Pinkbike Freeze Frame Contest - Sea Otter 2013
Anyone wandering around at this year's Sea Otter Classic would have been hard pressed to ignore the shouts and cheers emanating from the Pinkbike booth twice a day. The cheers (and jeers) were for Pinkbike's Freeze Frame contest, where participants could win a frame or a complete bike by being the first to unfold and put on a frozen t-shirt. With either a Hard Eddy frame from Intense, a Session 88 frame from Trek, a Devinci Dexter frame, a complete KHS SIXFIFTY 2500 bicycle, and a Contour ROAM 2 helmet camera up for grabs, the competition was fierce. Participants (who were chosen at random from photos emailed to Pinkbike) tried every means possible to thaw out and don the icy t-shirts. Brute force ending up as the preferred method for the competitors, and the tent echoed with the sounds of wet fabric being pummeled and smacked into the ground.
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 The frozen Pinkbike t-shirts waiting for the competition to begin. Even if a competitor didn't win a frame, they still went home with a t-shirt as a consolation prize. |
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| The man with the mic, Jay Louden, who served as Pinkbike's MC and general mayhem instigator. |
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| The prizes - an Intense Hard Eddy frame, a Trek Session 88 frame, a Devinci Dexter frame, and a complete KHS SIXFIFTY 2500. |
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| It's not as easy as you would think to pull apart a frozen t-shirt. This guy was sure he'd won, only to look up and see he'd been edged out by a fellow competitor on the other side of the booth. Good effort though. |
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27 Comments
- 59 0
Liberty555
(Apr 29, 2013 at 22:47)
I'm trying to think what that Trek Session looks like...
- 38 5
MadMax883
(Apr 29, 2013 at 23:05)
looks like a trek session
- 9 0
emu-er
(Apr 29, 2013 at 23:19)
first time here that that comment is yyeeaahhh riigghhtt....party hard
- 7 5
Clarkeh
(Apr 30, 2013 at 0:24)
Just look at any other bike.
- 9 0
fr3er1d3r
(Apr 30, 2013 at 11:55)
it looks like a kona
- 1 0
Alwaysrider
(May 13, 2013 at 10:10)
file:///C:/Users/famsimonics/Pictures/tomi/funny%20downhill%20pic.jpg
- 50 1
BikeTrials
(Apr 29, 2013 at 22:56)
No female participants?
- 1 1
tmanb3
(Apr 30, 2013 at 16:20)
there was one girl but she kept her top on haha
- 40 0
gserrato
(Apr 29, 2013 at 22:30)
wear a t-shirt, get a frame.
damn i should have gone
- 71 0
dhpanda
(Apr 29, 2013 at 23:04)
I think I would have just about pee'd on the shirt to get the damn frame.
- 3 0
Keskiyo
(Apr 29, 2013 at 23:54)
dhpanda: hahahahahahahahaha
- 3 0
louiscypher
(Apr 30, 2013 at 0:16)
O would kindly help you just in case you didnt defrost it enough
- 3 0
mnorris122
(Apr 30, 2013 at 6:48)
.....that is a disgusting, yet brilliant method. IMO, it's totally worth it with those prizes up for grabs
- 4 0
Synipol
(Apr 30, 2013 at 7:28)
thanks for the good laugh this morning dhpanda!
- 1 0
radnumber9
(Apr 30, 2013 at 21:02)
Made it in the video! haha. after they pan out from the pics with the girl (58 sec), my buddy and i are standing in the back. Wish I could've participated in the contest tho. Next year!
- 3 1
airsoftesneeto
(Apr 30, 2013 at 0:07)
if people were smart enough to squirt water out of their water bottles on to the shirts, that ice would have melted so quickly. If only my picture came up
- 3 0
Nobble
(Apr 30, 2013 at 0:13)
that's cheating...
I'm so glad the kid who won the dixon did, the other guy cheated and started before he said go.
- 1 0
airsoftesneeto
(May 5, 2013 at 20:30)
really thats cheating? they didnt say anything about how to get the t shirts unfrozen they just said the first person to put their shirt on wins
- 1 0
Nobble
(May 5, 2013 at 20:43)
yes, starting before he said to go is cheating...
- 3 0
Jacko6793
(Apr 30, 2013 at 1:10)
urinating on it is against the rules?
- 1 0
rhiwfawrdirt
(Apr 30, 2013 at 5:08)
thats what i was thinking
- 2 0
spiderdonut007
(Apr 29, 2013 at 22:58)
So random yet so awesome
- 2 1
itstreky
(Apr 30, 2013 at 11:19)
would whipping out my shlong and pissing on get me DQ'ed?
- 1 0
justshredit
(Apr 29, 2013 at 23:14)
I'd be so stoked to get a frame anywhere as good as those.
Awesome!!!
- 1 0
debonis
(Apr 29, 2013 at 23:54)
Random event and awesome prizes!
- 1 0
flyin-ryan
FL (Apr 29, 2013 at 22:29)
Sweet
- 1 0
toptenrick
(Apr 29, 2013 at 23:19)
live love ride wear!
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