Are you slated to be a winner?

By Emma Peterson. 

Every day over 200 slate roofs are installed, and this international competition is looking for the best ones! 

Since 1892, CUPA PIZARRAS has been an international leader in the production and distribution of natural slate. Simply put, "One out of every two pieces of slate installed in the world comes from CUPA PIZARRAS.” This incredible leader in the slate industry is now searching for the best roofers out there! This is the fourth year of their “Best of the Best” competition, which previous contestant Lewis Miller (the director of Compass Roofing) described as, “An incredible confidence boost. It was very exciting to see all those votes coming in, it was a fabulous experience.”  

To participate, all you have to do is send in a one- to two-minute-long video that features CUPA PIZARRAS natural slate. This can be horizontal or vertical, a complete or incomplete project, from the top of the roof or from the ground — whatever your imagination can come up with as long as natural slate is the star! After the submissions have been collected mid-November, readers of the CUPA PIZARRAS blog will begin voting for the winners of each country. Those winners will then get sent to a jury of natural slate experts from different countries to pick the final winner! 

What can the winner expect? Not only will they get the recognition of winning a prestigious award, the 2024 Best of the Best winner gets a shiny trophy; a visit to the CUPA PIZARRAS quarries and headquarters in La Medua, Spain; and an invitation to Santiago Bernabéu to watch a Real Madrid football match! But, even if you don’t win, all participants get a bag of professional tools that can help them on their next slate installation project! 

There is still time to submit your project for consideration, with the application window closing on November 15, 2024. Voting will then occur in early December with the winners announced on December 17, 2024! Past winner Clément Avignon of Ardesia Couverture shared that they “will not hesitate to reach out to other companies and encourage them to participate. It is important that the craft of installation and the experience of our companies be recognized worldwide.” 

Check out the hall of fame of previous winners and send your project in to the Best of the Best contest now!