http://giantbicycleglobal.pinkbike.com/blog/Ride-Giant-Ride-Whistler-Video-Contest-Winner.html

And for anyone who missed the video, it’s on that page. Even better, rather than just a frame, they’re giving him a full bike as well as the trip to Whistler.

The story is a setup, its good and tugs at the heart string, but its fiction.

Looks like he deserved that win… 🙂

MSP – Member
The story is a setup, its good and tugs at the heart string, but its fiction.

That face plant was quite a stunt then.

I’m glad he won, its a good film

The crash was real,the story that he had been riding only that bike since he was 13 isn’t.

Still a good film and deserving winner, and it obviously worked on an emotional level.

MSP – Any evidence of that or just a good dose of STW cynicism?

OK its a crappy old supermarket bike and I can see that he rides in a manner that brakes crappy old supermarket bikes, in fact it broke while filming (its a miracle I tell you).

Seeing as its a film, clearly choreographed and finished to a fairly decent level, it would be a fairer question to ask what evidence is there that the back story is true.

This is not a criticism of the film and it is a deserving winner.