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’m 47 and have poured over T9 catalogs for years, imagining what it must be like to wake up in the life of any of the amazing featured women. I don’t fit into any of the T9 clothing, yet; this year I’ve gone from a size 24 to size 18. I’m not done. Some of my main inspirations are those women’s stories. I will no longer be too heavy to be a T9 woman, I yearn to move, and want to know what it will feel like to ride a surfboard for the first time in my life.
I’m 47 and have poured over T9 catalogs for years, imagining what it must be like to wake up in the life of any of the amazing featured women. I don’t fit into any of the T9 clothing, yet; this year I’ve gone from a size 24 to size 18. I’m not done. Some of my main inspirations are those women’s stories. I no longer want to be too heavy to be a T9 woman, I yearn to move, and want to know what it will feel like to ride a surfboard for the first time in my life.
I have two boys. I don’t have to be the coolest mom, but I want to be an alive mom. A present mom. My boys, all boys need to see women in their lives taking risks, riding waves, braving sharks, not just sitting on the beach cheering and waving. And it’s not just for their future selves and future girlfriends and wives and daughters. It’s for them right now and our today. I want to play with my boys. It’s that simple. I don’t have a daughter, so I have to be the playful girl she would have been.
I’m a 40 year old mom to a 5 yr old boy and 3 yr old girl living by the beach in San Diego. I juggle being a full-time mom and part-time child photographer. Though my car is always full of sand and we are always at the beach, I have never had the opportunity to learn how to surf. I’ve always said “someday”. With this sweet, Title Nine board that “someday” would arrive at my doorstep. I would love for my children to feel my passion for the ocean and see mom out there surfing. My 3 yr old daughter watches me compete in 10K’s, swim in the waves and climb trees. I want her to watch me learning to surf at age 40 and realize there are no limits to what she can accomplish. I strive to be her inspiration show her she is strong and anything is possible!
The goal is to learn how to surf by age 40! Can you believe I’ve been dreaming of surfing since I was 10? This dream was inspired after my first trip to swim and body surf in the waves in Santa Cruz. First it was money that made it impossible, but now, it’s time – which is no excuse!
I am a midwife in a community health center and my play time is precious! I will take this board to the sea and wash away my stress while strengthening my muscles and experiencing what I can only guess is one of the greatest highs that exists. What a privilege! Time to get out and fulfill that dream of the last quarter century!
I’m 47 and have poured over T9 catalogs for years, imagining what it must be like to wake up in the life of any of the amazing featured women. Though I don’t fit into any of the T9 clothing, this year I’ve gone from a size 24 to size 18. I’m not done. One of my main inspirations are those women’s stories. I no longer want to be too heavy to be a T9 woman, I yearn to move, and want to know what it will feel like to ride a surfboard for the first time in my life.
This surfboard and I would travel the world to meet friends from different cultures who can all connect through surfing. Using my board as an example I would bridge the conversation to sustainability. From there the possibilities are infinate. From learning, to imagining, then teaching, and applying. I know that I am to be involved in a change and I think this may be a sign of inspiration.
I left the catalog folded open to the page. I have been staring at its picture every day for weeks. Why does this board catch my eye, catch my heart really?
I have been keeping in the back of my mind that I would learn to surf after I retire. Then the stock market fell, I got my layoff notice, and retirement moved much further into the future. Then I remembered Laura, younger than I, fell ill and was gone in two weeks. Suddenly, I realized I’d name the board ‘Laura’. It’d be about living my life now.
When my five-year-old said, “Girls can’t climb,” my jaw came unhinged. My kid? I thought at first I needed to prove something to him, but then I thought, “He hasn’t seen me yet.” I guided on the Salmon River until he came along and did everything that comes with it. Yep, even climbing. Since then, my husband’s the one who comes home with stories and pictures of incredible feats in faraway places. My youngest is almost done breastfeeding now and I can’t wait to get back on the water. Oh they’ll see. Mommy surfs river waves.
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due to have 3rd boy in 7 days. 40 hours of best job in the world left til I take 2 months off… Doing this at 43? Why not, recycled a 74 year-old house bound for the dump and brewed biodiesel at a neighbors backyard for 1 year. My 4 fencing partners would be thrilled to know I’m hanging 10. I can get back to 135 pounds in the 1 hour I’m waiting for my boys at canoe practice. Talk about Title 9.