GoPro Contest - Who Won the $20,000?

Jan 7, 2016 at 12:48
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Out of hundreds of entries, five months of competition we have a winner. The new owner of a nice big wad of cash is...


FABIO WIBMER

Views: 36,094    Faves: 331    Comments: 30



What does it mean to you to have won this contest?

Since I heard of the contest last year I was fascinated by the whole idea and the concept. I knew I would need a good and creative video to be able to compete with all the other guys. I put so much effort into this video and to see that it paid off is just amazing! Still can't believe it!


Tell us about the process and concept of this edit, it seemed like a lot of planning was involved, how did you execute everything?

When I was younger I always dreamed of riding across rooftops, jumping over cars and things like that. I had some places in my neighborhood which fascinated me all my life. For this contest, my goal was to make a video which stood out from others and is original. So somehow I tried to realize some of my childhood dreams which turned out to be pretty challenging. I need to admit that I came up with the idea of the police escape quite spontaneously. I wanted to have a good story which is a little bit funny as well.

I put months of work into realizing my dream line. From building things and preparing the police car, organizing everything and training. In the end, it took me a few days and many fails to get the line filmed in one shot. I'm still overwhelmed with emotion when I think of the feeling I had after I nailed the line. It was like a dream come true!



What will you do with your winnings?

Tough question. I definitely want to invest in camera equipment for future projects and videos. I'm sure I will throw a little party as well, ha ha.


What's in store for Fabio Wibmer in 2016?

I have some cool video ideas in my head which would be awesome to realize. Also, I will be traveling around the world with the Drop and Roll guys to make trials shows. If you want to keep yourself updated check out my facebook, Instagram and youtube.


Would you like to thank anyone?

I really want to thank all of the people who were involved in this project and to everyone who voted for me! Thanks a ton!

Especially to my mom, dad, and brother for always supporting me.




How the Grand Prize Winner was selected:
The Grand Prize Winner will be determined by a 16 seed bracket-style vote. The five Monthly Prize Winners and the five User Voted Monthly Winner are automatically entered into the user voting bracket. Each Displayed Submission may only be entered into the bracket once, therefore in the event that a Displayed Submission wins both the Monthly Prize and the User Voted Monthly Prize, that Displayed Submission will only be entered into the bracket as one entry. On or about December 22, 2015, the Judging Panel, using the Judging Criteria, will select the highest remaining Displayed Submissions that did not win a User Voted Monthly Prize or a Monthly Prize for entry into the Grand Prize bracket vote until there are 16 Displayed Submission finalists.

The Judging Panel will then rank the 16 Displayed Submission finalists using the Judging Criteria. Each round of voting will be open for four days or as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. Each Displayed Submission with the highest number of votes in each match-up per round will move on to the next match-up in the next round until the Grand Prize Winner is selected.

Check out all the details on the the contest here - Full details, judging criteria and official rules here.


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52 Comments
  • 80 3
 Fabio had a great video. It was funny, captivating, and he's a damn good rider. But the lighting and the smooth gimbal of the other shot was really great aesthetically. Believe he shot in 2k and shrunk to 1080 which looks amazing as well. Props to both these guys.
  • 3 0
 Where can I find the other videos?
  • 4 0
 @dann6968 go to Andrew Whiteford's profile for his gimbal clip.
  • 6 0
 I absolutely love his commentary throughout the video. Hilarious! "oh no, oh no ok f*@k it"
  • 8 0
 @ejopdahl 4k Wink and @dann6968 they took the bracket page down, unfortunately. For 2nd you can check my profile. Cheers
  • 2 0
 Hey Andrew, tough luck buddy. You had an amazing video. I gotta say I also love your skiing clips. Keep up the good work man!
  • 1 0
 What I want to know is did you crash the backfip on purpose???
  • 47 4
 Hurry and buy $20,000 in Lottery Tickets!!!!!
  • 15 1
 Oh god
  • 12 23
flag pigit77 (Jan 13, 2016 at 19:25) (Below Threshold)
 I would much rather buy a few nice bikes....you would have almost zero percent chance of winning the lottery. A guy on Instagram(Dan bilzerian) is buying 100k worth of tickets, and I'm sure he's not the only buying stupid amounts of tickets.
  • 32 2
 Do you understand jokes or??
  • 14 0
 20K in mutual funds? Now we're talking
  • 26 0
 #merica
  • 30 1
 Congrats to Fabio. I was surprised to be in the running all the way into the finals. Pretty rough to leave the contest empty handed, but honored for all the votes I received through the bracket.

@GoPro it would be cool to see the percentages for the final, like you did with other rounds. Cheers.
  • 2 0
 Hey man! Love your clip cause it's about riding, just riding, no flamboyant fancy impossible lines... It's a line in the mountain (great and challenging of course) like the ones I look for... To me you should have been the winner... I follow your vid all over the contest it's a shame you didn't win.
Also I really think #gopro should hook you up with one at least of all the products they have just cause you prove you can make very good material with them and it's a big publicity for them to show videos like that filmed on their equips.
cheers from Argentina, and again, to me you should have been the winner
  • 15 0
 Did he mean to crash on that backflip?
  • 5 0
 Probably not, but it would have been an awful lot of work to film it from the top again.
  • 7 0
 I sure not, but as the vid had to be one shot it had to stay in, and if you watch his making of vids you will see that this thing took alot of work to get it all in one take, plus I like the fall, it adds a little to his storyline
  • 8 2
 Both videos were good! Good effort from both riders! I feel like the police chase segment seemed like it was copied from 'one of those days' ski edit by candide thovex...
  • 2 0
 Congrats @wibmerfabio. Totally original video and very creative, nice work. When I went up against you last round I was pretty sure it was going to be my last round haha. I guess if you're going to get knocked out of contention might as well be by the guy that won!
  • 8 2
 He should have won the first time as well. Congrats dude.
  • 2 1
 Honestly couldn't pick a winner out of the top 4 myself. All of them were absolutely fantastic! All in all great contest other than the favoritism toward the pros but then again they are people just like us. They need money too.
  • 4 0
 Congrats. Cheers to 2nd place too - what made it rad was that it was within the realm of achievability.
  • 1 0
 The video is fantastic (sophisticated single shot endeavours always are, but this one is truly epic), and so is the riding... congrats to Fabio. Just one thing - the, umm, audio track... I played the video on loudspeakers and by the time it finished a sizeable audience had accumulated behind my back, they all thought I was watching something completely different Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Great video's from everyone!. One shot? see the 55 bails video nsmb.com/55-bails-fabio-widmer I'm not sure one shot is realistic in this case but then I don't think one shot was required. Fabio choreographed a great story and told it on a fantastic ride. After seeing the crash real I'm not sure how he made it through the shoot in one piece. He earned this win for sure. Well I think so anyways.
  • 3 0
 Congrats Fabio!
This is the making of:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYkB7laXS8o
  • 1 0
 So glad to see this contest handled the correct way this time. Thanks all you riders for putting in the work, had a blast watching these videos. Hopefully this isn't the last we see of this contest.
  • 4 1
 I won nothing for watching these videos... Fabio share some money, I voted for you.
  • 3 0
 Hahaha. The Ultimate Grand Theft Cyclo!!!
  • 3 0
 This line was sick but my favorite had to be FRL2.
  • 4 0
 Finally! Congrats Fabio!
  • 1 0
 Great video! He deserved to be the best! I haven't saw ALL the others but when I saw this one I have laughed for a hour!!! Thanks for positive!!!!!
  • 2 0
 Wasn't the videos suppose to last less than 2min?
  • 3 0
 Well deserved!
  • 2 0
 So pumped for him! Sick vid and he seems like a genuinely nice guy too
  • 2 0
 enjoyed the felony evade, well done, congratulations
  • 1 0
 Brilliant. Great riding and self commentary with a comedy element, shades of Claudio.
  • 3 1
 yes!!
  • 1 0
 Please GoPro, fix your share price misery.
  • 2 0
 Nailed it!
  • 2 1
 Not my pick, but a great vid and also just a great contest!!
  • 1 0
 I wonder if he shot it using a Sony?
  • 1 0
 I new this video would win the first time saw it
  • 1 0
 Geil Fabio! Gratulation!
  • 1 0
 Yeah Man!!!!!!!!
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