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: Preference will be given to writers who have real life experiences in dealing with the subject. Please explain to me the details of your experience with the subject matter.

I'm looking for article writers who have industry experience in the above sports or are skaters, surfers, snowboarders or wakeboarders themselves.

These are the current content categories which I need content for:

• Spotlight– these would be interviews with pros and up and coming talent. They can be very informal with general background questions and preferably some photos. These will either be taken by the interviewer or supplied by the interviewee. I will be using a Skype plugin called Pamela to record the ones I do and post them as mp3’s to the site.
• Travel - Stories and photos pertaining to travel within the U.S. and abroad. Your general surf trip stories or road trip stories for example.
• Contest - Coverage and photos of local contests both pro and amateur. Blow by blow with results.
• Art- Coverage of artists that either create art that is specific to one of the 4 sports (Surf Murals etc) or created by artists that are diehard enthusiasts of one of the 4 sports.
• Music - Interviews with bands or write up on shows.
• Tips - These are trick tips (provided by athletes).
• Bust - This section would cover things that are a bust (or lame) ….like closures of surf and skate spots.
• Product Reviews – This category is huge obviously. I will be looking for reviews on just about any 09 products. Generally the larger ticket items such as snowboards, boots, bindings, wakeboards etc. Obviously the first is preferable. I can provide a product list to interested parties or those same people can write about their recent or past purchases.

Here are the requirements on the articles

• EACH article MUST BE WELL RESEARCHED and the selected writer is required to show a depth of points and facts in each article written. No regurgitation of other available content on the web. Articles will be copyscaped for uniqueness.
• Each article must be unique, original (NO copy/paste or plagiarized content and no sentences or paragraphs can be uniquely identifiable from other websites), free of grammatical errors and be at the range of 500 - 600 words count.
• Each article will be checked of any content duplication using Copyscape.com
• Experience in writing SEO friendly articles is a huge bonus. I will provide the list of keywords for each article. The writer is required to utilize these keywords on each of the articles.
• You may deliver the articles as properly formatted and punctuated MS Word 2000 documents individually. You need to include minimum 3 related websites or referenced resources at the bottom of each article
• Non-native speakers of English are welcome to bid as long as they can deliver articles with good grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Each article must be supplied with any related images or videos when necessary (You can supply the URL to these items)

In order to be considered for this project, you are required to show me at least two writing samples.

You must also have experience on the subject.

I am looking for a long term relationship. Please reply only if you have the required skill and are interested in the offer. I will purchase one article as a test after seeing your samples.

$30 is the current rate for each article. Pricing subject to change for the right persons.
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