The Top 10

From the top 10 we had the tough job of picking a winner and there was quite a bit of debate between the crew. After a couple rounds of secret ballots we selected our winner. We felt the winning photo best represented true dedication and love of trails from the top 10 finalists.  So a huge CONGRATS to Slawek Potasz from Poland… you are the proud new owner of a complete, fully customized Strength in Numbers Session 9.9!

And the Winner is…

This great prize would not have been possible with out the support of our amazing sponsors.  Thank you so much Trek, Shimano, Easton and PRO for helping put together a truly beautiful bike.

Thanks again to everyone who was a part of the contest. Happy Holidays and see ya in the New Year!

Anthill Crew

With unprecedented access to land, British Columbia is home to more mountain bike trails per capita than anywhere else in the world. From old growth rain forests to barren grasslands, BC’s diverse landscape allows for every variety of trail to exist in one place. In BC, you can experience the evolution of mountain biking through the trails. From beaten down jumps on a vacant lot to massive back-country booters; from first descents that have never seen the tread of a tire to machine-made masterpieces. Trails connect all mountain bikers, and in BC, trail builders are the force that bring riders together.

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Strength in Numbers is a new community film project from Anthill Films and Red Bull Media House. Presented by Shimano and Trek, Strength in Numbers is being made available for all mountain bikers to experience through free online streaming of individual segments. The vision is to create the potential for every mountain biker in the world to see and share the film. To see the full film uninterrupted, get exclusive extra features and support the filmmakers, order your copy now at anthillfilms.com/strengthinnumbers/buy.

Photos courtesy Sterling Lorence.

The UCI world cup circuit is a living, breathing community of riders dedicated to travelling the globe to race bikes. Nomadic in nature, this elite community exists only on the road in a never-ending pursuit of milliseconds. These athletes train the hardest, constantly drive technology forward and act as ambassadors for our sport as they travel the world to compete.

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Strength in Numbers is a new community film project from Anthill Films and Red Bull Media House. Presented by Shimano and Trek, Strength in Numbers is being made available for all mountain bikers to experience through free online streaming of individual segments. The vision is to create the potential for every mountain biker in the world to see and share the film. To see the full film uninterrupted, get exclusive extra features and support the filmmakers, order your copy now at anthillfilms.com/strengthinnumbers/buy.

Photos courtesy Sven Martin.

Thanks to Highland and Island Adventures for all the help in Fort William!

The riding community in Nepal is just emerging. In Nepal, walking is the primary form of transportation resulting in a seemingly endless amount of paths, trails and routes connecting people and places throughout the landscape. What’s new for the Nepalese is the concept of riding mountain bikes on these trails. A core group of riders committed to sharing the riding experience with all have kick-started the mountain bike community here. Their enthusiasm and perseverance reminds us of what its like to be part of a movement.

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Learn more about riding in Nepal: ridenepal.com

Strength in Numbers is a new community film project from Anthill Films and Red Bull Media House. Presented by Shimano and Trek, Strength in Numbers is being made available for all mountain bikers to experience through free online streaming of individual segments. The vision is to create the potential for every mountain biker in the world to see and share the film. To see the full film uninterrupted, get exclusive extra features and support the filmmakers, order your copy now at anthillfilms.com/strengthinnumbers/buy.

Strength in Numbers is produced, written, directed and edited by Anthill Films in co-production with Red Bull Media House. Presented by Shimano and Trek in association with Contour HD, Clif Bar, Pinkbike.com and PRO Components. Additional support for the film is provided by the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, Kona, Toyota Trucks, Scion, Oakley, Easton, Evoc, Big Mountain Adventures, Verbier St. Bernard and Ride Nepal.

Green River, Utah is a modern day ghost town, its quiet streets and empty buildings swallowed up by the desert stretching out in all directions; nothing is “near” to here. It just so happens that this desert holds the mother lode for freeriding terrain. And while only a handful of riders have the vision, skill and nerves to ride in this foreboding landscape, what they accomplish here constantly reshapes the face of mountain biking as we know it.

Support the filmmakers and get the full film in true HD and uninterrupted:
iTunes Worldwide
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Strength in Numbers is a new community film project from Anthill Films and Red Bull Media House. Presented by Shimano and Trek, Strength in Numbers is being made available for all mountain bikers to experience through free online streaming of individual segments. The vision is to create the potential for every mountain biker in the world to see and share the film. To see the full film uninterrupted, get exclusive extra features and support the filmmakers, order your copy now at anthillfilms.com/strengthinnumbers/buy.

Strength in Numbers is produced, written, directed and edited by Anthill Films in co-production with Red Bull Media House. Presented by Shimano and Trek in association with Contour HD, Clif Bar, Pinkbike.com and PRO Components. Additional support for the film is provided by the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, Kona, Toyota Trucks, Scion, Oakley, Easton, Evoc, Big Mountain Adventures, Verbier St. Bernard and Ride Nepal.

One version of ‘living the dream’ is a lifestyle based around spending every day riding endless downhill. Like a die-hard surfers living close to the beach, passion-driven riders are building a community around the world famous Whistler Mountain Bike Park. This dream requires sacrifice. But no sacrifice is too big for the committed. In the greater mountain bike community we hold these people up as purists. They are the ones we think of when we feel trapped in our own routines. They are the ones that help keep our dreams alive.

Support the filmmakers and get the full film in HD and uninterrupted:
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Collectors Edition 3-in-1 DVD+BluRay+Digital

Strength in Numbers is a new community film project from Anthill Films and Red Bull Media House. Strength in Numbers is being made available for all mountain bikers to experience through free online streaming of individual segments. Anthill’s vision is to create the potential for every mountain biker in the world to be able to see and share the film. To see the full film uninterrupted, get exclusive extra features and support the filmmakers to create future projects, order your copy now at www.anthillfilms.com/strengthinnumbers/buy.

Strength in Numbers is produced, written, directed and edited by Anthill Films in co-production with Red Bull Media House. Presented by Shimano and Trek in association with Contour HD, Clif Bar, Pinkbike.com and PRO Components. Additional support for the film is provided by the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, Kona, Toyota Trucks, Scion, Oakley, Easton, Evoc, Big Mountain Adventures, Verbier St. Bernard and Ride Nepal.

Please share this video to help spread the stoke. Get the full film on iTunes or Collectors Edition 3-in-1 combo pack HERE.

Photos courtesy Mattias Fredriksson.

There is a small catch though… if you’ve watched Strength in Numbers online already, seen it at a premiere event or are just checking out the Aptos segment for the first time and you like what you see… please make sure you give back and support the filmmakers. The best thing you can do is buy the Collectors Edition 3-in-1 combo pack (DVD+BluRay+Download) or download it on iTunes. That way you can enjoy Strength in Numbers at the highest quality over and over again. And you can feel good knowing that you’ve supported the Anthill crew so that we can keep making more films in the future.

We know not everyone can afford to buy the film, but you can still support Strength in Numbers by sharing the Aptos segment with all your friends and family to help spread the stoke of mountain biking. We believe the more people who see the film, means more people will be inspired to ride and more people riding makes our world better a place! Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter using the hashtag #strengthinnumbers.

Order your Collectors’ Edition 3-in-1 with 1 hour of exclusive extra features.

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The Collectors Edition is the best way to experience the full potential of the film, with 55 minutes of amazing journeys, inspiring action and meaningful storytelling all available in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound and 1080p imagery. The 3-in-1 combo set is packed with tons of extras features, including:
• Blu-Ray Disc
• DVD Disc
• Free drag-and-drop SD download
• Two mini documentaries about the making of the film
• Sterling Lorence Slideshow
• Action Reel
• Phantom Camera Highlights
• POV Reel

Or you can download Strength in Numbers on iTunes. The film is available for $12.99 (€/£ 9.99) on over 55 different iTunes stores worldwide in both HD (720p) and SD (540p). If you order the HD copy you also receive the SD copy for free, which is perfect for viewing on your mobile devices.

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Anthill Films

MAY 16, 2012 PRESS RELEASE

On Thursday, May 24th at 12:00pm PST (9:00pm CET) Anthill Films will broadcast the online premiere of “STRENGTH IN NUMBERS” live on RedBull.com/bike. This is going to be a unique global event in the world of mountain biking: Watch the film simultaneously with tens of thousands of people from every corner of the mountain bike world through the interactive, live online premiere – for free!

Haven’t made it out to one of the “STRENGTH IN NUMBERS” premieres yet?  Then join us and watch it online. After being played at over 50 stops on the global premiere tour, “STRENGTH IN NUMBERS” will be aired for free on the internet. Anthill Films’ masterpiece will be streamed online on RedBull.com/bike at 12:00pm PST (9:00pm CET).

The online premiere reflects exactly the concept behind “STRENGTH IN NUMBERS”: a bike movie that is about how all sides of the mountain bike world are connected should be accessible to all mountain bikers! And this is what will make the online premiere such a unique event: Knowing that the global bike community will be sharing the same experience at the same time. Moreover there will be chance to chat with other fans as well as some of the movie’s riders and filmmakers.

 Live online premiere show time by time zone:

PST (Los Angeles) 12:00pm

EST (New York)     03:00pm

GMT (London)        08:00pm

CET (Berlin)            09:00pm

Mind blowing cinematography, great tricks, amazing trips, proverbial to the end of the world, unexpected riding locations, athletic descents… all this comprises “STRENGTH IN NUMBERS”. The movie is a visually expressive documentation of different mountain bike communities combined with meaningful storytelling from athletes all over the globe.

The premiere will also be hosted on RedBull.TV and Pinkbike.com.

If you can’t make the online premiere, still make sure tune into RedBull.com/bike on the 24th because the film will be available to watch for a limited time.  After May 24^th there will be many ways to see the film. Screening events are still happening in cities worldwide and “STRENGTH IN NUMBERS” will be released on DVD+BluRay and iTunes globally on May 25^th.

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS is a rally call to connect all mountain bikers, regardless of location or language or discipline. “After almost two straight years of work, all the positive comments we have gotten here have made it all worthwhile”, say the Anthill Crew. Their mission was to capture the full diversity of the sport – from the World Cup Circuit to back yard dirt jumps; from the largest bike park in the world in Whistler to remote high-alpine trails in Nepal; from the endless freeride lines in Utah to stunts built in the rain forests of British Columbia. And from the initial reviews, it sounds like it this mission was accomplished.

“The Anthill crew have made cine magic once again. In a world of three minute web edit it’s refreshing to see a long form, painstakingly shaped movie about the personalities and the worldwide reach of two wheels on dirt. Beautifully crafted,” says Bike Mag’s Morgan Meredith after he watched the movie for the first time.

With the world premiere over, screenings are now taking place all over the world. Audiences will be able to experience STRENGTH IN NUMBERS on the big screen from cities like London, Boston and Dubai to small mountain bike communities like Williams Lake, Bellingham, Nanaimo and Bozeman. There are over 50 shows planned so far with more being added daily. Visit www.anthillfilms.com/strengthinnumbers/tour to find a show near you.

On May 24th, Strength in Numbers will be available for all to experience with a free online premiere on www.redbull.com/bike and will be released afterwards on DVD+BluRay and iTunes worldwide. Make sure to “Like” the online premiere on Facebook to be in the loop with the latest info.

Strength in Numbers is produced, written, directed and edited by Anthill Films in co-production with Red Bull Media House. Presented by Shimano and Trek in association with Contour HD, Clif Bar, Pinkbike.com and PRO Components. Additional support for the film is provided by the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, Kona, Toyota Trucks, Scion, Oakley, Easton, Evoc, Big Mountain Adventures, Verbier St. Bernard and Ride Nepal.