Slopestyle photocontest 2010

Back in June 2010, the second edition of the ‘Photocontest Slopestyle’ took place in ‘Pistino’ slopestyle park in Nimis (Udine) Italy, where some of the best Italian and Croatian MTBers and photographers showed up.
‘Pistino’ park is a great Slopestyle that offers features from drops of all kind and heights, log rides, wooden step down, dirt step down, 2 dirt jumps at the end of the course, different wallrides and a fun and fast dual slalom as well.

Pictures and story inside,The format of the competition was very unique since the riders scored points according to the photos the photographers took. It wasn’t about the biggest trick, but about the best photo taken. If someone threw a frontflip or a double backflip, but nobody took a photo or if the photo was blurry or too dark, it wouldn’t count as much, so it was all about planning the riding style with the different photographers.

Riders had the possibility of training in the morning and it all started in the afternoon at 3 o clock, where riders and photographers had to give their best for 2 hours, fighting the heat, choosing the best angles, and hiking up and down the track.

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By night time the judges made up their opinions coming up with the following results:

Photographers:

1- Stefano Bertoni
2- David Umberto Zappa www.duzimage.com
3- Mattia Menestrina www.mattiamenestrina.com

Best photo: Luigi mariussi

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Stefano Bertoni's photos (1st place):




David Umberto zappa's photos (2nd place) (www.duzimage.com):




Mattia Menestrina's photos (3rd place):




Best photo by Luigi Mariussi:

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Riders:
1- Nicola Pescetto
2- Giacomo Bisi
3- Carlo Cagnetta

Best trick: Goran Jurica - frontflip

All the riders were killing it at the course, Nicola Pescetto was showing his smooth style on the slopestyle track trickin drops and step downs on his Corsair Konig and on the last 2 dirt jumps riding his Corsair Ducat busting out, flatspin 3’s, tailwhips, and a big frontflip during the best trick jam.

Giacomo Bisi proved to have a solid riding, hitting all the features of the course without problems and busting out big backflips and stylish tricks at the dirt jumps shredding his MDE slopestyle bike.

Carlo Cagnetta showed his dirt jump skills busting out huge backflips at the dirt jumps, too bad he was riding a hardtail, with only the rear brake so he was not able hit all the features of the course, but the photographers really enjoyed his style on the last 2 jumps.

Croatian rider, Goran Jurica, threw a big corked out frontflip that impressed the judges during the best trick jam. The kid shreds dirt jumps pretty hard, busting out big 360 and tailwhips.











The contest went very well, nobody got injured, and the vibe among riders and photographers was pretty much amazing.

Special thanks to the people who made this happen:

Slopestyle Nimis club
Sights (Pierpaolo Turri)
Max Noacco

And thanks to all the sponsors who supported the event:

100one
Aproma
GEAX
Double3
Dakine
Kriptonite
Tribe distribution
Maestrutti ottica
Saf
Bike Republic
Landscape adventures

Organizers:

Slopestyle Nimis club
Sights (Pierpaolo Turri)

Dolce nord est

Proloco Nimis

Libero Sport emozione e natura


MEDIA PARTNERS:

'Tutto Mtb'
'Il Fotografo'


Here is a sweet video filmed and edit by Luka Urbac:

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