Artec Snowboards is proud to announce the launch of the 2009 Artec Snowboards Design Contest. They are once again teaming up with the generous folks at Sony Playstation, and the stakes are as high as ever for the fifth edition of this innovative competition.

Here’s the deal: Artec are looking for artistic souls to take on their creative challenge and design a snowboard topsheet graphic that ties in with Artec’s progressive design philosophy and technology. The winning entry will need to be truly inspired and original, so be creative and unleash your imagination.

The winner of the Artec Snowboards Design Contest 2009, selected by a jury of Artec team riders and designers, will receive a one of a kind Artec snowboard featuring the winning topsheet graphic design.

Plus, the top dog will also walk away with a Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) Slim & Lite and the newest adventure for PSP – LocoRoco 2. That’s a whole PSP mobile entertainment system right there, people.

The 2nd and 3rd place finishers will also be in line to receive top prizes, with each of the runners-up receiving an Artec Snowboard and the latest Sony PSP game. And check this: the top three designs will be exhibited in the Art Gallery at the Artec Snowboards booth at Ispo Winter 09.

Head over to artecsnowboards.com and download a blueprint design template and get to work. After you’ve finished your design, simply upload it online together with your personal data. Carefully read our Blueprint design guidelines to ensure you meet our specifications. There are no limits to how many graphics you can upload. The deadline for all graphic submissions is midnight on January 5th, 2009.

Now go create something…