weights and pilates and moved to Lake Tahoe to forget my fears and face the mountain. Unfortunately, at the age of 28, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and gained 20 pounds. Now 32 and 30 pounds lighter, I am riding again and ready to take on a new venture—surfing!
I hope you can help me in my new quest!
Rebecca Wass
Public relations specialist
I’ve always wanted to surf like Gidget and ALWAYS thought I’d have the opportunity. Nine years ago I was overcome by the greatest challenge of my life. I had a mysterious and painful attack on my nervous system, leaving me unable to use both my arms. Since then, I’ve been “surfing” the ocean of recovery with humbled determination and faith. This surfboard is a symbol of my perseverance in healing. Now approaching 45, I want to surf before my 50th birthday. I want to experience the thrill of swimming out, picking the wave, and standing up – solo…. but tandum ok.
When I got married to my gorgeous, surfer hunk, 23 years ago, he “taught me” how to surf. Basically by taking me to a beach with “great waves” (over head), attaching a surfboard, via a leash to my leg, and telling me to go for it. After a few weeks of floundering and being thrashed in many a rinse cycle, I gave up. I had every excuse in the book.
So life continued and after sitting on the beach playing with our six children and being a beach lifeguard, I watch as they jump into their wetsuits, not a fear in the world and go out surfing with their dad. He has now learned that gentle waves, and pushing them into the waves is the best way to teach someone how to surf. How time and children change men! Except he’s just as good looking, no, maybe more!
Now I sit on the beach longing to do something else. The word around is “Mom doesn’t like to surf”.
But I think I might! Given the chance! How would it be to sneak out and learn something new. I’ve watched a few! I think I could do it. I think I could become the surfer mom, but alas, I’ve no board on which to catch my dream….