Round 4 Voting Closed: Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest
Here we go, the semi-finals of the 10th annual Pinkbike Photo of the Year Contest presented by Jenson USA are kicking into gear. With more than 310,000 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, Robb Thompson, Richard Baybutt, and JB Liautard in the Pinkbike Photo of the Year Hall of Fame.
Match Up 1 - Winner: Jan Cadosch
Match Up 2 - Winner: Ross Bell
Match Up 3 - Winner: Trevor Lyden
Match Up 4 - Winner: Mason Mashon
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. Five lucky Pinkbike readers that vote for the Photo of the Year will win $200 Jenson USA gift cards.
Thank you Jenson USA.
How can I enter for a chance to win one of five $200 Jenson USA gift cards?
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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People, they're the worst.
"people are the worst" is the best way to just sum it all up
The waterfall shot feels like "mountain biking" to me. Makes me want to go out and ride, and do/see things.
The berm shot feels like product placement photo. Good photo, but doesn't make me want to ride a bike in the same way.
the comment section IS "the nice thing" around here
laughing is good for the soul
You can toss that berm shotin with all the other berm shots. It is one more worm in a 5 gallon bucket of worms. Can't tell it apart. It's nice. But it's not unique.
Most iconic pic I've ever seen was the Bike Mag cover of a North Shore rider dropping down over a monster root ball that was glistening with the woods shrouded in fog and the trees dwarfing everything around.
Saw it at I think at age 19. My entire life I still to this day at 48 years old would love to ride that exact spot in those conditions. That is a photo of the year.
I really want to see what the best think is the best.
It's an awesome pic, but for reasons already discussed, not "the one"
it was good enough for Ansel Adams
With our individual vantage points, we all might see it with unintended bias, like I just did. Apologies for my assumption. Without you spinning the yarn, we're left to ASS-ume.
If you win, congrats. And so you know...I love roost photos. But my eye is always drawn to ones that make me start planning my fake dream vacation.
So the rider creates the perspective with the Matterhorn and the "void" between them drags you in.
Now Bell's picture has at least 4, or 5, or more layers depending on how you count them. And while it may not have a lighting as powerfull as Cadosh's, it has moar "MTB action" in it.
Maybe I just won't vote.
What I like to see for a photo of the year is a mix of incredible photo skill, rider skill and nice background. This one is the worst of all the photos for rider skills.