Myself Photo at Kettwig in Essen, Germany

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rickwai (Jun 3, 2008 at 6:03)

great photo mate, good colours, good composition. Should make a POD.

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Glurgg (Jun 4, 2008 at 22:24)

Pod all the way, such a sick pic

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livinglegend75 (Jun 7, 2008 at 13:47)

That would make a mighty fine POD someday.

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teamkr (Jul 27, 2008 at 1:33)

Agreed

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krausehouse (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:04)

Rider is so nicely focused. its so clear the background almost looks green screened! Good job

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freeride-life (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:07)

For some reason these pics that are relitavely close to the rider,(close enough to show there concentration always get POD, for a reason, they are SICK haha
Great POD konagoern. congrats

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Timmos (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:21)

yeaaaah super photo.

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samheslop (Aug 25, 2008 at 2:07)

really good POD , and sweet bike Smile

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benjiscott82 (Aug 25, 2008 at 4:52)

fabiens never had a real problem with it before...! e-bike geeks think theyre pro racers rofl, good luck at the worlds kids

nice pic anyway Smile

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almostwise (Aug 25, 2008 at 6:44)

So exactly how big are you kirbywatts? Wink

Sweet pic, props to rider and photographer. Smile

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freeriderstevo (Aug 25, 2008 at 8:06)

dont feed the troll

great pic look at the foucus in his eyes!

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SICK-biker (Aug 25, 2008 at 12:27)

what a beautiful picture
nice to see a POD from Essen!!

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schwarzer (Aug 25, 2008 at 14:30)

oi guess what
get over it

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d-walsh (Aug 25, 2008 at 20:16)

YUP

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out-2-lunch (Aug 25, 2008 at 23:12) (Below Threshold) show comment

Too Bad It's A KONA! Good Pic Other Wise.

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Richphillips1992 (Sep 4, 2008 at 2:15)

BIG photo!

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tdub2108 (Jun 3, 2008 at 6:28)

POD worthy 4 sure

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stolik (Jun 3, 2008 at 7:53)

woah !!!! nice timing. perfect pod!

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portmoody109 (Jun 3, 2008 at 23:10)

Very nice... Great shot.

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BuddyBuddy (Jun 4, 2008 at 8:11)

POD, very good photo

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1ggy (Jun 4, 2008 at 13:29)

very nice bike

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trickz80 (Jun 5, 2008 at 3:22)

nice work

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typerpilot (Jun 5, 2008 at 3:28)

Awesome colours. Looks like you are flying down there..POD for me.

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nthkp (Jun 5, 2008 at 12:17)

yeah, awesome colours

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nanlrider (Jun 5, 2008 at 3:34)

YERP! i would say POD, that is a sic pic.

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madeincanada (Jul 1, 2008 at 16:03)

added to my favorites right away. awsome action photo, killer scenery

POD

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whistlerlover (Jul 4, 2008 at 5:36)

POD

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chickenmgee28 (Jul 18, 2008 at 6:28)

POD!

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kaniaes (Aug 22, 2008 at 10:46)

OMG POD

great shoot what quality ;O POD POD POD Big Grin

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bocian (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:00)

sweet

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nula (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:01)

great photo

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restlessevil (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:03)

great photo

POD

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clarkst (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:03)

OMG I love this pic...Guestion...How did you get the rock sharp and the background to have motion blur? was that the flash freezing the rock aswell as the rider? Props on this pic man!!!

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ericpalmer (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:23)

Hey Sam, yeah, it is the flash freezing the rock & rider int eh shadow & then the panning only effects the BG. Super sick shot!! & great lighting!!

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dillonchamberlain (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:10)

Rad.

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kaibrabo (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:14)

chill.

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arnorpig (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:29)

great depth of filed. Sick.

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MarkoT (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:34)

For some reason i really like that...

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honkus (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:40)

Oooohhh, nice!

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paradisekona (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:41)

niceeeee

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zzoot (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:45)

that is soooo sick good set of colors, perfectly focused, just awesome

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greg3105 (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:50)

good colors and good vue!

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x-jumper (Aug 25, 2008 at 0:57)

REAl POD !!!

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chindogg68 (Aug 25, 2008 at 1:15)

deal

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ipohdownhiller (Aug 25, 2008 at 1:18)

nice mother nature!

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d0wnhill3r-b3n (Aug 25, 2008 at 1:21)

Kona!
POD worthy..Sick picture

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gezza (Aug 25, 2008 at 1:30)

YEOW! Nice pic!

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mikeyboy (Aug 25, 2008 at 1:39) (Below Threshold) show comment

That poor fork, are you healing up? Smile

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Norco-Ignite (Sep 13, 2008 at 8:11)

I'm not trying to be rude but what do you mean?

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szilard (Aug 25, 2008 at 1:57) (Below Threshold) show comment

ez jo

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afonso999 (Aug 25, 2008 at 2:04)

KONA rulez !!lol Wink

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Stoffe32 (Aug 25, 2008 at 2:18)

Just so epic! 3

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snook (Aug 25, 2008 at 2:29)

How the rocks aren't blurred like the rest of the background make it awesome, super pic!

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connor-rides-stp (Aug 25, 2008 at 3:16)

so sweet perfect background and amazing how hes clear and the backgrounds blurred love it

POD all the way

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dave6797 (Aug 25, 2008 at 3:25)

deafenately worth pod!!

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Freddy-Lee (Aug 25, 2008 at 4:40)

Ha ha ha ha. Is that all you could think of?
Go ask mummy to teach you some more insults.

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bmx-nathey (Aug 25, 2008 at 4:30)

Nice Bike..

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JorgenKona (Aug 25, 2008 at 5:48)

sweet pic, pod for sure, and kona rocks Big Grin

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rorynorth (Aug 25, 2008 at 5:48) (Below Threshold) show comment

whoa i would like totally jump off that rock what n 00000b

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shred06 (Aug 25, 2008 at 5:49)

kona all the way

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konarida94 (Aug 25, 2008 at 5:59)

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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bmxbruno (Aug 25, 2008 at 6:03)

awesome photo
downhill rules!!!

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bever94 (Aug 25, 2008 at 6:08)

nice shot

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kona3196 (Aug 25, 2008 at 6:14)

sick, there is a suprising amount of comments this early

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frischknecht01 (Aug 25, 2008 at 6:23)

Kick Ass!!

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teuton612 (Aug 25, 2008 at 6:31)

thats sick pod

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joshfisherx1 (Aug 25, 2008 at 7:09)

sick bike

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cookie7 (Aug 25, 2008 at 7:13)

Just Amazing.

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shore21 (Aug 25, 2008 at 7:21)

how are kona freride bikes/dh ,great pic

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djbruno (Aug 25, 2008 at 7:25)

high quality image!!! nice pod!

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bigjames (Aug 25, 2008 at 7:43)

Kona the only way to go...

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konagoern (Aug 25, 2008 at 7:43)

After a long time i finally got POD for the second time, thank you for all the comments, but donÂ´t kill each other because of bike brands, i can say that i loved my kona because of its geomety, but nearly all models are relatively heavy and i had very much problems with my rear wheel and the brake momentum brace support, so i my new trek session 88 is ordered, but i would still say that it is a good bike

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konagoern (Aug 25, 2008 at 7:44)

and by the way if you like look at my album for more pics

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ryanwilko (Aug 25, 2008 at 8:04)

absoloulty awsome

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rat-fink (Aug 25, 2008 at 8:24)

killer shot!!

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Carlsarv (Aug 25, 2008 at 8:35)

Holy shit

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hardy-ryder (Aug 25, 2008 at 8:46)

Is that MTX rims on the picture?

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crispy1st (Aug 25, 2008 at 9:30)

Lets get back to the Photo for a min........ Nice Photo!

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sancheeze (Aug 25, 2008 at 9:42)

yo the front tire looks a lottle low lol sick pick though pod for sure.

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jamismtbing (Aug 25, 2008 at 9:54)

this is the nicest pic i have ever saw pod

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Lebbink1 (Aug 25, 2008 at 10:02)

that's a beautiful picture, and i see nothing wrogn with konas, i like them

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EL1XER (Aug 25, 2008 at 10:05) (Below Threshold) show comment

Is he sitting there between the rocks? or is he actually moving?

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fredydh (Aug 25, 2008 at 10:11)

sick colors

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fusoya (Aug 25, 2008 at 10:36)

Sweet !

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revyrules (Aug 25, 2008 at 10:49)

thats so cool its so real it almost looks like its tooken on a movie set

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giantglory8 (Aug 25, 2008 at 12:02)

as rough as it gets

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RideHard10 (Aug 25, 2008 at 12:27)

Nice focus, good POD

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iHasbucket (Aug 25, 2008 at 12:33)

Awesome pic. Love how the focus is oo the rider and the trail instead of the background.

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madeincanada (Aug 25, 2008 at 12:49)

glad to see this pic got POD finally, its been in my fav's for a while. good shot!

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biscuito (Aug 25, 2008 at 13:24)

well good pic, something a bit different at last too.

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shox2000 (Aug 25, 2008 at 13:42)

PODD

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filhipo (Aug 25, 2008 at 13:47)

parece montagem haahhaahahhaaha (A)

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rugs (Aug 25, 2008 at 15:09)

hahaha so true, well back to the photo, i think just because he's riding a kona it is pod worthy

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iHasbucket (Aug 25, 2008 at 15:11)

O mah gawd.

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wytheman (Aug 25, 2008 at 16:01) (Below Threshold) show comment

am i the only one who thinks this pic is photoshop'ed up the yin yang?

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wytheman (Aug 25, 2008 at 16:01) (Below Threshold) show comment

i mean it looks sweet and all but i dont belive its real

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Jbombz69 (Aug 25, 2008 at 16:32)

photo

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Jbombz69 (Aug 25, 2008 at 16:32)

shoped

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cjf1972 (Aug 25, 2008 at 16:53)

very nice shot

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kamartin (Aug 25, 2008 at 17:10)

sick pod

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mtnshredder (Aug 25, 2008 at 17:51) (Below Threshold) show comment

its nice... but its not amasing im pretty sure a lot of ppl can do that but im sire this guy hase potential

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Tanner-Norco (Aug 25, 2008 at 17:59)

ya lots of pople can do that but th scenery is why its POD and how th pic is taken

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freeride11 (Aug 25, 2008 at 19:01)

just so its 100 comments

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cchandle (Aug 25, 2008 at 19:05)

so its 101

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konakid8 (Aug 25, 2008 at 19:24)

f*ck yeah!!! KONA FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Whoinventeduphill (Aug 25, 2008 at 21:38)

no.

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Graphxxx (Aug 25, 2008 at 19:25)

Why the f*ck was my comment deleted? I asked you a question and you delete my comment. Nice answer...

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jo3113 (Aug 25, 2008 at 19:46)

nice bike

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zanette (Aug 25, 2008 at 20:42)

funn

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Whoinventeduphill (Aug 25, 2008 at 21:38)

yerrr! so tight

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daemon (Aug 25, 2008 at 22:23)

POD, very nice photo. Small crit...it looks a little over sharpened.

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weekendwarriorr (Aug 31, 2008 at 18:44)

nicely done sir, quite the shot indeed

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projay (Sep 1, 2008 at 13:10)

photoshop.... god work but in photoshop

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orfeo (Sep 7, 2008 at 0:20)

ummm this is totally doctored isn't it? no shadow marks or anything, cut and paste that biker in there, no tire contact points. still a good shot, nice work doctor Smile

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konagoern (Oct 1, 2008 at 4:23)

no shadows (except only one at my right arm) because of working with two extra external flashes, look at my album to see that there is nothing photoshoped!

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jeannfm (Sep 14, 2008 at 17:11)

POD

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TimHorton (Sep 16, 2008 at 17:58)

pretty

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afonso999 (Sep 17, 2008 at 15:19)

woww POD

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CalumGentles (Sep 19, 2008 at 5:25)

amazing

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ed12345 (Sep 28, 2008 at 17:39)

sweeeeeeetneeeeeeeeeeeeeeess

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queenmajor (Sep 30, 2008 at 8:14)

he's tucked for the air, its photoshopped!

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willmidgley (Oct 11, 2008 at 11:22)

pod

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dangerita (Jan 3, 2009 at 1:21)

yesss

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rolto1822 (Mar 9, 2009 at 12:07)

awesome pic! POD!

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smithy123 (Apr 29, 2009 at 3:50)

props to Photographer

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smithy123 (Apr 29, 2009 at 3:50)

and rider lol sweet pic

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DaLady (May 5, 2009 at 4:37)

yeeah =) very nice Wink

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alexkona (Aug 21, 2009 at 15:28)

love it

sick stab aswell man, makes me warm inside

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