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Kranked is a series of extreme
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. Since 1997,
Bjørn Enga Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less ofte ...
producer/director for
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has specialized in extreme mountain bike
cinematography Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of Film, motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens (o ...
. His work is well regarded within the freeride
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community internationally.


Series

* ''Kranked - Live to Ride'', 1998 * ''Kranked 2 - Trails from the Crypt'', 1999 * ''Kranked 3 - Ride Against the Machine'', 2000 * ''Kranked 4 - Search for the Holey Trail'', 2001 * ''Kranked 5 - In Concert'', 2003 * ''Kranked 6: Progression'', 2006 * ''Kranked 7: The Cackle Factor'', 2008 * ''Kranked 8: Revolve'', 2009


Awards

* Trial & Error: Peoples Choice Award * Kranked :Revolve : People Choice Award Banff Mountain Film Festival 2009


Trivia

Kranked 6 was bundled with
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See also

* Freeride *
Freeride mountain-biking movies Freeride is a discipline of mountain biking closely related to downhill biking, dirt jumping, freestyle motocross, and freestyle BMX. When riding a freerider one focuses on tricks, style, and technical trail features. Freeride is now recognized ...


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Radical Films
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