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06.01.07 News Story #1. //MORE 06.18.07 Surfer Poll Save the Date Announcement. //MORE 08.24.07 Surfer Poll Entertainment and Guests //MORE 08.31.07 Surfer Poll Charity Recipients //MORE 09.09.07 Surfer Poll Nominees //MORE 09.12.07 The Surfer Poll Story //MORE |
  i. PROCESS OF GETTING THE VIDEOS TO THE SURFER OFFICE The following letter is sent to surf film makers around the world: Attention Video Makers: There’s no better time to be a part of history. At this time, SURFER Magazine is making its last call for this year’s nominee hopefuls. Surfer Magazine is requesting your materials for this year’s Surfer Poll & Video Awards show. This annual event honors the best surfers, movies and producers in our industry, and with your cooperation the show continues to grow in its prestige. Below are the specifications that you must follow if you want your video to be included, along with the affidavit that you must sign and return to SURFER to release your video for use in the 2007 Surfer Poll & Video Awards. Please be advised that the deadline date, August 1, 2007, is approaching quickly and we want everyone to be able to submit their work. Read the following guidelines thoroughly: The Categories: • WORST WIPEOUT • BEST TUBERIDE • GUTS FOR GLORY • BEST DOCUMENTARY (STORYLINE) • BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE • BEST MALE PERFORMANCE • BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY • MOVIE OF THE YEAR SURFER will be narrowing down the hundreds of nominees once they are received. What We Need: • A time-coded Mini DV master (no Betas or VHS’s) of your movie recorded on NTSC format, Standard Play (SP) mode. Note: Time-Codes must not appear onscreen. If your movie is more than 60 minutes long, please submit a second Mini DV with the remaining footage. • One typed list of time code information showing us where to find your nominated clips on the Mini DV master. Be sure to provide in and out times for each clip. • A completed, retail-version of your movie on DVD. • Your complete contact information. • Your signed affidavit (attached) releasing your footage for Surfer Magazine’s Poll & Video Awards DVD, which will be poly-bagged with thousands of issues shortly after the show. (No music from your project will be used on this DVD.) Qualifications/Deadlines: • In order to qualify for this year’s show, your movie must be for sale in stores by August 1, 2007. • All your materials must arrive at the SURFER Office by August 1, 2007. What You Get From Us: • Yourself and anyone who worked on your movie are welcome to attend the show. Whether your project makes the final cut or not, we always do our best to include clips from all the videos during the opening montages, category intros and Poll walk-up shots. • The show will be held on September 11 at the Grove of Anaheim. More details to follow. Our Info: SURFER Magazine 33046 Calle Aviador San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Phone: (949) 496-5922 Fax: (949) 496-7849 REMEMBER – the deadline for all your materials is August 1, 2007. You may contact Jake Howard at SURFER Magazine with any questions/concerns. His email is Jake.Howard@primedia.com. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at the show! - SURFER Magazine  II. How the Winning Films are Chosen: It’s been said that winning the SURFER Poll and Video Awards is as much of an accomplishment as winning a world title, and for video makers, it’s the only chance all year to be rewarded for their tireless effort both under the hot sun and in the darkest depths of the editing bay. The winner for each Video Poll category is chosen through a variety of steps. It starts with the video makers themselves, submitting and nominating what they feel are the key moments in their latest body of work. From their each nominee is closely scrutinized by the entire SURFER Magazine staff. Debates often rage through the hallowed halls for weeks on end, until finally, after all of the pros and cons have been weighed, the winners are selected. Everything from film quality, to editing, to storyline, to action, to character development is close examined. Some come more obvious than others, but every year it is with much care and deliberation that the SURFER Video Award winners are selected. III. Online and Ballot Car Voting and Tallying: • There are two ways to vote your favorite surfers into the 2007 SURFER Poll. First, there’s the time-honored tradition of buying the magazine, ripping out a ballot, filling it out and mailing it into the SURFER office. • You can also get all 21st century on us and cast your vote online by filling out an online ballot. Either way is good with us, just make sure you stand up and are heard. IV. Show Production It’s not easy to keep raising the bar for the SURFER Poll and Video Awards, but somehow every year we manage to pull it off with flying colors. General planning starts almost a year before the show itself, and by mid-winter usually a theme and direction for the show have been discussed and decided upon. Come summer things really start falling into place as guest presenters, entertainers, and hosts are all decided upon. Keeping the show running smoothly and on time is critical, and by the end of the summer a script has been written, the invitations have been sent out and everybody on the SURFER staff braces themselves for the big night. Of course there’s always going to be a hiccup or two, but come show time it’s time to enjoy the evening, have a drink with friends, rub elbows with the world’s most influential surfers and have a good time. V. Guest Presenters and Celebrities By now it’s no secret that surfing’s gone fairly mainstream, which has made for some very amusing, and at times enlightening guests at the SURFER Poll. Everybody from UFC champ “Rampage” Jackson to gold medal snowboarder Shawn White to legendary skater Tony Hawk were in attendance last year. Of course there’s always all the surfers, but when you pass by the boys from the Foo Fighters on your way to the bathroom, or bump into Lisa Bonet at the bar it brings an entirely different story. Who will show this year? Guess you’ll just have to wait and find out. |
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