2014 Photo of the Year Winner is...
Christoph Laue's Winning Image for the 2014 Specialized Photo of the Year Powered by SRAM:
![It s all about the moment in sport photography - Photo Christoph Laue]()
We gave you the top 32 images from 2014 and you've voted for the winner and ultimately the 2014 Photo of the Year, whom will be divvying up the $10,000 in CASH as well as $20,000 in prizing from our sponsors: Specialized Bikes and SRAM.
Check out the voting page for all the results from each bracket.
The 4th annual Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest is a wrap and Christoph Laue will be joining the ranks of John Wellburn, Toby Cowley and Sterling Lorence in the PB Photo of the Year Hall of Fame.
How Did Photo Of The Year Work?
From thousands of nominated photos, 32 were selected to pit against each other in a college basketball bracket-like showdown. At that point it was up to you, the users, to vote on the match ups. The photos with the most votes moved onto the next round. So 32 photos narrowed down to 16, then 8, 4, 2 until there was a single photo deemed the 2014 Specialized Photo of the Year Powered by SRAM.
What all was at stake? $10,000 Cash and $20,000+ in Prizing
• Christoph Laue will receive a Specialized Enduro 27.5 complete with the newest SRAM kit and a check for $5000
• Sterling Lorence will receive a check for $3000
• Robb Thompson and Sean Lee will each receive a check for $1000
New for this year, a prize pack for nailing the voting:
The user that votes the closest to the correct bracket could win a SRAM X01 Drivetrain (crankset, cassette, chain, shifter, derailleur and an X-Sync direct mount chain ring)
*if multiple users have the same voting brackets, then a random draw from the matching users will be drawn
Thanks to Specialized Bikes and SRAM.
Mentions: @SramMedia @Specialized @Laue
We gave you the top 32 images from 2014 and you've voted for the winner and ultimately the 2014 Photo of the Year, whom will be divvying up the $10,000 in CASH as well as $20,000 in prizing from our sponsors: Specialized Bikes and SRAM.
Check out the voting page for all the results from each bracket.
The 4th annual Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest is a wrap and Christoph Laue will be joining the ranks of John Wellburn, Toby Cowley and Sterling Lorence in the PB Photo of the Year Hall of Fame.
How Did Photo Of The Year Work?
From thousands of nominated photos, 32 were selected to pit against each other in a college basketball bracket-like showdown. At that point it was up to you, the users, to vote on the match ups. The photos with the most votes moved onto the next round. So 32 photos narrowed down to 16, then 8, 4, 2 until there was a single photo deemed the 2014 Specialized Photo of the Year Powered by SRAM.
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 Christoph Laue will be taking this beauty home: a Specialized Enduro 27.5 with full SRAM build kit. |
What all was at stake? $10,000 Cash and $20,000+ in Prizing
• Christoph Laue will receive a Specialized Enduro 27.5 complete with the newest SRAM kit and a check for $5000
• Sterling Lorence will receive a check for $3000
• Robb Thompson and Sean Lee will each receive a check for $1000
New for this year, a prize pack for nailing the voting:
The user that votes the closest to the correct bracket could win a SRAM X01 Drivetrain (crankset, cassette, chain, shifter, derailleur and an X-Sync direct mount chain ring)
*if multiple users have the same voting brackets, then a random draw from the matching users will be drawn
Thanks to Specialized Bikes and SRAM.
Mentions: @SramMedia @Specialized @Laue
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How do you think we get these awesome pictures? It's from dudes riding the same shit the pros ride but with camera packs and all the shit that goes with it. Usually on bikes and kit that they have had to buy themselves
So no, the riders shouldn't get any reward, they already get paid/sponsored etc
Great attitude by the way!
Hey mate, I won that facebook competition thing x-months back, haven't had anything turn up, just wondering what the story is, cheers.
It's true though, you just took our language and broke it. Oh shit, I did it again, please don't be upset.
Well deserved !
Congratulations Christoph Laue !
christophlaue.com/cotnact
Contact the man himself and im sure you could come to some arrangement, i would offer some cash though
They got some serious advertisement right there.
LONG LIVE DH!!!!
"Lemmings" would be an apt title!!!
While the "winner" is certainly a nice photo, it's not anything extraordinary. Perhaps that photo of Matt Hunter was just too slick for all the "real" downhill kids out there?
Sterling won it last year with a heavily strobed shot. Don't get me wrong, he's a great photographer and they are both deserving photos (2013 here www.pinkbike.com/news/Photo-of-the-Year-Winner-is-2013.html). I think Christoph got very lucky with the timing.. trying to do this intentionally would have been impossible. But hey, it worked out!
@Kashima False. It also has to do with funny hats, fearing gay people, and a startling amount of man on boy action.
Didn't mean to act like an agressive atheist, and although I love using sarcasm, I avoid it on the internet since nobody gets it when it's written.