Show Off the Best Parts of Your Rally Vacation and Win Big
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They say what happens at the Chip, ends up on social media. That’s because many memories made during this legendary event are too good not to share with everyone. Since you’re throwing your pics out anyway, why not win cool prizes, like a 2026 Buffalo Chip Seven-Day Pass in the Chip Shots Photo Contest, while you’re at it?!
How Does It Work?
- There are six categories (See Example Photos & Tips Below)
– Motorcycles
– Music
– Party People
– Biker Babes
– Weird Sh*t
– Everything Else - Submit up to three* photos per category to [email protected]
- Submissions will be posted to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Facebook page
- The photo with the most likes and shares will win the category
How to Enter & Win:
- Find your favorite photos
- Email your photos to [email protected]
(Please include information about which contest category the photos are intended for.) - After the Chip posts them, share the photos on your social media stuffs
- Tell your friends to vote on the photos by liking, commenting, and sharing them.
It’s that easy!
What You Could Win:
- Winners of each category will receive a FREE Buffalo Chip-themed prize pack
- The six category winners will then compete against each other. The photo with the most likes and shares out of those win a FREE 7-Day Pass for the Party in 2026!
Contest Schedule:
Submission period: Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
Voting period: Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
Prize pack winners announced: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
Grand Prize winner announced: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
Example Photos & Tips:
Category 1 – Motorcycles
Submit your best motorcycling-related photos* for a chance to win this category.
- Rides
- Bike Shows
- Motorcycles As Art
- Races
- Burnouts
- Stunts
- Badass bikes elsewhere at the Chip
Category 2 – Music
Submit your best concert photos from the Chip’s 2025 party!
- Wolfman Jack Main Stage
- Bikini Beach Stage
- Camp Zero Stage
- Roadhouse Deck
- Random campground jams
Category 3 – Weird Sh*t
Submit photos that made you say WTF when you took them!
- Tattooed Eyeballs
- Guys in Mankinis
- Masks, Costumes and Weird Outfits
- Body Paint
- Found Items
- Weird and Wild Stuff
Category 4 – Party People
Send photos* of you and your friends having a ball and getting buck wild.
- Group pics with big ol’ grinnin’ happy faces e’rywhere
- Good ol’ fashioned partyin’
- Bikini Beach Olympics
- Beers and Burps
- Homemade Bikini
- Homemade Mankini
- Dick Pictionary
- Whipped Cream Twister
Category 5 – Biker Babes
Got some pics with some of the über-mega hot hotties walking around the Chip?
- Buffalo Chip Poster Model Denaye
- Miss Buffalo Chip
- Bikini Bike Wash
- Bartenders
- The Monster Girls
- Your old lady lookin’ fine AF
Category 6 – Everything Else
The random cool stuff that doesn’t fit into the other categories.
- Landscapes
- Sunsets
- Food
- Celebs
- Tattoos / Tattoo Cafe
- Artsy stuff
So, what are you waiting for?! Send your Sturgis photos to [email protected], then send all of your friends over to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Facebook page to like and share your photo, and you could be the winner!
* If more than three photos are submitted, the three best will be chosen for you. All entries are subject to Sturgis Buffalo Chip staff approval. Pictures displaying business names other than the Sturgis Buffalo Chip will not be posted.
* Only three photos per photographer will be posted.
* Photos must be taken at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip or one of the Buffalo Chip’s off-site rally events.
* Contestants may only win one category in the preliminary round. In the event one contestant has the highest number of votes in multiple categories, that individual will be awarded the win only in the category won by the largest margin. A runner up will be chosen at the Buffalo Chip’s discretion in any remaining categories.
* The Buffalo Chip may exclude any and all votes that it determines, in its sole discretion, were cast fraudulently. This includes votes that are being made from fraudulent accounts, the use of Internet vote purchasing services, entries posted to share groups, or excessive repeated shares made by the Voter. If a Voter is caught in any of the above indiscretions, the Buffalo Chip reserves the right to subtract the votes in question.
* The Buffalo Chip reserves the right to disqualify any Entry in the Contest or entitlement to a Prize, if, in the sole discretion of the Presenter, it determines or suspects that the Contestant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other fraudulent, deceptive or unfair playing practices.
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