July 2015 One Year Anniversary Cloud Comp Fundraiser
For our one year anniversary we wanted to do something special. Vape a Vet is something that we have a lot of respect for and we thought it would be great if we could help them out in any way possible. We decided that we would hold one of our cloud competitions, but have all entry fees go to the foundation. Along with the entry fees, we thought we would hold a raffle, give out a ton of stuff and donate all of the raffle money to Vape a Vet as well.
It turned out to be a success! We were able to raise $550.00 for Vape a Vet and everyone that attended had a good time.
We really want to thank everyone that attended. We started Black Dog Vapes with a desire to be a part of a community. These competitions, the people that come by every day and hang out, the new friends we have made… They make it all worth it!
Thank you!!!!
We also want to thank the sponsors again for helping out with this event!
BRV Liquids
Cuttwood
Tasty Cloud Vape Co.
Fixx-E Liquid
Wick N Vape
Blackhand Liquids
Shakedown Liquids
Liquid Mind Design
Lavish Elixir
Below you will find some pictures from the event.
Winners:
![1st: Justin [right] 2nd: Taylor [middle] 3rd: Zach [left]](http://www.blackdogvapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150711_231113.jpg)
1st Place –Â Justin [right]
2nd Place –Â Taylor [middle]
3rd Place –Â Zach [left]
Prizes:
Custom switch box from Outlier Modz
Cotton Bacon Hat
BRV Shirt
Cuttwood Shirt
Cotton Bacon Shirt
BRV Shot Glass
(5) Cotton Bacon
BRV Wrist Band
(3) 30mls Cuttwood
(5) 15mls Tasty Cloud
(5) 15mls Lavish Elixer
(2) 120mls BRV
(3) 30mls Fixx-e Liquid
Cannon Cap from Liquid Mind Design
Buddha Cap from Liquid Mind Design
Stickers
ipv4 Silver
Cotton Bacon Hat
BRV Shirt
Cuttwood Shirt
Cotton Bacon Shirt
BRV Shot Glass
BRV Wrist Band
(1) Cotton Bacon
Cannon Cap from Liquid Mind Design
(1) 120mls BRV
Stickers
Builder Kit
Cannon Cap from Liquid Mind Design
(1) Cotton Bacon
(1) 120mls BRV
BRV Wrist Band
BRV Shirt
(3) Random 30mls
Stickers
We look forward to seeing you at our next event! [TBD]
One year celebration, cloud comp and fundraiser
On July 11th, we are celebrating our one year anniversary by hosting a cloud competition/fundraiser!
Raffle
1 free raffle ticket per attendee, additional tickets are 1/$1, 6/$5, or 15/$10. Prizes will be distributed during competition.
Must be present to win. All proceeds from the Raffle will be donated to The Vape a Vet Project.
Competition
$10 to compete. All proceeds will go to The Vape a Vet Project. Signup ends at 9pm, Comp should begin at 10pm
Comp Rules
1. 18650 and 26650 batteries (no limit on amperage). No battery stacking.
2. Mechanical tube style mods, unregulated box mods (parallel only), and regulated box mods.
3. Any RDA is ok.
4. You must have dry wicks. (We can provide Cotton Bacon if you need it)
5. You can have whatever kind of build you want, using any kind of wire you want..
6. To ensure an even playing field, all participants will drip from the same bottle of juice that we will provide. The bottle will contain zero nicotine, vg , and a basic pg based flavoring of our choice.
7. The competition will be done Tournament style. Brackets will be assigned randomly at the start. In the event of an uneven number of participants, byes will be used.
8. Clouds will be judged based on distance, volume and density.
9. If you choke, you’re out.
10. Judges decisions are final.
Comp Prizes
1st Place Prize – A custom 18650 Switch Box By Outlier Modz , Plus a prize pack including 3 t-shirts, a hat, stickers, & juice from our sponsors.
2nd Place Prize- An IPV4 + A BRV t-shirt
3rd Place Prize- Vapetek Builders Tool Kit + A BRV t-shirt
Raffle Prizes
Each ticket gives you a chance to win an Individual bottle of juice, a pack Cotton bacon, a t-shirt or 1 of 6 Grand Prizes totaling over $1000
Huge thanks to the sponsors of this event!
BRV Liquids
Cuttwood
Tasty Cloud Vape Co.
Fixx-E Liquid
Wick N Vape
Blkhnd Liquids
Shakedown Liquids
Liquid Mind Design
Lavish Elixir
(*See store for complete details. Adults only. Proper ID required.)
October 2014 Cloud Competition
For the month of October we wanted to have another cloud competition but being that it was also Halloween we also wanted to have a little party!
Below you will find some pictures from the event.
Winners:
Cloud Competition
1st Place –Â Andrew
2nd Place –Â Toby
3rd Place –Â Zach
Costume Contest Winner:
Charles
Prizes:
1st –Â Carbon Fiber Fuhattan Competition Clone
2nd – Authentic Mutation XÂ and one 20ml juice
3rd – Two 30ml’s juice
We had a lot of fun and want thank everyone that attended the event. We look forward to our next event! [TBD]
September 2014 Cloud Competition
Black Dog Vapes enjoyed hosting their first cloud competition so much that they were excited to jump back into it a month later.
Below you will find some pictures from the event.
Winners:
1st Place – Daniel
2nd Place – Aron
3rd Place – Malachi
Prizes:
1st – Ehpro Brass Manhattan Mod Clone
2nd – Tobh 2.5 RDA Clone and one 20ml juice
3rd – Two 30ml’s juice
As always, we would like to thank everyone that attended the event and look forward to our next event in October!
August 2014 Cloud Competition
Black Dog Vapes hosted their first Cloud Competition at the end of this summer to celebrate the vaping community and have some fun.
Below are some pictures of the event and the winners!
1st Place – Charles
2nd Place – Andry
3rd Place – Will (The second one!)
Prizes:
1st – Copper Vanilla Mod Clone
2nd – Three 30mil bottles ejuice
3rd – Two 30mil bottles ejuice
The pictures showing the participants dripping were during the competition, all other pictures were taken after.
We currently do not have any still pictures from the actual entries as this camera was used to record each bracket for the judges to review.
Sadly the videos taken of all the the brackets was set to a low resolution. While they are good for reviewing on camera, they are not that great for web.
We are still going to upload these to allow everyone to see at least what we have available to be seen.
We would like to thank everyone that attended! We had a lot of fun and look forward to the next competition! [tbd]
Black Dog Vapes, The Origin Of The Name.
When we first got the idea to start a vape shop a lot of things were up in the air. Did we want a lounge or small boutique storefront? Were we going to cater to the experienced, or those new to vaping? We weren’t sure, but one thing we were sure of was that we didn’t want to get lost in the shuffle of all the other vape shops. We wanted a name that stood out, a name that meant something to us.
The Black Dog is a reoccurring motif throughout history, from European folklore of hellish hounds, to more modern tales and urban legends of spectral omens. The term “black dog” has even been used as a euphemism for depression. Often feared and frequently misunderstood, real black dogs became a sort of archetypal object of fear and awe that endures even still today. (Statistically, black dogs, especially larger ones, tend to be relinquished to animal shelters more, and are harder to find homes for than their light colored counter parts.)
So, aside from it just sounding cool, we chose the name “Black Dog Vapes” because we felt that vaping, much like the black dog, was also misunderstood and in jeopardy of being stigmatized out of fear, ignorance, and negative associations. Our goal as a company is to not only provide our customers with a positive experience, but to also promote vaping itself in a positive way by helping to clear up misconceptions and provide accurate information.
Did you know?
While Hon Lik is often credited with the invention of the electronic cigarette 2003, there were other incarnations of a “vapor producing” “cigarette-like devices much earlier than that.
1901 -Parisian pharmacist Henry Ferre invents a “tubular inhaler” that held 2 inner receptacles. One receptacle was to hold cotton that was to be saturated with weak hydrochloric acid, while the other receptacle was to hold “an aqueous solution of carbonate of ammonia to which polyatomic alcohol is added”. Upon inhalation, the 2 vapors would “combine to form ammonia hydroehloratc(?) in the form of a neutral and inoffensive white vapor, giving the illusion of smoke”. It’s intended use? A toy cigar for children.
1909 – Ignazio Bucceri comes up with an idea to produce an inexpensive inhaler made to look like a cigar which would contain chemicals that would create a vapor with the color of tobacco smoke and have “a very agreeable taste”, utilizing menthol or “some highly flavored fluid, such as extract of peppermint or any other extract which would give the desired flavor to the inhaled vapors”.
1951- Henry Pardeman invents an inhaler shaped like a cigarette that was “made to deceive the senses” so that a smokers “habitual craving for a burning cigarette is deceived into accepting my inhaler as a satisfactory substitute”.
1955 Otto Lobl created a tubular mouth inhaler simulating a smoking device to serve as a means helping smokers overcome or curb the cigarette smoking habit.
1956- Frank Bartolomeo invents a smoking device that requires no combustion that can be used in places where smoking was deemed hazardous or because “conditions forbid the showing of light as at night in time of war”. It was designed to hold a capsule that would hold all “the aroma and flavor volatiles of tobacco”.
1963- Herbert A Gilbert presents his invention for a “smokeless non tobacco cigarette” that provided a safe and harmless means for smoking by replacing the burning of paper wrapped tobacco with heated, moist, air that could be flavored with chemicals. The device, quite similar to the electronic cigarettes or personal vaporizers of today, ran off a battery that could be changed out when spent, had a heating element/coil, and held a removable flavor cartridge that could be changed out with different flavors. Â
