No Hander off drop

Photo by: Brad Walton
This photo was POD on 2009-08-30 See more great PODs

175 Comments

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flag jonass (Feb 16, 2009 at 17:59)
thats a sick shot pod props
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flag rilkitzel14 (Feb 16, 2009 at 20:26)
that drop screams more than decent talent to me
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flag who8mycrayon (Feb 17, 2009 at 15:10)
props for hucking that man...thats nucking futs!

POD
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flag Klawsen (Feb 17, 2009 at 15:57)
that brings back the suicide in suicide no hander
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flag TheBikeNurse (Feb 19, 2009 at 13:00)
that is some crazy terrain.
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flag dirtdevils (Feb 19, 2009 at 15:40)
POD
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flag mooseman414 (Feb 19, 2009 at 21:59)
Tough descision, no hander or a superman off a massive drop????????????
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flag spiritofthewolf (Mar 22, 2009 at 17:54)
POD
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flag pS-P-TO-D-Km (May 25, 2009 at 12:42)
Mike is such a crazy canuck.
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flag audeo03 (Aug 18, 2009 at 6:10)
BIG MOVE! MEGA PROPS.
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flag adamsride2 (Aug 21, 2009 at 8:05)
I AGREE!, how is this not pod yet ?
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flag TyreBurningBiker (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:03)
awsome POD, lol i just got up and yesterdays POD was there still lol
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flag suicidedownhiller (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:03)
The better pic is when he supermanned this drop! That was insane. Either way, freeriding pod finally! Awesome!
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flag Moron1777 (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:05)
thats large ! i woudnt hit that let alone suicide it !
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flag gabbarida (Aug 30, 2009 at 2:26)
nice
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flag oneednewbike123 (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:41)
Wow great POD!! Takes some mad skills to do sonething like that!! Props!!!~!~!~
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flag DHbiker225 (Aug 30, 2009 at 8:46)
the landing makes me think its his first attempt?
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flag Rideslots (Aug 30, 2009 at 8:49)
That is an awesome Pod! It looks so cool with the branches hanging down right in-front of the camera. Awesome idea!
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flag bikenut33 (Aug 30, 2009 at 9:52)
gnar
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flag HxCmadball (Aug 30, 2009 at 9:57)
batman... Smile
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flag brandyn16 (Aug 30, 2009 at 12:37)
this is one of the dopest POD's in a long time boys...
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flag brett878 (Aug 30, 2009 at 12:43)
that takes skills and balls
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flag crowdog (Aug 30, 2009 at 13:14)
hell yeh now thats wat i call POD
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flag bennlikesbikes (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:39)
wow he's like the ultimate awesomeness awesome
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flag hillbillybiking (Aug 30, 2009 at 18:35)
This is Ghetto as shit drop.. look how little the landing is if it gets windy and u blow a little off course ur f*cked.
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flag Drop2Flat (Aug 30, 2009 at 20:18)
I bought my bike from that guy
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flag PowerMoves (Aug 31, 2009 at 10:44)
Check out the video! http://www.pinkbike.com/video/60846/
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flag crowdog (Aug 31, 2009 at 13:01)
wow thats a dope video
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flag passmetheblunt (Sep 2, 2009 at 14:05)
i wanna hit that jump so badly it looks great
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flag diogodavinha (Feb 16, 2009 at 18:02)
this is POD,..for sure!!
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flag nickf (Feb 16, 2009 at 18:04)
great focus. i love this shot
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flag That-Norco-Dude (Feb 16, 2009 at 18:32)
Mike Metzger = extremely underrated...

Y isnt he invited to rampage?
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flag PowerMoves (Feb 16, 2009 at 18:35)
Thanks guys, Brad Walton got the shot and it is amazing. Hes a bad a$$ photographer
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flag coolkid1234 (Feb 17, 2009 at 16:42)
He may be a bad a$$ photographer, but you can't get a bad a$$ photo without a bad a$$ rider.
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flag Mazekwon (Aug 30, 2009 at 8:25)
Yeah You can....Brad Walton is the man, so much Style. I could tell it was one of his by the thumbnail, people need to understand how complicated it is to take a picture like this, i think if you took the rider out of this it would still look BAD ASS.

So mad props to brad for being the man, and Mike for killing it.
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flag bradwalton (Aug 30, 2009 at 9:09)
thanks so much! just being there in person for this was a treat. Mike hit this drop maybe 12 times, after we had just finished building it. At one point he did throw a superman off it. Ridiculous!
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flag JonC (Aug 30, 2009 at 12:37)
I saw some vid of him doing that superman. My jaw dropped. Sick picture, brad!
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flag courtneywylie (Aug 30, 2009 at 22:48)
Too funny, I saw the thumbnail and knew immediately it was a Brad shot as well. Nice work, both of you!
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flag Mazekwon (Aug 30, 2009 at 23:14)
Me too, so much style.
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flag sbfreeride (Feb 16, 2009 at 20:02)
100% POD there. Great red jacket to stand out.
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flag RomoStills23 (Feb 16, 2009 at 20:20)
POD
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flag megastoked (Feb 16, 2009 at 20:37)
AMAZING
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flag crowe (Feb 16, 2009 at 21:48)
POD!!!!
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flag jhowlett (Feb 17, 2009 at 4:07)
wow pod
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flag nige-dh (Feb 17, 2009 at 4:27)
Awesome, POD
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flag hughzie111 (Feb 17, 2009 at 15:06)
POD for sure! madd suicide
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flag jptothetree (Feb 17, 2009 at 17:45)
Huge jump, beautiful scenery, sick trick, just insane!!
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flag bikerdudezxc13 (Feb 17, 2009 at 22:15)
pod
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flag hieber265 (Feb 18, 2009 at 10:19)
Is that the, Mike Metzger pro dirt biker?
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flag erikober (Feb 18, 2009 at 19:05)
No, he is a pro MTBer who rides for Transition Bike CO.
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flag hieber265 (Feb 19, 2009 at 8:34)
mike metzger is also a crazy ass freestyle dirt biker
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flag mattm94 (Feb 19, 2009 at 15:03)
its a different person
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flag mattm94 (Feb 19, 2009 at 15:03)
just got same names
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flag Hendy94 (Feb 19, 2009 at 8:34)
BIG
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flag pepper8 (Feb 19, 2009 at 12:39)
GREAT!
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flag punkaddic (Feb 19, 2009 at 17:41)
Nice ! You got big balls dude. Id say its worth POD
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flag texasmade512 (Feb 19, 2009 at 18:22)
POD or DIE...
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flag woody-dh (Feb 19, 2009 at 21:01)
100% PODtacular
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flag davehayz93 (Feb 22, 2009 at 12:04)
POD NOW!!!!!!!!!
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flag majicblend213 (Feb 24, 2009 at 18:39)
hit the same drop. just a bit to the left
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flag NorthwestShredSesh (Mar 9, 2009 at 5:22)
This is just sick!! we have beautiful trails, woods, and bike companys in Wa.
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flag me2menow (Apr 10, 2009 at 20:44)
pawd
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flag razorback0725 (Aug 18, 2009 at 6:13)
p o d
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flag gromhit (Aug 21, 2009 at 12:51)
pod!!!
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flag norcorulz (Aug 28, 2009 at 23:54)
and THATS why hes pro
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flag tritt3 (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:03)
wow
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flag foxrider250 (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:05)
yeah but they started in feb.
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flag cutthathair (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:04)
great pic, well desirved!
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flag bmanbikerbro (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:14)
crazy
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flag ericpalmer (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:14)
Sweet shot Brad! Always love the jungle vibe in your shots & that with a trick like this is a great combo!
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flag Downhillfrerider7 (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:17)
Pod
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flag Paintballer03 (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:17)
So sick, so much nature.
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flag SHARK555 (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:19)
flap those wings!!!! so sick, just rediculously huge, thing that normal people look at and say "i wonder what thats for?"
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flag hellyhansen (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:23)
Huuuuge, Niiice/
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flag brendan222 (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:23)
talk about a sniper landing!!
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flag ragdoll (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:25)
thats pretty mad aye. nice pic.
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flag Lcygan (Aug 30, 2009 at 0:36)
faceplant
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flag bikingbain (Aug 30, 2009 at 1:13)
that is the defition of suiide no hander!
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flag kuvaaja1 (Aug 30, 2009 at 1:32)
nice!
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flag CUwallaby (Aug 30, 2009 at 1:46)
What I love is how at first you think it's clearly fake, but the longer you look the more you realize it's not
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flag scott822 (Aug 30, 2009 at 1:49)
ohhhh emmmm efffff geeeee =]
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flag Jazzzy (Aug 30, 2009 at 1:52)
POD!!!!!!!!!! Smile
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flag jonlakephoto (Aug 30, 2009 at 2:30) (Below Threshold) show comment
weak.
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flag PowerMoves (Aug 31, 2009 at 10:45)
STill weak? Wink
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/60846/
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flag rikki012 (Aug 30, 2009 at 2:43)
Thats impressive

EDIT: will we everhave a POD without some tool putting a stupid comment ??
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flag robbo2517 (Aug 30, 2009 at 2:56)
No, we wont
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flag jarrod12 (Aug 30, 2009 at 18:24)
obviously
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flag jonlakephoto (Aug 31, 2009 at 11:39)
I'm not a fan of the shot.. I'm entitled to my opinion. The jump it self is pretty sick, but photographically it's not very impressive to me.
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flag Arawn (Aug 30, 2009 at 2:56)
thats crazy! holy shit man, hes got talent! and no dont think its possible to have a pod with out stuped comments
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flag robbo2517 (Aug 30, 2009 at 22:49)
ehh no u just copied the last guys thing
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flag Arawn (Aug 31, 2009 at 1:39)
no i was just replying to what he said like u did
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flag robbo2517 (Aug 31, 2009 at 1:43)
oh i read it wrong silly me
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flag konakoolkid (Aug 30, 2009 at 3:06)
deserves to b pod 2day
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flag camme1 (Aug 30, 2009 at 3:24)
f*ckin sweet dude
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flag erco (Aug 30, 2009 at 4:07)
wow...pod
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flag Kalshikov (Aug 30, 2009 at 4:08)
[Ironic MOD on] Thats so easy! [/Ironic MOD Off]

Razz Awesom picture! Wink

Cheers
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flag ZboCZuSZek182 (Aug 30, 2009 at 4:56)
sick drop ;p
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flag nojzilla (Aug 30, 2009 at 5:00)
is that the same drop where he pulled a superman,is there a photo?
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flag nojzilla (Aug 30, 2009 at 5:01)
yea found it....DOH
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flag bikesaremad (Aug 30, 2009 at 5:00)
wow great photo shopping man
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flag nojzilla (Aug 30, 2009 at 5:03)
check the video!
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flag Rockurshoxoff95 (Aug 30, 2009 at 5:35)
AWESOME !
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flag jumphilo (Aug 30, 2009 at 6:33)
Siiiiiiiiicccckkkk...... props to mike....
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flag frenchfriedfun (Aug 30, 2009 at 6:33)
Damn Metzger...that's a hefty drop!
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flag dirtjump-ed (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:00)
hes like a bird lol
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flag paintballaz1996 (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:08)
nice man nice thats crazy i would never do that hun less i had like a supper monster on a v10 lol
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flag link16dh (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:21)
is it "that" Mike Metzger who doing freestyle motocross??
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flag Mazekwon (Aug 30, 2009 at 8:29)
no this one is a transition rider
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flag RileyStrow69 (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:36)
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3929063/#top
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flag GloryBoy (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:23)
beast
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flag dirty-fecker (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:24) (Below Threshold) show comment
Somehow this one just doesn't look right. The first impression was "Photoshop" and a closer look would seem to confirm the suspicion ...
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flag Mazekwon (Aug 30, 2009 at 8:34)
SHUT UP WITH THE PHOTOSHOP BS!!! you can't polish a terd, this picture kicks ass because the rider has balls as big as the drop, and the photographer is amazing and knows what he is doing. not cause somebody has too much time and not enough to do and cut and paste. the pixelation is perfect, no blur tool here, now grow up.
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flag KOLSKE (Aug 30, 2009 at 10:45)
dude, there's a video of miike actually doing a SUPERMAN off that jump. look it up fecker
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flag PowerMoves (Aug 31, 2009 at 10:45)
IF you still think its photoshoped check this out! http://www.pinkbike.com/video/60846/
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flag leprechaun11 (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:36)
massive
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flag avegoldenbc (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:38)
sick trail and trick- that takes big cahonas. all the people that said belowe threshold must ride there mtn bike on flat trails and should open there eyes. thats the reel shit
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flag nato (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:42)
Lush pic. Solid riding and photo taking. ^^^perhaps enhanced color wise but not a fake ^^^
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flag dubprof (Sep 14, 2009 at 14:26)
its called remote flash
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flag spitfyer10 (Aug 30, 2009 at 7:48)
that is crazy shit
P.O.D
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flag dirtjumpro (Aug 30, 2009 at 8:19)
dice
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flag dyepaintball (Aug 30, 2009 at 8:20)
if he wore something darker u would barely know he's there
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flag Churchill19 (Aug 30, 2009 at 8:31)
Perfect.Thats all I have to say.
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flag kiwi97 (Aug 30, 2009 at 9:24)
man hes got some skill to do a drop like that
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flag s21l1 (Aug 30, 2009 at 9:31)
POD
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flag StpStepaniak (Aug 30, 2009 at 9:49)
you got balls of steel man props
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flag fullbug (Aug 30, 2009 at 9:52)
balls deep! hey Mike, howz that pick-up treatin' ya?
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flag PowerMoves (Aug 31, 2009 at 10:43)
Pickup is treating me well, I love that thing!
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flag conor2000 (Aug 30, 2009 at 10:14)
that brings back the suicide in suicide no hander
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flag urbanDJ5 (Aug 30, 2009 at 10:24)
very nice well deserved POD!
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flag ktmpaul111 (Aug 30, 2009 at 10:38)
that drop is purdy big
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flag RavineRiders (Aug 30, 2009 at 11:11)
the red jersey really stands out in the old growth forest. Great shot. And didnt he do a superman off that too?
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flag davidthebiker (Aug 30, 2009 at 11:23)
wtf would happen if he cased it that would be deadly
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flag hardtaildh08 (Sep 12, 2009 at 12:42)
for some reson davee i doubt he would case it mainly because hes not shit (like you)
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flag davidthebiker (Sep 12, 2009 at 13:54)
ye it only took u like 1 month to reply
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flag chimchims (Aug 30, 2009 at 11:32)
oh hell yeh thats POD for sure...
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flag Granty (Aug 30, 2009 at 12:03)
agreed 100% ^^^^^^^^^
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flag Bogumil1202247 (Aug 30, 2009 at 12:59)
wow
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flag Ult1mate (Aug 30, 2009 at 13:11)
"I'm an EAGLE!!!!" XD Great, man, pod!
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flag Boyles-bikes (Aug 30, 2009 at 13:57)
this made me speechless amazing photo
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flag jboy123 (Aug 30, 2009 at 14:25)
pod all oover
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flag The916infidell (Aug 30, 2009 at 14:29)
the branches on each side of him closest to the camera makes this shot even sweeter!
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flag freddiehunter (Aug 30, 2009 at 14:47)
wow big drop pro rider
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flag king-benji (Aug 30, 2009 at 14:57)
anyone know how big the gap is?
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flag JakeStenson (Aug 30, 2009 at 15:12)
thats a crazyy gap!! sick POD!
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flag mtberforlife (Aug 30, 2009 at 15:32)
the way his arms are he looks like a bird
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flag purpleboi (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:19)
props brad, you take goood pictures Big Grin
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flag Lelandervich (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:25)
I live in Cda idaho and steven bafus ( a local pro) watches mikes son! I know his son and i know steven...awesome picture! Mad props for mike.
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flag PowerMoves (Aug 31, 2009 at 10:44)
Different Mike Metzger Wink
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flag Lelandervich (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:29)
I dont know mike and his son personally but i know them through Steven Bafus...
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flag RileyStrow69 (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:35)
sick pod...
tell me what you guys think about this picture..
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3929063/#top
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flag va7kpt (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:44)
Where is this?
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flag FafikPRO (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:54)
wow, thats nuts crazy Smile
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flag Nico-T (Aug 30, 2009 at 16:57)
Holy crap thats HUGE!
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flag Seanpaz629 (Aug 30, 2009 at 17:23)
That's What She Said! lol. Yeah but i do have to agree with you.
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flag Nico-T (Aug 30, 2009 at 18:51)
Haha Smile
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flag jake110595 (Aug 30, 2009 at 18:18)
sickk shizz
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flag miketcmf (Aug 30, 2009 at 18:34)
nice!
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flag Brett-Bikes-101 (Aug 30, 2009 at 18:43)
Where tht man???

best pod in a long time!!!!!!!! PROPS
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flag dmadness (Aug 30, 2009 at 19:41)
Yup, Seriously ... Unreal. I love this Photo.
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flag bear93 (Aug 30, 2009 at 19:51)
that a sick shoot
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flag cam1001 (Aug 30, 2009 at 19:57)
nice id loce to try that trick
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flag cam1001 (Aug 30, 2009 at 20:00)
how do they make big gaps like that whats the secrete how?????????lol
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flag matt-pennells (Aug 30, 2009 at 20:27)
It might not be fake but honestly it really looks fake
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flag Haxl (Aug 30, 2009 at 21:38)
Sick air, Bro!!!! Knar, dude, knar!!
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flag Stomas (Aug 30, 2009 at 23:30)
Cool!!
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flag PowerMoves (Aug 31, 2009 at 10:46)
Thanks guys, It was nerve racking for sure, glad I had Brad Walton there to get it on film Wink Chech out the video!
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/60846/
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flag dhlover88 (Aug 31, 2009 at 15:38)
sick!!!!
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flag k2Ryder14 (Aug 31, 2009 at 20:23)
thats the pic from the transition site for the blindside .....
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flag dubprof (Sep 1, 2009 at 8:56)
Hey BW, you nailed the use of the remote flash on this one. No hot spots, just brings him out enough. Nice set up.
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flag RinkyDinkyStinky (Sep 3, 2009 at 14:59)
Shit yeah, Mike!
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flag passinu (Sep 14, 2009 at 13:17)
fly like an eagle
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flag espnkid29 (Oct 7, 2009 at 16:44)
That jump is in the jamis catlog.But a different angle
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flag PowerMoves (Oct 8, 2009 at 9:31)
Pretty sure its not the same one
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flag espnkid29 (Oct 12, 2009 at 14:05)
look just like it
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flag adamb123 (Oct 12, 2009 at 13:21)
some bottle??? sweet tho
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Date: 2009-02-16
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Riders: Mike Metzger
Description: No Hander off drop Photo by: Brad Walton
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