Win a trip around the world’s finest water parks, bag your very own PSP 3000 or triumph in the nation’s biggest five-a-side tournament: the choice is yours, thanks to some new initiatives aimed at UK users of YouTube.


By now you’ve probably seen the Barclaycard ad that features an office worker riding a water slide home – if only, right? What you may not have clocked is that the credit card company is offering a tour of the world’s finest water parks (or £10,000) to the YouTube user who comes up with the best home-made water slide out there, films it and uploads the results to Barclaycard Create:






Sony are also running a film-making contest, offering the all-new PSP 3000 to users who follow their lead and shoot videos of themselves holding their ’whole world’ in their hands. Head for their group for a look at the efforts that have been shot to date.


Last but not least, Nike Football have big plans to incorporate YouTube into their nationwide five-a-side football competition, Show Your 5. So head to their channel, sign yourself up to play and stay tuned for what they’ve got in store – trust us: it’s going to be huge.


Have fun,

Jamie, YouTube UK