Ben Swales Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 The GETcreative scores have all been received and we've spent the morning going through, totalling them up and working out who the winners are. We'll start with the top three videos in the Sponsored Category and will follow that with the top three videos and spot prize winners in the Novice Category in another post. We had some great videos in the Sponsored Category, with 15 entries from sponsored riders from all over the world. Our judges had their work cut out for them in scoring the videos and pretty much any of the entries could easily have taken the win. In the end though, the winners, as voted for by our panel of judges are:1st Place First place in the Sponsored Category goes to Sean Watson, who was very close to getting full marks from all of the judges for his video, making it two wins in a row for Sean! Sean takes the prize for the Sponsored Category, very kindly provided by Five Ten: 1x Five Ten Danny MacAskill signature shoes 1x Five Ten Hoody 1x Five Ten Tshirt 2nd Place Second place goes to Vašek Kolář for his brilliant video: 3rd Place Third place goes to Rob Harris, who finished in second place in last year's Novice Category: Congratulations to Sean, Vašek and Rob and also to the rest of the entrants, who all put together some really great videos, with plenty of effort and creativity going into them - that's exactly what we wanted to happen, and if we could give prizes to everyone that entered, we would! We'll be posting the winners of the Novice category shortly, so keep an eye on the blog, Facebook or this thread for those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) And now for the winners of the Novice category! In addition to the first, second and third place winners, we also have the prizes for Most Tech Line, Biggest Move, Best Video from Someone Riding for Under a Year and Most Creative 'Pure' Trials Line, as well as some smaller spot prizes for those videos, lines, moves, shots or edits that our judges feel deserve some recognition outside the standard prize categories.1st Place First place goes to Aaron Browne for his video, filmed in the Peak District of Derbyshire. Aaron obviously put a lot of thought and effort into the riding, filming and editing of this video and the whole thing flows beautifully! Aaron walks away with a fantastic selection of prizes provided by our generous sponsors Inspired Bicycles, Heatsink Bikes, Atomlab, DMR Bikes and Lezyne: Inspired frame, Inspired Mug, Inspired t-shirt Heatsink (8mm Yellow/8mm Blue/or 10mm Reds) CNC Magura pads (winner's choice), chainstay protector, stickers Atomlab ltd. edition chrome Pimp bars DMR Vault Pedals (chrome) Lezyne Danny MacAskill signature pump and multitool 2nd Place Second place goes to Tamás Misik, whose energetic style and creative mix of street and more traditional trials was very popular with out judges: Tamás also takes home a great selection of prizes, provided by Inspired Bicycles, Heatsink Bikes, DMR Bikes and Lezyne: Inspired forks, Inspired Mug, Inspired t-shirt Heatsink (8mm Yellow/8mm Blue/or 10mm Reds) plastic-backed Magura pads (winner's choice), chainstay protector, stickers DMR Vault Pedals (Nickel) Lezyne Danny MacAskill signature pump and multitool 3rd Place Third place goes to Carl Hopps. The judges were all big fans of Carl's relaxed style and line choice and everyone loved the rail to rail bunnyhop line at the end of the video! Carl's prizes come courtesy of Inspired Bicycles, Heatsink Bikes and Lezyne: Inspired bars, Inspired Mug, Inspired t-shirt Heatsink (8mm Yellow/8mm Blue/or 10mm Reds) plastic-backed Magura pads (winner's choice), chainstay protector, stickers Lezyne Danny MacAskill signature pump and multitool Biggest MoveJoachim Skjævestad's video was universally popular with our judges and only missed out on a spot in the top three by a few points. He was also a pretty universal choice for the prize for Biggest Move, although the judges all thought a different move in his video was worthy of the prize. So the prize for biggest move goes to Joachim, for pretty much every move in this video! Joachim gets an Inspired Kevlar Pivotal Saddle, Inspired Mug, Inspired Tshirt, Heatsink Tshirt and Chainstay Protector and a pair of Atomlab Ltd. Edition Chrome Pimp Bars.Most Tech LineTamás Misik also takes the prize for Most Tech Line. Once again, although he received the most nominations for this prize from our judges, the line for which it was awarded varied for all of our judges - so many to choose from! Tamás gets an Inspired Kevlar Pivotal Saddle, Inspired Mug, Inspired Tshirt, Heatsink Tshirt and Chainstay Protector and a pair of DMR Vault Pedals in black.Most Creative 'Pure' Trials Line The prize for Most Creative 'Pure' Trials Line goes to Ricardo Meyer for the line at 01:48 in his video and he gets a Tribal Zine tshirt and a Heatsink Tshirt and Chainstay Protector.Best Video from Someone Riding for Under a Year Another pretty universal choice, the prize for Best Video from Someone Riding for Under a Year goes to Patryk Kucza, who gets an Inspired Mug and a Heatsink Tshirt and Chainstay Protector.Spot Prizes And finally, the spot prizes. These are prizes for those videos, lines, moves, shots or edits that our judges felt deserved some recognition outside the standard prize categories. These go to the following people, for various reasons - cool moves in their videos, a nice overall feel or concept to their videos, a marked improvement over last year's entry, 'commitment to the cause', etc. In no particular order:Mike Judson - Inspired Pivotal Kevlar SaddleThorsten Banze - Inspired Lock-On GripsAnte Čobanov - Inspired four-bolt bashringCal McGregor - Heatsink Tshirt & chainstay protectorFrankie Exley-McTaggart - Phoenix Flight hoody (green) and stickersJubal Vander Werff - Phoenix ltd. edition flexfit cap (Grey) and stickersMaxwell Duryea - Phoenix ltd. edition slouch beanie (burgundy) and stickers The Novice Category was very popular this year, with 32 entries from 19 different countries and aged from 14 to 37 years old! The scores were very close, with just a few points separating the majority of videos. There was also a big spread in the quality of entries, with some riders obviously putting a lot of thought and effort into their videos, both in terms of the riding and the production. This is exactly what we were hoping for and we're really pleased with the number of really great videos that have come out of this year's competition! Hopefully this will continue and people will think more about how they ride and how they film and edit their videos and we can see a lot more really good trials videos in the future! We've added all of the video entries to the competition's Vimeo and Youtube channels and there is a full list of all of the entries on the blog (here), so if you haven't seen them all, it should be pretty easy to get caught up.Novice video channels: https://vimeo.com/channels/getcreative2novice Sponsored video channels: https://vimeo.com/channels/getcreative2sponsored Finally, one more massive thank you to all of our sponsors for their support and for the fantastic prizes that they've provided for both categories!Inspired Bicycles (Official Page) | Lezyne | Five Ten | Dmr Bikes | Atomlab | Phoenix Riders Co | Heatsinkbikes.com Edited October 28, 2013 by Ben Swales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thehiphopsolidier Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Grattis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUI Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Congrats to the winners, well deserved! Can we see the complete classification? Id like to know where i am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 awesome this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooo Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Rob Harris is a beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalopS Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thanks to the Bens, judges and sponsors for this year! Chuffed with 3rd place Surprised Joachims video wasn't higher placed in novice. Someone needs to sponsor that guy! Glad Mike got an Inspired saddle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Congrats to the winners, well deserved! Can we see the complete classification? Id like to know where i am i second this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNTMAN TERRY Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thanks to the Bens, judges and sponsors for this year! ^ what Carl said... I am really grateful for everything and still can't quite believe it... Lol Congrats to Tamás, Carl and everyone else... All of your videos are amazing... Thanks again And we can't ignore the fact that the sponsored category was awesome!! The top 3 vids I could watch over and over and over and over again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Dale Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Got to love sean watson worthy winner. Massive props to Stuntman Terry on the novice win, well done lad!! all the videos have been awesome and enjoyed every one of them. looking forward to next years comp xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 A question to Stuntman Terry that I was gonna pop at Shipley the other week but forgot, whereabouts in the Peak District was your vid filmed? Looks familiar but it's been a while since I've been out in the hills! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNTMAN TERRY Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Cheers Dale A question to Stuntman Terry that I was gonna pop at Shipley the other week but forgot, whereabouts in the Peak District was your vid filmed? Looks familiar but it's been a while since I've been out in the hills! It's up near Fox House pub, Burbage Moor... Beautiful place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 I haven't watched them all yet, but the Aaron Browne vid is my favourite of all by some way so far. Just a great watch, great style, good riding and simple edit. Loved it. Congrats to all who entered and made vids - good effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUI Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Aaron vid is nice, loved that, but i really can't see the creativity in there, it's more like a good normal trials video. I think to be the winner of this competition you should do something more. And i still can't see in what position i am Edited October 30, 2013 by GUI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Yeah I get that, but for me - it's what riding is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 And i still can't see in what position i am Its not the done thing. Same as last year, theres first second and third...Thats it! Come on G, we can sulk together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted October 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) Yeah, releasing all of the scores and positions isn't something we're very comfortable doing as it could be potentially embarrassing or upsetting for some entrants (Ross McArthur might not want to know that he came last with just three points, for example ). However, if anyone particularly wants to know what their overall score was or where they came, they can email me at getcreativetwo@gmail.com and I'll send them their scores and any feedback from the judges on their video. Edited October 31, 2013 by Ben Swales 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous bry Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Congrats to the winners, personally though I think their should of been a few more "trials" related vids chosen for the top spots! Vasek kolar's vid was best of the bunch for me, some of the others were to bmx style related but still top class vids. Maybe next years comp should have separate category's, judging the two different styles of riding separately instead of placing them in the same bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Maybe next years comp should have separate category's, judging the two different styles of riding separately instead of placing them in the same bunch. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalopS Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Vasek kolers was really good but he should have kept it to just the first part where he was doing the song. Second part wasn't as good. Seemed to just stick in clips because he had them. Just made the video longer than It should have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatJsy Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) I've been given the all clear from Ben to post my feedback for the sponsored videos. As you probably know the videos were judged on creativity, style and video production and although we were only supposed to give a score out of 10 for each of the three categories I thought I'd add a quick paragraph for each one to explain why I judged them the way I did (I also think this qualitative approach to judging works better than the scores, some videos like Ross' one for example I felt deserved a much higher score but I couldn't justify it having been bound by the three categories if that makes sense) Oh and these are purely my initial thoughts after seeing each video, if I wrote more about one than another it's simply because I was just getting lazy so please don't take any of this personally! Anyway, here it is: (I put the videos in my own little groups to make it easier to compare them so the order is different to what is on the blog) – One of my favourite videos for a number of reasons. First of all, the video production is spot on, great filming and really clean editing. The riding is pretty much exactly what I think street trials should be – smooth, technical lines that flow nicely. Ross rides street trials without the stereotypical BMX inspired moves – just solid, creative and a lot of the times ballsy lines! Awesome style and definitely the sort of video you'd want to watch before you go out riding! Ben Travis – One of the best tripod only videos I've seen in a while, the camera always seemed to be in the right spot! Would have been cool to see some panning/zooming maybe to make the footage that little bit more fluid but that's just me being picky. The video had a pretty light hearted feel to it although there were some pretty serious lines throughout. Another example of a smooth and solid style that's a pleasure to watch! – It's easy to misinterpret being creative as having to do weird tricks and over editing your video. In my eyes, it's more to do with finding ways to ride things that don't normally get ridden, for example - a tank... This was a seriously cool video, at the start I thought the song may be a bit too fast paced but Leon pulled it off perfect! Creative use of some awesome spots and “obstacles” and a great mix of street and trials riding, only thing I could say is the video production was not quite up to the standard of some of the other videos. But hey, he rode a tank instead so I'll let him off! – More “trialsy” street trials, this time the riding was a bit more chilled out than in the previous videos although it was really flowy! I felt like I was watching a Chris Akrigg video at times, it was full of simple but creative and good looking lines. Although most spots were what you'd expect from a typical trials video there were some cool parts like the mini trampoline or the skatepark clips. Video production was very similar to Ross' video – simple, clean and highly professional! – Definitely one that stood out! The “artistic” approach with it being a dream worked really well as did the random man with the trumpet, the tune suited the riding surprisingly well! It was definitely a pretty bold move to do something different but it worked great. I also liked how you saw the minimum of each trick, it really did feel like a dream! Awesome video even though it was a little short! Neil & Ian – Another one that was way outside the box. Really fun to watch, the doubles lines were rad! Comic book idea was rad as well! The riding spoke for itself, a great mix of two different styles, both great to watch. Clearly a video with a lot of thought put into it, a great concept that stood out from the rest of the videos! Aran – Another awesome example of how you can make trials more fluid and “streety” without turning it into BMX. Tonnes of awesome lines, often in places most people would just ride past and ignore. Catchy tune and clean editing too! In my eyes, Rob is in a league of his own, taking his riding in a new direction. It's easy to disregard it as “basically BMX” but if you look closer he's actually at the other extreme of street trials, combining some back wheel moves with simple and stylish street riding. This is a great example of how versatile a street trials bike can be. Filming the entire video in a skatepark was a bold move but I really enjoyed it, Rob found some awesome lines and the video production was top notch! – Once again, really high quality video production with great use of slow mos that fit in with the song really well. The riding was smooth and flowy, the scenery was great and there was a good variety of spots. Leo's got a big bag of tricks and he uses them very creatively to make the most of whatever he's riding. Really enjoyable to watch but it would have been good to see him pull that last 5! – Fabio's riding is very similar to Leo's, another rider with a great bag of tricks. Personally though, I felt the level of riding in this video was overshadowed by the fact it felt like a danny mac tribute video of some sort... Inspiration from other riders is great, imitation however doesn't work as well... Wasn't a fan of the number of clips that weren't pulled that made it into the video too. Pretty negative comments here - Fabio is a great rider but it'd be good to see him develop his own style. – I really enjoyed the light hearted approach to riding from Sean, having fun on his bike rather than trying to learn the latest trick or get an extra inch on his side hop. Arguably the most creative use of a trials bike out of all the entries and another rider who's taking street trials in a new direction. – I can honestly say I had no idea what to expect next the first time I watched the video. The variety of Tony's riding was rad! Highly original rider doing his own thing, riding whatever he wants. Another great example of a trials bike being used in creative, new ways. – Safe to say that no one has put this much effort into their video! The song, the lines and the random “kluge” type bits were awesome. This video epitomises what the comp is all about! Erik – Some nice and clean tgs here with a good bit of “rolling” trials mixed in. High quality video though it seemed like the camera was too close most of times, it would have been good to see more of each shot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl92ViicRuk – This one brings me back to the point I made about Leon's video, creativity is not just about the riding, a lot of the times it's more to do with what you ride. In this case, an awesome backyard set up used to it's full potential! Really techy riding and a great set up! Edited October 31, 2013 by PatJsy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Vasek kolers was really good but he should have kept it to just the first part where he was doing the song. Second part wasn't as good. Seemed to just stick in clips because he had them. Just made the video longer than It should have been. Yep that was my issue with the video, the end bits just seemed a bit tagged on for me. The first part of the video was amazing and probably the winner, if it had stopped after the song. The video overall was just great fun though, really enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I'll probably stab myself in the eyes if anyone knocks over pallets in next year's comp... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatJsy Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I'll probably stab myself in the eyes if anyone knocks over pallets in next year's comp... True, when I was filming my video I kept thinking I should probably do some juggling at some point haha On a serious note, it's actually quite difficult to give a fair score out of 10 for things like style and creativity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) Would certainly be an interesting result if we forum members and viewers had our say in the voting. Couldn't believe Ross not making the top 3 in sponsored...... Edited November 11, 2013 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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