Dear Celebrities...

Won't you join our Natuba Helmet Club? We haven't given up on this dream just yet. After some long, hard thought, we've come to the conclusion that we need more of our own members involved first. Then, the celebrities will surely follow.
If that picture doesn't inspire you, we don't know what will.

Many of you may be asking, "How do I join such a club?" It's simple. Put on your helmet of choice, snap a photo, and upload it to Natuba. But don't stop there! You can seamlessly post that picture elsewhere, like Facebook, WordPress, Twitter, and more. Be sure to tag your tweet with "#NHC".

And of course, don't forget to let your favorite celebrity know about the NHC!

Calling all Natuba Followers:

As mentioned in our previous blog, we want more helmet pictures for our Natuba Helmet Club. (#NHC)

But why keep all the fun to ourselves? We want to enlist the help of our loyal Twitter followers to get celebrities in on the action.

Imagine calling the #NHC home, along with the likes of 50 Cent, Britney Spears, Tony Hawk, and (enter your favorite celebrity's name here)!

Sorry, couldn't help it.

Of course we don't condone harassing these beloved celebrities, but many are known to respond to their fans via Twitter.

For rappers, let them know this earns ridiculous street cred. For the teeny bopper celebs, it's what all the cool kids are doing. For athletes: safety first!

Here is a Natuba Helmet Club celebrity wish list (in no particular order):

Oprah Winfrey, Shaquille O'Neal, Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, Miley Cyrus, Tony Hawk, 50 Cent, MC Hammer, Snooop Dogg, Soulja Boy, John Mayer, Ryan Seacrest, Jimmy Fallon, Paris Hilton, and Kim Kardashian

Pick any celebrity you wish. Please be sure to tag your tweet with #NHC. Thanks for your help and support! Have fun with it!

Ever wanted to be part of an awesome club?

Well, if you've got a helmet, a camera, and a Natuba account, today is your lucky day! Introducing the Natuba Helmet Club.
 

 

Natuba member jgiardina (above, left) may be credited for creating this mini-frenzy. 

However, we would be remiss not to pay homage to ups_russ for laying the groundwork and breaking all sorts of barriers over a year ago to make all of this possible. Is that beautiful, or what?

 

Not to be outdone, several members have followed suit and are pictured below.  Let’s keep this alive – we want your pictures!  Long live the NHC!

    
                                           Hot!                        

              

 

    Excellent strap placement!              Action shot!

     More!  I need more!                     Work it!

Scheduled Maintenance

This morning, Natuba went down for a brief time. To alleviate the problem, we are having scheduled maintenance tonight... ok, technically tomorrow, June 6th, 2009 from 12:01AM - 2:01AM CDT.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will be back up and running, so you can get back to posting more pics!

Did you know...

Natuba is on Facebook?? That's right, now you can bring all of your crazy Natuba photos to your Facebook wall and feed. The app page looks like this:
It's a nice collage of the most recent, most discussed, most viewed, and highest rated. To get this application, go to our app page here. Once you've entered your Natuba account information, pictures will automatically be posted to your Facebook wall every time you upload to Natuba. Enjoy!

Tinkle, Tinkle, little star...

Natuba member Rakesh snapped this gem at Houston's Hobby Airport.
The sign reads "Automatic infrared flush sensors also provide video monitoring for security purposes."

After posting to his personal blog and Natuba, the picture made its rounds to Swamplot and even got picked up at Slashdot.

While this may have been a prank, it's still quite a find. Congrats to Rakesh for his picture getting some much-deserved publicity. And if it is a prank... well I'm sure the authorities will catch the culprit with the surveillance cameras in the bathroom they don't tell you about.

There's a new family member at Natuba, and his name is (insert drumroll)...

Mark! Let's all welcome him to Natuba. "Hi, Mark!"

Thank you, thank you... and since I am writing this blog, I'll refrain from any more 3rd party references because it's awkward, and quite annoying. A special "thank you" goes out to Richard and Nathan for welcoming me into this exciting project.

I very much look forward to my future here and the new features we have in store for you guys. Be sure to follow me UTMark and I'll gladly reciprocate. Fair warning: I'm a bit sarcastic, so be on the look-out for my comments. In fact, challenge me. Got a picture you want me to comment on? Let me know!

And for those of you who were wondering... no, I'm not the guy holding the plastic sword in my picture. I have a much sweeter plastic one, thank you very much.