Telus Triple Challenge MultiMedia Show!

Mar 12, 2008 at 1:04 AM
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So one of my friends Jax is having a birthday week at Blue Mountain, Collingwood. She also happens to be the girlfriend of one of my creative colleagues, Lazi. It also happens to be the same weekend where the Telus Triple Challenge will be happening up at Blue Mountain. It's a sponsored (obviously!) Ski/Snowboard competition which also hosts a Multi-media competition (Graphic Design / Photography / Film).

My boy Lazi was the reigning champion from last Multimedia Show '07 (He took first & second last year! "Watchukno bout that?!") so I went up to celebrate the birthday and him entering. My bro suggests something that I should enter too, and I agreed it was perfect timing to do something like that, with the new RealizDesigns.com launching this year and whatnot. Kebron (our other boy, aka OLDe YORKe) also entered with 2 photos by us couriering it in an envelope for him to make the deadline. (He joined us oh the slopesThursday night anyways).

After seeing Lazi's pieces I told him I'm happy to take second in the Graphic Design Category. He put the time and effort into some new, some different-way-of-thinkin' type pieces. They were nuts. (Check the pics!) My pieces were my recent & past fav's from the recent Kahawa Coffeehouse Show "Introductions".

Why not?

I paid my $, entered, we were told that we could find out our placing by Friday morning, since the judging took place Thursday. But when Friday morning came (Lazi got there Tuesday, I came Wednesday) we were told we had to wait for the "Big Announcement" at the concert that night at 8pm. Volkswagon wanted to do it right with a presentation of the awards or something. Lazi and I knew we'd place in the competition, and Kebron aka OLDe YORKe had an innovative piece that could've got him top prize (depending on how the judges were judging). I ended up leaving because of other obligations and the BIG storm was coming soon. But understandably, Lazi had to stay. So 3 of them (Lazi, his girl Jax & K) toughed it out and stayed until about 9:40 for the announcement.

Sooo... While I'm chillin', winding down at home, I get the call from Lazi.....

I won.

I took 1st in the Graphic Design category. You have to understand that it was a crazy win, cause it was my first competition but also entered with one of my friends whose dedication to creative art is sick. But I know my pieces are great in its own right, it's possible that Lazi's pieces were imaginatively just outside of the rules and stipulations of the criteria, which may have been a good and bad thing for his entries.But to have entered a competition and come out standing toe-to-toe with a respected colleague in art? It makes the win worth more and (at least in my own mind) elevate my own progress as an artist. I am officially the Award-Winning Graphic Design Telus Triple Challenge Multi-Media Show Champion! (How's that gonna look on the resume? hahaha)

Most importantly, we all won ourselves passes to go boarding free next year and some cash to boot! It's a win-win-win situation regardless! There were a few good pieces entered in the competition, but we definitely represented. In the Graphic Design category I took first, Lazi second, and Kebron aka OLDe YORKe took 2nd in the photography category. Great weekend, great times, what more can you ask for?

Maybe one of those FATBOY pillows! Oh man, I fell in love with those big comfy pillows!

Nice.

2008. Elevate.