Solid rider Sam Dale pinning the 'Atherton Gap' near Bala on his Mission 9. One of the scariest photos I've ever taken - I didn't want to ask him to do it again just for the camera! The gap looks bigger in real life!
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flag krzysiekodho (November 11, 2007 at 1:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
llllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllll Fucking huge gap You are good rider
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flag grabs (November 28, 2007 at 14:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
love the dust above the kicker. great shot - pod
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flag dirt-digger (March 9, 2008 at 13:22) (Below Threshold) show comment
surely he's too low to land it?
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flag gravityslaves (March 9, 2008 at 14:00) (Below Threshold) show comment
If you'd seen how fast he was going, you'd wonder how he put it down in time!
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flag mmmmmm (March 21, 2008 at 22:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
Farmer Jack hit that better
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flag drfulton (May 3, 2008 at 15:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
farmer jacks got some sills
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flag sraidy (November 11, 2007 at 1:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
huge!
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flag adamkozma (November 11, 2007 at 2:22) (Below Threshold) show comment
.....f*ck U : crazy!!!!
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flag gingerninja (November 11, 2007 at 2:37) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice one dude. id like to have a go at that. taking the photo that is lol.
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flag sRvACAB (November 11, 2007 at 3:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
is huge man :O
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flag beneli (November 11, 2007 at 4:38) (Below Threshold) show comment
holy scrap.. realy big
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flag ajofr (November 11, 2007 at 5:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
pretty big .in earthed 3 looks a lot smaller.POD for sure
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flag rwebb9- (November 11, 2007 at 7:20) (Below Threshold) show comment
i was going to say the same thing^^^^^^
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flag norcolarry (November 11, 2007 at 14:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats not big at all.
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flag blindsideripper (November 12, 2007 at 11:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
I hope your kidding....
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flag wesley111 (November 24, 2007 at 13:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
norcolarry you are probably proud of yourself if you can go off of a 2 foot drop you dumb kunt
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flag idonthaveabike (February 12, 2008 at 6:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
how can you even say that is not big, even bender would say that is big
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flag almostwise (March 30, 2008 at 14:39) (Below Threshold) show comment
where is bender these days anyway? I know he injured himself badly a while back...be good to see him riding again.
Totally awesome pic. You got balls of steel
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flag kenzo2005 (November 12, 2007 at 2:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
POD
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flag lucacometti (November 12, 2007 at 19:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
norcolarry your a bitch a saw your pix you coulden't do that even if your life depended on it you bioch
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flag wesley111 (November 13, 2007 at 8:34) (Below Threshold) show comment
that guy just grew a pair of wings
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flag wesley111 (November 13, 2007 at 9:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
that takes a lot of balls
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flag wesley111 (November 13, 2007 at 8:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
theres an MBUK poster of Gee Atherton hitting that road gap but that is so f*cking big
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flag Teejay05 (February 23, 2008 at 11:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
And in that poster there is rach in a bikini
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flag hamanndh (November 13, 2007 at 10:00) (Below Threshold) show comment
caaaraaaaaaaaaaaaaaalhooo!
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flag dmrhucker (November 14, 2007 at 8:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
massssive!!!
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flag NaStYBoY (November 14, 2007 at 10:39) (Below Threshold) show comment
ouuu shit HUGE!!!!
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flag andy9 (November 14, 2007 at 20:25) (Below Threshold) show comment
FKING HUGE!!!
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flag louiscypher (November 17, 2007 at 5:55) (Below Threshold) show comment
holy man!insane 4 me,monsterous gap!
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flag rida666 (November 17, 2007 at 6:01) (Below Threshold) show comment
Huge one POD
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flag freerider56 (November 20, 2007 at 18:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
Are you for real!
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flag gravityslaves (November 20, 2007 at 23:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
Another shot, another rider. Check Jim Stock also hitting the gap.
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flag sam264 (November 23, 2007 at 17:34) (Below Threshold) show comment
you've got balls man! huge gap!
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flag mtbdarren (November 28, 2007 at 14:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
norcolarry you are a tool this is huge
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flag rida666 (November 29, 2007 at 13:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
bigger in real life pfff how its can be bigger
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flag gravityslaves (November 29, 2007 at 15:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
When a lad you know is pedalling at it full speed on a mates bike, believe me it looks twice the size! Sam made it look half as big though...
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flag kyranmccarthy (November 30, 2007 at 21:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
OMG that gap is massive. Props to the ride. Nice work

Haha this photo is on your website.

Keep up the good riding...
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flag exetertim (December 1, 2007 at 12:04) (Below Threshold) show comment
This photo is amazing.

when i've seen pics of Gee Hitting it in MBUK, it hasnt looked as big, because of the angle,

but this shot makes it look huuuge!
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flag junkata (December 4, 2007 at 11:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
w o w .... omg
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flag konaclump70005 (December 6, 2007 at 19:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
POD please
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flag bigave (December 10, 2007 at 13:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats fcking huge.. u have iron bollocks lol
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flag gravityslaves (December 21, 2007 at 3:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
I can't take credit for the bollocks - Sam's the one with the iron balls.

Thanks for the comment though! It was huge, and took some bottle just to shoot the photo.
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flag trickn0l0gy (December 13, 2007 at 2:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
PO-fricken-D!!!
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flag bbbikers (December 15, 2007 at 10:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
hard core!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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flag nwfr24 (December 21, 2007 at 2:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
this isn't this kid it's just one of his fav pics
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flag norwegianqfree (December 21, 2007 at 10:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
norcolarry is a f*g f*g f*g f*g f*g f*g f*g
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flag krool (December 21, 2007 at 11:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
huge crazy pic
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flag alinelover (December 25, 2007 at 16:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
props dude. that takes balls and commitment. nice job
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flag Fatass-of-oz (January 6, 2008 at 1:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
id say pod, thats fuggin big!
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flag adam14 (January 6, 2008 at 1:34) (Below Threshold) show comment
hugeee
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flag xerex (January 12, 2008 at 23:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats insane man
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flag point243racer (January 15, 2008 at 1:20) (Below Threshold) show comment
man thats like a freeway gap lol (6 road gaps)
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flag ilmor (January 15, 2008 at 2:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
POD all the way gets saved to my favourites
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flag ransom3-0 (January 15, 2008 at 2:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
nothing really to say...
POD FLYING!!!!
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flag cronin91 (January 16, 2008 at 15:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
f*ck me, sam dales on drugs!!!
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flag jaycubb (January 18, 2008 at 8:50) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats crazy.. huge!! Prope to the rider!
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flag minimanofmayhem (January 18, 2008 at 8:52) (Below Threshold) show comment
wow thats big he has balls theres loads of waste/mine area around were i live i dno why noone makes drops like that lol not ballsy enough lol
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flag youngadam (February 1, 2008 at 10:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
how big you reckon??? 50 - 60ft??? his rig looks tiny in the air
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flag ctd07 (February 1, 2008 at 13:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
I just quit mountain biking, one just can't compare! There's just too many 'ifs' as to what could go wrong with something that huge in my books, what a rush though - I'll drink to that!
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flag A-Martin (February 1, 2008 at 14:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats sooooooo big
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flag cowankonarider (February 3, 2008 at 18:52) (Below Threshold) show comment
i dont even know where he is gonna land
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flag gravityslaves (February 4, 2008 at 7:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
On this attempt, he put it down somewhere about 1/3 of the way down the shale slope on the right of the shot!
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flag diextreme (February 3, 2008 at 18:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
jump of earthed 4
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flag jpg1995 (February 4, 2008 at 11:57) (Below Threshold) show comment
is that u?????????
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flag gravityslaves (March 2, 2008 at 10:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
No, it's Sam Dale. I'm the photographer.
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flag fusoya (February 4, 2008 at 23:45) (Below Threshold) show comment
Very Nice ! :O
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flag NickDJ (February 14, 2008 at 0:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
PoD for shure
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flag DenisDH (February 16, 2008 at 13:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
pod
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flag syciu (February 17, 2008 at 4:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
sick gap!! pod
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flag lee-15 (February 23, 2008 at 8:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
Definitely POD that is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge
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flag ZeroFr (February 27, 2008 at 15:00) (Below Threshold) show comment
POD!
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flag jenner (February 29, 2008 at 6:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
haha first comment 'are youa good rider' who isnt that can do something that big defo POD
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flag bsancika (March 3, 2008 at 8:50) (Below Threshold) show comment
hat ez zsirkiraly
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flag AllanManila (March 4, 2008 at 2:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
OMFG....
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flag kirbywatts (March 4, 2008 at 4:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
fuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkkkk
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flag gravityslaves (March 5, 2008 at 8:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
Farmer Jack has jumped this too - check out http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=liMY7spUNrQ for a vid.
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flag SpeshAllDay (March 6, 2008 at 19:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
Mama...I'm going fast!
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flag alejin28 (March 11, 2008 at 17:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
POD!!!!...........DONT DUDE
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flag lukecottier (March 13, 2008 at 12:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
pod that looks like the athertons trail
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flag speedygonzaless (March 15, 2008 at 3:37) (Below Threshold) show comment
small mistake in description... not Solid rider but Solit pilot this is monster... respect
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flag keandmr (March 15, 2008 at 12:56) (Below Threshold) show comment
sweet total respect for that
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flag zavec (March 15, 2008 at 15:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
woow, nice ..
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flag rider3000 (March 16, 2008 at 8:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
holly thats HUGE!!!! pod
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flag brodierider6 (March 17, 2008 at 12:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
pod pod pod?
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flag Giant-Josh (March 23, 2008 at 3:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
props! respect
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flag jcspidersurf (March 23, 2008 at 13:25) (Below Threshold) show comment
looks better when farmer jack hits hit :L
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flag STP-Rider-73 (March 25, 2008 at 11:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
wow that is nice
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flag bpvideo (March 27, 2008 at 11:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
Going Huge with no pads!! pretty Sick!!
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flag BobbyK92 (April 2, 2008 at 10:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
is this the gap that farmer jack did on the atherton film
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flag gravityslaves (April 2, 2008 at 12:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
Check my comment from the 5th March!
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flag Czauder1 (April 6, 2008 at 12:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
This is sick, although Farmer Jack did it with a bit more style.. .

BobbyK92 yes it is the same gap.

I really like Sam's style of riding - love those photos from trip to Portugal with Josh Bryceland took by Victor Lucas .
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flag melonhead1145 (April 7, 2008 at 12:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
POD all the way

thats a massive gap
props to the rider
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flag humanoid1989 (April 10, 2008 at 2:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
When the Athertons tried it i thought they were mental, that is seriously big! Give the man a medal of honour...............
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flag jamiejamiejam (April 20, 2008 at 7:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
ive seen that photo on the stockists of solid bikes. cooool.
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flag adavis (April 20, 2008 at 8:47) (Below Threshold) show comment
farmer jack hits it much cooler!!! lol
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flag BearHunter88 (May 8, 2008 at 22:36) (Below Threshold) show comment
massive
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flag jaque-17 (May 13, 2008 at 15:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
is this the same shot where athertons(sorry if i spelled it wrong) were filmed in erthed 3?
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Trail: Atherton Gap
Riders: Sam Dale
Description: Solid rider Sam Dale pinning the 'Atherton Gap' near Bala on his Mission 9. One of the scariest photos I've ever taken - I didn't want to ask him to do it again just for the camera! The gap looks bigger in real life!
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