INNERSECTION ONLINE SURF VIDEO CONTEST

OFFICIAL RULES

This contest is sponsored by Innersection Limited ("Innersection" and/or “Sponsor”) located at Units A-C, 25/F, Seabright Plaza, No. 9-23 Shell Street, North Point, Hong Kong.  The Innersection Online Surf Video Contest (“Contest”) is operated through the Innersection Video Contest Web Site located currently located at http://www.innersection.tv (“Website”). BY ENTERING OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, ALL ENRANTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES, WHICH ARE FINAL AND BINDING ON ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THIS CONTEST.

Eligibility: NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST.  VOID WHERE RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED BY LAW. The Contest is open to individuals from all countries and territories worldwide who are registered members of Innersection.tv ("Entrant") and at least 13 years of age at time of entry. To enter the Contest, Entrant must be a member of Innersection.tv (“Registered Member”). Registration is free. If Entrant is not a member, Entrant may register by clicking on the link as indicated on the Contest entry page and following the instructions. During the Innersection.tv registration process, Entrant will be asked to provide his or her name, physical address, email address, telephone number, birth date, gender and to select a password. Entrant will also be asked to consent to receive promotional emails. Consenting to receive promotional emails is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to become a member or to win a prize. As a member, Entrant may enter the Contest by first logging in to the system with Entrant's current username and password. Entrant may then be asked to answer survey questions or to consent to receive promotional emails from the Sponsor. Answering survey questions or consenting to receive promotional emails is optional and does not have to be agreed to in order to be eligible to enter the Contest or to win a prize. Entrants are responsible for insuring that all contact information is up-to-date and accurate. Sponsor is not liable for any disputes between collaborators arising under or related to the Contest. Employees of Innersection, their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, agents, and the immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Contest in any manner except as otherwise expressly provided herein (e.g., as non-Entrant individuals judging Entries during specific stages of the Contest) or to win any prize. Misrepresentation of age, upon discovery by Sponsor will disqualify the applicable Entrant(s). Sponsor reserves the right, at any time and in its sole discretion, to refuse to allow any individual to participate or continue to participate in the Contest, or to disqualify any individual it suspects to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or the Website, to be in violation of any terms and conditions governing the use of the Website (“Terms of Use”) or any privacy policy governing the submission of information through the Website (“Privacy Policy”); to be in violation of these Official Rules; to be acting in bad faith, or in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner; or to be annoying, abusing, threatening, or harassing any other person.  ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR TAMPER WITH OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES AS WELL AS CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.  SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO, DISQUALIFY THE ENTRANT AND SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY RESPONSIBLE PARTICIPANT(S) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

Contest Description: The Innersection Online Surf Video Contest (the "Contest") is a skill based contest in which Entrants will showcase their athletic surfing and/or surf filmmaking abilities and will compete by submitting a two (2) to three (3) minute section ("Section") of surfing footage which is exclusive to Innersection with no mechanical assistance and with accompanying music approved. Entrants will compete for a chance to win great prizes including $100,000.00 in cash, and to have their Section included in the Innersection DVD which will appear in surf shops, direct download and iTunes formats.  REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ENTRANT IS A SURFER, FILMER OR SOMEONE ELSE, THE GRAND PRIZE OF USD $100,000.00 WILL ONLY BE AWARDED TO THE ATHLETE SURFING IN THE SECTION.  A more detailed list of prizes is provided below. Each Section submitted by an eligible Entrant will be judged by Registered Members of Innersection.tv (as further described below).

Contest Start and End Times:  The contest begins on March 1, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (“Start Date”) and ends on or before January 31, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (“End Date”) (“Contest Period”).  The Contest will run in four (4) cycles (“Cycle”).  Each Cycle is four (4) weeks long, with approximately an additional month break before the next Cycle begins.  The Winter Cycle begins on March 1, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time and the deadline for submitting a Section for the Winter Cycle is March 7, 2010 at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (the "Winter Cycle Submission Deadline"). The Spring Cycle begins on May 1, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time and the deadline for submitting a Section for the Spring Cycle is May 7, 2010 at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (the "Spring Cycle Submission Deadline"). The Summer Cycle begins on July 1, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time and the deadline for submitting a Section for the Summer Cycle is July 7, 2010 at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (the "Summer Cycle Submission Deadline"). The Fall Cycle begins on September 1, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time and the deadline for submitting a Section for the Fall Cycle is September7, 2010 at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (the "Fall Cycle Submission Deadline"). Registered Members will then have one (1) week from the close of the respective Cycle Submission Deadlines (“Initial Judging Period”) to watch the Sections and rate the Sections on a scale of one (1) to ten (10).  After the Registered Members have submitted their rankings, the Innersection Committee (“Judges”) will judge the eligible Sections received based on the criteria (as defined in the Judging Criteria/Winner Notification Section below). The Judges will determine the top ten (1) Sections (“Top Ten”).  The Top Ten will advance into the next week.  The next week, Registered Members select their top five (5) Sections from the Top Ten and rank them from first (1st) to fifth (5th) (“Secondary Judging Period”).  Thereafter, the top five (5) Sections (“Cycle Winners”) are announced for that Cycle and the Website will be cleared of all of that Cycle’s footage in preparation for the next Cycle. The Cycle Winners selected for each of the four (4) Cycles will be featured in the Innersection DVD and will advance to compete for the grand prize of $100,000.00 (“Grand Prize”). Each Cycle will generate five (5) Cycle Winners, totaling twenty (20) Sections in the Innersection DVD. All Cycle Winner submissions will be available for evaluation by Registered Members via the DVD only. For twenty (20) days from the date the Innersection DVD is released, which is expected to be in December 2010, each Registered Member will have the opportunity to select one (1) Section from the twenty (20) Cycle Winners, using the Sections from the Innersection DVD only, as their vote for the Grand Prize Winner, which will be announced on or before January 31, 2011 (“Final Judging Period”).  Each Registered Member will only have one (1) vote in the Final Judging Period.  The Cycle Winner who has the highest number of votes for his/her Section shall be declared the Grand Prize Winner of the Contest (“Grand Prize Winner”), subject to verification and compliance with these Official Rules.  Regardless of whether the Entrant is a filmer, surfer or someone else, the Grand Prize Winner only be awarded to the surfer that is featured in the Section.

To Enter: Once you have completed registration for the Contest, follow the online instructions posted at (www.innersection.tv) (the "Innersection Contest Page") on how upload your Section. Each Entrant may submit up to one (1) Section for each Cycle.  The Entrant may be the surfer featured in the Section or the person who filmed the Section itself, however, the Grand Prize Winner will only be the surfer featured in the Section, regardless of who the Entrant is.  Only one (1) surfer per Section is permitted. Only one (1) Section per surfer is permitted.  If a Surfer Entrant’s Section is selected as one of the Cycle Winners, then the Surfer Entrant may NOT Re-Enter a Section in the Contest. However, if an Entrant’s Section is not selected as a Cycle Winner, he/she may submit a Section into any remaining Cycle, until and if they become a Cycle Winner.  If an Entrant who is not chosen as a Cycle Winner chooses, he/she may re-submit the same Section, with or without improvements, new clips and edits in a later Cycle.  If an Entrant is not chosen as a Cycle Winner, he/she will retain full possession of their Section and the footage in their Section and are free to put it on their blog, sponsor site, hold out for next round of competition or do with it as they see fit.  Any surfer may request that a Section featuring him be removed from the site at any time, at which point, that Section becomes automatically disqualified.  Sections must be submitted no later than the respective Cycle Submission Deadlines to which they are submitting a Section. Entrants attempting to upload a Section will be required to agree to Contest Terms and Conditions of Submission and these Official Rules by affirmatively clicking an "I AGREE" button to confirm their agreement prior to uploading a Section. By submitting a Section, each Entrant expressly accepts and, to be eligible for the Grand Prize, must comply with, the Contest Terms and Conditions of Submission, which are set forth below and are expressly incorporated herein. Entrants must read the Contest Terms and Conditions of Submission carefully and accept them prior to uploading a Section. Please read them prior to creating a Section for submission into the Contest. In the event that a Section does not comply with any of the terms of these Official Rules (including the Contest Terms and Conditions of Submission), such Section entry may be void at Sponsor's discretion.  Sponsor reserves the right to refuse any video on any grounds. 

Each Section: (a) must be a wholly original, audio-visual performance created by the Entrant based on the Authorized Contest Materials using authorized music or obtaining clearances for music used; (b) must be no less than two (2) minutes but no more than three (3) minutes in total running time; (c) must be formatted accordingly (mpeg; mov; avi; wmv); (d) must be intended for family audience viewing and contain only content that, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, is suitable for all persons over the age of 13; (e) must not, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, contain or involve any of the following: (i) obscenity, (ii) private property, or other property (unless Entrant has obtained a signed property release specific for the uses specified herein), (iii) crude, vulgar or offensive pictures, depictions, images, language and/or symbols, (iv) gang signs or symbols, (v) nudity, (vi) license plates, phone numbers, personal addresses (physical, email or otherwise), (vii) websites or web page links, (viii) derogatory characterizations of any ethnic, racial, sexual or religious groups, (ix) content that humiliates one or more persons (publicly or otherwise), (x) content that assaults or threatens others, (xi) trespass or the violation of other people's rights or property; (xii) illegal (e.g., discriminatory, harassing) or inappropriate activity, behavior or conduct (e.g., inflicting emotional distress), (xiii) conduct or activities in violation of these Official Rules, or (xiv) any other content, display, materials and/or images that is or could be considered inappropriate, unsuitable or offensive, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion; (f) must not contain content which endorses or condones illegal drug use or alcohol abuse and narcotic addiction; (g) must not contain any sexually explicit content; (h) must not contain violence; and (i) must not contain any copyrighted works for which the necessary rights have not been obtained (excluding the Authorized Contest Materials) or any other information, content or materials that infringe the rights of any third party or violate any applicable laws or regulations; (j) cannot have been previously submitted or won any awards in any other competition; (k) must not be degrading of the Contest, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion; and (l) must not be deemed low-quality production, unworthy of DVD reproduction (e.g. shaky filming, lack of focus, and distance from the subject), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

All elements used, incorporated into or otherwise appearing in a Section including, without limitation, audio, speech/voiceovers, stills, video, supers or any other audio-visual materials (collectively, "Elements") must be performed by the surfer or Entrant, and must be cleared by the Entrant.

Sections not meeting all entry requirements stated herein will be disqualified. 

Selection of Cycle Winners/Grand Prize Winner: Five (5) Cycle Winners will be selected within one (1) month from the date the respective Cycle began. Once the Cycle Winners are selected, the five (5) Cycle Winners then be posted on the Innersection.tv Website for public viewing, and the same will be repeated for all four (4) Cycles of the Contest. Once the Cycle Periods are over, the twenty (20) Cycle Winners will be featured in the Innerseciton DVD, after which point the Grand Prize Winner will be selected, which will be on or before January 31, 2011. 

Judging Criteria/Winner Notification: In the Initial Judging Period, all Sections submitted will be ranked by Registered Members and then be judged by the Judges, in their sole discretion, based on the following criteria: highest average rating by Registered Members (on a scale of 1-10), highest number of views, and Registered Member Feedback ("Judging Criteria"). The decisions of the Judges are final and cannot be appealed. The Top Ten will then be ranked by Registered Members in the Secondary Judging Period, in their sole discretion.  Registered Members will select five (5) Sections out of the Top Ten and rank those five (5) Sections in ranking order from 1-5.  The decisions of the Registered Members are final and cannot be appealed by Entrants.  The Five (5) Cycle Winners from each Cycle are then chosen as the Cycle Winners of their respective Cycles.  There are four (4) Cycles in the Contest Period, which will total twenty (20) Cycle Winners for the Contest and will be featured in the Innersection DVD.  Once the Innersection DVD is released, Registered Members will then get one vote, at their sole discretion, to decide who will be the Grand Prize Winner.  The Cycle Winner with the highest number of votes at the end of the Final Judging Period will be the Grand Prize Winner. Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, contact each Cycle Winner and require any such Cycle Winner to answer additional questions or participate in additional screening procedures; require such Cycle Winner and all individuals appearing in such Cycle Winner’s Entry to sign consent forms and/or releases; and or disqualify any Cycle Winner who is unable or unwilling to do or provide any of the foregoing.  Without limiting the foregoing, each Cycle Winner who is under 18 years of age or is a minor in his or her state of residence will be required to have his or her parent or legal guardian affirm in writing such Cycle Winner’s acknowledgement and agreement to the Official Rules and Submission Agreement, in order to continue to participate in the Contest. In the event that any Cycle Winner or the surfer filmed elects to end his or her participation in the Contest, is unable to participate further in the Contest for any reason, or is, in Sponsor’s discretion, deemed to be ineligible to participate, Sponsor reserves the right to replace such Cycle Winner with an alternate non-Cycle Winner Entrant. When all Cycle Winners have been finally determined, Sponsor will announce the Cycle Winners and the Grand Prize Winner on the Innersection Online Surf Video Contest Website, and may announce the Cycle Winners and Grand Prize Winner on certain Sponsor-affiliated sites or services. Notification of Grand Prize Winner must be kept confidential until the Grand Prize Winner is publicly revealed by the Sponsor. The Sponsor reserves the right to select fewer than twenty (20) Cycle Winners in the event that there is an insufficient number of Sections that are deemed to meet the applicable criteria or if any potential Cycle Winner, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, does not comply with the Sponsor’s eligibility and verification requirements.

Prizes: (1) Cycle Winners: The Entrants who are deemed Cycle Winners for each Cycle will be featured in the Innersection DVD and will receive advice and tips from Taylor Steele himself on filming/editing/surfing. (2) Grand Prize: The Entrant who submitted the winning Cycle shall be considered the Grand Prize Winner. The Grand Prize will consist of USD $100,000.00. 

Prize Restrictions: ALL COSTS, INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES AND OTHER EXPENSES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNERS.

Entry Details: The name of the "authorized account holder" associated with any given email address will be deemed to be the Entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, an online service provider, or another organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Proof (to Sponsor’s satisfaction) of being the authorized account holder may be required by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for: lost, incomplete, late, damaged, or misdirected entries, email messages; failures or malfunctions of phones, phone lines or telephone systems or other communications malfunctions; interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections including those through www.espn.com; miscommunications, failed computer hardware or software or other technical failures; garbled, lost, misrouted or scrambled transmissions; any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in any transmission or communication; traffic congestion on the Internet or for any technical problem, including but not limited to any injury or damage to Entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation in this Contest; printing or other errors appearing within these Official Rules or in any Contest-related advertisements or other materials; other errors or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human, technical, electronic or otherwise; or the processing or judging of entries or Trailers. The use of automated entry or similar devices, as specifically set forth above, is prohibited and entries through such prohibited devices are void. By entering this Contest, Entrants give their express permission to be contacted by Sponsor by telephone, email and/or postal mail for Contest purposes only.

Miscellaneous: No transfer, assignment, cash redemption or substitution of prizes (or portion of prize) is allowed except by Sponsor due to prize unavailability and then only for a prize (or applicable portion of prize) of equal or greater value as determined by Sponsor. If any prize notification letter or prize is returned as undeliverable, winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. By participating, each Entrant acknowledged and agrees: (1) to be bound by these Official Rules (and the Contest Terms and Conditions of Submission, as applicable) and the decisions of the Sponsor and judges which are final and binding in all respects; (2) that Sections (and all components thereof) will not be acknowledged; (3) that Sponsor and its designees shall have the right and permission to use (unless prohibited by law) Entrant's name, voice, city and state of residence, photograph and/or likeness for advertising and/or trade and/or any other purpose in any media now or hereafter known without further compensation, permission or notification to Entrants or any third parties; and (4) the Sponsor shall have no liability and will be held harmless by Entrants for any liability, loss, injury or damage to participants or any other person or entity, including personal injury or death to participants or any other person or damage to personal or real property, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of Entrant's participation in this Contest, the use of any Section or acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to void suspect Sections or to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Contest (or any portion thereof) should virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes beyond the control of Sponsor, including but not limited to war or armed conflict (whether or not officially declared), labor controversy or threat thereof, and/or acts of God, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest and, in the event of such cancellation, suspension or termination, at its discretion, as applicable, select Section from among all non-suspect, eligible Section received prior to event requiring cancellation, termination or suspension.

Email Change of Address Policy: It is the sole responsibility of the Entrant to notify Sponsor if his or her email address changes. To do so, visit www.innersection.tv.

Disputes/Choice of Law: Except where prohibited, each Entrant agrees that: (i) all issues and questions concerning these Official Rules shall be governed by California law without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law of any jurisdiction; (ii) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Contest or any prize awarded shall be (A) resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and (B) filed only in the state or federal courts situated in San Diego County, California, and Entrant hereby consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such disputes, claims or causes of action; (iii) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (iv) under no circumstances will any Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

Privacy: Personally identifiable information that is submitted by Entrants as part of this Contest will be used to administer the Contest, select prize winners and fulfill prizes, and will be treated in accordance with Innersection’s Privacy Policy accessible on its website at www.innersection.tv.

The Contest and all accompanying materials are copyright © 2010 Innersection Limited.