The Birthday Giveaway went on today in Denver, Colorado where I tweeted clues on twitter that would help find my location in Denver.
I was in Denver early today to swing by NS so Stacia could see the factory tour and pick up the 09-10 Never Summer Circuit-R. I also grabbed a bunch of stickers and included them in the giveaway.
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I started tweeting out clues at noon, here’s a look at the clues I put out as I walked around a 2 block radius in Denver.
1) I am south of I-70 and East of I-25.
2. Looking high, kids screaming in the sky
3) National Velvet (including a picture of me in front of an art sculpture)
4) Are you Hungry I smell brats!
5) At the fork of the river!
Basically I was near and could see the Elitch Garden Amusement Park and moved from a art sculpture to the park across the street where I hung out at a fork in the river visible from two bridges.
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Just over an hour and a half into the twitter clues, I was found and two people came running up the riverwalk to find me waiting for them. I received the Happy Birthday song from Kristi who won the board! She was with Chris who helped her track down the clues.
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We ended up hanging out at the spot and talking for a while, Justin from comclovin was also in pursuit and joined us to celebrate with beers and pizza. Kristi was very nice and brought me Birthday cupcakes as my gift and showed her love for Never Summer as we parted ways.
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Thanks to everyone involved in the pursuit, it was a big success and my friend Stacia ran into a couple people who didn’t find me unfortunately…I definitely hope for more giveaways like this and the opportunity for more people to win something in the future!
I made a mini video from today of the winners running up and wading through the river to claim their prize!
Shayboarder Birthday Giveaway from Shayboarder on Vimeo.
Shayboarder Birthday Giveaway from Shayboarder on Vimeo.
Kristi
June 12, 2009 at 11:16 pmI had a total BLAST today on the scavenger hunt. Very very clever =) I am so stoked to use my new board I am probably going to have to go find a Patch of Snow on Loveland Pass and give it a few test runs =) AHHHHHH Thanks a TON "Shayboarder" and I hope your birthday was everything that you ever dreamed it could be =)
Jimster716
June 12, 2009 at 11:44 pmCongrats to Kristi and Chris. Happy birthday Shay! What a fun way to celebrate and do something for the fans. 🙂
Oddy
June 13, 2009 at 4:15 pmCongrats Kristi and Chris. Since, I already said happy birthday, I’ll say it again late. Happy Birthday Shay. Oh yeah, did you take a vid of the event?
Shay
June 13, 2009 at 7:34 pmAwesome Kristi! It was great to meet you and happy you love the board! My birthday was great and thank you so much for the cupcakes, that was rad!
Jim, thanks! It was a great day for sure and definitely a fun way to giveaway a board. I hope I can do it more often.
Oddy, Thanks for the birthday wishes! I just put up the vid from the giveaway
nfinit
June 14, 2009 at 7:54 pmThat is awesome, one of the better events. She was so excited…
sorry I missed the event…
Gags
June 15, 2009 at 8:28 amGreat job Shay….congrats Kristi!…..I know I wished you happy b-day, but many more!
Bruizza
June 16, 2009 at 6:33 amNice giveaway shay!
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