Zhik announces Mothapalooza™ competition for the 2012 Moth World Championship

With the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds a little under seven months away, Zhik has announced an innovative competition to run in conjunction with the championship to be held at Campione del Garda, Italy in August.

Mothapalooza™ is a competition which will award 5,000 Euro cash to the competitor who designs the Moth with the most creativity, personality and style.

"There were quite a few boats with unique identity at the last Worlds", said Bart Milczarczyk, Design Manager at Zhik, "and we wanted to inspire that further, bring in some attitude, and make it fantastic to watch for spectators both in Italy and on-line".

Three independent judges will score each competitor's Mothapalooza™ hull, rig, and clothing and award a series of prizes.

Zhik is announcing this competition today to allow all competitors enough time to create their design master pieces.

Prizes will be as follows:

1st Prize – €5,000 Euro cash

2nd Prize – Complete Zhik Kit, worth over €1,200 Euro

3rd Prize – Complete Zhik Kit, worth over €1,200 Euro

Peoples Choice – Complete Zhik Kit, worth over €1,200 Euro

Peoples Prize – €1,000 Euro of Zhik gear chosen from www.zhik.com

While the main Mothapalooza prize will be judged purely in the boat park and on Lake Garda, the "People's Choice" prize has an interesting twist to it. In the People's Choice competition, the general public can vote on-line at mothapalooza.com where competitors will be able to submit, videos, text, music or whatever medium they choose to highlight their designs.