GoPro Contest of the World - August Winner Announced

Sep 14, 2015
by GoPro  


You. Your bike. Any Line. Anywhere.

GoPro and Pinkbike have teamed up yet again to bring you another round of the Line of the World contest for 2015. Last session over 270 entries were received and the four monthly winners took home $1000 each plus a shot at the $20,000. Think you have the gnarliest line and can capture it in a unique way? Bust out your GoPro and start submitting those POV clips to get yourself into contention for the monthly $1000 and a shot at the $20,000 and all the glory that goes with winning the raddest POV contest ever.

FIRST PLACE: Mitch Chubey - Les Deux Alpes SlopeStyle Course





JUDGES SCORECARDS

Oli Da Costa
Cinematography & Composition - 18
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 20
Performance & Style - 20
Beauty & Lighting - 20
TOTAL - 78

Paul Rak
Cinematography & Composition - 21
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 22
Performance & Style - 23
Beauty & Lighting - 19
TOTAL - 85

Scott Secco
Cinematography & Composition - 20
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 20
Performance & Style - 25
Beauty & Lighting - 20
TOTAL - 85

GRAND TOTAL - 248


SECOND PLACE: Primož Ravnik - Damp





JUDGES SCORECARDS

Oli Da Costa
Cinematography & Composition - 18
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 23
Performance & Style - 20
Beauty & Lighting - 18
TOTAL - 79

Paul Rak
Cinematography & Composition - 18
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 20
Performance & Style - 12
Beauty & Lighting - 16
TOTAL - 66

Scott Secco
Cinematography & Composition - 25
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 25
Performance & Style - 25
Beauty & Lighting - 20
TOTAL - 95

GRAND TOTAL - 240


THIRD PLACE: KC Deane - Unknown





JUDGES SCORECARDS

Oli Da Costa
Cinematography & Composition - 15
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 18
Performance & Style - 15
Beauty & Lighting - 15
TOTAL - 63

Paul Rak
Cinematography & Composition - 23
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 23
Performance & Style - 24
Beauty & Lighting - 24
TOTAL - 94

Scott Secco
Cinematography & Composition - 20
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 20
Performance & Style - 20
Beauty & Lighting - 20
TOTAL - 80

GRAND TOTAL - 237


FOURTH PLACE: Mark Matthews - Black Hills




JUDGES SCORECARDS

Oli Da Costa
Cinematography & Composition - 15
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 18
Performance & Style - 18
Beauty & Lighting - 15
TOTAL - 66

Paul Rak
Cinematography & Composition - 22
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 21
Performance & Style - 22
Beauty & Lighting - 22
TOTAL - 87

Scott Secco
Cinematography & Composition - 20
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 20
Performance & Style - 20
Beauty & Lighting - 15
TOTAL - 75

GRAND TOTAL - 228


FIFTH PLACE: Matt Kurle - Mangy Squirrel




JUDGES SCORECARDS

Oli Da Costa
Cinematography & Composition - 18
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 18
Performance & Style - 20
Beauty & Lighting - 18
TOTAL - 74

Paul Rak
Cinematography & Composition - 21
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 19
Performance & Style - 20
Beauty & Lighting - 23
TOTAL - 83

Scott Secco
Cinematography & Composition - 15
Perspective & Difficulty Shooting - 10
Performance & Style - 10
Beauty & Lighting - 15
TOTAL - 50

GRAND TOTAL - 207


HONORABLE MENTION: Ryley David - El Matador





HONORABLE MENTION: Mark Matthews - Forbidden






People's Choice
The judges have had their say but who do you think should win the People's Choice Award this month? The winner will take home a GoPro Hero 4 Black Edition.



The Judges

OLI DA COSTA
Oli da Costa moved into video production and post-production 16 years ago, filming, editing and creating motion graphics for film, TV and online under his company, Fraktiv. In 2011, Oli co-founded geebeebee media, producing and filming content for Pinkbike, Crankworx and leading bike brands. Oli also advises international broadcasters on editing techniques and workflow.

PAUL RAK
Hey, I’m Paul Rak. I live in North Van BC and constantly move between Whistler and my home. I travel the world, I ride bikes and I occasionally work as a professional spectator. I’m a fan of viewing and filming any two wheeled adventures and most recently acted as head judge for the Red Bull Rampage.

SCOTT SECCO
Scott Secco is the director of Builder and a contributing editor on Pinkbike.com. A GoPro user in many of his own projects, he brings a discerning eye to the contest jury.

Prizing
$20,000 Grand Prize
5 x $1,000 Monthly Winners
5 x GoPro 4 Black Edition Cameras - Monthly

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

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59 Comments
  • 145 3
 Awesome runs but the scoring on the contest is a joke, they're just POV runs, being judged on cinematography, composition, perspective, difficulty shooting, beauty and lightning..... Am I missing something or is there now a real art form to attaching a camera to your head
  • 9 0
 Thats what I was thinking. The only one that makes sense to me is lighting.
  • 29 3
 Yay, another pro rider posting up another contest run for the win! What a joke as usual. (Chubey getting a grand is tight though. He deserves it contest or not)

KC Deane and Mark Matthews should have been up against each other for the win because those lines are so sick. I wonder if PB or Go Pro has caught on yet to their almost perfect 100% negative responses to every contest update and the lack of entries despite this version taking place during the biking season... maybe that's a sign to straighten your shit out.
  • 28 6
 I think the second piece deconstructed the lapidary concept of a dam as a functional creation of engineering realm, inevitably liquifying the experience into the waters that have been tamed by the very dam. All that thanks to the most efficient creation of mankind - a bicycle. Sorry you are blind for art my friend
  • 8 3
 If the dam video won, I wouldn't have been surprised because that is gnarly on top of all the lame hippy crap you mentioned Wink

Anyone else noticed that the dam entry went "viral"? It was posted up everywhere.
  • 9 4
 judgings is SHITTY. can't the judges stop blowing pro's dicks?
  • 2 0
 No one should vote for anything till they listen......
  • 4 1
 pro's need money too...
  • 1 3
 The only pro that deserved a win was Sam Pilgram. That guy knows what looks good for the camera during a run, and his style helps with a good picture.
  • 4 0
 dont know why the ppl go banana on such a things like the god Dam entry basic skill required vs Number 3 KC Dane - Unknown sorry but the final drop was jaw dropping Smile Smile
  • 3 0
 Why can we not have a poll option of none of the above? And one of us lucky randoms on PB wins a go pro 4? The whole concept of this contest is bullsh1t!! Hardly a contest entry for one that rides a pre built contest track is it
  • 2 0
 Agreed, cinematography is a joke. The only one that had any attempt at it was the dam run. But that *utterly* fails on perspective as the gopro hides how steep the dam is! (If you look hard at the end you can see the 'kicker' before the water is still a 45 degree downslope). Kudos to the riders for some beautiful and gnarly runs there, but the contest is a joke, a thinly veiled attempt to harvest gopro promotional footage.
  • 2 0
 The concept of the term GO PRO is that you aren't a pro but if you film your amature self then you can make it to be a pro.......at least that's how I thought the go pro sales pitch went......its called go pro not already pro........contests should not be allowed as a judging format, go find a real line that's rugged and gnar that you found and/or created to film with all the composition and cinematography that shows us some talent and a thought process about filming a 20,000.00 dollar line.......
  • 1 0
 The aim of the contest isn't to make a good edit, it's trying to finding some of the worlds gnarliest and trickiest lines, I'm sure there's some other competition for all that crap. This competition is driven by GO PRO. So believe it or not it all has to be filmed on a go pro, and making a Sik edit with just a gopro may prove to be a bit difficult.
  • 2 0
 ^ I don't think anyone said otherwise... and you can definitely make an edit just using a Go Pro. I made a few that you can watch in my profile. Just need a tripod and some tape Smile
  • 1 2
 Have you ever watched a GoPro edit they use only GoPros and they are badass.
  • 30 0
 I think they should more judge the creativity and idea of the line to give the not professionals a chance. Like Fabio Wibmers line last time or Ravniks dam line. Because where is the point of making a contest for everyone but only pro athletes got a chance
  • 1 0
 They want the best footage for advertising, and that happens to come from the best riders (who are paid pros) on the best trails (which are only open to pro riders).

Its probably for the best. Nobody wants to see garbage from kids in the woods on their halfords bikes anyway.
  • 2 0
 Isn't the point (basically) of a company sponsoring an athlete to use that athlete and their pics, videos and exposure in general to sell more shit? If so why not just send the guy out, like they do anyway and have him film his riding, and then post it as an advertisement?

Disguising blatant advertising as a competition that the public can be involved in, then shitting on them, is no longer good advertising.
  • 24 0
 KC's drop was pretty massive...jesus
  • 15 2
 Why can a contest course be counted? He didn't create a line, he just tricked what was already there. Don't get me wrong, it was incredible riding, but the others went out and found lines to shoot on.

Also, a guy pointing his bike down a dam does not earn performance and style of anything above 10. Thank you Paul for being the only one to somewhat recgonize that.
  • 4 0
 The only video in this line up that seemed to make a go pro look like a decent camera was the one riding down the dam. Every other video got blurry, extremely grainy or had horrible wind noise.

Also how many of us would have thought about riding a several thousand dollar downhill bike down a dam into water? I do think that was pretty creative.
  • 10 0
 oh boy another pro won on a private contest course what next
  • 8 0
 Mangy Squirrel? I leave near that trail and I have never heard it called that name in my life.
  • 2 0
 Yea, I was gonna say that looked like eastern washington
  • 4 0
 What is the trail's real name?
  • 3 1
 Technically, Jumpstart. But it's on a hill called Tibbets Mtn so it get's referred to as just Tibbets a lot as well. Not sure where 'Mangy Squirrel' came from.
  • 1 0
 @tangeman: Having ridden "Tibbets" numerous times, I've never heard it called either Jumpstart or Mangy Squirrel. The latter seems mis-nammed as it's neither mangy, or jumping around like a squirrel. It's more of a figure 11 trail, only singletrack. Just straight down, until near the bottom. Gorgeous area, love riding out of Cashmere!
  • 10 2
 That slam into the water.. ouch!
  • 4 0
 Yup, I winced a bit when he hit the water.
  • 4 0
 That could easily result in a a broken neck
  • 7 0
 No. 2 is nuts!!
  • 2 0
 He should have rocked a snorkel for the win!
  • 3 0
 Where I work, and I cannot ride good enough for that. But...If anyone is adventurous enough, prob be a winner. ponce.sdsu.edu/projectphotosll04.jpg
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  • 3 0
 "Hi, Cam Zink? I have an awesome opportunity for you...."
  • 2 0
 Just to afford a Go Pro would be nice, let alone having 4 free Go Pro's strapped round ya boat race covering every angle of a pro riders winning run. And then win video of the month!!!! I do believe the contest is fixed and bullshit.
  • 2 0
 Mathew...why didn't you submit the full run with that near miss. www.pinkbike.com/video/420515/#top
That was sick. Also, many of us non-professionals can relate to that.
  • 2 0
 Even if the run in les 2 alpes is awesome and we are located in les Deux Alpes, I prefer the second one which is more original. Anyway congrats to all and thanks for those movies!
  • 3 0
 am I the only one that thought some rabid squirrel was going to attack him and cause a hilarious OTB?
  • 4 1
 Pinkbike should be ashamed of themselves for "powering" such a flawed and disrespected contest concept.
  • 1 0
 f*cking joke of a comp, how can pros win? of course any crankworx vid is gunna be dope, but on a foreeel note second place ftw won
  • 1 0
 Contest is a joke. Check out Logan Binggeli's Gopro run on his test track- www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgPou3FdC0Y. Now something like that deserves a prize.
  • 1 0
 That line was ridiculous.
  • 1 2
 KC was so much gnarlier than that stupid damn shot. Take a look at that video. It's not as large as they're saying it is. You can clearly see the top of it when he looks back up. KC's line was super tech, super dangerous and had that massive drop at the end.
  • 2 0
 Dam is a winner. 4 339 286 youtube views is a proof
  • 2 0
 That yelp on mangy squirrel gets my vote!
  • 1 1
 Come on that is seriously? to me the winner was Primož Ravnik, Chubey ok did a nice run but his line was just a simple run. Primoz did something new, something dangerous.
  • 2 0
 Yawn. We're still doing this?
  • 1 1
 The thing is, if some kid on an old kona stinky doing a 6ft double does somehow win, you guys will rightly hate on it because its boring.
  • 2 1
 " All aboard... the Gopro hate train. Hop on now or wait again until next month."
  • 2 1
 les deux alps is doing well
  • 1 1
 Perspective and what ? Lightning and what ?what a joke ,voted for the second ,but that kc line ,upa la la.
  • 1 0
 Mark Mathews had some floooow. But KC Deane had that massive drop.
  • 1 0
 Dam 4 the win!
  • 1 2
 dope
  • 2 3
 Worst. Contest. Ever.
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