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WHISTLER RIDE THE WAVE CONTEST LAUNCHES

Winner to Surf Out of Whistler Festival in a Brand New Pontiac Wave

WHISTLER, BC , March 13 2007 – If winning a free trip to Whistler for the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival is the ultimate heist, then Pontiac is providing the gilt-edge to the experience, offering a Pontiac Wave to the winner of the Ride the Wave contest.

The Pontiac Ride the Wave contest launched this week with radio and web promotions across Canada. Five finalists will enter the Wave on the afternoon of Saturday April 14th and test their mettle in the barrel of the car over 10 days, in order to decide if they are worthy of the ultimate break.

The five contestants will get to Ride The Wave, and the swell of cabin fever, in the ultimate survivor game.

The rules are simple:          

Outlast and outwit 4 other strangers living in the car.

Bail, and you’re out.

Win one of the many challenges, and your immunity might garner you a leave pass for the night to attend one of the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival’s epic afterdark events.

Can you stick it, all the way to the shore? That’s the ultimate test.

The reward? You go home in a brand new Pontiac Wave.

Aspiring Wave-riders are invited to enter online at www.whistler2007.com/2007/contests < http://www.whistler2007.com/2007/contests >


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.  For information on the 2007 TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival , this year from April 13-22, visit whistler2007.com

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Contact:
Lilli Clark
Production Coordinator (Indoor Events)
Tel: 604.938-3399 x 27
Email: lclark@watermarkinc.ca



Lisa Richardson
Communications Manager
Tel: 604 938 3399 x21
Email: lrichardson@watermarkinc.ca