Round 4 Voting Closed - Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest

Mar 9, 2019
by Pinkbike Staff  
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Here we go, the semi-finals of the 8th annual Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest presented by Jenson USA are kicking into gear. With more than 272,000 votes cast, we are down to the top 4, in the running for their piece of $10,000 in CASH.

Below are the Round 3 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 will join John Wellburn, Toby Cowley, Sterling Lorence, Christoph Laue, Sean Lee, Steve Shannon and Robb Thompson in the Pinkbike Photo of the Year Hall of Fame.






Match Up 1 - Winner: Richard Baybutt


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Richard Baybutt 55.9%

Fog and freeride at Farwell Canyon.
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Steve Shannon 44.1%


Match Up 2 - Winner: Thomas Gaffney


Flip no hander on a fine spring morn. www.thomasgaffney.weebly.com www.instagram.com thomasgaffney
Thomas Gaffney 56.9%

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Brodie Hood 43.1%


Match Up 3 - Dan Milner


Definitely one of the most beautiful places on Earth. And if that 39 s not reason enough to come here there are trails too.
Dan Milner 50% @ 4487 votes

Graham Agassiz throwing a top side no can shot in the Bellingham jungle for Dakine.
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Paris Gore 50% @ 4484 votes


Match Up 4 - Sterling Lorence


Brett Rheeder fully clicked off a natural rock quarter lit by overhead drone strobe during the filming of his segment in Big Water Utah for Return to Earth by Anthill Films.
Sterling Lorence 51.4%

Axel is playing around on the dark surface of Etna
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Christophe Laue 48.6%


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

In addition, this year we also have user prizing for voters courtesy of Jenson USA. One lucky Pinkbike reader that votes for the Photo of the Year will win a $1000 Jenson USA gift card.

Thank you Jenson USA.

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How can I enter for a chance to win the $1000 Jenson USA gift card?
By simply voting as we progress to the eventual Photo of the Year winner, you will be entered for a chance to win. One entry per user per round goes into a random draw for the prize.






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53 Comments
  • 41 0
 Holy that margin between Dan Miller and Paris gore is crazy
  • 4 3
 Dan wins with 50.02% of the vote
  • 19 1
 @kookseverywhere:
What about the Electoral College vote?

lol
  • 8 2
 Oh god, it's Brexit all over again. Wink
  • 1 0
 We all know who's gonna win this already.
  • 41 6
 Oh no, the photo that I liked the most didn't make it through!. Everyone who voted against it must not understand art/photography/mountain-biking/the-purpose-of-this-contest.
  • 5 1
 insert meme of tony stark rolling eyes here
  • 6 1
 Welcome to democracy.
  • 7 3
 We want bikes in the air!
  • 29 4
 Paris Gore and Aggy got robbed.
  • 7 0
 Interesting final 4 - definitely comes down to what mountain biking means to you as to which is the winner in the two match ups - the feeling of endless landscapes, beauty and out for an epic ride makes the winners obvious to me.
  • 8 0
 Voting is hard. Mad props to all the photographers! Killer job! It's not easy to pick a winner out of all these incredible pics!
  • 26 16
 THE DOG GOT ROBBED
+1 up vote to who ever said that in Round 1
  • 5 1
 That would be me, thank you very much! That other photo is pretty great too though, even if it's not as warm and fuzzy.
  • 13 6
 I really back Gaffney's to win. Its unique and creative and puts more emphasis on bike rather than scenery. Raaaate that.
  • 6 1
 Hell yeah!
  • 3 2
 I agree that the bike riding needs to play a major role in choosing the best picture. That’s why Sterling Lorence is my favorite. The composition of skill, scenery and light is in my opinion the best
  • 2 0
 Its also composed in a unique way, and a difficult shot to capture from the photographer and the riders perspective
  • 1 5
flag cragus-t (Mar 12, 2019 at 11:06) (Below Threshold)
 Best of all its only a screen grab from a GoPro video too
  • 3 0
 @cragus-t: that’s a lie
  • 10 3
 Well done Pinkbikers on the lack of an exploding dirt drifty berm back lit skid photo making it through.
  • 8 1
 Baybutt vs Gaffney. Damn Pinkbike, the two best photos head to head. Can both win?

The other two are great as well .
  • 9 1
 All dogs go to heaven.
  • 6 0
 I'm sad to see Paris and Steve's shots out of the running, they were two of my top 3
  • 6 0
 Yeeeah Gaffers!
  • 5 1
 Baybutt for the win
  • 4 1
 where's the rider going though?
  • 4 1
 @mtbmaniatv: yeah it's definitely more of a scenery capture than bike phoro
  • 6 0
 @mtbmaniatv: I've lived near that spot for years and still can't tell... Irony though is that Winnat's Pass is more a popular roadie spot.
  • 1 0
 @Denning76: Got it, maybe he's into ultimate freeriding but don't look like there's a trail.
  • 1 0
 @mtbmaniatv: There isn't one there.
  • 1 1
 @Denning76: You guys seriously can't see the trail, or are you just using that to make a point that you don't like it?
  • 2 0
 @mtbikeaddict: Do you live there? Homie just said there's no trail there. Photo is great but it's just staged if he's not dropping in.
  • 1 1
 @mtbmaniatv: No I don't live there, but neither do either of you. If he's recently been to that exact spot to verify it, fine, I'm more than happy to defer, but even if so, it's still an awesome photo, and I see a line cleared in the growth, going through his front tire, around the rock, and straight down the side. Maybe I'm in error, but that's what I saw
  • 2 0
 @mtbikeaddict: I know the area like the back of my hand. There's not really a trail there. It's open access land but no legal right of way for bikes. Very few people ride their cheeky - I believe the shot was part of a Cotic photoshoot. A fair few people wander up there, hence it looking a bit cleared but there isn't really a proper defined trail there, at least as you see it from ground level. Hell, I'm not sure if what looks cleared in the pic isn't just shadow but I'm no photographer.
  • 4 1
 Vote button takes you to the 2017 POY.
  • 1 0
 Fixed, thank you!
  • 8 6
 RIP Doggie. This'll be hard... Gaffney vs Baybutt… How did Gore winning the 50/50 get decided?
  • 7 1
 Edit: It's updated... Milner won by 3 votes !!? I've never seen it that close
  • 2 1
 @mtbikeaddict: It's getting hard to decide on some of these.
  • 3 2
 Damn. My personal winning pics are all out after this past round. Bummer. Good luck to rest!
  • 4 2
 Richard's picture is stunning
tup
  • 2 0
 Christophe got robbed hahahaha so cliche'
  • 2 0
 where the heel did round 3 go
  • 3 2
 Think Steve was robbed there! Best pic of the final 8 IMO
  • 4 2
 Richard Baybutt ftw!
  • 2 0
 These are ALL amazing...
  • 13 15
 Disappointed the dog one is out.
  • 12 7
 you are probably the only one
  • 3 1
 @jaydawg69: No he's not !
  • 6 9
 I absolutely do net get the love for the gaffney shot. Triggers zero emotion imo and the composition is a bit boring....
  • 3 2
 Examine your jaded life.
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