VANCOUVER ISLAND WINDTALK

Holiday Website Fundraiser - Win a GoPro Helmet Cam!

It's about time for another fundraiser for the website. The money would go towards the $1000 debt from the Port Alberni webcam and then any extra could go towards a new webcam for Pat Bay, San Pariel, Cordova Bay or Comox Spit.

The prize this time is a GoPro Helmet Cam Wide 5.0! This is the new 170 degree wide angle 5 megapixel helmet cam that just became avaliable last month. It would be great for both kiteboarding and windsurfing as well as surfing, mountain biking, snowboarding, kayaking, etc. It can take both still photos and video.



Here are video examples of windsurfing, kayaking, surfing, and kiteboarding

Donations to the website between December 14 and midnight December 27 will be accepted as entries for this draw. The winner will be drawn on December 28. The number of entries you get will depend on the amount you donate:

- 1 entry for a $20 donation
- 3 entries for $50
- 7 entries for $100

TO DONATE CLICK HERE

Dave has kindly offered to keep track of all donations/entries during this period.

I'm down for $50. Merry xmas!

I am up for $ 50.

Great idea and a great prize. Thank you so much for doing this Jason! Hopefully you are rewarded with lots of CB wind over the holidays.

I'll also throw in a new 2GB Sandisk Ultra II SD card to the lucky winner. So they should have everything they need to get started taking videos.

Thank you very much for the donations Wingnut, GWind, rvanderbyl, Ozy, Martyd, Snarfer, Nanmoo, TheLaw, SB Steve, Bean, Tako, DWD, Rubin, Teabag, JL, James Hiho, Windsurfish/Janetfish, BigD, Sculp, Geoffy, Mike D, Keen, Wavos Rancheros, Winddoctor, Winger, Kus, Bobson, More Force 4, Gdawg and Johhnyman!

Updated December 28, 2008

1. Wingnut (Don Lacasse) $50 = 3 entries
2. GWIND (Gene Windsor) $50 = 3 entries
3. Raymund Vanderbyl (rvanderbyl) $50 = 3 entries
4. Duane Osowetski (Ozy) $200 = 14 entries
5. Martin Dovick (Martyd) $50 = 3 entries
6. Greg Caws (Snarfer) $100 = 7 entries
7. Robert Litke (nanmoo) $20 = 1 entry
8. Mark Law (The Law) $50 = 3 entries
9. Steve Hutchinson (Starboard Steve) $50 = 3 entries
10. Dave Bean (Bean) $50 = 3 entries
11. Spencer Walls (Tako) $20 = 1 entry
12. Dave Bergman (Downwind Dave) $50 = 3 entries
13. Rubin Mills $30 = 1 entry
14. Ian Gastonguay (Teabag) $200 = 14 entries
15. Jim Laite (JL) $50 = 3 entries
16. James Coyle (JAMES HIHO) $50 = 3 entries
17. Chris and Janet Gill (Windsurfish and Janetfish) $100 = 7 entries
18. Dallas Chisolm (Bigd) $50 = 3 entries
19. Gordon Bell (Sculp) $50 = 3 entries
20. Geoffrey Wood (Geoffy) $100 = 7 entries
21. Michael Dutson (Mike D) $20 = 1 entry
22. Anthony Warren (Keen) $50 = 3 entries
23. Roger Duddridge (Wavos Rancheros) $20 = 1 entry
24. Chris Curran (Winddoctor) $50 = 3 entries
25. Dave Wingate (Winger) $200 = 14 entries
26. Markus Koloska (Kus) $100 = 7 entries
27. Rob Robson (Bobson) $50 = 3 entries
28. Morley Eldridge (more force 4) $50 = 3 entries
29. Graham Twigg (Gdawg) $50 = 3 entries
30. John Ballantyne (Johnnyman) $50 = 3 entries


TOTAL RAISED: $2010

Come on everyone, DONATE NOW, not just the same old people all the time. If everybody who uses BWD donated something we would be rich. This site does not run on air. We have over one thousand registered users - times only 10 $ =

I'm in the middle for $50!

Another video to get you stoked. I really like this one. So relaxed. Grey Mondays

Of course the camera is just a "carrot" to help motivate donations for what is the real prize: this website! Really, what is the value of this site to you? Imagine planning your sport without the webcams and weather data.

Okay, having said that, here is another helmetcam video: Windsurfing Can Pastilla, Mallorca, December 2008

I just kicked in $20.

Merry Christmas all!

Tony Litke

I'm down for $50.

Thanks Dave for all your work on the site. Have a great Christmas.

$620 raised so far...thanks everyone!

dave

heres 50$ from the dwd family
click here for your eco friendly paper free xmas card.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/dwd/xmz08.jpg
happy christmas all

Awesome Christmas card Dave!

Put me in for $200.

Thanks for the website, in my job I travel a lot, so every time I go away I search for websites about kiteboarding in different places, I have to say that your website is BY FAR the best compared to any other site I have encounter so far. Thanks for the good work, Ian.

Nice Christmas card DWD, thanks. Thanks for the comments Teabag and the donation, that's very generous.

Total raised so far is $970...thanks everyone!!!

Happy Holidays and thanks for all you do Dave - We appreciate it! (Etransfer to follow)