These official rules govern the 2022 BOXROX CrossFit® Open Photography Competition (“the contest”) and state the terms and conditions between BOXROX GmbH and each participant (“Entrant”).
ALL DETERMINATIONS MADE BY CONTEST SPONSOR ARE FINAL. ENTRY INTO THE CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
OVERVIEW:
The CrossFit® Open is when the diversity of the global CrossFit® community shines at its brightest. Every year, people of all ages, backgrounds, ethnicities, body shapes, and sporting experience come together for the love of fitness, and we want to reflect this in the work of BOXROX going forward. BOXROX is sponsoring a contest to award prizes to 4 athletes (the “Winners”) who share exceptional (as determined by the rules outlined below) photos.
Entrants can enter up to five photos into any of the three categories: Portrait & Emotions, Effort & Energy, Open Category. The first prize Winners of each category will be eligible to win a pair of ESC Sounds Series 3 wireless earbuds, a $100 Born Primitive egift card, and a six-month subscription to BOXROX Pro. The overall winner is eligible to win a pair of ESC Sounds Series 3 wireless earbuds, a $200 Born Primitive egift card, and a one-year subscription to BOXROX Pro. The criteria for selection are set forth below and will be focused on the following: theme applicability, passion, creativity, image quality, composition, and visual storytelling.
1. TIMING:
The Contest begins at 04:00:00 pm Central European Time (“CET”) February 24th, 2022, and ends 11:59:59 pm, CET April 1st, 2022 (the “Promotion Period”). All Submissions (defined below) must be entered into the Promotion between 04:00:00 pm Central European Time (“CET”) February 24th, 2022, and 11:59:59 pm, CET March 20th, 2022 (the “Submissions Period”). All Submissions must be received by BOXROX as required herein prior to the expiration of such Submissions Period. Voting for the Overall Winner begins at 04:59:59 pm Central European Time (“CET”) March 21, 2022 and ends at 09:59:59 am Central European Time (“CET”) April 1st, 2022. The Winners (as defined below) of the Prizes will be contacted by April 1st, 2022 11:59:59 pm, CET. BOXROX’s computer clock shall be the official clock of the Promotion and CET shall control for all purposes of the Contest.
2. ELIGIBILITY:
In order to be eligible to participate in the Contest, you must: (a) have personally taken the photograph submitted; (b) have full distribution and license rights to the photo; (c) have explicit permission to photograph all of the subjects in your photos; (d) have taken the photo during the 2022 CrossFit® Open (e) submit a maximum of five photos per category (f) at all times abide by these Official Rules and our Terms of Use. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
3. SUBMISSION:
You may submit an application for the Contest during the Submissions Period by submitting up to 15 photos at the Site at the following URL: https://www.boxrox.com/?ff_landing=4 where you will submit your entry by (a) uploading photos in JPEG or PNG format; (b) adding a description of the photo in the box provided; (c) selecting one of these three category options provided: (i) portrait & emotions (ii) effort & energy (iii) open category. If submitting to more than one category, Entrants shall submit separate entries for each category, with a maximum of one entry per category and five photos per category.
All Entrants must meet the eligibility requirements stated above and the terms and conditions as set forth in these Official Rules and follow the directions as set forth on the Site with respect to the Submission. The Submission will consist of two elements or parts (each an “Element”) with Element (1) being weighed the most and Element (2) weighing less than Element (1).
- Photo;
- Written Element: the story behind the photo;
- First and Last Name;
- Email address;
- Selected Category;
- Optional: social media profile
Any form of entry and participation in the Contest other than as described in these Official Rules is void.
4. SELECTION OF WINNERS:
Three (3) Category First Place Winners will be selected from all Submissions in connection with the Contest. For the avoidance of doubt the categories are as follows: (a) portrait & emotions (b) effort & energy (c) open category. Category First Place Winners, who remain an eligible Entrant pursuant to these Official Rules, shall each win a pair of Series 3 ESC Sounds wireless earbuds, a $100 egift card from Born Primitive, and a 6-month BOXROX Pro subscription. One (1) Overall Winner, will be selected from all Submissions in connection with the Contest. The Overall Winner, who remains an eligible Entrant pursuant to these Official Rules, shall win a pair of Series 3 ESC Sounds wireless earbuds, a $200 egift card from Born Primitive, and a 1-year BOXROX Pro subscription. All entrants will receive a 15% off Born Primitive discount code. Once notified by BOXROX, the Winners will receive their prize from BOXROX and the competition sponsors on or after April 1st 2022.
The Category First Place Winners will be selected by the BOXROX team (the “Judging Panel”). The Category Winners will be selected by the Judging Panel based on the following criteria (the “Judging Criteria”): (a) Theme (10%): Authenticity and Applicability to Category Theme, (b) The Photography Element (90%): creativity, quality, composition, and visual storytelling of the photo. Application of the Judging Criteria to the Submissions and/or Entrants shall be at the Judging Panel’s reasonable discretion and, as to matters of subjectivity, the Judging Panel’s sole discretion. The decisions of the Judging Panel are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest and selection of the eventual Category Winners.
The Overall Winner will be selected by the community through the BOXROX Facebook page. All photos that meet the entry criteria will be posted on the BOXROX Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BOXROX-182513918498374/) by March 21, 2022, at 04:59:59 pm, CET. The community is then invited to “like” the original photo they consider the best. The photo with the most “likes” by April 1st, 2022, 09:59:59 am, CET, will be selected as the Overall Winner. Should the Category Winner selected by the Judging Panel also be the Overall Winner, the Judging Panel will decide on a runner up for the category in question and award that Entrant with the prizes for the Category Winner. The Judging Panel reserves the right to overrule the result. The decisions of the Judging Panel are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest and selection of the eventual Overall Winner.
5. PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE:
For Category First Prize Winners:
- A pair of ESC Sounds Series 3 wireless earbuds (retail value $134.32)
- A Born Primitive $100 egift card
- A six-month subscription to BOXROX Pro
For the Overall Winner:
- A pair of ESC Sounds Series 3 wireless earbuds (retail value $134.32)
- A Born Primitive $200 egift card
- A one-year subscription to BOXROX Pro
For all Entrants:
- A 15% off Born Primitive discount code
Code expires March 20th and cannot be combined with other discount codes or sales.
6. PRIZE RESTRICTIONS:
Limit one (1) prize per Winner. Prizes will be delivered to the Winners via mail to the Winner’s preferred mailing address. No transfer, substitution or cash or other equivalent, as applicable, for any prize will be made, except that BOXROX and the Sponsors, at their sole discretion, may substitute a prize (or component of prize) of equal or greater value for any reason. All prizes are awarded AS IS and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied, (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose) by BOXROX.
BOXROX reserves the right to cancel the Promotion for any reason or no reason. In the event that the Promotion is cancelled or postponed for any reason whatsoever, the ARV of the prizes will be awarded to the extent required by law. BOXROX also reserves the right to remove from or to deny entry to the Promotion to any entrant who engages in unsportsmanlike or disruptive conduct, or acts with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person participating or involved with the Promotion or for other reasons in BOXROX’s reasonable discretion.
ALL TAXES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER. Any required tax reporting forms will be furnished to the appropriate tax authorities.
7. ODDS OF WINNING:
The odds of winning will depend upon the number of eligible Entrants submitted during the Promotion Period and the quality of the Entrants submitted, as judged by the Judging Panel using the criteria set forth herein.
8. WINNER NOTIFICATION:
BOXROX will announce the Winner of the Promotion as set forth above in Section 1. All such winners will be notified via the email address associated with the Winner’s account and will be posted on BOXROX’s Site (https://www.boxrox.com/). Prizes will be deemed to have been won solely when all conditions in these Official Rules and accompanying Terms (https://www.boxrox.com/legal/terms-and-conditions/) are met.
ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY BOXROX, WHOSE DECISION IS FINAL. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE PROMOTION SHOULD SO INDICATE, UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY AND THE CORRESPONDING COMPLETION OF THE PROMOTION HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY BOXROX THAT SUCH VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE.
Potential winners may, at the option of BOXROX, be required to complete and sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release, an IRS Form W-9, and a Publicity Release, where legal, as well as any other documentation requested by BOXROX in order to verify the eligibility of the potential winner. Failure to complete such forms within seven (7) days of receipt of such request will result in forfeiture of any and all prizes. In the event of non-compliance with these Official Rules, or if the prize is unclaimed or returned as undeliverable, the prize will be forfeited. Any forfeited prize may be awarded to an alternate winner, at BOXROX’s discretion.
9. LICENSE & PUBLICITY RIGHTS:
Each Entrant hereby grants BOXROX a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and exclusive license, as applicable, to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display in any format, including social media and editorial, and otherwise exploit the submitted photographs on BOXROX’s website, applications, social media, and otherwise in perpetuity. BOXROX shall attribute any use of the photographs to the Entrant. Entrants shall have copyright rights to the photographs.
By submitting any image, the Entrant confirms that they have explicit permission to photograph all subjects depicted.
Except where prohibited by law, by accepting a prize in the Promotion, the Winners agree to allow BOXROX and/or BOXROX’s designee the perpetual right to use the Winners’ name, biographical information, photos and/or likeness, statements, voice and city and state address for advertising and promotional purposes for this and similar challenges, worldwide, and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised without additional compensation, review or approval rights, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.
WINNER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IF HE OR SHE ACCEPTS A PRIZE, HIS OR HER PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION MAY BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PLACING HIS OR HER NAME ON A WINNERS’ LIST.
10. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:
BOXROX and the Released Parties (defined below) are not responsible for: (1) stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, undeliverable or incomplete, inaccurate, delayed, illegible entries due to technical, computer, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or other errors relating to or in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the mailing or transmission of entries, notification or correspondence, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Promotion related materials; (2) technical failures of any kinds; (3) failures of any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (4) unauthorized human and/or mechanical intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (5) technical or human error that may occur in the administration of the Promotion, the sending of entries or the processing of entries; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from participation in the Promotion or receipt or the redemption of any prize. If for any reason an entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed, corrupted or for any other reason not accepted as an entry into the Promotion, the Entrant’s sole remedy is to submit another entry into the Promotion. BOXROX may rescind any Promotion entry found to contain such errors or failures without liability at its sole discretion.
If copyright issues arise from BOXROX’s use of a submitted image, BOXROX reserves the right to pass on all legal costs associated with this to the Entrant who submitted the image or images in question.
As a condition of submitting an entry or accepting a prize in the Promotion, Entrant or prize winner agrees to release, indemnify and hold harmless BOXROX and its respective affiliates, prize suppliers, and BOXROX’s business partners and all their affiliates, and each of their respective agents, representatives, officers, managers, directors, members, shareholders and employees (the “Released Parties”) from and against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions and any liability of any kind resulting from or arising from any breach of representation made by Entrant or the prize winner in connection with the Promotion, the exercise by BOXROX or its designees of any of the right granted by you in these Official Rules and your participation in the Promotion, including acceptance, possession, use, misuse or nonuse of the prize(s), or any injury or for damage to your or any other person’s computer or wireless device relating to or resulting from participation in the Promotion or downloading any materials in the Promotion, or inability to access any website or wireless service associated with this Promotion, or any combination thereof. You agree that the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany will govern any and all disputes.
ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE BOXROX’S SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, BOXROX RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM YOU TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
11. GOVERNING LAW:
This Promotion is governed by the internal laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. Subject to, and without in any way limiting, the “Applicable Law” requirements set forth in the Terms of Use, any court proceeding related to this Promotion, these Official Rules, BOXROX’s Site or the Terms of Use may be brought only in the state and federal courts located in Berlin, Germany.
12. PRIVACY:
By submitting an entry or accepting a prize in the Promotion, you agree to BOXROX’s use of your personal information as described in BOXROX’s Privacy Policy available at: https://www.boxrox.com/legal/privacy-policy/ and as set forth in these Official Rules.
BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY OR ACCEPTING A PRIZE IN THE PROMOTION, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND CONSENT TO BOXROX’S PRIVACY POLICY AND SITE TERMS OF USE AND THE TERMS HEREOF.
13. SPONSOR:
The sponsor of the Promotion is BOXROX GmbH, Alte Schönhauser Str. 38, 10119 Berlin, Germany.
14. CONSUMER DISCLOSURE:
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
You have not yet won a prize. The actual odds of winning will depend upon the number of eligible Entrants submitted during the Promotion Period and the quality of the Entrants submitted as judged by the criteria set forth herein. The Contest ends on April 1st 2022. See Official Rules above for entry requirements and complete prize restrictions. Sponsored by BOXROX GmbH, Alte Schönhauser Str. 38, 10119 Berlin
BOXROX and its content is not affiliated with CrossFit, Inc in any way nor is it endorsed by CrossFit, Inc or any of its subsidiaries. CrossFit® is a registered trademark of CrossFit, Inc.