SCANDINAVIAN PHOTO CHALLENGE SLIDESHOWS

Author: billy | 25 August 2010 | 10

Five amazing slideshows from the recent Åre Bike Festival.

Words by Richard Cunynghame

In the latest issue of Dirt (#103) you’ll find an article I wrote about the inaugural Åre Bike Festival. The whole thing was a jolly great spankingly gorgeous affair that you can read all about in the mag. You can also cast your eyes over some of the shots from the event and the winning photographs from each of the ‘Best Shot’ categories but the main prize of the event was awarded for ‘Best Slideshow’.

Photo by Johan Weimer

These obviously require too much technology to fit in a paper magazine and turning it into a flip book really wouldn’t have done them justice so here, in the true spirit of cross platform interaction, they all are in their magnificent splendour. (Just a tip, but if you got good bandwidth, hit the HD button and watch them all bigger)

I hope you enjoy watching these as much as I did when judging the competition. And if you want to check out my thoughts on each of the offerings and some more about the whole festival, grab yourself a copy of the marvellous Dirt ‘Magazine’.

If you’re interested in the resort of Åre and how to get there here’s some useful links:

The bike park obviously: arebikepark.se
The festival even more obviously: arebikefestival.com
The local bike club that organized the festival: arebergscyklister.se
Holiday company that run packages to Åre: dreamrideholidays.com
Norwegian Airlines are probably you’re best bet for flights: www.norwegian.com

Team Canaska

1st Placed slideshow winner from the 2010 Åre Bike Festival in Sweden.
Photographer: Dan Barham – www.danbarham.com
Riders: Mike Hopkins, Robin Wallner, Linus Sjöholm, John Alm Högman.

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Team Scanada

2nd Placed slideshow from the 2010 Åre Bike Festival in Sweden.
Photographer: Mattias Fredriksson – www.mattiasfredriksson.com
Riders: Martin Söderström, Trond G Hansen, Darcy Turenne, Janne Tjärnström.

2010 Scandinavian Photo Challenge: Team Scanada >>

Team Germany

3rd Placed slideshow from the 2010 Åre Bike Festival in Sweden.
Photographer: Sebastian Schieck
Riders: Andi Wittmann, Carlo Dieckmann, Christian Textor, Andi Brewi.

MPORA Action Sports >>

Team France

4th= Placed slideshow from the 2010 Åre Bike Festival in Sweden.
Photographer: Stef Candé – www.stefcande.com
Riders: Yannick Granieri, Pierre- Edouard Ferry, Tony Rocci, Antoine Dubourgnon.

MPORA Action Sports >>

Team Norway

4th= Placed slideshow from the 2010 Åre Bike Festival in Sweden.
Photographer: Vegard Breie – www.vegardbreie.no
Riders: Mats Andre Haugen, Kristoffer Haugland, Knut Løkås, Jørgen Storhaug.

2010 Scandinavian Photo Challenge: Team Norway >>

Jury (Judges)
Richard Cunynghame
Hans-Petter Hval – Fri Flyt
Tobias Liljeroth – Åka Skidor
Henrik Ljungbladh – Åre Bike Park
Petter Löfstedt – Åre Bergscyklister

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