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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MASTERPIECE IN MOTION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 30 TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival Extends Worldwide Call for Submissions in Snow and Skate Board Art Competition WHISTLER, B.C., February 13, 2007 – Designers of original visual art and graphics for snowboard and skateboard canvasses are invited to take part in the ultimate showcase of shred at Whistler's 2007 TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival. Masterpiece in Motion (MIM) continues its hunt for the best original snowboard and skateboard art with a worldwide call for submissions that has been extended until March 30, 2007. 30 finalists will have their designs showcased at the ten day TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival, putting the most fresh innovative street art directly before a tidal wave of street-savvy viewers. The 2007 Masterpiece in Motion Champion will walk away with US$1000, an Ascension snowboard featuring their winning art, and the opportunity to work with Ascension Snowboards to develop a line of boards featuring their Snowboard Art. The top three winners, as chosen by a jury of industry leaders, will take home a cash purse, and the top 3 honourable mentions will receive Original Snowboard Art Top Skin(™). A People's Choice award will be elected on-line at www.whistler2007.com and announced at the Festival. Contest information is now available at www.originalsnowboardart.com. Masterpiece in Motion is produced by OriginalSnowboardArt.com and sponsored by Ascension Snowboards, in association with the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival, the largest annual winter sports festival in North America held each April in Whistler, Canada. The TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival is produced by Watermark Communications, a Whistler sports & entertainment marketing company , and presented in partnership with Tourism Whistler and Whistler Blackcomb. Founded by W1's Doug Perry twelve years ago, and now the largest annual winter sports and music festival in North America, the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival is a high-octane 10 day and night showcase of the best of snowsports, music, arts and mountain life. Featuring major professional ski and snowboarding competitions, the largest free outdoor concert series in Canada, the legendary Pro Photographer and Filmmaker Showdowns, and many more unique art and cultural showcases, the Festival is the ultimate wrap party to the ultimate winter season. For information on the 2007 TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival , this year from April 13-22, visit whistler2007.com
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