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.
Well I got my cataloge on June 2nd….but I’m going to post my story regardless.
Although the contest is for me to write about why I would like the surf board, I am writing for my sister.
My sister has always wanted to learn to surf. She is so beautiful inside and out. She is out of the country right now in Mindanao Philippines doing work with her college class to resolve conflict in certain regions. She is working with abused children, planting food and cleaning areas that are filth ridden. I hadn’t heard from her in a couple days and began to worry. Her email to me this morning was upsetting. She was in a situation in the Maguindanao province where 3 men came into the hut she was in and questioned her. The woman who was translating began to grow nervous and asked them to leave and they complied. As my sister was falling asleep she heard bombs go off. I am anxiously waiting for the end of this trip in 4 weeks before anything else happens. After that she heads to Oxford for 3 weeks for a completely different experience.
I would love to give my sister a gift like this, it is something she would cherish and would become excellent at just like everything else she does in her life.
By the time I got my cataloge in the mail the contest had already ended.
Hi….im sorry im entering late but i got the magazine 6/3.
My name is Laura and I am 12 years old. Ever since i was 4 I wanted to be a pro…at surfing. I do have my own board but it is only foam. I cant do any tricks and i already learned the basics. i love surfing. it is my passion. i go every summer as much as i can and i would love to learn with a REAL womens board.
live*love*laugh*surf
after the contest comment:
I’ve loved these glimpses into the lives of surfing sisters- our strivings and gratefulness, confidence and dreams, expressed in poems, quips and late-night musings. I’m impressed with our truthfullness and creativity. Wow, what amazing people we are, women who surf!
i know that i am riding this wave late & the contest is over but you can always ride 24-7…
i want to surf before i am 50 & i will be 49 this summer…this board can free me spiritually…independently i ride my bike to feed my homeless families under freeways without an organization – i walk a man nightly dying of AIDS & care for his cats…i love my 92yr old neighbor who lives alone & has the most incredible garden God could grant…june 15th will be my 10yr anniversary of consecutive days running…i am an “aspirant” to become a “Sister”…i want to ride a wave & believe…i love * i feed * i dream…i surf…
i want to surf…for me…
I received the catalog on 06/02/09 that had the contest for the Carve surfboard in it. The contest date had already passed. Bummer. I swim in the ocean every day (NO wetsuit) and would have loved the board to learn how to surf on. I hope I get further catalogs in time to participate. (Customer #2001089)
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FOR SWEET SURFBOARD CONTEST (HOPE THIS IS NOT TOO LATE!!!)
I am a warrior surf diva By Barbara Autrey
Really and truly I am a hodad. Born and raised in NYC and happily transplanted by the military to San Diego twice, I have become engrossed in the surf culture around me. My husband laughs at me as I sit youtubing Laird and Kelly and watching the movie Blue Crush over and over. I watch the webcam of the Oahu north shore in the winter. I finally got to actually stand at the north shore (!) this winter and took home a small handful of sand, praying to the gods to understand how very important this was to me and that I would honor the sand and keep it sacred. Some people say I am obsessed, for not being a surfer. Why aren’t I a surfer do you wonder?
I have this nasty ailment called fibromyalgia. I live in constant pain. I also live in constant fear that if I twist or sneeze or move just a certain way, I will assuredly be in a hundred times more pain than usual, which will be pretty awful. So, as much as I wanted to do it, I had sadly decided to enjoy this lifestyle as a spectator.
Sometime last year, that all changed. I decided that I wanted to set a goal, that by this summer of ‘09; I would at least try to at least be able to crouch on a board. Then I saw this contest in your catalog and this excited me. I told my friends that I wanted to win this surfboard! Then, I WON a lesson at SURF DIVA in San Diego from my Military Housing Association. Surf Diva is awesome and my instructor, Jeff was excellent. To my astonishment, after falling bunches of times, swallowing a ton of water, getting more than a few mouthfuls of sand, I finally crouched a few times and eventually STOOD up for a few seconds!
For my expectations, THIS was a major feat! I walked, danced away actually, feeling triumphant! I took my battered painful broken body and somehow stood up on a wave. I will never forget it. And I will do it again and again, all summer long!!!
I would love to win your surfboard, it’s gorgeous and I would be extremely proud of it on the beach this summer. But I was a big winner this Saturday as it was already and your contest inspired me! Thank you for that!
Yours very truly!
Barbara Anne Autrey
I just got my new catalog as SO WANT TO submit an entry the surfboard.
If at all possible I would love to submit….please…..
I am a 42 year old mother of 2 boys. We have run away from the big city to find
some solace on a sandy shore. Our lives were torn apart by domestic violence, but
we are survivors! We have left our home, friends, my job, belongings, career, and life behind to settle in amongst strangers and build a new life. We always look over one shoulder and keep a keen watch though.
I believe that we deserve this surfboard so that I can teach my sons to fly free in the surf. So that they can have a place to play and soar without having to be afraid. This board is a symbol of freedom for us.
An escape from our real world. There is no way we could ever afford this board.
It is so awesome! I know it’s late, but it never hurts to try to have your voice heard.
I want this board for my sons so they can learn to surf and know what it feels like to be able to paddle away and enjoy freedom from the daily reality of there little lives one wave at a time.
thank you
Iam 41 yr old, single mom of 2. Moved to Whitefish, MT from Laguna Beach, CA. I surf when I go visit CA, we ski 4 days/week here. I want my kids to experience the water like I did growing up. Want to teach them to paddle surf. Live near Flathead Lake, huge – we love to try new things. This board would help us do just that. I want my kids to always challenge themselves. Grew up with 5 brothers, no sisters. I want my children to be fearless. My Dad always told me when I felt scared to hang with the boys…”there’s no reason why you can’t do what your brothers do…now go play and have FUN!” Your motto+my dad’s words+my determination+my love for my kids… Title IX. That’s what I am all about! I want that board!