Breck Epic Blogger's Grants - How it works:
Just like in 2009 we’re gonna give away 4 free entries to the race to the folks who can do the best job of communicating the experience. And who are also the most popular. That’s right, you guys (the bored, the imprisoned and the insomniac reading this page) get to vote on which ones you like.
The winners will be required to submit three pre-race blog entries detailing their training and their respective pre-race boogeymen lurking in their closets (not that there’s anything wrong with that), then one more article for each day of the event. Did you count 9? Me too. These articles will be then be published by our media partners, Mountain Flyer, VeloNews (Singletrack.com), Bike Magazine and Rodale. You'll probably also see them pop up in a handful of other places like BikeRumor.com and XXCMag.com, our editorial unabomber brethren.
We’ve got a long pitch about why storytelling is important, but basically it’s because if you’re bike nerds like we are then you truly appreciate the inside-looking-out perspective of someone who’s just sweated and possibly shat blood rather than the outside-in perspective that we typically get in most sports reporting. If you want to read the whole long preamble about The Breck Epic Blogger’s Grant Program including the rules, click the link below. If not, start reading the applications and vote for your favorite – these are the folks that will be entertaining you come race time, so choose wisely.
Want to apply? Kudos. Feather in your cap. Here's the application - you need to have it in by March 1st. Voting starts on the 2nd and we crown our winners at the end of the moth on the 31st. Just cut and past the application into an email and bring the funny. As long as you bring it on March 1st or before.
The Application2010 Breck Epic Blogger's Grant Contest Entry Form:
1. Name:
2. Porn Name...theoretical of course. Unless you actually have one. (And if you don't know how to get one, well...someone needs to explain Google to you.) If you live in Jimmy Swaggert or Pat Roberts territory along the political and ideological spectrum you can substitute your "Televangelist" name instead. Even though the rest of us know that you people are the most freaky and that you probably already know your porn name without having to look it up, you naughty little closeted monkey. Everyone knows that NeoCons are the naughtiest:
3. Hometown:
4. What bike you gonna ride?:
5. Why does it rule? (100 words or less):
6. Best day ever on your bike? (100 words or less):
7. Your favorite bumper sticker slogan?
8. Who's gonna play you in the Breck Epic movie? (I love this question):
9. Favorite quote/words to live by?:
10. 100 words (or less!) about you. Feel free to lie.:
11. Quien es mas macho, _____ o ______? (Insert two ridiculous opponents, choose the winner, then defend your position about why your victor would dominate. 100 words or less.)
That's right. My blog contest goes to 11. Party on, Garth.
