Mad Gringo = Vacation

I started my vacation this past Friday. When I packed for my trip the most important things that I wanted to take with me were my Mad Gringo Hawaiian shirts, hat and flip flops. I bought all of my shirts (5 of them) and the Mad Gringo sent me a baseball hat and a pair of flip flops. I am not big on flip flops because I am afraid to step on something and won't know it because of my Neuroupathy. I have not had bare feet in a long time but I tried out the flip flops.

I really like the design of them because they have the great Mad Gringo logo on them. They are also pretty basic and easy to wear as well. Comfortable and great for the beach. The baseball hat is a light green one with a white Mad Gringo logo on it. I like that one much better than the blue one that I bought Allison.

I love how relaxed I feel in my Mad Gringo gear.

This isn't a sponsored post, just wanted to let you know about a great place online to get some awesome clothing and also to learn about taking life at a slower pace.

Mad Gringo Contest winners

The results are in and the Mad Gringo contest is over. The first place winner is Joana. and she will win her choice of a Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt or Sarong and a White Mad Gringo T-shirt.

A tie was had between Lisa and Mr. Fab. The most fair way to do this split decision was through a coin toss. And the winner of that coin toss was Mr. Fab and he will win a Mad Gringo Floppy Beach Hat or Caribbean Golf Hat in his choice of color and a White Mad Gringo T-shirt.

And the third place winner was Lisa who wins a Mad Gringo T-Shirt in her choice of color.

I will be contacting each of the winners for their choices, sizes and mailing information very soon.

Thank you everyone for participating in the contest.

• J. Scott
• Lisa
• Mr. Fabulous
• Stephen The Dog
• Joana
• Rotus

Also a big thanks to Mad Gringo for such great prizes.

Time to Vote for who will win a Mad Gringo Hawaiian shirt.

You can now vote for the blogger that you think should get the Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt. A voting widget is on the right sidebar. Please visit each of the blog posts and vote for your favorite. Voting will take place each day till December 30th, 2007 at 12:00 noon.

Here are the contestants. Good luck to everyone.

• J. Scott
• Lisa
• Mr. Fabulous
• Stephen The Dog
• Joana
• Rotus

Visit the contest sponsor - The Mad Gringo

We have our first Mad Gringo contest entrant.

J. Scott of Champagne Dreams has written the first entry ion the Win a Mad Gringo Hawaiian shirt contest here on The Wired Kayaker. Her post is a very nice one detailing why she should win this contest to get her father a Mad Gringo Hawaiian shirt. The shirt that she wants if she wins is the Mango Madness one. Good choice, I really like it.

Good luck J. Scott!!! and her dad.

There are three great prizes up for grabs. Write a quick post, enter the contest, time is running out, the deadline is this Saturday.

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Win a Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt

During the Month of December I am holding a contest in conjunction with The Mad Gringo at at http://www.madgringo.com/. We will be giving some lucky bloggers sweet Mad Gringo Swag including an authentic Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt or Mad Gringo Sarong if you would prefer. I own two Mad Gringo Hawaiian shirts and they are incredibly comfortable and look great.

I discovered the Mad Gringo site and fell in love with the idea of "Go Slow". That relaxed lifestyle where you aren't constrained by the corporate life and you follow the Mad Gringo within yourself. So enamored was I that I went on a Mad Gringo sized shopping spree and bought 5 shirts in a whack. I also decided that the Mad Gringo and the Wired Kayaker had something in common. Being a flat water kayaker I'm all about Going Slow and enjoying life. I figure I might as well look stylish doing so.

The Mad Gringo website is a very magical place for me. For one thing there are all the great Hawaiian shirts, but that is not all. Mad Gringo has added a ton more products to his line up. There are T-Shirts, Caribbean Golf and Bucket hats, Flip Flop Bottle openers as well as Flip Flops featuring the Mad Gringo Pineapple skull and crossbones logo. You can even get the Mad Gringo in your life a gift basket, and this is one they will love. If you spring for the Grande Version you can get a ton of sweet stuff. Just look.

Gift Package "Grande" contains:

• 1 Official Mad Gringo Go Slow shirt. You choose the pattern.
  
• 1 Pair of Mad Gringo Flip Flops
  
• 1 Boat Flag. You choose color. or Mad Gringo Tee. I don't care.
  
• 1 Mad Gringo Golf Hat or Floppy Beach Hat. Choose color.
  
• 1 Bottle of Rocky Mountain Sunscreen with a carabiners clip to attach to your belt.
  
• 1 Mad Gringo Flip Flop Bottle Opener Keychain. Choose color.
  
• 1 Beer bucket. Can also hold a small palm tree. Very small.
  All for just $89 + shipping. Amazing.

And you get free shipping on all orders over $70.00. Christmas is coming and the Gringos need gifts. But you can win your Gringos some sweet gifts by entering this contest.

Do you have a vacation on the horizon, Mad Gringo is the one place where you can get a Vacation Countdown to proudly display on your blog. Will your upcoming vacation help you "Go Slow"? If so tell us about it. To enter the contest please write a blog post detailing how your vacation will help you "Go Slow" in your life. And also tell us how a Mad Gringo Hawaiian shirt would help you in your quest to "Go Slow" while on Vacation. Hawaiian shirts tell people, "Hold all my calls, I'm on Vacation."

Contest Details

Prizes

• 1st Place winner will win your choice of a Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt or Sarong and the Mad Gringo himself said throw in a White Mad Gringo T-shirt as well for first prize.
  
• 2nd Place winner will win a Mad Gringo Floppy Beach Hat or Caribbean Golf Hat in your choice of color. And the Mad Gringo himself said throw in a White Mad Gringo T-shirt as well for second prize.
  
• 3rd Place winner will win a Mad Gringo T-Shirt in your choice of color.

Official Rules

• Write a blog post about why you could use a Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt to help you "Go Slow". You can include photos, videos and testimonials about why you should have a Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt.
  
• Include a link to the Mad Gringo homepage at http://www.madgringo.com/ using keyword Mad Gringo.
  
• Include a link to the Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirt or Sarong that you would like to win.
  *For Example if I wanted the Amber Tide Hawaiian shirt I would use this link: http://www.madgringo.com/Products/Hawaiian-Shirt-AmberTide2007.htm with Keyword Hawaiian Shirt for shirts and Sarong for sarongs.
  
• Embed the video above in your post. Go to YouTube to get the video embed code.
  
• Tell others about the contest and link to this post however you would like.
  
• Leave me a comment on this blog post with a link to your contest entry(s).
  
• Complete this by December 15, 2007.

To win

• Voting will begin on December 16, 2007 at 8:00am and End on December 30, 2007 at 12:00pm EST.
  
• A Voting Widget will be added to my right Sidebar please direct friends and family and blog readers to http://www.wiredkayaker.com so they can vote for you.
  
• The blog post with the most votes will be the winner. You can enter with as many blogs as you author. Only one prize per person.

Podcast: Beach walks with Rox

Because of The Mad Gringo I am learning all about people who are of the "go Slow" mentality and added tot hat list is Roxanne of Beach Walks with Rox. Roxanne and the secret cameraman Shane take walks along the beautiful beaches of Hawaii. Throughout these five minute walks Rox talks about a variety of topics. She is poised and articulate and her thoughts are very very interesting. She's already up to Beach walk #540.

This was the first one that I watched and I really like the ideas that Rox talks about in this episode.

Beach Walks with Rox #538 - Boycott Need

Also Rox is inspiring because she has a company called Bare Feet Studios and produces all her videos in Hawaii. That is very very cool. A dream job of mine would be video production and filming on location in Hawaii. Maybe if I ever get out there I could do a Wired Kayaker episode with Rox. Now that would be pretty awesome. She paddles a 6 person outrigger canoe so I bet kayaking would be right perfect for her as well.

The Mad Gringo has arrived....

Well, the stuff I ordered from Mad Gringo arrived. Back on the 5th of October I did a blog post for The Mad Gringo on my blog BenSpark 2: Electric Boogaloo. It was all about going slow, the way of life of the Mad Gringo. I love that motto. So I went to the site and saw that they had stickers that said Go Slow or Die. I wanted some so I started an order. For 20 stickers at $1.00 each the shipping was almost half the price so I wrote to the Mad Gringo. Unfortunately there wasn't much that we could do about shipping but he said he'd send me a few of them. Sweet! this was a nice guy who knew that people who were interested in his stuff would talk it up to friends and family alike.

I went back to the site and looked closer. There I discovered the Trunk. this is where the close outs are. These are shirts that the Gringo is clearing out and they are 1/2 price. Well, I went and bought 3 shirts, and two T-Shirts because the logo is awesome. I immediately wrote the Mad Gringo back and told him of my purchase and he tossed in some stickers for me. Now I am back in the office and my Go Slow or Die sticker is in my cubicle. I've distributed my Go Slow stickers to friends and am looking forward to later this week when I can wear my Mad Gringo Hawaiian Shirts to Blog World Expo.

There may even be a contest for you to get your own Mad Gringo shirt. I've got to talk to the Mad Gringo again to set it up. Watch this blog in for more details.

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