Key points for participating in Mix&Story Hookah Battle 2026

This is an online event, for participation need is registration, providing video and providing tobacco mix.

Limit: no more than 2 participants per country.

Create a stunning, heartfelt video about your city or country and pair it with a tobacco mix that can complement the story.

1. You need to register for the event (https://hb-short.com/joinmns2026)

DEADLINE: March 15

2. Write to the curator of the participants on Telegram (https://t.me/HookahBattle_Teams) or WhatsApp (https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=9117192718) for fast communication and forwarding of the necessary information.

DEADLINE: March 15

3. Sending the mix.

The judges will smoke the mix you made while watching your video.

Your mix should immerse and/or associate with the story in the video.

In order not to ruin the concept you need to send your mix to us, there should be enough tobacco for at least 3 hookahs (50-100g tobacco of the finished mix).

Please note that your mix should be in St. Petersburg (Russia) before March 17. If you have problems with sending the mix (it is impossible to send tobacco, it is impossible to send to Russia…), then let the curator of participants know about it.

4. Main video.

You need a story, not necessarily told in words. As an example, an inspiring story about your region.

You also need to tell about the lounge or brand you represent, which can be done either in the main video or in a separate one (up to 1 minute). It should look like a video business card of your team.

DEADLINE: March 20

Parameters for the video:

• a) fullhd – 1920*1080
• b) in HORIZONTAL format
• c) length of the video from 3 to 5 minutes
• d) in English or other language, but with English subtitles

Extras (Optional):

1. You can show on video any hookah from Alpha Hookah, and get 500 Euros.
Conditions:
– the video must show the logo of the brand and hookah must be recognizable
– the participant must take one of the top three places
– if several participants are in the top three, the prize goes to the one who took the highest place.

2. Just a reminder, we have a new achievement (Hybrid participant). Teams that participate in both online and offline events will receive an additional 3 points (one-time only). If you have previously participated in both online and offline events, you will need to participate in any event to receive the achievement.