The giveaway is over.

Congratulations to Rich Fuller (@richcfuller) for being the lucky winner of the Leatherman Giveaway. Remember, don’t take your Leatherman to the airport!

Rich’s website: http://www.launchecommerce.com/

We’ve been talking to some great companies during 2009 that we’d love to work with including Leatherman. Our hope was to have Leatherman as a show sponsor and after a few calls to discuss advertising options they were kind enough to send us a few things to review. We received several samples of their new LED flashlights and knives which we have been using behind the scenes now for quite a while.

Leatherman is a venerable tool found on almost every Alaskan’s belt. In Alaska, “Leatherman” is synonymous for all multitools, a little bit like “Coke” is synonymous for every soft drink in some parts of the USA. One thing is for sure, we always have a Leatherman in our pockets or backpacks!

Scott sent out a Tweet a little while ago mentioning that we were planning to do another giveaway. Instead of making people sign up and fill out forms, we thought it would be great to get some direct feedback from you. Just make a simple video and tell us why you are interested in Leatherman.

Cut! Cut! Take Two.

To make things easier, we’re scratching the “submit your own video” in favor of the most simple way to spread the word. Just click the button below and Tweet about the giveaway. We’ll randomly pull a winner from the tweets! How easy is that? So, get to it…spread the word.

For those on Twitter, you do have to be a member of Twitter to play.

Here are the rules:

1. Follow us on Twitter for the duration of the contest.
2. Click the “Spread the word button” and Tweet the message to your followers.
3. Leave a comment on this post that you have entered (for another chance to win).

Create a video, upload it to YouTube, Vimeo, Blip.tv or your favorite video site, and post a link to the video below in the comments.

What we want to know:

• How do you use your Leatherman?
• If you don’t have one, tell us what you would do with a new Leatherman.
• Do you have any Leatherman stories to tell?

We’ll choose the best video and send you the Leatherman Crater c55B knife and Serac S3 LED Flashlight.

The knife is 4 tools in one, but is narrow enough to fit right in your front pocket. I personally carry this knife every day, it replaced the larger Leatherman I used to carry. The Serac S3 is seriously bright enough to light up the DAY and comes in really handy when I drop my keys under the car seat. Keep your eyes peeled in future shows, you might even see the Leatherman at work during some of our outdoors shows this Fall.

Leatherman is made in the USA, not too far from Alaska.
More about Leatherman: http://www.leatherman.com/about/

*The contest ends on October 9, 2009, and the Leatherman gear will be shipped directly to the winner. We’ll post the winner’s name (with their permission) on Oct. 12, 2009.

At the beginning of 2009 we announced a giveaway sponsored by Alaska Airlines, Princess Lodges and the Alaska TravelGram. One of the ideas we had was to make sure we shared the “winners experience”. All too often you hear about a prize package and what the winner will receive, only to never hear or see anything more about it. To change that, we handed Wendy and Neal a handy little HD camera that they could take on their grand prize tour of Alaska. They did a great job of capturing their trip and we’re now working on creating a montage of that for you to enjoy.

Using the same little camera, I captured a quick behind the scenes video this morning with Wendy and Neal. They’re telling us about the last part of their trip where they rented a car and drove down the Kenai Peninsula for some sightseeing and salmon fishing. In our complete interview they shared much more about their adventures over the last week. We’ll be posting more of that soon in a special update. Stay tuned for that!

Thank you Wendy and Neal for being so involved and taking time to share your Alaska vacation experience!

/Kevin