2008 NautiSkipper WebVideo Contest
Sponsored by: BoatDepot.com

– CALL FOR ENTRIES —

Open To Everyone. Submit Your WebVideos Today!

The NautiSkipper is doing it again bringing together recreational boaters, the boating industry, and the boating community at large with its first ever webvideo contest for 2008. This is a great opportunity to get your webvideos seen and voted (using "My Polls" under the blog tab) on by fellow boating enthusiasts.

To be eligible for the NautiSkipper WebVideo contest, log on to http://www.nautiskipper.com, upload your webvideo to your blog and set up your poll(found under the blog tab) with the names of each video you submit. Each member of the NautiSkipper community then votes on which webvideo they like best. Limit 3 webvideos per contestant, must be 18 or older to enter.

CATEGORIES:
Boating, Fishing, Diving, Sailing, Racing, Raft-Ups, Family Fun, Wake Boarding/Waterskiing/Tubing, Seafaring Adventure and Coastal Cruises.

BUZZ OPPORTUNITIES: Build buzz among your friends and peers.
The NautiSkipper WebVideo contest provides a great platform for your best marine related webvideo to be seen online.

GRAND PRIZE: Gas Caddy (28 Gallons)
PRIZES: Cash, Marketing opportunities

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
July 31, 2008 (Posted by 12:00am PST)

Winning entries will be available for review on August 1, 2008. Winners will be posted simultaneously at http://www.NautiSkipper.com/kahuna1/blog

The Winter 2007 Hot Shots Photo Contest Results

The Winter 2007 Hot Shots Photo Contest Results are in and you picked the winners! We are pleased to announce with out further or do, our Grand Prize Winner is Moni who submitted "Me and My King." Congratulations Moni, sure looks like you got your King. Our 1st runners-up prize goes to Chris at www.boatdepot.com for his entry "Don't Like To Be Touched," and 2nd runners-up prize goes to Captain Charlie for his entry " Storm Front Moving In Off The East."

Thanks to all participants in the 2007 NautiSkipper Hot Shots Photo Contest. Winning entries can be seen below.

Don't forget to congratulate the winners.

Your Friend,
NautiSkipper

Winning Entries

Grand Prize:

Title:
"Me and My King"

1st Runner-Up:

Title:
"Don't Like To Be Touched"

2nd Runner-Up:

Title:
"Storm Front Moving In Off The East"

Share photos and videos of bragging rights, seafaring adventure, rafting parties, or start your own skipper's blog of local boater and product experience knowledge.

Features:
Extensible Profile
Every member has a basic personal profile. The profile can include information like user likes and dislikes or their favorite music, movies, and television shows.

Video Gallery
Members can upload videos in almost any format using an album system just like their photo gallery. Videos are converted to the Flash FLV format and played through a Flash video player.

Blogging
Every member gets their own online journal, or 'blog', where they can post their thoughts, comments, and stories. Blog posts are made using a WYSIWYG editor and can include embedded photos and videos.

Comments, Rating & Tagging
Members can post comments to blog posts, photos, videos, or other users. Members can also tag and rate content, allowing users to quickly categorize and rank all the content on a network.

Photo Gallery
Members can upload an unlimited number of photos to their site. Members
can create any number of albums to store their photos and can create Flash slideshows using photos from their gallery to share in their blog or on
other sites.

Privacy & Security
Members can set their blog posts, photos, videos, and entire site to be viewable only by friends or only to themselves. Members can moderate comments and tags posted by others on their sites and content.

Customized Look & Feel
The look, feel, and content of the network landing page, including the network toolbar on all sites, can be completely customized and styled. Each piece of content is a module which can be moved, added, or removed from the site. Style is completely CSS driven and can be customized to the pixel.

Aggregation Pages
These pages allow members to quickly browse content from across the network. They include all of the photos, videos, blog posts, and users that are part of the network.

We hope you enjoy the experience.

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