RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY
(A form and signature are required for EACH ADULT participant):
I am aware that bicycling is an athletic
event which poses potentially serious risk
of injuries or death to its participants. I
understand that I may be injured or die
as a result of my negligence, the negligence
of others, or through no fault of myself
or anyone else because of the nature of
the activity in which I am going to be
engaged. I also understand that bicycles
ridden on public and private roads are
often difficult to control because of road
and weather conditions. With this
waiver I accept notice of the risks involved
in riding bicycles on public and private
roads. The waiver shall remain valid
for the within named events, on the Between
the Waters Tour weekend, October 24, 25 & 26
of 2008, unless expressly revoked by the
participant or parent or guardian of a
minor, in writing, with receipt acknowledged
by Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore,
the operator of the Between the Waters
Tour. Furthermore, with this waiver
I expressly assume the risk of injury or
death due to negligence by Citizens for
a Better Eastern Shore, its agents, employees,
members, officers, directors, staff, and
any landowners, their families, employees,
or tenants over whose land I ride for my
own safety or for the safety of my minor
child.
With the knowledge of the foregoing, and
as an inducement for Citizens for a Better
Eastern Shore to allow me to ride in the
Between the Waters Tour, I hereby agree
to waive or release any and all rights
that I or my heirs may have to make a claim
against Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore
or any members of its Board of Directors,
employees and participants, or any landowners
over whose land I ride, arising from any
damages, injury, or death which I might
sustain. I further agree to indemnify
and hold harmless all of the foregoing
from any claims which I might make or which
might be made on my behalf by others or
which might be made against me by others,
arising from riding in the Between the
Waters Tour. Furthermore, I agree
to indemnify Citizens for a Better Eastern
Shore, its Board of Directors, members
or employees, or any landowners, their
families, employees or tenants, for any
injury, death, loss or damage to any personal
property which might occur during an event
sponsored by Citizens for a Better Eastern
Shore or held in its behalf or for its
benefit, when such injury, death, loss
or damage occurs on the property of a landowner.
By signing this waiver and release, I UNDERSTAND
THAT I AM GIVING UP (WAIVING AND RELEASING)
ANY RIGHT I MIGHT HAVE TO SUE OR MAKE A
CLAIM WHICH I MIGHT HAVE OR WHICH MIGHT
SUBSEQUENTLY ARISE OR OCCUR AGAINST CITIZENS
FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE OR ITS MEMBERS
AND PARTICIPANTS, OR ITS BOARD OF DIRECTOS,
OR ANY LANDOWNERS, THEIR FAMILIES, EMPLOYEES
OR TENANT, OVER WHOSE LAND I RIDE, FOR
ANY INJURIES I MIGHT SUSTAIN WHILE BICYCLE
RIDING OR PARTICIPATING IN A BICYCLE ACTIVITY,
and that I AM INDEMNIFYING AND HOLDING
HARMLESS, CITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN
SHORE, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MEMBERS
AND EMPLOYEES, AND/OR ANY LANDOWNERS, THEIR
FAMILIES, EMPLOYEES AND TENANTS, OVER WHOSE
LAND I RIDE, FOR INJURING ANYONE ELSE WHILE
SO ENGAGED. IT IS MY INTENT TO GIVE
UP THOSE RIGHTS AND PROVIDE THE HOLD HARMLESS
AGREEMENT, AND I DO SO KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY.
For parents of minor participants:
(To be signed by parent or guardian on
day of Bike Tour:)
PARENT OR GUARDIAN RELEASE OR WAIVER: I
am the parent or guardian of a minor(s),
and on that minor’s behalf and on
my behalf and on behalf of all other parents
or guardians of the minor, I accept the
release and waiver of liability at the
top of this form as inducement for allowing
my child, or this minor, to ride in the
Between the Waters Bike Tour with Citizens
for a Better Eastern Shore. I further
authorize any emergency medical care which
may be necessary. I represent and
warrant that I have the authority to give
this release. |