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Over the past few weeks we have been working on a few bugs on the site that are driving us nuts as they are with you as well. A lot of you have emailed us to let us know what was bothering you and we thank you for that. We built this site for everyone and to help everyone share their videos, compete, watch webcasts and meet your goals as a filmer, rider or production crew. The more feedback we get from YOU the more we can improve the site and give you what you want. Anyway thanks for your support and if you have 30sec to give us some feed back it would help us continuously improve the site.
Some of the bugs we fixed include the avatar, podcasts are available for select CXX Events, Crown Room styling, introduction to minicomps. We will keep you posted as we add new features to the site.

Please provide us with some feedback

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Catch A Wave, Save A Life
5th Annual Delta Delta Delta’s Surf, Sand, & St. Jude Surf Contest & Beach Day

Santa Barbara, CA – November 4, 2008 – The Delta Delta Delta chapter at UCSB will host Surf, Sand, and St. Jude, on Sunday, November 16, 2008 in conjunction with partnering sponsor Surf Happens and Deckers Outdoor Corporation. This beach day is a great opportunity for the campus to join with the community in fundraising efforts to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The main event will be an all ages Surfing Competition presented by Surf Happens for the fifth straight year, and new to the event in 08 is the introduction of hour long, learn to surf clinics. Entry forms may be downloaded from surfhappens.com, or found at area surf shops and hot spots.

The competition will take place from 8am to 4pm at Campus Point, UCSB with beach entries being taken on a limited basis beginning at 7:30am. The learn to surf clinics and other beach activities will be running from 10:00am-4:00pm. Space is limited and early registration is encouraged. During the day, attendees can sign up for these events, space allowing: surf competition, surf lessons, sand castle building contest, paddle race, dodge ball, Indo Board contest, raffle, and more!

To enter the surf competition, or hour long surf lesson, there will be a $35 registration fee. Brand new Quiksilver & Roxy wetsuits and INT softboards are provided for lesson participants; the sand castle contest will be $10 per team; and raffle tickets will vary. Participants are not only raising money for a great cause, but also receive more than their entry fee worth of goodies just for entering. Attendance prizes include: a t-shirt, lunch from Wahoo’s Fish Taco, raffle ticket, and a crack at wining heaps of prizes and killer trophies courtesy of event sponsors. Supporting Tri Delta in their 2008 fundraising efforts are presenting sponsors Surf Happens, and Deckers Outdoor Corporation with funding provided by Associated Students (AS). Also sponsoring the event is Deep Magazine, Pacific Beverage, Quiksilver, Roxy, Surf One, and Wahoo’s Fish Taco.

Tri Delta has been partnered with St. Jude since 1999. Since then, Tri Delta members have raised more than $2.8 million for St. Jude. To date, UCSB Tri Deltas have raised $21 thousand through Surf, Sand and St. Jude. The chapter members participated in a letter-writing campaign to ask for donations from family and friends.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tenn., St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fund-raising organization. For more information, please call 1-800-822-6344 or visit www.stjude.org.

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The PRODUCTION section on REELcomp is definitely starting to catch some attention. For those of you who haven’t noticed PRODUCTION is designed to allow amateur filmers, riders and Production Crews to customize their own site on the REELcomp platform. Once approved through a simple app. process members are allowed access to the back-end of their profile allowing them to change the “css” coding to completely customize their own site. Several have already taken advantage of this unique feature of REELcomp so be sure to check them out:

Know Budget
VaCa Films
The Snowboard Realms
Skylar Brent
Blair Neighbors
Common Productions
Pet Project
I Heart Snow Productions
Platinum Plus
Ally Distribution

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Back-east Productions
Autumn Line
ndifferent Films
Porters Tahoe
Magic Hair Productions

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REELcomp.com has launched their new website.

REELcomp.com has turned one year old and for its birthday it has received a complete makeover and a grip of new features for its users to enjoy. Along with its new design REELcomp is offering 4:3 and 16:9 uploading capabilities and videos that are transcoded in “HD-like” quality. The site has been re-designed with better navigation, additional video info for you to check out your favorite riders, production crews and even songs used in edits. An inter-user messaging system has been added to the site for users to keep in contact with their friends and network with other users. Forums were implemented for members to post their opinions and to discuss new places, filming techniques or even sell off old gear. REELcomp will be regularly putting users “IN FOCUS” which will give props to users that are uploading banger content to the site or just have a unique style.

The CROWN ROOM will be in effect again for this seasons competitions with tens of thousands of dollars straight cash up for grabs. The new CROWN ROOM incorporates user-interactivity and must be seen to really appreciate the next level of online competitions REELcomp offers.

CXX Events is stacked with videos, info and results from events REELcomp has covered over the past year including the Maloof Money Cup, eS Game of Skate 07 and 08, Volcom VQS Championships and Active Ride Shops Bling Fest. In CXX Events you will also find REELcomp’s webcast schedule, which will include the world premiere of The Bluebird Movie and Rome’s No Correct Way September 4th during the ASR Tradeshow. The rest of the webcast line up is packed with great events this fall.

Keep in tune with the REELcomp Crew by checking out our NEWSLINE section, where you will find REELcomp’s weekly videos and edits of smaller events. Drop in cast your vote on the poll, watch some videos, and see what’s up with the crew.

PRODUCTION is a section of REELcomp that we have dedicated to Freelance filmers, Production companies and Brands to showcase their work and gain more exposure in the industry. Drop in and check out some that have already jumped on board. REELcomp features a production company on the homepage to give a little extra exposure and to showcase some sites throughout the year.

About REELcomp.com
REELcomp was created to give athletes, filmers, editors, and production companies a new stage to upload, share, and compete with their videos. We will always remain focused on the sports that began the Action Sport industry: Skateboarding, Snowboarding, and Surfing. Any thoughts give us a shout.

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Well here it is. Thank you for your patience this past week but I think you all will be very pleased with the new additions to the site. The REELcomp Team has been working hard these past few months to create an insane site dedicated to Skate, Snow and Surf. Besides the obvious we have transformed REELcomp into some sort of beast that we have all been waiting for… one that hides and goes under the radar until finally seen then attacks from the snow, sand and concrete only to cause chaos and respect. Anyway here are some of the additions to the site:

- New Design
- 16:9 and 4:3 Player Options
- Interactive Crown Room
- Forums for Discussions
- Click on a song, rider or production crew in the video info box to find other videos on REELcomp with the  same.
- Newsline to find out everything from REELcomp happening, REELcomp edits, weekly videos, polls and of course our general NEWS
- HIGH quality HD-like transcoder to assure the highest quality videos on the web
- RC messaging system for interuser messaging
- GET PAID- new comp brackets and mini comps set up
- Check out last seasons brackets archive
- IN FOCUS - check out which REELcomp member is IN FOCUS today and why
- PRODUCTION - this section of REELcomp is dedicated to freelance filmers, crews and Production companies trying to get the word out. Each approved user can create their own fully custom microsite on REELcomp. SICK!
- Featured PRODUCTION - of course we are going to feature a production site…. get the word out.
- ALL, SKATE, SNOW and SURF home pages each can be marked as your “home page” when you log in.
- SITE ACTIVITY - check out what has been happening on the site since you have been gone. Everypage has a footer with the up to the second activity on the site as well as some quick links to navigate quicker.

There is probably more but just check it out huh… REELcomp

Give us some feedback.

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REELcomp is almost 1 year old and for our birthday we are completely restyling the site and adding in dozens of features that will make the site one of the top video sharing sites. REELcomp is increasing the maximum file size limit on videos, improving the transcoding process for better quality videos, adding networking features, new players, additional video options, new brackets and mini comps and much more. We are just not going to tell you anymore so the other corporate guys don’t steal our shiz.

Look out for all the updates dropping August, 2008. Till then the more videos that get loaded on the bigger our prizes will get.

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REELcomp to Award Grand Prize in Skate and Snow Competitions

Cash and gear hang in the balance as best skate and snowboard videos are selected.

LAS VEGAS, NV, May 20, 2008 – REELcomp, the premier destination to upload original board sport footage to share and compete in online contests, announced today that the final bracket competitions for Skateboarding and Snowboarding are underway awarding Grand Prizes worth thousands of dollars to two lucky winners.

The culmination of 32 weeks of competition, the final round for Skateboarding kicked off on May 18, 2008, and will last one week, resulting in the selection of the winning video. The overall winner will receive a Grand Prize valued at nearly $10,000, including a Panasonic HVX200, four complete sets of Analog 2009 Street Wear, a year’s supply of skate shoes from Circa, and a gift card from PortersTahoe.com.

As the Snowboarding season wraps up, REELcomp ramps up for the Snowboarding video competition finals, launching on May 25, 2008.  The winning video will make it through 4 rounds of finals and its creator will win an all expense paid trip to New Zealand, sponsored by All Star Trips, and a complete head-to-board setup from Rome SDS.  Categories for the snowboard competition are the same as those for skateboarding, and anyone can enter and win as long as their video complies with contest rules.

REELcomp is running several contests simultaneously, in addition to the skate and snowboard finals, athletes can also enter their “sponsor me” video in the Maloof Money Cup/REELcomp Search for AMs contest which will award four (4) winners, two (2) each from the Street and Vert competitions, a chance to compete in the Maloof Money Cup for a $100,000 prize. To enter log on to REELcomp.com and click on the “Search for AM’s” banner on the homepage.

“REELcomp was developed to provide a way for Pro’s and AM’s to gain more exposure and an opportunity to win cash and prizes” commented Chad Moore, President of REELcomp.  “Our goal is to provide fellow athletes with a forum to share their passion for the sports and build relationships with others sharing that passion.”

About REELcomp: Located in Las Vegas, and founded by action sports enthusiasts, REELcomp is the premier destination to upload original footage to share and compete in online competitions as well as watch live web casts of rarely seen board sport events. REELcomp provides users with an online community where they can share their similar interests in board sports and filming with a touch of competition.

All visitors are welcome to watch videos on REELcomp in general sharing rooms. Members are invited to use their own videos to compete in specifically guided competitions for a chance to win cash and/or prizes. Members are also invited to join REELcomp for live web casts free of charge. REELcomp is extremely focused on keeping this a core board sports website and will remain true to that vision by limiting videos to snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing.

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Bag Of Toys Signs Licensing Deal With Reelcomp For The Track ’surf song’ Of Their Debut Album ‘Nooner’

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ M. Loring Communications) - M. Loring Communications announced today that San Francisco-based acoustic rock band Bag of Toys has licensed ‘Surf Song‘ to REELcomp.com. The single from their hit debut album ‘Nooner’ (released in 2006) will be used in the surf category on REELcomp.com.Hailing from northern California, Bag of Toys is quickly becoming known as the hottest acoustic surf rock artist to hit the music scene in years.Their album ‘Nooner’ has been sold in all 50 states and 20 countries worldwide, propelling them to the top of the rankings for unsigned acoustic artists on MySpace. Bag of Toys also received national attention from their song ‘Share’ being featured on the Microsoft ZUNE commercials throughout 2007. Now, kicking off 2008, Bag of Toys has licensed ‘Surf Song’ to REELcomp.com.

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The third day of the Volcom VQS went off. The morning started off slow but as the high tide came in the surf brought in some waves to really make things happen. The muscle cam was in full effect on the webcast and the muscle beach party was a craze. When all said and done $100,000 cash and thousands in product was given out!

ROID RAGERS (PRO/AM)
1 - Dustin Cuizon - $15,000
2 - Dustin Barca - $7,000
3 - Alex Gray - $4,000
4 - Bobby Morris - $3,000

KEG TOSSERS (JUNIORS) FINAL
1 - Albee Layer - $10,000
2 - Nat Young - $5,000
3 - James Woods - $4,000
4 - Andrew Doheny - $3,000

JOCK STRAPS (GROM) FINAL
1 - Shayne Nelson - $8,000
2 - Keanu Asing - $5,000
3 - Caio Ibelli - $4,000
4 - Sidinho Guimmaraes - $3,000

IRON CURLERS (GIRLS) FINAL
1 - Erica Hosseini - $7,000
2 - Sage Erickson - $4,000
3 - Kyla Langen - $3,000
4 - Kelia Moniz - $2,000

SQUAT THRUSTERS FINAL
1 - Kilian Garland - $7,000
2 - Marcelo Trekinho - $3,000
3 - Ratboy Collins - $2,000
4 - Josh Hoyer - $1,000

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Day two of the Volcom VQS Series treated everyone well. We have attached a few photos and a highlight video will be online tonight on REELcomp.com in the CXX section.

Be sure to tune in to the LIVE webcast tomorrow for the QRTS, SEMI’s and FINAL’S on REELcomp.com starting at 8am !

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