The SPOT team would like to extend its warmest wishes to all of our customers this Holiday Season! We are very proud to have heard so many stories from all of you about your challenges, your adventures and the peace of mind that you shared with your friends and families in 2008.

CarolAnn Garratt and Carol Foy, two women pilots, departed from Orlando International Airport on December 2 to fly around the world in 7 days. Their goal was to set a new world speed record and to raise $1 million for ALS and Lou Gehrig's disease research.

Update: Congratulations on the Dash for a Cure World Flight that ended on Friday, December 12, 2008. SPOT was proud to support the crew and its followers with tracking and emergency assistance capability as they raced around the world. Donate or learn more at http://www.alsworldflight.com/index.php

 Photo Caption: A portion of the route

The best holiday gift for any outdoorsman in your life--just in time for the season with a very special offer: $50 mail-in rebate! When you purchase a SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger before December 31, 2008. For complete terms and conditions and to download rebate form, click here.

Do you want to have your family, friends or associates view your bread-crumb trail of your adventures directly on Google Maps in real-time? Now you can!

Welcome to “SPOTcasting”, a revolutionary way to share your experience of using SPOT Satellite Messenger with friends, family or an audience with new web-based mapping, GPS tracking and broadcast email tool. Set-up a URL through the shared pages feature on your account at www.findmespot.com for your friends to view your GPS points. Don’t forget to send the link to those you know or have SPOT send the link by filling out some fields under your shared pages account feature. This real time feature uses the Google Maps that we all love.

Share your adventure with just a few simple steps:

1. Log in to your account at http://login.findmespot.com

2. Click on the "Share" tab

3. This will bring you to the view below. Then click on Create Shared Page. From here, you can set up a share page. You can open the link of a newly created share page and share it with your friends and family by copying, pasting and emailing the link of the page after you open it.

When you come back to your account. You can always create more shared pages or see the existing ones that you've created under "Manage Shared Pages". Have fun sharing your adventure!

We love all the photos that you have been sending us! Keep them coming! A reminder that the photo contest runs to February 2, 2009. Send your SPOT usage photos for a chance to win great prizes.

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For our favorites so far, see the gallery.

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SPOT released its new US website in early November. The new site offers

• Easier navigation
• Integration with enhanced user features, like the SPOTlight
• Enhanced shopping cart
• More relevant SPOT user info