well man, i can only speak for myself here... my interpretation of the rules&regs are this...we were to design a cool ass fork to win a chance to design the sticker pack. once youve won, you have 6 months to submitt your stciker pack ideas. it doesnt state anywhere that, whats on your fork is gonna be the sticker pack, if that was the case then why a 6 month deadline? The using of the previous sticker packs is very vague, is says "utilize some elements"..well, isnt that open to the interpretation of the word "some"? I know peeps are a bit outraged by the voting, or should i say chosing of the top 10, it does state that they will be voted on by the public, my only conclusion was that they were gonna be based on how many "favorites" the design has and then broken down from there, if thy werent gonna be chosen that way, why have the "favorite" button? I cant say if it was unfair or not , but due to the vague rules&regs, peeps did their best on what their interpretation of them were. I feel, that everyone who is upset, is just passionate of their art and this was a big deal for everyone. As far as RS using anyones designs for later use, well...we all agreed to that once we uploaded the designs, but i will say if they wanted to do that to the top 10, then fine...but if they were to use anyone one of them, why wouldnt they be in the top 10 from the get go? And if RS didnt know this would be a huge deal, how could they not?? A chance to have your artwork all over the world, sounds like a big deal to me.

First, congrats to the top 10... my vote goes to MIKE SERAFIN. Though the art work is good in the other designs, im just not into cartoonish lookin stuff, but thats just my personal opinion and say this with no malice intended. What i think would be a great idea is if RS picked 2-3 totally different designs, then when you order, they apply the stickers you have chosen or just send them with your shock for you to apply yourself. This way customers have a little bit moe to chose from and plus it kinda makes your new fork, your own personal design with RS manufactored decals.....just a thought..... congrats everyone!