PaintHouse Customs Contest - Winner!

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whitetux FL (Oct 31, 2009 at 0:48)

they picked the ugliest design and that helmets looks good till you see the ugly name

Slayer1216 (Oct 31, 2009 at 1:25)

yeah it doesnt mach the rest of the helmet

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knoxx (Oct 31, 2009 at 5:00)

A guy named BELL wins a helmet called POC, probably we will see a guy named POC wining a helmet called BELL.

Freeski (Oct 31, 2009 at 14:47)

Loooool Good one! x)

pdxseth (Oct 31, 2009 at 10:35)

It looks like a sticker. and the pinkbike logo looks like one too. Was it even painted on??? For a PaintHouse product this helmet is way under par. Congratulations Lucas on winning.

almostwise Mod (Oct 31, 2009 at 0:26)

Congratulations Lucas.

RustyOlive (Nov 4, 2009 at 6:13)

HAHAHHAHA!! this thread makes me laugh... so many, so quick to judge, bicker and drop a neg..

Now, can't say I'm a fan either (in terms of being a first place winner).. But, as a airbrush artist/painter.. I'd have to give props to them. That's more time and skill than most of you would invest or wrap your head around.. (no pun intended) I'm more than certain it wouldn't matter who won, you can't please "everyone's" taste buds.

either way you put it... this helmet caught the eye of the powers that be, and they walked away the winner.. and you didn't..

congrats to the winner. now next time paint a helmet all these kids will love! LOL

Cogito (Nov 4, 2009 at 11:09)

I find this to be a more than excellent design, it's simplistic, yet technical, what I mean is, it looks so basic, but if you think of the designing that went into it it's ridiculous, it's not overly flashy, but still noticable. I find it's a perfect balance somehow.....

Congrats to this "Lucas"!

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DARKSTAR63 (Oct 31, 2009 at 4:42)

So many of you guys are complete ass holes. Congrats Lucas, looks good.

seraph (Oct 31, 2009 at 8:31)

They're just expressing their opinions. Like someone said above, this is a website where people can comment on photos and express their individual tastes. So cheer down, bud.

flymore (Oct 31, 2009 at 10:35)

ye but its nicer if u use discresion/ give a proper reason for your hating comments.. and u dont hav to write wat u think if its going to just do sumone down... so cheer up, bud

dxfox (Oct 31, 2009 at 23:43)

Congratulation to the winner. I personaly would not wear that helmet. It is ridiculous.

nouser (Nov 1, 2009 at 10:13)

I like that, the way you worded that.

"It is ridiculous." Enough said.

ryanrose1050 (Oct 31, 2009 at 6:53)

its nice but it doesn`t really flow

shansen0687 (Nov 4, 2009 at 13:30)

i cant believe this got as much critisism as it has! the design on the helmet is what caught my eye for this thread in the first place. As for the comments that the second place should have won, look around im sure you can find a helmet with pool balls all over it, after all TLD just came out with a "bar" inspired helmet with dart boards and such on it. Clean, unique, and eye catching design. i give it an A+

JejQ (Oct 31, 2009 at 5:33)

Congrats Lucas, I like your style, but dislike painting of helmet. Its ugly. It look like some kind of shirt pattern.

doddi (Nov 1, 2009 at 3:18)

Sorry, but i sticked couple of santa cruz stickers in right positions at originaly designed helmet and it looks much better, than that flight of fantasy..

sharkyboy (Oct 31, 2009 at 11:30)

really? THATs the winner? It does look sick and all but i'd expect more for a winner helm

epavichthesavage (Oct 31, 2009 at 14:30)

lol i get strailine bar end caps, yes...wait..i have odi handlebars dammit damn u lucas bell u ruined it!! congrats to him anyways nice job damn everytime , 2nd place!!! i got to step it up lol

doxx (Oct 31, 2009 at 16:18)

They are ODI compatible

burt-reynolds (Nov 2, 2009 at 14:45)

Wtf? First place is plaid, second is cue balls? Are you kidding me? Reminds me of high school art class. In fact, the cue balls are terrible as far as art is concerned.

shansen0687 (Nov 4, 2009 at 13:35)

might i add however, i do not like his tag on the back of the helmet, i think it clashes with the design pretty bad.

animalbiker (Oct 31, 2009 at 3:17)

I prefered a looot more the one with balls... but the only good thing of the 1st place one its that the colour matches with the santa cruz logo.
anyways grats to the winers and specialy ph for the contest.

If u want take a loook to mine entries:
animalbiker.pinkbike.com/album/PaintHouse-Customs-entries

shagrath (Nov 3, 2009 at 0:16)

yeah you would prefer the one with balls

valtra (Oct 31, 2009 at 7:12)

Like it or not, he just got a high quality helmet free of charge. Decent

mostlyslabs (Oct 31, 2009 at 8:43)

Well I hope you've got a massive head.

nightmareterror (Nov 1, 2009 at 7:18)

I liked the plain white helmets with the orange POC lettering.

pwngemn (Nov 1, 2009 at 20:31)

same, i liked it better in stock colours

mike2f8yp (Nov 1, 2009 at 15:48)

ohh no!! reminds me of burberry, keech!!

gingerminger (Nov 3, 2009 at 20:49)

sexy helmet to the extreme

stryke (Oct 31, 2009 at 3:54)

you put the pinkbike logo on un-even.. nice

z-man FL (Oct 31, 2009 at 9:18)

looks even to me

nightmareterror (Oct 31, 2009 at 5:27)

Not sick.. Trendy.

jackelrider (Oct 31, 2009 at 11:10)

thats one sad helmet come guys you know there was better

Larkey1 FL (Oct 31, 2009 at 17:14)

I think its sweet and everybody should stop complaining just cos they didn't win, congrats to lucas.

diogodavinha (Nov 3, 2009 at 6:02)

congratulations for the winner!!!

kurbitur (Oct 31, 2009 at 6:09)

Boyyyyyyyyy that's looks nice

jdawg95 (Nov 1, 2009 at 21:31)

nice

lcstay10 (Oct 31, 2009 at 9:14)

paints cool, but the helmet itself looks REALLY bad.

isitspicy (Oct 31, 2009 at 9:51)

wow... second place was a way better pic then first

daltonp1 (Oct 31, 2009 at 0:05)

looks sick!!!

demonbiker48 (Oct 31, 2009 at 0:24)

sick design, conservative yet flashy.. i like it

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Dodger-Jr (Oct 31, 2009 at 0:54) (Below Threshold)

looks sick, but... I thought they got their design on the helmet? Either way still awesome

goosh (Oct 31, 2009 at 10:05)

i still think there was better.

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bryceland33 (Oct 31, 2009 at 10:16)

way better really

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spongosauraus (Oct 31, 2009 at 10:29)

2nd place was so much cooler and would have loked better on the helmet, anyway im so jealous lol free helmet would have been nice

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epavichthesavage (Oct 31, 2009 at 14:31) (Below Threshold)

indeed it would have been nice for me cause i has no helmet

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michael-scott (Oct 31, 2009 at 17:15)

if this is honestly the best this company can come up with, i doubt they'll be in business for very long...yellow and grey plaid stripes with green sparkles? it's like a leprechaun threw up on a lumberjack.

airbornmtnbiker (Nov 1, 2009 at 16:07)

lol well put

breva (Nov 1, 2009 at 16:11)

reply @ michael-scott - My opinion, around my area you see more and more kids going for the more conservative looks towards their bikes/helmet. Rather than the more flashy, bright coloured ones which sit on the shelves for long periods of time. This may be different where your from, but this is just my areaaa

michael-scott (Nov 1, 2009 at 17:22)

I'm not saying things need to be flashy, i actually agree with you that a lot of the time a good clean look is the way to go. I just don't like this particular design or colours at all. I would expect more from a professional painting company. I'm sure the quality of the job is top notch, but aesthetically it's pretty bad in my opinion.

breva (Nov 2, 2009 at 17:39)

Yea thats true. i see where your coming from. Well put

ivcstudio (Oct 31, 2009 at 9:20)

really bad

nouser (Oct 31, 2009 at 11:04)

i think its a very nice helmet but i dont like the chin vent shape.

ruffride (Oct 31, 2009 at 13:50)

defo no troy lee

RockShoxd (Oct 31, 2009 at 15:34)

reminds me of a greek helmet

sauronrulez (Oct 31, 2009 at 0:14)

verry nice helmet

blue-elephant7 (Oct 31, 2009 at 10:18)

thats a pretty sick helmet!!

fantaman (Oct 31, 2009 at 16:25)

I've never been a fan of the helmet design of the POC,congrats to the winner

cameronluther (Oct 31, 2009 at 0:06)

So sick! Nice job guys.

bigburd (Nov 1, 2009 at 4:12)

ya i really like this design , much better then all the metro-sexual neon pink green and yellow crap thats knocking about atm

iown (Oct 31, 2009 at 10:13)

dope helmet

ian303 (Oct 31, 2009 at 9:54)

sick helmet

nouser (Nov 1, 2009 at 5:17)

seeing as my comment got deleted...it still looks like a chavs cap.

nouser (Nov 1, 2009 at 10:10)

Ugly helmet to begin with. They would have been better saying look we'll take a blank helmet in whatever size the winner should need, design a logo, an we'll match the design to the winning design. That way the helmet not only looked good but would fit all sizes of winner heads.

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flymore (Oct 31, 2009 at 0:51) (Below Threshold)

if you've got nothing good to say... don't say it. neways, sweet design painthouse + lucas!

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danny-oli (Oct 31, 2009 at 5:13)

its a website where you can share you own opinion. they are both sweet designs but they just dont mix at all !

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flymore (Oct 31, 2009 at 10:32)

oh well, its just not really constructive criticism, not particularly helpful or friendly and tbh its probs because his design didnt win.. but if u want to be negative + neg prop me then go ahead.

diroc (Oct 31, 2009 at 12:45)

Saying something looks ugly is just as valuable as any positive criticism.

fade86 (Oct 31, 2009 at 13:46)

agreed, ugly.