Entry Update – The Final 100!
Yep – entries for Sony Xplod 12 continue to keep us very busy, and we are quickly approaching the final 100 vehicles passes for the festival. A big thank you to all of those who have entered the festival already, it makes life easy for us. And it’s great to see so many new cars alongside our many regular entrants, it is going to be a fantastic show! If you would like to enter then we suggest you visit our website and do it online ASAP www.beachhop.co.nz

BH12 Festival Programme Advertising

The Sony Xplod Beach Hop 12 Festival Programme will once again be published by the Coastal News & Bay of Plenty Times. This is a great opportunity for you to advertise your business or upcoming event. Over 10,000 copies are printed and they’ll be posted to all registered vehicle entrants, and passengers, 3 weeks before the festival. They’ll be on sale for just $5 from March 10th 2012, and once again we’ll be doing the draw for one of our promo cars from the Programme – so they‘ll be in HOT demand. The advertising rates are incredibly affordable and much better value than similar publications we have seen. If you are interested in placing an advert in the 2012 Programme then please contact Jennie at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ASAP.

Classic Caravan & Boat Show – Saturday 31st March

We were blown away with the number & quality of caravans that entered the show at the festival this year. It was a great success, however we’d really like to see more classic boats join in next year. We’ve already been contacted by a number of new people who are restoring caravans, and they look great. This supports our prediction that the trend to tow a matching caravan behind a classic car will increase – awesome! And get this, Lisa Mora, the editor of the Australian Vintage Caravan Magazine, is flying to New Zealand just for Sony Xplod Beach Hop 12 to cover the event, and she’ll be guest judge. Not only that, she’s giving a subscription to the magazine for 1st prize! We are sure she will be impressed by the quality of our Kiwi classic caravans and can bet she’ll doing a feature on 1 or 2 for the magazine.

Jalopy Dust Up 2012

We hear that Noddy has a lot of new racer entries for the Jalopy Dust Up on January 7th 2012. The number of race cars will once again be limited, so if you want to have a play in the dirt then you better contact him for an application ASAP. He said the Waihi Beach Dirt Track Club have been making a lot of improvements to the facilities and the track is the best ever and a lot smoother. And those super duper cool T Shirts have been printed by Xperteez in Thames! More info at www.hotrodpromo.co.nz and to enter please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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The Team
Beach Hop Central