ETERNAL 811 Contest 10/10/10 - 12/12/12

[Shangers 206,694]

Well, it's been a LOOOOONNNNGGG time since I have been on Sufu, but unfortunately my time has become somewhat precious as of late. I figured I would do a quick update as I don't know when I will be able to long on again. Anyway, a quick rundown/recap.

Started on 10/10/10 the day after my wedding.

Here they are after the first 10 days.

Getting some wear on the Great Wall just after our wedding.

On a tea sourcing trip to Yunnan with YouRen (#61 in the contest) and our wives (his is taking the photo). Climbed mountains. Picked tea. Slept on floors of villagers houses... Great trip.

With YouRen's wife and one of our hauls.

And 9months later and the main reason my posts went dormant.

The birth of my son.

His first visit to the US.

Hanging with the niece and nephew.

Yesterday with me and YouRen and the boys. His son was born 2 weeks to the day after mine and his reason for lack of posting. Must've been something in the water in Yunnan.

And now. A little less than 2 years of full-time wear due to repairs and the time to do them.

Edited November 4, 2012 by Shangers

[Shangers 206,694]

From this morning.

And some detail shots... Pockets were shredding and I used what thread I had on hand.

Started without cuffs and after the hems started taking abuse, started cuffing them.

Stitches exploding everywhere...

Yoke taking some abuse...

Chambray pockets showing their colors...

Crotch blowout prevented...

Mixed repairs done as needed and as time allowed... Babies are some serious work!

Just want to say I love these jeans. They may be getting thin and strings busting out, but I think they will be with me for many more memories. They have been all over the world with me. Trips with family and friends. There for my honeymoon, the birth of my son, his first plane trip, his first crawl, and his first words. They are a great timeline and I thank everyone who put this contest together.

Edited November 4, 2012 by Shangers

[ranonranonarat 1,626,083]

shangers, you and youren have been missed! congrats to the both of you for your new bundle of joy!

those are seriously 2 nice pairs of jeans. 1 more month till the end of the contest!

[beatle 2,102,652]

awesome update , thanks so much for sharing*

[beautiful_FrEaK 1,676,081]

what a great comeback! your jeans really tell a story!

[ah_long 878,889]

nice post.. great update.. loving the grain and texture of the jeans

btw.. hey beatle.. since theres only a month left in the contest, any idea what the low down is for the final submission? do we just post or send to Gordon? time frame?

on 12.12.12, I'll be opening this bottle of Stone Vertical Epic which coincides with the start and end date of this contest.. I'm sure the beer has aged nicely, just like the jeans...

Edited November 5, 2012 by ah_long

[Max Power 1,649,354]

Wonderful post, shangers, Thanks for posting

[XXXL 274,948]

quite sad this thread has under 100 pages. lets get it going!

[Mixture 840,691]

^ we need some more pics of your pair in here!

Edited November 6, 2012 by Mixture

[alimenator 319,219]

it's a good thing this contest is almost over because mine are falling apart. I have a couple of holes from the denim wearing thin and the backpockets are falling off. i'm going to wash them real quick and post pics tomorrow morning

[Maynard Friedman 570,905]

Unfortunately this competition thread has been disappointing, just like the LVC one, the Denime one, the Ande Whall one and the Ooe Yofukuten one to date. The only recent exceptions have been the RoyxCone and the Heavyweight Denim one. Perhaps there have been too many competitions and interest has been diluted?

EDIT: this is not a criticism of those who have contributed to these threads, rather those who participated and did not contribute.

Edited November 6, 2012 by Maynard Friedman

[joelz 788,470]

I've been trying to post, but tend not to take pictures of myself. I'm still taking a crapton of pictures, so here's some sharing:

As some of you may know, I'm in New York, and we were just hit pretty hard by Hurricane Sandy. I was super lucky in that my area wasn't hit hard, tho some trees came down after the storm:

I went out to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to get a shot of Manhattan in darkness, but instead of that, got a shot of the city lighting up for the first time in a week:

I also walked around Red Hook - which was one of the areas that was hit really hard by the storm - a major grocery store had over 5 feet of water inside, and countless people's lives were affected - I didn't actually take many pictures that day, just walked around.

[Mixture 840,691]

Unfortunately this competition thread has been disappointing, just like the LVC one, the Denime one, the Ande Whall one and the Ooe Yofukuten one to date. The only recent exceptions have been the RoyxCone and the Heavyweight Denim one. Perhaps there have been too many competitions and interest has been diluted?

EDIT: this is not a criticism of those who have contributed to these threads, rather those who participated and did not contribute.

Maybe we should apply rule #4 from the heavyweight denim contest for future events to get more people to participate. What do you guys think?

4) We expect an update every month from ALL participants, two months without an update will be considered MIA and you will be removed from the contest (without good reason for not updating obviously).

[joelz 788,470]

I liked that rule from the LVC contest - it forced me to pay more attention to SuFu than I have been in recent time.

[joelz 788,470]

I would make an exception over the hot season - I couldn't even think about putting jeans on this summer.

[alimenator 319,219]

some phone quality pics :/

[aho 677,872]

Unfortunately this competition thread has been disappointing, just like the LVC one, the Denime one, the Ande Whall one and the Ooe Yofukuten one to date. The only recent exceptions have been the RoyxCone and the Heavyweight Denim one. Perhaps there have been too many competitions and interest has been diluted?

EDIT: this is not a criticism of those who have contributed to these threads, rather those who participated and did not contribute.

i'd have to agree, myself a "non-contributing participant" so to speak, but i really just think sufu is in decline, not necessarily the fault of any contest or over saturation...those who do participate, and do follow through to the end however have KILLED it!

[beatle 2,102,652]

good stuff, alimenator

[ah_long 878,889]

so whats the word on the final submission procedure and requirement?

[ranonranonarat 1,626,083]

would love to know about that too. not that im going to wing it.

[beatle 2,102,652]

will chat to Gordon in a bit....

[untungl 3,077]

...but i really just think sufu is in decline, not necessarily the fault of any contest or over saturation...

Kinda agree... I don't really even lurk on Sufu anymore. I have been keeping track of other folks in the contest though!

I don't know if a rule that we had to continuously update would help, but maybe.

I'll be posting my pair soonish, but they don't even hold a candle to some of the other ones in the thread. Clearly, I have to re-evaluate my lifestyle choices.

[ah_long 878,889]

i'd have to agree, myself a "non-contributing participant" so to speak, but i really just think sufu is in decline, not necessarily the fault of any contest or over saturation...those who do participate, and do follow through to the end however have KILLED it!

i noticed that it started its decline since the huge update and the change of the rep system..

[big truck 86,224]

Isn't the problem with contests the fact that general wear/fades on jeans does not throw up anything particularly exciting, illuminating or original anymore. You expect jeans to fade and that is pretty much what you get. You can predict honeycombs, lap fades or whatever. The real interest in contests, for me anyway, is seeing what the contestants do whilst wearing their jeans and sometimes that may have an impact on what their jeans look like. Or the contest jeans may be original, as in the Roy x Cone contest so the type of wear is something new. The Out of Leftfield thread has been kept just about alive by a few posters who give a bit of a pictorial of their day, travel somewhere etc.

Otherwise, it might as well just be the evolution of jeans thread and, in some respects, havent we seen it all before? Of course, if I had my way, I would try and keep my jeans as dark as possible like the good ole' days.

[ranonranonarat 1,626,083]

couldn't agree more. there were a few really successful contests and looking back it was never really about how the jeans looked in the end. maybe not completely, but the end product was just a plus. what made all of those contests really great was getting to know all these online faces a lot more and a peek into their lives. i still miss those quality posts where people go out, document their seemingly mundane things without thinking that someone on the other side of the world thinks "hey actually that supermarket is really cool over on the other side".

[beatle 2,102,652]

And update regarding judging & prizes from Gordon

For the contest judging we had agreed to let Eternal do it and it's

better if contestants just send me pictures then I can assemble in a folder

and send to Japan. And the prizes are as follows:

1st prize $500 BIG gift certificate

2nd prize $300 BIG gift certificate

3rd prize $100 BIG gift certificate

I will let you guys know when it´s time to post final pics..I will start a specific thread for pics - going to delete clutter and chit chat so the guys from eternal can take an undisturbed look..cheers

[ranonranonarat 1,626,083]

awesome beatle! thank you for the legwork.

[XXXL 274,948]

quick shot

grip of washes

[aho 677,872]

insane prizes, this should be interesting...good work everyone!

[XXXL 274,948]

Edited November 27, 2012 by XXXL