An old pic I took while I was at college. I think it was in 2001 at the Urban Games. Shot on 35mm film - ah the good old days. This photo was POD on 2008-02-03
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flag lewievans69 (January 29, 2008 at 5:00) (Below Threshold) show comment
Pod material there, absolutley lovely shot.
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flag chriscool (February 3, 2008 at 0:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
Great Photo
It's good to have some different scenic backgroud
also loving the B&W!
9/10 on the gnardar!
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flag dallasn (February 3, 2008 at 11:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
a sick close up of hoffman + a surreal background makes for one hell of a photo.
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flag pigsflyalex (May 4, 2008 at 14:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
BBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAPP
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flag tryallrider (January 29, 2008 at 5:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
Nice
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flag AntonioP (January 29, 2008 at 9:47) (Below Threshold) show comment
f*ck that a sick pic!POD
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flag xlr8- (January 29, 2008 at 9:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
haha awsome photo !! diserves pod !
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flag slimr (January 29, 2008 at 10:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
really!cool shot it has my vote 4 POD
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flag beeeeerni (January 29, 2008 at 12:12) (Below Threshold) show comment
siick pic man !1 must be POD
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flag johaines (January 30, 2008 at 14:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
LONDON's goin down! POD
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flag evan15 (February 3, 2008 at 0:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
that is such a dope pic
major props to the photographer i love the faris wheel in the backround
great style too
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flag huckoveraduck (February 3, 2008 at 0:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
sweeet old school stuff
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flag 1969 (February 3, 2008 at 1:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
2001 is not oldschool, kid.
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flag 1dillonhiemer1 (February 3, 2008 at 0:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
oh wow man. thats frikin beautiful. love the background. the whole pic just has...style. props to both of ya
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flag BIKER-ROSS (February 3, 2008 at 0:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
amazing POD
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flag faceplantfeind (February 3, 2008 at 0:09) (Below Threshold) show comment
is it just me or does the helmet look really fake in this shot.
awesome shot though
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flag thenorcovpsman (February 3, 2008 at 0:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice pic man
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flag michelvermaning (February 3, 2008 at 0:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice shot
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flag pachol (February 3, 2008 at 0:15) (Below Threshold) show comment
Really nice pic
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flag rage67 (February 3, 2008 at 0:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
captures everything you could ever dream of...
in a word:
perfect
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flag Garron12345 (February 3, 2008 at 0:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice pic
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flag stuff24life (February 3, 2008 at 0:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
i must admit that pic is pretty sikk
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flag philipstonier (February 3, 2008 at 0:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
cool
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flag b1erh0f (February 3, 2008 at 0:39) (Below Threshold) show comment
it beautiful , ideally made , picture deserves appropriately on the best !!
perfect !
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flag phosphorsburn (February 3, 2008 at 0:47) (Below Threshold) show comment
EPIC.
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flag vigge77 (February 3, 2008 at 0:49) (Below Threshold) show comment
London eye
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flag dmadness (February 3, 2008 at 0:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
Beauty B n W .. Lovely, bloody Lovely.
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flag freeridebigisland (February 3, 2008 at 1:02) (Below Threshold) show comment
the condor flies ever so gallantly. great pic. perfect for a pod.
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flag freeridebigisland (February 3, 2008 at 1:03) (Below Threshold) show comment
ps. the millennium wheel and parliament in the back are a big plus.
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flag -robert- (February 3, 2008 at 1:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice photo
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flag eddleston (February 3, 2008 at 1:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
wow
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flag tayler (February 3, 2008 at 1:22) (Below Threshold) show comment
pretty dope dude, love the black and white. makes it look so sweet
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flag callums-bighit (February 3, 2008 at 1:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
unreal photo and i see your keepin that flat keep up the riding
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flag bikeronbowen (February 3, 2008 at 1:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
epic picture
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flag crotchphesant2007 (February 3, 2008 at 1:32) (Below Threshold) show comment
Thats class
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flag crotchphesant2007 (February 3, 2008 at 1:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
wheres your spokes?
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flag 401-401 (February 3, 2008 at 1:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
I love London, definitely POD.
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flag 401-401 (February 3, 2008 at 1:58) (Below Threshold) show comment
...and favourite.
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flag dinocore (February 3, 2008 at 2:10) (Below Threshold) show comment
..nice composition..POD 4 sure
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flag harobrett (February 3, 2008 at 2:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
mann mint pic like the background and the table is awsome !!!
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flag grin-n-rip (February 3, 2008 at 2:31) (Below Threshold) show comment
this is a nice pick love the black and white
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flag idonthaveabike (February 3, 2008 at 2:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
LONDON! this pic is wicked, love it
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flag tristan57050 (February 3, 2008 at 3:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
love London !
nice pic !!!
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flag bikerboywill (February 3, 2008 at 3:33) (Below Threshold) show comment
thers no jumps like that in the center of london!!! gotta be photoshopped
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flag willmer1980 (February 3, 2008 at 19:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
i love when people that suck always say PHOTOSHOPPED
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flag h4rdc0r (February 3, 2008 at 3:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice
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flag silviubmx (February 3, 2008 at 4:23) (Below Threshold) show comment
kinda artistic......
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flag downhillpete (February 3, 2008 at 4:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
bikerboywill it says it was at the urban games so they would have set up a course and it probably did have jump in it
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flag fusoya (February 3, 2008 at 5:16) (Below Threshold) show comment
Epic Picture ...
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flag bigmclargehuge (February 3, 2008 at 5:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
legit. you can tell the age of the photo by the pegs on the fork. they're bolted to the fork leg instead of onto the axle. nice historical shot.
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flag NickDJ (February 3, 2008 at 5:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
it looks very scarry :-S..is's like a horror movie
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flag stuffdirtrider (February 3, 2008 at 5:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
ha sick man!
props!
well deserverd POD.
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flag heavybiker (February 3, 2008 at 7:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
that is an awsome pic defenetly going if fav
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flag tylerevangelista (February 3, 2008 at 7:43) (Below Threshold) show comment
sik
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flag nickodator (February 3, 2008 at 7:44) (Below Threshold) show comment
lmao thats so true
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flag nick65 (February 3, 2008 at 7:46) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice pic love the big fraice wheel or how ever you spell it
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flag ralf888 (February 3, 2008 at 7:59) (Below Threshold) show comment
Great shot
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flag Pistol-bike (February 3, 2008 at 8:01) (Below Threshold) show comment
cool pod pod pod
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flag cranxwork (February 3, 2008 at 8:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
Hmm - i think its a great pic well worthy of POD. Cool Photoshop, Cool background. Most of what people say is completely true - why is everyone so angry today??
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flag ddrider (February 3, 2008 at 9:55) (Below Threshold) show comment
insane shot man thats sweet!
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flag nunukula (February 3, 2008 at 9:55) (Below Threshold) show comment
whats happening here ?

is that Dave mirra ?!
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flag norcorider2234 (February 3, 2008 at 10:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
classy POD
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flag specializedrider07 (February 3, 2008 at 10:11) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice pic but i dotn like bmx
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flag pussybike (February 3, 2008 at 10:13) (Below Threshold) show comment
Mmm,sorry but i dont like the pic
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flag bikeordie (February 3, 2008 at 10:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice pic but the foll face kind of rons it and dont like bmx
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flag graapn (February 3, 2008 at 11:42) (Below Threshold) show comment
and you don't know how to spell.
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flag kahvipannu (February 3, 2008 at 12:08) (Below Threshold) show comment
Haha, just like from chernobyl or something.
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flag stinky999 (February 3, 2008 at 13:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
thebillykid... its not photoshopped ok.... there are spokes, u just cant see them because the tire is spinning u "retard"
just like when u see a car go by, u dont see the rims exactly, there all blurry, in this pic there there u just cant see them becasue it blury and there really thin
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flag kingxadjez (February 3, 2008 at 15:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
Errr, no, if you were to take a photo with the wheels spinning and the spokes the blurred the rider would not be that crisp, it disobeys the laws of photography.

Obviously photoshopped/played with when developing but its a good image anyhoo.
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flag carnivorous (February 4, 2008 at 0:42) (Below Threshold) show comment
nah it is photoshopped but you are wrong about "the laws of physics". if i expose at 1/60 of a second for example, the spokes would/could be moving much faster than the rider - leaving him sharp and the wheel blurred. i can upload literally hundreds of pix where this is the case that haven't been photoshopped.
this photo IS photoshopped - it's a collage so no other option really.
;-)
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flag xlr8rbmx (February 3, 2008 at 13:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
Mat Hoffman is the king of BMX.

Great pic
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flag onetimetwotime (February 3, 2008 at 14:40) (Below Threshold) show comment
is that wheel in the backgroung reg qr or 20mm axle?
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flag dhmaster888 (February 3, 2008 at 14:47) (Below Threshold) show comment
Speechless...
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flag freeriderrr4852 (February 3, 2008 at 15:14) (Below Threshold) show comment
onetimetwotime...... what wheel are you talking about?? thats a ferris wheel in the background
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flag nick65 (February 3, 2008 at 15:30) (Below Threshold) show comment
yeah fixed. love this pic!
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flag p-3rider (February 3, 2008 at 15:41) (Below Threshold) show comment
right on wicked pic
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flag nyall (February 3, 2008 at 15:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
i have been there!
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flag dylaine420 (February 3, 2008 at 16:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
looks like hes just riding the fork and front tire- i can hardly see the frame
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flag lilshredda16 (February 3, 2008 at 16:18) (Below Threshold) show comment
nice photography... sweet POD!
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flag trailsteez (February 3, 2008 at 16:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
ewwww
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flag hardhead (February 3, 2008 at 16:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
holy nice pic
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flag steve9999123 (February 3, 2008 at 16:51) (Below Threshold) show comment
awsome pic! POD!
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flag floreancig14 (February 3, 2008 at 20:54) (Below Threshold) show comment
havnt seen a bmx rider get pod in a while, great pic
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flag jptothetree (February 3, 2008 at 23:45) (Below Threshold) show comment
Amazing shot.
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flag carnivorous (February 4, 2008 at 0:39) (Below Threshold) show comment
LOL! Controversy!

a) there are spokes but the pic is too small for you to see 'em properly, and they're blurred cuz of the front wheel spinning.

b) yes it's photoshop, of course it is, who cares? is there any photographer that doesn't use photoshop nowadays?

:-D
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flag salvator (February 4, 2008 at 12:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1718404/
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flag salvator (February 4, 2008 at 12:53) (Below Threshold) show comment
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1718404/
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flag stuff24life (February 5, 2008 at 15:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
man scroll the page up and down and look at the ferris wheel
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flag carnivorous (February 5, 2008 at 15:35) (Below Threshold) show comment
you what???
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flag Torin-MH (February 10, 2008 at 10:28) (Below Threshold) show comment
the ferris wheel looks like a bike tyre
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flag Tommy-Gun47 (February 10, 2008 at 13:17) (Below Threshold) show comment
Matt Hoffman !
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flag imspecialized9 (February 26, 2008 at 16:07) (Below Threshold) show comment
Helmets without visors are soooooooo gaaaaaaaaaayyy
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flag Bidu (April 5, 2008 at 11:21) (Below Threshold) show comment
thats street
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flag dmedium (April 14, 2008 at 18:26) (Below Threshold) show comment
perfect picture, good angle, kool sunrise B/W, BRUTAL+++

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Trail: Urban Games London (many years ago)
Riders: Matt Hoffman
Description: An old pic I took while I was at college. I think it was in 2001 at the Urban Games. Shot on 35mm film - ah the good old days.
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