Early-bird Registration for the 2011 Underwater Festival™ - $150,000 in prizes
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Early-bird Registration for the 2011 Underwater Festival™ - $150,000 in prizes
Early-bird Registration for the 2011 Underwater Festival™ - Win a trip for TWO to Palau
By now many would have already heard about the massive plans for the 2011 Underwater Festival™, the Australasia-wide Shootout from 2-11 September 2011.
25 countries spanning both hemispheres - every dive site you can imagine will be a shootout locality, every dive centre, liveaboard, dive resort in the area will facilitate this new kind of shootout. You can dive your local favourite spots, go out with your dive club or shore dive with your buddy - or travel and join in one of the many Underwater Festival Fringe Events that will be happening all over Australasia.
The 2011 Underwater Festival™ is now open for registrations. And thanking those of you that commit early to participate, we have organised some awesome prizes that will ONLY be drawn amongtst those who register for the shootout during the Early-bird period. How does a 7 day dive holiday for TWO people in Palau courtesy of our friends at Fish 'n Fins sound! ... and we will also draw TEN memberships to DAN Asia Pacific amongst the Early-bird registrants. SO please don't delay, log on now, create your profile and go in the draw for these awesome additional prizes.
If you have a diving, photography or travel related website we would love your help to spread the word. We have created a page full of cool banners and videos you can embed in your own websites and this is also a useful tool for any dive operator in the area that want to promote the fact that over U$100,000 in prizes can be won in September 2011 by diving RIGHT THERE!.
Check them out at --> Underwater Festival | Promote the Festival
Many of the worlds most famous underwater photographers are part of this event and workshop hosts and competition judges. Just to mention a few of the big names already involved as Fringe Event hosts or judges - Neville Coleman, Mathieu Meur, Stephen Wong, Takako Uno, William Tan, Bob Halstead, Tim Rock, Gary Bell, Tony Wu, Aaron Wong, David Harasti, John Lippmann, Jason Heller ...
--> Underwater Festival | Festival Celebrities
--> Underwater Festival | Judges
And some of the major sponsors - The Damai, Mares, Nauticam, Dive Evolution, The Arenui, Kungkungan Bay Resort, Tasik Ria, Eco Divers, Kima Bajo, Manta Ray Bay Resort, Heron Island Resort, Matava, Christmas Island Tourism, Fish 'n Fins, Tawali, ABWonderdive, aunoc, Ikelite, Lissenung Island Resort, Mike Ball Dive Expeditions, Frog Dive Gear, Dragon Mouse Diving, Cocotinos, Lembeh Hills Resort ... the list goes on
--> Underwater Festival | Sponsors
You can dive your local favourite spots, go out with your dive club or shore dive with your buddy - or travel and join in of of the many Underwater Festival Fringe Events that will be happening all over Australasia. Basically everyone will have 10 days to shoot - 2nd to 11th of September 2011.
The 2011 Festival with culminate at ODEX 2011 in Brisbane where the best 100 entries will be presented as a major feature of the show and there will be a mini Underwater Film Festival. Any operators that wish to become involved in the 2011 Underwater Festival and/or ODEX 2011, please email us at info@underwaterfestival.org
The 5th Underwater Festival 2011 - where will YOU dive?
The Underwater Festival 2011 - set your cameras to 2017
Just over one day to go!
Most importantly - if you are signed up are still considering - set your cameras to 2017 now, so you don't forget (date and time remains the same)
From this week Friday for 10 days, 100s of divers from around the world will submerge to help to create the 1st Underwater Snapshot of Australasia
You have 10 days to capture underwater australasia wherever you are between the 2nd and the 11th of September - the $150,000 prize pool is to our knowledge the biggest ever for any underwater photo competition in the world.
If you haven't bought your entry credits yet - NOW is a good time, check out the list of prizes
In addition to the very amazing prizes for best photos and videos we also have a huge set of Underwater Snapshot Participation Prizes that will be drawn amongst all entrants irrespective of their shootout entry submissions. This is to encourage wide participation in the Underwater Snapshot without the 'I won't enter because I'm not good enough' fear.
The shooutout entry conditions and rules are now online and we have added a QUICK version where you can understand the procedure of participating in 30 seconds!
Once you have your credits, you will see them appear in the 'My Festival' tab on the UF11 website. This is where you will upload your images to when the time comes. This will be active from 2 September to 18 September - images and video will have to be shot between the 2nd and the 11th of September
Hope to see your profile and registration soon and please let us know if anything in this process is not working, feels awkward, could be done better etc - your comments are very appreciated
Tim and the rest of the Underwater Festival team
5th annual Underwater Festival™ - UF11 - The Australasia Challenge
Tim Hochgrebe
underwater australasia www.underwater.com.au
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