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Surf & Snow Adventure in California

PRIZE DETAILS: Major Prize: A Surf & Snow Adventure to California for you & a mate which includes: - Return economy flights - 2 nights accommodation in Huntington Beach - 3 nights accommodation in Big Bear Lake - $2000 VISA Credit Voucher - Hotel & airport transfers Minor Prize: 1 of 100 Monster Energy Sunglasses

How to Enter

Buy 2 x 500ml cans or 1 x 4pk from participating stores. Scan QR on in-store advertising material or visit monsterenergy.com/promotions. Fill out entry form. 

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Submission Period

22/1/2025 - 8/4/2025

Winners Announced: 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000000000

Promotion Rules

Monster Energy® California Snow Surf Promotion

 Terms and Conditions 

Who is running the competition?

The Promoter is Monster Energy® AU Pty Ltd (ABN 84 132 571 638) of Unit 10c, 2 Daydream St, Warriewood NSW 2102 (Promoter). 

Where will the competition run? 

The competition will run in participating retailers which are displaying the advertising material (Store(s)) in Australia.  

When will the competition start and end?

The competition period starts at 12.01am (AEDT) on 22/01/2025 and ends at 11.59pm (AEST) on 24/04/2025 (the Competition Period). 

Who can enter?

Entry is only open to Australian residents who:

  1. are aged 21 years or over, and who hold a current and valid passport with a minimum of 6 months' validity at date of travel for the major prize, excluding:
  2. management, employees, directors and contractors of the Promoter, its related bodies corporate, the participating Stores and other agencies, firms or companies associated with the competition (including suppliers of prizes); 
  3. a spouse, de-facto spouse, parent, guardian, child or sibling of a person referred to in paragraph (b) above; 
  4. persons who have won a prize or prizes valued either individually or collectively at more than AUD $5,000 (including GST) in any competition or promotion run by or on behalf of the Promoter, within the 12 months prior to the commencement of the Competition Period; 
  5. persons who have used or attempted to use any more than one name in order to qualify to win a competition or promotion run by or on behalf of the Promoter (except in the case of a legal change of name); and 
  6. persons who have breached the terms and conditions of any competition or promotion run by or on behalf of the Promoter.

The persons referred to in paragraph (b) above include biological and non-biological relations and the Promoter is responsible for determining whether a person is an eligible entrant in its absolute discretion.  

Do I need to buy anything to enter?

Yes. During the Competition Period, you need to buy any 2 x 500ml or 2 x 355ml Monster Energy® cans or 1 x multipack (4x500ml) of Monster Energy® cans or  1 x 24 Pack (24 x 500ml) of Monster Energy® cans (all variants) in 1 transaction (excluding vending machine purchases) (Qualifying Purchase) from a Store and retain your itemised receipt as proof of purchase.

Entry instructions 

After you have made a Qualifying Purchase you must, during the Competition Period:

  1. either:
    1. scan the QR code on the in-store advertising material with your smartphone; or 
    2. visit www.monsterenergy.com/promotions (Website); and
  2. locate the entry page and fill out and submit the online entry form by providing all requested information, including your name and address.

The Promoter is not responsible if your mobile device/desktop is not sufficiently capable for the purpose of submitting an entry. 

No entries will be accepted outside the Competition Period.

How many winners will there be and how will they be chosen? 

There will be 101 winners determined in respect of this competition – 100 minor winners and 1 major winner.

There will be 1 draw conducted. The draw will be held at 1pm (AEST) on 28/04/2025 at Level 2, 11 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000. 

The first valid entry drawn randomly from the entries received during the Competition Period will win the major prize. The next 100 valid entries drawn randomly will each win a minor prize. 

The Promoter may arrange to draw additional reserve entries in the draw and record them in order, in case a winning entry/entrant is deemed invalid, or a prize is unclaimed (Reserve Entrants).

An independent scrutineer will observe the draw process and announcement of the winners.

What can I win?

There are 101 prizes available – 100 minor prizes and 1 major prize.

Each minor prize is a pair of Monster Energy® sunglasses valued at AUD $60.

There is a limit of one minor prize per person, per email and per household (except for SA residents).

The major prize is a trip to California (USA) for the winner and 1 adult companion aged 21 or over in 2025, valued at up to AUD $20,000 depending on the winner's place of residence (which determines departure location), which includes the following for the winner and their companion: 

  • 2 nights' accommodation in Huntington Beach, California (minimum 4-star hotel) in a twin share room (as determined by the Promoter), breakfast and hotel fees included;
  • 3 nights' 4-star accommodation in Big Bear Lake, California in a standard room (as determined by the Promoter), no breakfast included, but hotel fees are included;
  • Return economy flights (including airfare taxes) from the winner’s nearest Australian capital city to Los Angeles, California (USA), and 
  • Return private transfers from airport to accommodation, and between Huntington Beach and Big Bear Lake; and
  • AUD $2,000 International VISA debit card or equivalent to go towards any additional transfers and incidental spending requirements associated with the trip to California (1 card for the winner only). Any ancillary costs associated with redeeming the Visa debit card are not included. Redemption of the Visa debit card is subject to the terms and conditions associated with the Visa debit card.

For the avoidance of doubt, the major prize winner and their companion must make their own way to and from their closest Australian capital city airport at their own expense.

All travel is subject to availability at all times and may be dependent on select seat class with airlines or specific room category availability with an accommodation partner. Prize must be redeemed and travel to be taken by 30th April 2026. 

Block out periods include all Australian School & Public Holidays along with all other special event periods. 

2025 Block out dates include but are not limited to: 9th June, 7th – 18th July, 29th September – 10th October, 22nd December – 31st December. 

2026 Block out dates include but are not limited to: 1st January – 9th February, 30th March – 27th April, 8th June, 4th – 19th July, 26th September – 11th October, 21st December – 31st December. 

All bookings must be made a minimum of 90 days in advance of requested departure dates.

If for any reason the winner does not, once the Major Prize has been booked, take the Major Prize (or an element of the Major Prize) at the time stipulated, then the Major Prize (or that element of the Major Prize) will be forfeited and will not be redeemable for cash.

The major prize is subject to any applicable law or guidelines including in relation to a pandemic, any travel/government restrictions/directives, border closures, health advice and the like.

By accepting or participating in the major prize, your companion accepts these Terms and Conditions.

Total prize pool

The total minor prize pool is valued at AUD $6,000.

The total major prize pool is valued at up to AUD $20,000.

The overall total prize pool is valued at up to AUD $26,000.

How many times can I enter?

The following entry limits apply:

  • There is a limit of 5 total entries per person, per email address and per phone number;
  • You can only enter once per day; and
  • You can only enter once per Qualifying Purchase. 
    1. These Terms and Conditions incorporate and must be read together with the details outlined in the table above.  Information about prizes and how to enter forms part of these Terms and Conditions.  By entering, you accept these Terms and Conditions. 

Each entry must be submitted separately in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

How and when will the winner be informed?

If you are a winner, you will be informed in writing within two business days of determination and your name and state/territory/postcode of residence will be published on the Website on 05/05/2025 for a period of 28 days.

Must I keep anything to verify my entry?

You must keep the original itemised purchase receipt(s) for all entries as proof of purchase.  If you don’t produce the proof of purchase for all entries when asked, the Promoter may disqualify all of your entries and you will lose any right to a prize. 

If, in the Promoter's reasonable opinion, you have shared any receipt(s) with another person, your entries will be invalid and you will lose any right to a prize. 

If I win, when must I claim my prize?

You must claim your prize by 5pm (AEST) on 04/08/2025. 

Unclaimed prize/s

If a prize has not been accepted or claimed by 5pm (AEST) on 04/08/2025 or if, after making all reasonable attempts, the Promoter cannot contact a drawn winner (or a drawn winner does not contact the Promoter) by this time and date, the relevant entry will be discarded and the Promoter will re-award the relevant prize/s to Reserve Entrant/s  and/or carry out an unclaimed prize draw in the presence of an independent scrutineer at 1pm (AEST) on 05/08/2025 at the same location as the original draw to distribute the relevant prize/s in descending order of value. 

Any such winner/s will be informed in writing within two business days of determination and their name and state/territory/postcode of residence will be published on the Website on 12/08/2025 for a period of 28 days.

If any prize remains un-won at the end of this promotion or if a prize winner cannot be found, that information will be published on the Website on 30/08/2025.

Permit numbers

Authorised under NSW Authority No. TP/00151, ACT Permit No. TP 24/02221 and SA Licence No. T24/1706

Entry

  1. Your entry must be received during the Competition Period and will be deemed to be received only when received by the Promoter.  If you return a Qualifying Purchase, your entry may be deemed invalid at the Promoter’s discretion (unless the product is defective). The Promoter is not liable for any problems with communications networks outside its reasonable control.  You are responsible for your own costs associated with entering.   If you enter using automatically generated entries or multiple phone numbers/email addresses/addresses/aliases you may be disqualified.

Prizes

  1. Prizes and all elements of prizes must be taken as specified, as and when offered, and cannot be altered or changed in any way by you, or will be forfeited, and if forfeited, the Promoter will not be liable. If you forfeit the prize or any element of the prize for whatever reason, no alternative prize will be offered. Prizes are subject to any additional terms and conditions imposed by the relevant supplier or the Promoter, including, as relevant:
  2. validity period/s;
  3. booking and availability of flights, accommodation and events;
  4. conditions of travel and conditions of entry into any venues (including behaviour requirements, health and safety requirements and applicable dress codes);
  5. conditions of ticket validity and any restrictions on ticket on-sale or transfer;
  6. travel dates and specified travel exclusion periods; 
  7. any additional fees (payable by you) relating to changes made by you/your companion to a prize after it has been booked must be paid by you or your companion as applicable;
  8. Frequent flyer points will not be awarded and do not form part of the prize; 
  9. The winner and his/her travel companion must depart from and return to the same departure point and travel on the same itinerary;
  10. Prize is subject to the standard terms and conditions of individual prize and service providers;

 

  1. the requirement to obtain all necessary documents to travel to any overseas location specified, including a current and valid passport and any visas required; and
  2. a requirement that you and your companion present your credit card when checking in to accommodation, which may also be used as security against hotel incidentals.
  3. You/your companion are responsible for all other unspecified costs related to a prize, including meals, additional transport, insurance (including excesses), in-room charges, additional taxes, etc. 
  4. The Promoter is not responsible for any dispute between you and any person with whom you choose to, or choose not to, share a prize.
  5. The Promoter accepts no responsibility if the event or activities awarded as part of the major prize are abandoned, called off or postponed for any reason beyond the Promoter’s reasonable control. In that case you and your companion forfeit your entitlement to that event or activity. 

 General  

  1. If you are a winner, you and your companion must take part in all publicity, photography and other promotional activity as the Promoter reasonably requires, without any compensation. You/your companion consent to the Promoter using your names and images in any promotional or advertising activity.
  2. Any failure by you or your companion to comply with the conditions imposed by the prize supplier/s may result in the prize being cancelled or withdrawn without liability for the Promoter or the prize supplier/s.
  3. For travel prizes, you and your companion accept that some aspects of the prize may be inherently risky and that the prize may involve dangerous activities. 
  4. You/your companion must, if required by the Promoter, sign disclaimer and release forms provided by the Promoter in favour of the Promoter and other parties before taking the major prize.  If you or your companion do not sign, your entry will be deemed invalid and you will lose any entitlement to the major prize.
  5. If you or your entry are deemed by the Promoter to breach these Terms and Conditions, including if you are unable to take the major prize on the relevant dates, your entry (or at the Promoter's discretion, all of your entries) may be discarded.  The Promoter may, at any time, require you to produce documentation to establish to the Promoter's reasonable satisfaction the validity of your entries and your identity (including documentation establishing your identity, age, place of residence and place of employment).  Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not waive those rights. 
  6. You must not:
  7. tamper with the entry process (including but not limited to manipulating the system via bots, script use, or any other means to circumvent the entry process);
  8. engage in any conduct that may jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the competition;
  9. act in a disruptive, annoying, threatening, abusive or harassing manner;
  10. do anything that may diminish the good name or reputation of the Promoter or any of its related entities or of the agencies or companies associated with this competition;
  11. breach any law; or
  12. behave in a way that is otherwise inappropriate. 
  13. If you win the major prize, you are responsible for your companion and the Promoter may disqualify all entries from, and prohibit further participation in this competition by, you or your companion if they breach these conditions, whether or not legally bound by them.
  14. If you or your companion, in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter are intoxicated, under the influence of alcohol or any other drug, behave aggressively or offensively, or behave in a manner which may diminish the good name or reputation of the Promoter or any of its related entities or the agencies or companies associated with this promotion, or is contrary to law or is otherwise inappropriate, the Promoter may cancel the major prize or restrict you and your companion from participating in any elements of  the major prize, at its discretion. 
  15. The Promoter is not liable for entries, prize claims or correspondence that are misplaced, misdirected, delayed, lost, incomplete, illegible or incorrectly submitted.
  16. If any dispute arises between you and the Promoter concerning the conduct of this promotion or claiming a prize, the Promoter will take reasonable steps to consider your point of view, taking into account any facts or evidence you put forward, and to respond to it fairly within a reasonable time.  In all other respects, the Promoter’s decision in connection with all aspects of this competition is final.
  17. The prizes cannot be transferred or exchanged nor redeemed for cash.  Without limiting any other term of these Terms and Conditions, all prizes (and elements of prizes) must be taken as and when specified, or will be forfeited with no replacement.  The prize values are correct as at the date of preparing these Terms and Conditions and include any applicable GST.  The Promoter is not responsible for any change in prize value and you will not receive the difference.  You agree that if a prize (or element of a prize) is unavailable for any reason the Promoter may provide another item of equal or higher value, subject to any necessary approval by the state/territory gaming authorities.
  18. By entering, you request that your full address not be published. 
  19. If this competition cannot run as planned for any reason beyond the Promoter's control, for example due to software, hardware or communications issues, unauthorised intervention, tampering, government directive, a pandemic, public health orders and the like, fraud or technical failure, the Promoter may end, change, suspend or cancel the competition or disqualify affected entries/entrants, subject to any necessary approval by the state/territory gaming authorities. 
  20. The Promoter is not responsible for any tax implications arising from you winning a prize.  You should seek independent financial advice.  If for GST purposes this competition results in any supply being made for non-monetary consideration, you must follow the Australian Taxation Office’s stated view that where the parties are at arm’s length, goods and services exchanged are of equal GST inclusive market values.

Liability

  1. You may have consumer rights under statute including under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), which may be relevant to any issue or problem you encounter in relation to this competition and cannot be excluded or restricted.  Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or restricts those rights. See www.accc.gov.au for more information about those rights.
  2. Subject to the previous paragraph, the Promoter and the agencies and companies associated with this competition are not liable (including in negligence) for any loss (including indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense, damage, personal injury, illness or death suffered in connection with this competition or any prize, except for any liability which under statute cannot be excluded (in which case that liability is limited to the greatest extent allowed by law).   
  3. Without limiting the previous paragraphs, the Promoter and the agencies and companies associated with this competition are not liable for any loss of or damage to, or delay in delivery of prizes or for any damage that occurs to prizes if displayed at a Store due to circumstances beyond the Promoter's reasonable control. Unless otherwise specified, prizes will only be delivered to addresses in Australia.
  4. The Promoter may communicate or advertise this competition using social media platforms, including Facebook or Instagram.  However, the competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with any social media platform, including Facebook or Instagram.  You provide your information to the Promoter and not to any social media platform.  You completely release any relevant social media platforms from any and all liability.

Collection and use of your personal information

  1. The Promoter collects personal information (PI) in order to conduct the competition and may, for this purpose, disclose such PI to third parties, including but not limited to agents, contractors, service providers, prize suppliers and, as required, to Australian regulatory authorities.  Entry is conditional on providing this PI.  The Promoter will use and handle PI as set out in its Privacy Policy, which can be viewed at https://www.monsterenergy.com/en-au/privacy-policy/.  In addition to any use that may be outlined in the Promoter’s Privacy Policy, the Promoter may, for an indefinite period, unless otherwise advised, use the PI for promotional, marketing, publicity, research and profiling purposes, including sending electronic messages or telephoning you.  The Privacy Policy also contains information about how you may opt out, access, update or correct your PI, how you may complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles or any other applicable law and how those complaints will be dealt with.  All entries become the property of the Promoter.  Entrants' details will be disclosed to Monster Energy® Company based in California, USA, for the purposes of collating the entries for the draw. However, the Promoter will not disclose your personal information to any other entity outside of Australia.

Abbreviated T&C’s

For use in advertising for a trade promotion/competition

AU residents 21+ only who hold a current passport with min. 6 months' validity at date of travel, excl. winners of Promoter's prizes valued AUD $5k+ in 12 mths prior to start of competition period. Between 12.01am (AEDT) 22/1/25 & 11.59pm (AEST) 24/4/25, buy any 2x500ml, 2 x 355ml or 1x4pk 500ml Monster Energy® products (all variants) (excl. vending machine purchases) in 1 transaction from a participating store & scan QR code on advertising in store w/smartphone or visit www.monsterenergy.com/au/en/promotions & fill out entry form. Max 1 entry per person/day, per qualifying purchase & per itemised receipt. Max. 5 entries per person/email address/phone number total. Keep original itemised receipt/s.  Draw: 1pm (AEST) 28/4/25, Lvl 2, 11 York St, Sydney NSW 2000. 100 minor prizes: Monster Energy® Sunglasses (AUD $60ea). Major prize: Trip for 2 (21+) to California (USA) (up to AUD $20k). Max 1 minor prize per person/email/household (except in SA). Entrants will get future marketing from Promoter. See website for full conditions inc. privacy statement on 5/5/25 for winners. Promoter: Monster Energy® AU Pty Ltd (ABN 84 132 571 638). Authorised under NSW Authority No. TP/00151, ACT Permit No. TP24/02221 and SA Licence No. T24/1706