Bearclaw Invitational 2011 - Qualifying Photos

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funkymonkey144 (Aug 6, 2011 at 0:58)

C'mon Pilgrim! Show 'em what the UK has to offer!

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James877 (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:08)

he did.

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thestigmk1 (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:17)

yeh totally...kids done nothing so far. Except that result from Colorado and ohh..I dunno...leading the FMB tour for most of the year from winning pretty much every euro event.

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superbobob (Aug 6, 2011 at 2:22)

Go Yannick, go France !

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skawt-1 (Aug 6, 2011 at 2:30)

Sorry, I'm not the biggest slopestyle follower I think it's pretty cool to watch, I dunno much about it though.... but the caption under the Pilgrim photo "Sam Pilgrim showing that his finish at Crankworx Colorado was no fluke." I don't understand it... Was he not right up there last year too? And leading the fmb tour for a while if I remember rightly...

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KennyKillsIt (Aug 6, 2011 at 3:02)

RealC, just because he's being ignorant don't blame all of us. I think his DNF at Crankworx whistler was the fluke

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RaleighVoid (Aug 6, 2011 at 3:13)

i agree with both your comments. us brits are guilty of grouping all you people into one stereotype: fat, dumb, easily led by marketing, trigger happy and A-whoopin and A-Hollerin'... hahahaha

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choppertank3e (Aug 6, 2011 at 4:04)

Sam has only one decent result in North America and most of his contest wins were at dirt jump comps other than the Adidas slopestyle a few years ago where he took the smaller options on a hardtail. This is the first time I've seen him on a squishy bike as I didn't see how he got 9th at Chatel. I'd love to see him pull out a 720 and a double whip like he does on his hard tail in Europe.

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KennyKillsIt (Aug 6, 2011 at 4:56)

Um, just about everyone has nukes (1st world). Not exactly something to be proud of anymore.
@RaleighVoid: We're pretty guilty of that too, but go to Germany and find a McDonalds,
place is packed more than in America all hours of the day. It's crazy
Lines sometimes going out the door
edit: nukeproof

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flipside (Aug 6, 2011 at 5:28)

I think pilgrim has done amazingly well for someone comming from britain who doesnt ride a full sus day in day out like alot of the riders in the comp, and for someone who never rides slopestyle, because in the uk it hardly exists

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RaleighVoid (Aug 6, 2011 at 5:37)

on the flipside...

he's a gnarley mo fo that'll kill anything in his path

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Dusterr (Aug 6, 2011 at 6:52)

I think its really nice to see that Sam Pilgrim has put on his fullface helmet and rides a full suspension bike, Its about time for it. Some of you are idiots blaming eachother, USA VS UK bla bla bla! not all of US people are idiots but scott-townes is one of them so dont blame all. Scott are you really a bike rider?

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togood2die (Aug 6, 2011 at 17:20)

Why all this samey commenting about Pilgrim? Oh WAIT, Pilgrim was leading the FMB because of dirt jump comps, THAT'S RIGHT...
Almost forgot, so much man love going on over him on here... Kinda weird.

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fedet11 (Aug 7, 2011 at 8:19)

Are you talking about the McDonald´s at U.S. military bases in Germany? hahahaha, of course they are meant to be packed more than in America.. and what were you doing there at McDonald´s in Germany anyway? Couldn´t find any better food to eat?

RULE BRITANIA!!!!

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KennyKillsIt (Aug 7, 2011 at 8:52)

I live in Germany, havent been in the use for two years.
Sometimes you just miss shit okay?
I hate German food so yeah

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Yarlezy (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:12)

wow!! amazing photos! the course looks super sick! the riders super steeze! way to go Darren!

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pipelinewill (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:51)

lets see some video! someone who gets it on pay per view should record the finals and post the vid.

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rhys-the-rider (Aug 6, 2011 at 7:26)

I think its more like:
"Judges judging while girls take photos of themselves, Big Brad talks on the microphone and a kid thinks 'holy crap that water looks amazing'."

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shredforever (Aug 6, 2011 at 11:53)

semeunk got this in the bag

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bbeaudoin (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:07)

Haha I like the "boner log" comment!

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joesimkins (Aug 6, 2011 at 3:21)

so stoked for piglrim! we know he can shred the dirt jump comps but now he is showing us how good he is at slopestyle!

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ButtonPusher (Aug 6, 2011 at 3:45)

it's good to see Sam on a slope bike...

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benko (Aug 6, 2011 at 9:20)

i wonder if when anthony gains more muscle weight if he'll still be launching as high

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konashred96 (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:15)

get in there pilgrim, show the world that the uk still got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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adirtjumper2010 (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:35)

Pilgrim HAS to win. Just to show the world how to bounce back from two flats and a 3rd place

Pilgrim Poooower!

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nolanyager (Aug 6, 2011 at 11:34)

when aggy said that the entourage was the one bike he would use in every comp, he wasnt kidding!

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bottlerocketboy (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:19)

POWER TO THE PILGRIM.

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psyickphuk (Aug 6, 2011 at 5:05)

Does the boner log flex at all as you ride up it?

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JHewitt (Aug 6, 2011 at 8:51)

maybe a little but i doubt it... its got a full tree trunk beneath it

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kyphoto (Aug 6, 2011 at 9:03)

And they used Cialis. So it'll last for at least 36 hours

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JHewitt (Aug 6, 2011 at 9:08)

My bad, you can see in this video at 1:04 how much the log flexs, a little bit but shouldnt make too much of a difference.

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grantprezence (Aug 6, 2011 at 14:34)

darren's turndowns are soo dank

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FunnBOB (Aug 6, 2011 at 17:17)

Hopefully Cam will deliver some sick frontflips as usual!

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zipe (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:27)

Yes, it makes him a squirrel

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Alex-IT (Aug 6, 2011 at 5:35)

should be pretty mental to be there

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jd529 (Aug 6, 2011 at 5:42)

Ian you've got yourself a nice page o' pods right here

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tsm11 (Aug 6, 2011 at 6:39)

im still trying to figure out how they put the boner jump into the ground?

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kyphoto (Aug 6, 2011 at 9:08)

I'm assuming the same way we do it in the snow. Start to build up a pad. Move the tree over to the pad with a backhoe (or similar) and some dudes. Stabilize it. Then finish the pad and strengthen it by covering it with dirt.

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brundle (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:08)

Cant wait to go watch today!!

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djbruno (Aug 6, 2011 at 3:14)

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh booster!

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el-nombre FL (Aug 6, 2011 at 4:17)

Anyone care to enlighten me as to what a squirrel catcher is?

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psyickphuk (Aug 6, 2011 at 5:05)

It's a feature designed to weed out inferior riders, well sort of, inferior in this context might not be the right word! Typically it's a jump or drop or something at the beginning of a track that basically says if you can't do this, don't attempt the trail.

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jdotr (Aug 6, 2011 at 4:27)

come on pilgrim! i swear messier just boosts the crap outta everything! what a nut. he's gonna be big

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alltta (Aug 6, 2011 at 14:21)

Who said european's can't go BIG?!?!

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drew62 (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:03)

anthony!!!!!

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ship-it-fed-ex (Aug 6, 2011 at 2:03)

This Kid Boost's higher then anyone I have ever seen, the hype is real !!!

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COFreeride (Aug 6, 2011 at 7:09)

Big future for the kid.

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xtr3m3 (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:12)

nice and big

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ratking (Aug 6, 2011 at 11:06)

Justin wyper all the way

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steezysam FL (Aug 6, 2011 at 1:25)

sick shot of watts

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pokalface (Aug 6, 2011 at 2:37)

kid is flying

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billy860 (Aug 6, 2011 at 7:37)

im loving seing that Pilgrim is getting so far now! Go on SAM!