Round 3: 2016 Photo of the Year - $10,000 Cash Prizing
Now we're hitting the mid-point of voting and it's not getting any easier. With more than 225,000 votes cast we are down to the top 8, in the running for their piece of $10,000 in CASH from our sponsor: SRAM.
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The 6th annual Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest voting is now well underway. Below are the Round 2 matchups and who won each after the votes were cast. Once you see whether your favorites made it through, head on over to the voting page and cast your votes for the next round!
The winner of the contest will join John Wellburn, Toby Cowley, Sterling Lorence, Christoph Laue and Sean Lee in the PB Photo of the Year Hall of Fame and they could walk away with $5,000.
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![Hooked up with Mr Div Devlin to scope locations and grab a few test snaps. Not only did it turn out to be the greyest day ever but it started to piss down the moment we set up the first shot. Div sent it regardless couple of flawless runs were followed by a brutal face-plant bleeding from the nose and mouth Div insisted we capture some lifestyle shit before the light faded. m We ve got some exciting projects in the pipeline]()
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![that moment when you realize you re too close but it s worth it... Rider Nicola Pescetto www.wolisphoto.com]()
![Bas Van Steenburgen through a sliver of light off the run in jump.]()
![On saturday march 19th Matt Macduff sustained a terrible fall attempting to make his way around the Loop Of Doom. After over 3 year of research determination and hard work Matt managed to find everything he needed to make his project happen. Built in a month at the Garden Route Trail Park in South Africa the gigantic structure rises up to 40 ft. in the sky. The crash left him with 10 fractures in his right wrist and 3 fractures in his right ankle. The story behind his stunt is as impactful as the structure itself. A real story of determination.]()
![Natural fires are a huge influence on the Okanagan region of British Columbia. Inspired by a particularly bad wildfire season Harrison Mendel and I had been on the hunt to create a unique burn photo but we were after something real rather than a staged fire photo. Several clearcut burn piles left to smoulder high above Kelowna gave us a perfect opportunity. Hidden pockets of soldering embers and toxic smoke made this a hazardous location but when Harrison slashed into a pile of ash and this wave of molten embers erupted we knew it was well worth the risk despite a deep burn on Harrison s ankle. Huge thanks to Ben Schleith and Harrison for helping to make this photo happen.]()
![Images by Margus Riga for the Tippie Doerfling and Stowards Generations - Video and Photo Epic]()
![Reg Mullett riding Mount 7 from the summit to valley bottom. There was beer at the bottom so we rode fast.]()
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Bruno Long 37.7%
![KC Deane and Geoff Gulevich in rsm rk Iceland underneath a spectactular Northern Lights show. The town of Reykjavik even demanded all lights be shut off in the city during this night due to the intensity of the showing here. Our crew went to Iceland with a vision to riding under the Northern Lights and we continually got shut down by weather. We photographed this the last night we were there on a 10 day trip and only saw the lights for two nights at the end of our trip departing our journey beneath a river of green in the skies.]()
![Kenta Gallagher]()
Tommy Wilkinson 42.5%
![Jungle magic on La Palma.]()
![Kurt Sorge]()
Robin Oneill 40.5%
![About the photo The picture is called Icarus 2.0. Our inspiration for this shot was the Greek myth of Icarus. The symbol of the first flying man beating the laws of nature and gravity. According to the myth Icarus got wings form his father Daedalus to escape a maze on the island where they were imprisoned. The wings were made of wax so Daedalus told his son not too fly too close to the sun because the heat would melt the wings. He also told him to keep some distance from the sea because the water would make his wings too heavy. Their plan seemed to work out They managed to escape the maze and the island. On the way to freedom Icarus became a little bit too reckless. He flew too high and got too close to the sun - his wings melted and he fell into the sea. Our athlete Max Mey is flying - just like Icarus - over the water and very close to the sun. The difference between the two flying men is that Max lands safely. His skills and his experience let him know what risks he can take and when he should stop. And of course his bike is not made out of wax which is the advantage of the times we re living in today.]()
![Photo Camilla Rutherford]()
Camilla Rutherford 35%
Go Vote in Round 3
What's at stake? $10,000 Cash
• Winner will receive a check for $5000
• Runner-up will receive a check for $3000
• Other semi-finalists will each receive $1000
Thanks to SRAM.
![Photo of the Year 2016 Powered by SRAM]()
Mentions: @SramMedia
The 6th annual Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest voting is now well underway. Below are the Round 2 matchups and who won each after the votes were cast. Once you see whether your favorites made it through, head on over to the voting page and cast your votes for the next round!
The winner of the contest will join John Wellburn, Toby Cowley, Sterling Lorence, Christoph Laue and Sean Lee in the PB Photo of the Year Hall of Fame and they could walk away with $5,000.
Matchup 1
49.7% Martin Zielinski
Valery Bekishev 50.3%
Matchup 2
47.2% JB Liautard
Bartek Wolinski 52.8%
Matchup 3
47.6% Dave Trumpore
Julien Grimard 52.4%
Matchup 4
49% Robb Thompson
Margus Riga 51%
Matchup 5
62.3% Reuben Krabbe
Matchup 6
57.5% Paris Gore
Matchup 7
59.5% Steve Shannon
Matchup 8
65% Christoph Laue
What's at stake? $10,000 Cash
• Winner will receive a check for $5000
• Runner-up will receive a check for $3000
• Other semi-finalists will each receive $1000
Thanks to SRAM.
Mentions: @SramMedia
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Be a savage. Vote roost.
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be a savage. vote for roost.
I mean if u can throw that much roost you can talk, but not many people can.
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Robb Thompson that is a very unique shot nice work!
If I should choose one of these photos to represent what mountain biking is about, print it as a 6x4 ft poster and hang it on my wall, which one would it be?
Yes, if I should judge the artistic value, the photo of Bruno Long would be my favourite - but if I looked at it while standing on the other side of the room, I probably wouldn't even notice there's a mountain bike in it.
If you want to judge colours and landscapes and whatnot, go to Outdoor Photographer.
A much better way would be to have a simple vote. If the organisers want to drag it out for a week then you could have eliminating rounds (lowest percentage gets the boot).
I want to know how many people voted for a picture that is compared to all the other contestants not just compared to whatever was matched up that week.
Really unfair on the contestants who are left wondering "what if my picture was matched up differently" or "where exactly did I place". Anyway cool pics
But then I also had Bernie, äh, Hilary Clinton for the win.
So it will be Christoph Laue then.