GoPro Contest February Winner

Mar 5, 2015 at 11:08
by Pinkbike Staff  



GoPro and Pinkbike have teamed up to bring you a POV video contest like no other. We've had people from all over the world submitting their raddest POV footage in order to take a shot at winning $20,000 and all the glory that goes with winning the raddest POV contest ever! Here are the judges top four vids from February. Congratulations to Ludo May for taking the top spot and moving onto the final round, judging will begin next week!


#1 - Ludo May, Verbier






#2 - Fabio Wibmer - Street Trials







#3 - Chris Van Dine - Taxco DH







#4 - Jaws Szczeki - Black Hills






JUDGES FEBRUARY SCORECARDS

AARON CHASE

Ludo May Ludo was awesome in the snow carving! Beautifully shot.
Cinematography & Composition - 1st
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 2nd
Performance & Style - 3rd
Beauty & Lighting - 1st
Ludo May: OVERALL - 1st

Chris Van Dine Great shot! The action in the mirror lenses!
Cinematography & Composition - 2nd
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 1st
Performance & Style - 2nd
Beauty & Lighting - 2nd
Chris VanDine: OVERALL - 2ND

Fabio Wibmer Street, trials, awesome action!
Cinematography & Composition - 3rd
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 3rd
Performance & Style - 1st
Beauty & Lighting - 3rd
Fabio Wibmer: OVERALL - 3RD


PAUL RAK

Fabio Wibmer - Totally different, a bit of everything in one line.
Cinematography & Composition - 1st
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 1st
Performance & Style - 1st
Beauty & Lighting - 2nd
Fabio Wibmer: OVERALL - 1st

Jaws Szczeki - Sick, steep, skinny, gnarly line.
Cinematography & Composition - 2nd
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 2nd
Performance & Style - 2nd
Beauty & Lighting -3rd
Szczeki Jaws: OVERALL - 2ND

Ludo May - Different, pow slashing on a bike, great view from all angles.
Cinematography & Composition - 3rd
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 3rd
Performance & Style - 3rd
Beauty & Lighting - 1st
Ludo May: OVERALL - 3RD


KELLY MCGARRY

Ludo May Sick snow shred! The spin mount showed every perspective and without shaking . Awesome to watch.
Cinematography & Composition - 1st
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 1st
Performance & Style - 3rd
Beauty & Lighting - 1st
Ludo May OVERALL - 1st

Chris Van Dine Sick wallride to flip combo with crowd going off in Taxco! Wished the clip would keep going!
Cinematography & Composition - 2nd
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 2nd
Performance & Style - 1st
Beauty & Lighting - 2nd
Chris Van Dine: OVERALL - 2ND

Fabio Wibmer - Mad trials skills and wild gaps over the fences good variety and entertainment.
Cinematography & Composition - 3rd
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 3rd
Performance & Style - 2nd
Beauty & Lighting - 3rd
Fabio Wibmer: OVERALL - 3RD

Jaws Szczeki 4th Awesome spot and line, knife edge ridge shred and amazing views would have been up there for sure if camera angle was higher!





This contest is now closed, stay tuned as soon you will be able to vote for the overall GoPro Contest winner.

Dates:
October 30, 2014 – February 28, 2015

Location:
Planet Earth

Judging Criteria:
Cinematography and Composition (25%)
Perspective and Degree of Difficulty of Shooting (25%)
Performance and Style (25%)
Overall Beauty and Lighting (25%)

Prizing
$20,000 Grand Prize
$1,000 Monthly Winner

Contest Page
Full details, judging criteria and official rules here.

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47 Comments
  • 137 4
 #2 > #1
  • 4 1
 Them drops though
  • 56 1
 Thanks guy's for you support and it's awesome to see that so many of you really liked my gopro video.
Would have been awesome to move into the finals and let you vote for the overall contest winner.
But yeah, thanks for your support I will keep on shredding and making hopefully more videos like this Wink
Fabio
  • 14 1
 Hmm... Fabio's was the most insane and followed the rules. Why did it lose to a clip that didn't and why are some of the winning and a lot of the runner up clips not following the rules set by the contest? Either they're not within the time frame allowed (1--2 minutes long) or they've been clearly posted up before (such as the Jaws video- one of the most insane lines done on a MTB)?

It'd be interesting to hear GoPro's take on why they're making exceptions because to the rest of us, it doesn't make sense. This isn't a "I lost and bitching" comment because I clearly wouldn't have won with the legit entries still allowed but this makes the contest seem way less legit which is a shame considering how much money is being invested into something that's original and accessible.
  • 11 1
 Sorry guys, riding down the hill in deep snow isn't THAT difficult. Second video is much better.
  • 6 1
 Oh wait, the videos are only positioned this way, nobody has won anything yet! I need to calm down. Go Fabio!
  • 1 0
 Apparently only the 4 monthly winners are in the finals so Fabio is out.
  • 1 9
flag Royal28 (Mar 6, 2015 at 10:10) (Below Threshold)
 @scott-townes maybe they did set those rules at the outset, but the spirit of the contest is to show the best line in the most creative/beautiful way, and setting some silly arbitrary rules like length and existing video cheapens that goal. It makes perfect sense to me - are you just mad because an amateur didn't win?
  • 5 0
 ^ Where did I write that AM riders should win? I don't care how many sponsors someone has and have always supported pros entering contests because a lot of them don't even make enough to live off of. What does that have to do with my post anyways? Try re-reading it. I bet there are a lot of people out there that feel a contest loses legitimacy if the people holding the contest ignore their own rules whenever convenient. That's the whole point of having any contest is to see who performs best within the given guidelines.
  • 1 6
flag Royal28 (Mar 6, 2015 at 12:39) (Below Threshold)
 @scott-townes did you even read what I said about the spirit of the contest and silly arbitrary rules?
  • 1 0
 @scott-townes that's the point!
  • 69 3
 #Fabiogotrobbed
  • 43 1
 Are you kidding! Fabio got robbed!
  • 40 3
 fabio's was insane
  • 24 0
 Fabio's line had heart, but football in the groin had a football in the groin.
  • 25 1
 Black hills looks ridiculously dangerous
  • 9 0
 Ya, that's some rampage level shit
  • 8 0
 Give that man a Rampage!
  • 4 1
 Yeah, video #4 was really scary! Good camera angle gives a better feeling of the vert ratio!!! :o
  • 18 0
 #2 all day but that line in #4.... wow
  • 18 3
 #fabiogotrobbed
  • 9 0
 Black Hills. Thats a bad-ass line.
  • 9 0
 Fabio's got my vote all day
  • 7 2
 Szczęki, oil them brake pads, cause they sound like Avid Dude.....
#2getsMyVote - contest should be for non-sponsored/casual riders.
  • 9 0
 Sorry but Fabio (#2) rides trials for the Drop and Roll Tour with Danny Mac Wink
  • 5 0
 Fabio was excellent but the camera angle was crap and let it down, didn't really show how good the riding was
  • 4 0
 Im pretty sure the rules say no video can be edited, yet number 3 is slowed down.
  • 2 0
 Go Pro slows them down after they've been entered. However that clip still doesn't follow the rules due to how long it is.
  • 6 1
 This is bullshit. Fabio should have won this round.
  • 5 0
 Fabioooooo!
  • 2 0
 Would love to see Fabio's from a side angle too, seems there was some pretty tricky stuff happening that was out of frame. Awesome vid.
  • 3 1
 Did anyone else notice how you can actually hear a heartbeat (chest mount go pro) on the black hills clip?! Definitely #1 in my book.
  • 7 3
 Yeahhhhh Fabioooo!
  • 3 0
 Fabio get that flu under control man!
  • 3 0
 #2 was off the proverbial hook
  • 3 0
 Aaron Chase and Mcgazza are robber.
  • 2 0
 Number two should have one! That guy put a lot of time and effort I to that video
  • 3 1
 Wasn't a fan of the snow biking
  • 2 1
 The pics from Ludo's vid were so much more interesting than the actual vid, that was honestly pretty lame
  • 2 0
 JAWS has the line with the most serious penalty for failure...
  • 2 0
 Fabio for the win!! Second place should go to the Black Hills descend.
  • 1 1
 I'm sick of all this whining about placing - did anyone actually read the judges scoring summary?
  • 1 0
 #3 - smile on his face in the end - priceless Smile
  • 1 0
 Urban had a backflip but Fabio too
  • 1 0
 Nr 2!
  • 5 5
 #2=#1 in my book







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