The Hoon x Mountain Dew x Sierra collab Snowboard Virgins Contest

Snowboarding has invaded the mainstream media through a combination of the X-games, Dew Tour, the US Open and the Olympics over the last few years. Have you ever wondered what the average American Joe the Plumber thinks of snowboarding? Have you ever received strange looks in the liftline when you scream "I'm so stoked to be shredding the rad in sick bluebird blower on my skate banana with BTX with my peeps!" Do you wish you could have caught the look of those skiers in the liftline on video?

Hoon, Mountain Dew and Sierra Snowboard wanna know what the Truly Clueless think of snowboarding through our Snowboard Virgins contest. To announce the new Dew flavor (and winner of Dewmocracy!) Mountain Dew Voltage, celebrate the wrap up of the 2009 snowboard season and just be super cool guys, we're giving a bunch of free stuff.

The winner will receive a snowboard exactly like one of the winners of the Winter Dew tour (we'll make sure that it's gender appropriate) and some Mountain Dew Voltage schwag.

We'll also be giving away prizes for the next two runner-ups (that's second and third place if you didn't know).

Annnnnd.... if you're one of the first 15 to submit, you'll receive free t-shirts from Mountain Dew (Who doesn't need a new t-shirt, Mr Stinky).

Here's how it works:

1. Film a video (think Borat not Bruckheimer) of Snowboard Virgins explaining what they think snowboard phrases like "Roast Beef" mean to them.

2. Post the video onto Youtube and tag it with: Hoon, Mountain Dew Voltage, Sierra Snowboard, Snowboard Virgins

3. Send an email to snowboardvirgins@gmail.com with your Youtube link as your entry (here's a Gaper sample)

4. Go snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing, etc. while you wait to see if you're one of the lucky winners!

(Make sure to get verbal permission in your video that the Virgins are cool to be filmed.)

Voting will be conducted on SierraSnowboard.com with ultimate discretion of the winner going to Hoon and Airik from Sierrasnowboard. Having your video propped will definitely influence our decisions. Like high school, popularity counts.

Contest starts today (3/31/09) and ends on April 30, 2009 so get your ass in gear! Hey you might be the only lazy SOB to enter and win a free snowboard*.

Here's a sample of "snowboard slang" to get ya going:

Roast Beef

Schralp

Shred

Stoked

Steez

Shredtastic

Chunder

Tindy

McTwist

EST

Magnetraction

Antti Auti

Radial sidecut

Tail grab

Shifty

Mute grab

Butter that muffin

Nose press

SpeedZone

Halfpipe

Step down/up

Switch 270 on, 270 off

50/50

*This contest is just for fun to hook up some lucky snowboarder. It's not meant to be taken too seriously or turn into some crazy legal battle as I'm just the messenger. Mountain Dew Voltage and Sierra Snowboards are just being super cool to offer some sweet schwag for some of my blog readers. They can only ship in the Lower 48 United States, and the board availability will be dependent on Sierra stock. So have fun, be cool and don't get arrested.