Thank you to everyone who participated in G3's 'Touring Season' Contest. It's great to see everyone still jazzed about skiing while others are busy rushing into summer. In G3's backyard we've been lucky enough to enjoy both this month! The weather gods have dished out everything from cold, wintery powder days to hot, sunny biking/climbing/kiting days. No complaints!

Congratulations to Cam Johnson; Winner of the Touring Season Contest.

Cam just scored himself $500 worth of touring gear from G3, including...

With such an incredible participation level in this year's G3 + Backcountry Magazine Skigraphiks Contest, there was no shortage of high quality entries. But someone had to emerge as the winner, and Franz Vilsmeier did just that with his 'Frozen Watercolours' design. Now a few weeks later, his custom skis have been produced and delivered and are looking sweet!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first month of the 2013 Skigraphiks Contest by G3 and Backcountry Magazine. The contest had an overwhelming response, with the highest number of September entries yet. People must have skiing on their minds already!

The fifth-annual SkiGraphiks contest is live and kicking, brought to you by G3 Genuine Guide Gear and Backcountry Magazine, with a new format. One Grand Prize Winner will be chosen by judges at the end of the contest and three People’s Choice Awards (one each month) will be given to the most popular entries for a total of four winners between now and the end of the contest on Nov. 30, 2012.

Another lucky skier is about to be armed with a backcountry ski gear set up from G3! We partnered with the Backcountry Lodges of British Columbia Association (BLBCA) for their first ever Backcountry Purist contest, and they're pleased to announce that the winner is Julie-Anne Davies. The BLBCA has been seeking the ultimate Backcountry Purist; a skier/snowboarder who will receive a fully guided and catered ski/snowboard four-week purely blissful snow extravaganza to four BLBCA backcountry lodges during the winter of 2013.

Congratulations are in order for artist Patrik Johansson, who was just announced as the winner of our fourth and final round of the 2012 Skiraphiks Contest, in partnership with Backcountry Magazine. His winning design, dubbed Skis of Anarchy, features an American flag background with a skull and a skier featured on the topsheet of G3’s Infidel skis.

Calling all fellow Canucks... finding G3 gear just got that much easier. As of this week, the first phase of G3’s online shopping site, the G3 Warehouse, is live and kicking. In its early days, the Warehouse is currently open to Canadian residents only, but we are eager to invite USA and the rest of the world as soon as the site is ready for it.

Congratulations to Nola Svoboda on winning Round 3 of G3's Skiraphiks contest! Round 3 featuring the ZenOxide ski and retail partner BentGate.com just wrapped up on Nov 30, and we're already well into the 4th and final round with Backcountry Mangazine.

If you've been daydreaming of some free G3 gear to add to your quiver, this just might be the month to do it. We have all sorts of different promotions on the go right now; yet another way to say thanks and hook some of you lucky shredders up with more free gear. Here's what's currently up for grabs...