NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, ENTRANT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF SPONSOR, WHICH ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL REGARDS.
THIS CONTEST IS IN NO WAY SPONSORED, ENDORSED OR ADMINISTERED BY, OR ASSOCIATED WITH, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, OR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDER. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING YOUR INFORMATION TO ARC’TERYX EQUIPMENT. THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL ONLY BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF ADMINISTERING THIS CONTEST. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS CONTEST SHALL BE DIRECTED TO SPONSOR AND NOT TO FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM OR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
Sponsor: Arc’teryx Equipment, a division of Amer Sports Canada Inc., 110 – 2220 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver, BC V7H 1A8;
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to legal residents of the Province of British Columbia, Canada (“the Territory”) who (i) reside and are physically located in the Territory (ii) are at least nineteen (19) years of age in the place of their residency as of August 13, 2023; and (iii) and have internet access as of August 13, 2023. Employees, officers, directors (and members of their immediate families [spouse, parents, siblings and children and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside] or households, whether or not related) of Sponsor and its respective parent companies, subsidiaries, franchisees, affiliates, licensees, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, volunteers, independent contractors and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to participate. The Contest is void outside the Territory and where prohibited and is subject to all applicable provincial/territorial and local laws.
PROMOTION PERIOD: The Contest begins daily at 9AM Pacific Time, Canada (“PT”) from August 14th– August 18th and ends daily at 11:59:59 pm PT (the “Promotion Period”).
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Enter the Contest during the Promotion Period online by visiting the @arcteryxacademy Instagram or through the related app and entering the appropriate data which may include your name, email, telephone number, date of birth, and other data reasonably requested by Sponsor. All entries must be posted by the end of the Promotion Period in order to participate. Sponsor’s database clock will be the official time keeper for this Contest. NO PURCHASE OF THE NECESSARY FOR ENTRY. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY commenting and tagging a friend and following any applicable accounts tagged in the giveaway AT 11:59:59 PT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CONTEST. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Please see the privacy policy located at https://arcteryx.com/ca/en/help/privacy for details of Sponsor’s policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this Contest. Automated entries are prohibited, and any use of automated devices will cause disqualification. Participants may not register with multiple email accounts nor may entrants use any other device or artifice to register multiple times or as multiple registrants. Any eligible entrant who attempts to enter with multiple emails under multiple identities or uses any device or artifice to register/play multiple times will be disqualified and forfeits any and all prizes won, in Sponsor’s discretion.
PRIVACY: All entrants acknowledge that if they are chosen as a winner, certain of their personally identifying information may be disclosed to third parties at least as required by law, including, without limitation, on a winner’s list. All personal information submitted as part of the Contest may be shared by and between the Promotion Entities, and each of the Promotion Entities will use such information in accordance with their respective independent online privacy policies. This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook®/Instagram or other social media. Entrants are providing their information to Sponsor.
Winner Selection: The potential winner of the Contest will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received throughout the Promotion Period. The random drawing will be conducted on or by the dates August 15-August 19th by Sponsor or its designated representatives, whose decisions are final. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible entries received. Winner will be notified by email on or about five (5) days after the random drawing. Potential winner must accept a prize by either email or telephone as directed by Sponsor within three (3) business days of notification. Any winner notification not responded to or returned as undeliverable may result in prize forfeiture and an alternate winner shall be selected from among the remaining eligible entries. The potential prize winner may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and release of liability, and a Publicity Release (collectively “the Prize Claim Documents”). No substitution or transfer of a prize is permitted except by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of email address, mailing address and/or telephone number of entrants. “Giveaway” as used in these rules or as used for the title of the Contest means contest.
CANADIAN RESIDENT ONLY – When an eligible Canadian entrant is selected as a potential winner as set forth above, he/she will be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited mathematical or other skill-testing question administered by telephone at a pre-arranged, mutually convenient time before being declared a winner. If a selected Canadian potential winner cannot be reached by telephone within a reasonable time period or fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question, as determined at Sponsor’s sole discretion, he/she may be disqualified, and Sponsor will select another potential winner from the pool of eligible entries for that drawing.
PRIZES:
One (1) prize, consisting of a pre-determined prizepack as outlined on social media. Each prizepack has a value between $500-$1000 CAD and shall be disclosed as announced daily during the Promotion Period. Total value of all Prizes during the Promotion Period: Approx. $3000 CAD, but in no case exceeding $5,000. Any difference between stated approximate retail value and actual value of Prize will not be awarded. Contest will be held between August 14th – 18th . 2023, and no alternative dates are available thereafter.
The following applies to all Prizes: Except as specifically provided herein, the Prizes do not include taxes, or any other item not specifically described in these Official Rules, and all expenses for any of the foregoing are the sole responsibility of the Prize winner. The Prizes may not be transferred or assigned except by Sponsor. No substitutions, cash equivalents or redemptions of prize will be made. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize with another prize of equal or greater value. Reporting and payment of all applicable taxes, fees, and/or surcharges, if any, arising out of, or resulting from, acceptance or use of a prize, are the sole responsibility of the winner of the Prize.
Sponsor expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for injury or loss to any person or property relating to the delivery and/or subsequent use of the prizes awarded. By entering this Contest and/or accepting a Prize, you agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless Sponsor, Facebook (Meta), Instagram, Meta, Tik Tok, SnapChat or other social media platform, the Event Location, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and related companies, divisions, advertising and contest agencies and the respective employees, directors and officers of the foregoing from and against any/all claims, losses, injuries or damages, including death, resulting from the acceptance, use or misuse of any prize and/or participation in any Prize-related activities or any travel related thereto. Sponsor makes no representations or warranties concerning the appearance, safety or performance of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not liable or responsible in any way if the Climbing Event is cancelled due to safety issues, weather, force majeure events including, but not limited to, strike, catastrophes, natural disasters, pandemic, epidemic, governmental action, war, acts of terrorism, acts of God or any other event beyond the control of Sponsor.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
If the Contest becomes compromised, hampered, interrupted, not capable of running as planned, or rendered impossible of performance in any way, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, suspend or withdraw the Contest, or to amend these Official Rules without notice.
Each entrant will not knowingly damage or cause interruption to the Contest and/or prevent others from participating in the process. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST HEREUNDER VIOLATES CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LAWS. IF SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE, SPONSOR MAY DISQUALIFY ANY ENTRANT MAKING SUCH ATTEMPT AND SPONSOR MAY SEEK DAMAGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE:
As a condition of entering, entrants (and their parent or legal guardian if an eligible minor) agree (and agree to confirm in writing) to the extent permissible by law: (a) to release Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, retailers, sales representatives, distributors, , and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (“Promotional Parties”), from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to the awarding, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any prize, including any traveling related thereto (b) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys’ fees and court costs.
Except where prohibited by law, Winners (and their parent/legal guardian if an eligible minor) grant (and agree to confirm this grant in writing, if requested) permission for Sponsor and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, for advertising and/or publicity purposes in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without compensation.
BY ACCEPTING A PRIZE, WINNER (AND HIS/HER PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN IF AN ELIGIBLE MINOR) ACCEPTS THE INHERENTLY DANGEROUS NATURE AND RISK IN CLIMBING AND ATTENDING THE CLIMBING EVENT, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR DEATH, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER PARTICIPATION IN THE PRIZE EVENT IS VOLUNTARY, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE ARE NATURAL FACTORS AND OCCURRENCES WHICH MAY IMPACT ON OR AFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE ACTIVITIES HE/SHE IS PARTICIPATING IN AND HE/SHE ASSUMES THE RISK OF SUCH FACTORS AND OCCURRENCES AND AGREES THAT PROMOTIONAL PARTIES SHALL NOT BE IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RESULTING INJURY AND/OR DEATH.
DISPUTES/GOVERNING LAW:
This Contest is governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia with venue in Vancouver and all claims must be resolved in the federal or provincial courts of Vancouver, BC. If any provision of the Official Rules or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance shall be declared to be invalid, unenforceable or void, such decision shall not have the effect of invalidating or voiding the remainder of the Official Rules, it being the intent and agreement of the parties that the Official Rules shall be deemed amended by modifying such provision to the extent necessary to render it valid, legal and enforceable while preserving its intent or, if such modification is not possible, by substituting therefore another provision that is valid, legal and enforceable so as to materially give effect to Sponsor’s intent.
WINNERS LIST:
For winner names, write your name and complete address on a 3”x5” card and mail to: Arc’teryx’s Giveaway Week, 110-2220 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver, BC V7H 1A8 for receipt by October 18th, 2023. No return postage is necessary for Canadian residents.
Sponsor: The Contest is sponsored by Arc’teryx Equipment, a division of Amer Sports Canada Inc., 110 – 2220 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver, BC V7H 1A8.