Pinkbike Deep Summer Wildcard Search Launches

Kokanee Crankworx's preeminent mountain bike photo contest, the Deep Summer Photo Challenge, has invited their roster of five pro photographers to compete in the July 20 slideshow competition, and has opened the doors for the sixth contender with the Pinkbike Deep Summer Wildcard Search.


The five pro photographers set to storm the Whistler Mountain Bike Park and create a slideshow to be shown at the massively popular event on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 are:

Margus Riga

Tim Zimmerman

Robin O'Neill

Dan Barham

Justin Olsen

The Pinkbike Deep Summer Wildcard Search will determine the sixth photographer to join the competition. Based on a submission of three photos, one photographer will be chosen to compete. Photographers interested in becoming the wildcard need to submit their photos at www.pinkbike.com/deepsummer by midnight, June 3, 2011.

The top five submissions, as determined by Deep Summer judges, will be posted on June 6. Public voting on the top five to determine the winner of the Pinkbike Deep Summer Wildcard Search will take place June 6 to June 13.

The wildcard photographer will battle it out with the pros, and work against the clock, to compile a slideshow from images shot over three days in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park and on Whistler's extensive network of trails. Each show will be presented to a live audience with first place taking home $5,000, second place $3,000, and third place $2,000.

The photographers will rally their chosen athlete teams to embark on three days of intense shooting and editing commencing Saturday, July 16. Slideshows will be handed in by the end of the day Tuesday July 19. Then, on Wednesday, July 20 a capacity crowd will experience deep summer in Whistler through the lenses of six elite mountain bike photographers.

To enter click here.

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