Living in a Plastic World - Contests

You like to win prizes right?  Well, we need contributors for our Disc Golf Lifestyle Blog so this works out perfect!  Over the next 4 weeks we`ll give away 4 prize packages worth 100`s of dollars to 4 lucky bloggers.  This is a great chance to gear up for the upcoming disc golf season and learn some new things along the way.  We want to get inside your mind!  Enter them all now and sit back and wait for the winners to be announced - 1 every week.  Or take your time and give it some thought.  Read the bottom to see how the winners are picked.

1.  Week 1 - What`s in YOUR Bag? - Sponsored by Fade Gear - Tell everyone what you throw and why.  Details are good.  Vagueness?  Well, you better be witty.  The prize is a Tourney Disc Bag kindly donated by Fade Gear, makers of the most outrageous disc golf bags in history, plus 2 Mystery Test Discs and some Bonus Promo Items!  Winner will be announced on March 1st, 2009.
2. Week 2 - Disc Collectors - Choose Your Plastic - Are you a Disc Collector?  Then this one is for you.  First, tell us why you collect.  Then tell us how you would best describe your current collection.  Finally, tell us what you are looking for now, when you are adding to your collection.  We`d like to know just exactly what motivates disc golfers to collect plastic. The prize is a $50 Gift Certificate towards any collector`s discs at the Clearwater Disc Golf Store sponsored by yours truly!  Winner will be announced March 7th, 2009.
3. Week 3 - What Kind of Thrower Are You? - Here is where you will describe to everyone exactly what kind of thrower you are.  In order to gauge this you can tell how you perceive yourself in the following areas.  First, give us an idea of your physical qualities such as gender, approximate age, physical conditioning, body type(if you dare) such as big boned, petite, girly man, etc.  Then tell us about the following style attributes:  do you release with hyzer, flat or anhyzer, do you start low and end high or come straight across your chest, how fast is your armspeed, do you have a big runup, a little runup, or none at all,  do you follow through or punch your shot, do you throw with everything you`ve got or do you back off and concentrate on control,  do you use a pinch grip, a fan grip or a power grip.  The winner will get $75 worth of golf discs specifically tailored to their needs by our in-house professionals!  Winner will be announced March 14th, 2009.
4. Week 4 - Should We Follow The Rules? - This one is most interesting because over the 20 years that I`ve been playing, it seems as though I`ve noticed a slow deterioration in quality of play as it pertains to rules of the game.  Almost as if a “ghetto mentality” of ” ain`t none of your business if I`m doing something wrong over here” has taken over.  In case anyone has forgotten, there are no referees in disc golf.  So the responsibility is placed on ourselves to keep each other honest out there.  Should we follow the rules or play however we want?  Should others play by the rules or should we just mind our own business?  The prize is to be determined and will be equal to the strength of  persuasion in the winner`s argument!  Winner will be announced on March 21st, 2009.

How the Winners are Picked - All posts will be reviewed in house and the top picks will be entered into a drawing where we will asign a number to the top 5 or 10 or 15 or so. We will then roll a 20 sided dice from the game Heroscape to choose a winner. Posts will be chosen based on depth and clarity, or wit and purpose. Questions - Any questions can be asked directly in a post so others who have the same question will be able to see the answer. Sponsors - Any companies or individuals who would like to contribute to these contests in exchange for promotional consideration feel free to contact us to discuss the details. This is a great way to showcase your product and get people talking about it!

10 Responses to “Living in a Plastic World - Contests”

1. Coach dave Says:
   February 23rd, 2009 at 11:13 am

   Good stuff and fun to do thanks for the entertainment value.

2. Donny Olow Says:
   February 23rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm

   Cool !!!!!

3. Ricky Says:
   March 1st, 2009 at 7:11 pm

   Fun and hope i win

4. Donny Olow Says:
   March 9th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

   Thanks for the contest !!!! I hope to win at some point !!!!

5. Joe G 5740 Says:
   March 11th, 2009 at 4:23 pm

   You`re quite welcome Donny. Thanks for partaking!

6. Steve Belliveau Says:
   March 17th, 2009 at 6:55 am

   The choosen topics are great, whats next?

7. eric beich Says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

   Of course we should follow the rules!!! but within reason. let’s face it, most of us that play disc golf wont be in the top 3 at a world championship anytime soon.It’s like someone once told me ( makes motion with hand over head ) if you set a goal at a medium range and fall short, then you are at that level, but if you set your goals high and fall short you are probably going to be at a level thats higher than if you set your goal low and fell short. So while realizing we may not achieve 100% adhesion to the rules, we need to strive to stick to our guns. No one is ever going to be perfect and that can apply to Disc Golf as well. To Me It’s kind of like seeing someone go a few miles over the speed limit, most of us would be ok with that, but if you exceed the speed limit by 50 MPH we all would tend to think you should get a ticket or possibly even be arrested. Same thing applies to following the rules of Disc Golf . If we just let people get away with anything then where will it stop? But it’s really the bigger violations that I think most of us would be concerned with.
   for example if you saw someone flip a disc and nudge it forward an inch on a 50 ft putt you probably wouldn’t call it in most local tournaments. but if you saw someone pick up a shot and move it 10 feet back into the fairway and not call it or take a stroke wouldn’t you say something? I know I would. But lets face it, not all the rules are going to be followed, and what we decide are the “important ones” and what someone else thinks are the “important ones” are two different things. So we need to strive to hold as much of the rules strong as much as possible, while still realizing the world is not going to spontaneously combust if a minor rule isn’t followed 100%.

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