Kevin Menard at Grannies Kitchen in Falls City, Oregon, United States - photo by TransitionBikeCompany

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manolcho (May 7, 2009 at 12:19)

nice shot

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hillbillybiking (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:03)

No its a Epic Shot. I love how the close tree on the left is blurry but then where he is its like High def,... one day that'll be me!

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jstott (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:04)

Love this photo its so crisp and makes me want to ride

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will33 (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:05)

looks like a sic place to ride, wish i was tehre and in that pic!! good pod.

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spoked32 (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:05)

Yeah Kevin! Yeah Transition! POD!

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soosh-mcgoosh (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:12)

I LIKE TACO DELMAR.

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craigdhboy (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:16)

such a good shot!! nice pod

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Atrak (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:25)

rider owned =)

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OllyJ (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:28)

cool shot

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xtreme-dirt-jumper (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:56)

nicee

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Travisd (Oct 18, 2009 at 4:12)

Its the CHEESE GRADER from Black Rock.

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bikounet (Oct 18, 2009 at 6:42)

That's a sick shot! nice color, nice background... I Love this kinf of forest

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357media Plus (Oct 18, 2009 at 8:04)

nice shot

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FregoS (Oct 18, 2009 at 8:28)

I feel like the "Crispness" of this photo is destroyed by the blurry tree on the left, Am I rite?

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CanadaDiscGolf (Oct 18, 2009 at 8:32)

The rider is Crisp and that's the main feature? The photogragher could just crop that blurry tree out too?

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dirtbagluvin (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:09)

FregoS- it's called depth of field. It's hard to have different spaced objects in exactly the same focus. Grab a camera and try to get action shots, then you'll understand!!

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mtnbker395 (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:22)

yeahhhh, falls city baby!

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Rideslots (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:34)

Really nice shot.

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stevehayes (Oct 18, 2009 at 10:03)

love the trail name! and awesome shot!

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mustbike (Oct 18, 2009 at 10:21)

hell yeah. blackrock is the sickest.

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elliot-graham (Oct 18, 2009 at 11:03)

that picture is pretty off the hook, whoever said its photoshopped... just go and get your colouring book and crayons... ofcourse the pictures get touched up with a computer, it still doesnt make the picture look any less gnarl.

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faultlinetv (Oct 18, 2009 at 11:59)

Really sweet photo guys.

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coolfootballdude123 (Oct 18, 2009 at 12:13)

what bike is that

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norco466 (Oct 18, 2009 at 12:18)

seriously???

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coolfootballdude123 (Oct 18, 2009 at 12:20)

a blindside or bottlerocket

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bikounet (Oct 18, 2009 at 13:11)

I think it's a bottlerocket... you take a blindside with a fork like boxxer or 40...

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Taylor-BMX (Oct 18, 2009 at 13:26) (Below Threshold) show comment

deffinatly not pod worthy

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oneednewbike123 (Oct 18, 2009 at 15:38)

Sick POD!

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Rideslots (Oct 18, 2009 at 16:31)

Hey, Taylor-BMX, It may not suit you BMX style, but if you look at some of the comments above, you might find out that most peole think this is a awesome POD!!!

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coolfootballdude123 (Oct 18, 2009 at 16:40)

can anyone confirm this?

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cbit (Oct 18, 2009 at 19:12)

this is a sick shot! that exact jump was in an issue of BIKE in a story on black rock. so cool! Big Grin

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robbo2517 (Oct 19, 2009 at 5:34)

Rideslots, SNAP!

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dirtbagluvin (Oct 19, 2009 at 9:35)

It's Kevin's Blindside....

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Rideslots (Oct 19, 2009 at 15:29)

What do you mean by SNAP? robbo2517?...

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robbo2517 (Oct 21, 2009 at 2:17)

ur last comment on taylor bmx, the only thing missing was snap

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FregoS (Oct 21, 2009 at 7:04)

Dirtbagluvin, I know its impossible, thats why he shoulda cropped it out. I own a canon 500d, so I have grabbed a camera once or twice in my life...

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dirtbagluvin (Oct 23, 2009 at 11:26)

Why take out a tree when it doesn't detract from the focal point though?!! 500d or not!! Whoever takes the pic decides how to finish it and that is artistic expression at its finest!!

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Rideslots (Oct 25, 2009 at 9:10)

Ohhhh... SNAP!

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FregoS (Oct 26, 2009 at 7:32)

Okay... I meantioned my camera cause you said that I should grab a camera and try it myself.
I know it doesn't detract from the focal point, but it is so noticeable that it almost becomes a focal point itself. Of course the artist can do it the way he wants, but for f*cks sake it was my opionion. Respect it, deal with it.

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dirtbagluvin (Oct 26, 2009 at 13:11)

Looking at your....um.....pics......about that 500d.....um.....yeah!! Where are YOUR pics again?!!

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FregoS (Oct 27, 2009 at 9:17)

Dude, I dont wanna fight, I don't understand, why you want to fight about my opinion. The pictures in my profile are 2 years old, If you'd just check the date and taken by my friends camera. I just got the 500d about a week or 2 ago. And yes, I have used a camera before that.

I don't want to fight about this, you obviously want to be right here, so ok. The picture is the best! I have no real opinion of it. It's the best picture in the internet and you can't make it better! Couldn't have made a better pic! (It really is a good pic.)

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bradwalton Plus (Nov 2, 2009 at 11:03)

hell ya, best picture in the internet! thanks!

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nickf (Nov 2, 2009 at 16:56)

still needs a naked chick

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bradwalton Plus (Nov 3, 2009 at 14:46)

it had one but I had to photoshop her out for Pinkbike Smile

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Rideslots (Nov 4, 2009 at 18:58)

It looks like he's looking over the bike to see the landing...

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sumguy002 (Nov 6, 2009 at 16:58)

why do the trees look huge... nice shot though

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bradwalton Plus (Nov 10, 2009 at 19:50)

because they are

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Rideslots (Nov 10, 2009 at 20:21)

Awesome!

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califreerida16 (Jul 8, 2009 at 20:04)

now that is what you call a "Rider Owned" Company!

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B-Nay (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:05)

Yeah, no wonder their bikes are amazing, the owner understands how the bike is going to be ridden and even he rides it that way.

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evomtb (Oct 18, 2009 at 4:31)

thats my dream bike....

and thats an epic photo

and my new pod

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tongy (Oct 18, 2009 at 4:47)

i like the fact that transition is owned by people that ride and not all the corperate in it for the money tipes big props to transition well done fpor getting pod

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twigme (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:12)

Its cool to see the owner of a bike company getting out and using his product well

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nightfox (Oct 18, 2009 at 19:07)

Great pod. I think what makes it pod is that it makes you look at it and think "hmm...that looks like a hard, scary jump"...surely accomplished that.

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rider0 (Oct 18, 2009 at 20:27)

Yes it is the cheese grader at black rock. great riding and all but not POD worthy. once again not to be a hater cause its one of my favorite hits at black rock. i just thought POD should be for more epic hits.

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sittingduck (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:25)

I was there yesterday! Great shot, that feature is hard to get really good pics of, the angles are limited by how steep the hill is.

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travisfoxx (Oct 18, 2009 at 8:08)

gromhit, this is one of the best pictures probably anybody took yesterday in the entire moutnain biking world, let alone pinkbike, definitly deserving of pod

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rosiFR (Oct 18, 2009 at 1:31)

that's right.
nice shot !

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bmxican296 (Oct 18, 2009 at 8:29)

Blackrock is a sick place to ride

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TheDanish (Oct 18, 2009 at 14:15)

Wow. That is some intense riding. If you catch your back wheel on that ledge you're done for, though. Major props to Kevin.

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Kasztan (Oct 18, 2009 at 11:12)

Poda łatwiej mieć jak ma się transition Smile

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StrictlyBidness (Oct 18, 2009 at 14:15)

haha that guy has the same helmet i do, and he's rockin' the bike i'm after!

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whiteheaddh (Oct 18, 2009 at 15:38)

he's probably rockin your mum too!

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gattgolfer64 (Oct 18, 2009 at 7:31)

Blackrock!!!!woo great pic

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venom600 (Oct 18, 2009 at 19:11)

Pretty rad to see the owner of a 'rider owned' company throwing down. Cool pic too. Smile

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OregonsOwn (Oct 18, 2009 at 10:07)

I love seeing our local trails as pod!

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sid-leonard (Oct 18, 2009 at 19:51)

lovin all the sick ladder hits as POD lately.

SICK PIC!!!

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ldhbaker (Oct 15, 2009 at 8:54)

Sweet shot, but man, we have seen 3/4 angle shots of this drop too much... someone needs to find a new angle.
Props to the rider, and transition, though for being so steezy!

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benbiker (Oct 18, 2009 at 12:53)

sweet

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mountainyj (Oct 18, 2009 at 11:03)

The transition guys kick ass. I love my blindside

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veloman (Oct 18, 2009 at 10:28)

oh my god there is a wolf behind the tree!

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devorider1 (Oct 18, 2009 at 18:05)

i wanna hit that up. i love the look of the trees

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Willbikes (Oct 23, 2009 at 0:02)

is he jumping from the top lip or the bottom of the ramp

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marco-greenbike (Oct 25, 2009 at 14:41)

Nice shot ! Transition bikers are very nice XD

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jonasbarstad (Dec 18, 2011 at 11:34)

2 of my favorite things in one picture, Black Rock and Transition bikes

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mitch51 (Oct 21, 2009 at 14:13)

thats a sweet POD in black rock OR

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freeriderayward (Oct 18, 2009 at 23:55)

The way that jump is made, it reminds me of Freerider hahaha

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Skelbert (Oct 18, 2009 at 15:35)

That is such a sick drop at Grannies.

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sortafast (Oct 18, 2009 at 16:25)

CHEESE GRATER.

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need4thespeed (Oct 18, 2009 at 20:48)

f*ck YEAH!!! Black Rock!!! Representin' the N-W!!! 541 all the way!!!

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i-anac (Oct 18, 2009 at 14:11)

i like those trees they make the picture look really nice

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caferida (Oct 18, 2009 at 8:44)

really cool log ride that totally deserves POD

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Luv-To-Fly (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:19)

Nice POD! Blackrock Shuttle Day??

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LewisMrSmooth (Oct 18, 2009 at 3:54)

Sweeeeeeet Big Grin

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jdotr (Oct 18, 2009 at 2:03)

the american transition owners came to ride my lcal stuff they were sooo good! amazing POD

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brooce (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:06)

Nice style Wink

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Fox-moran (Oct 18, 2009 at 1:16)

nice POD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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daigneauu (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:01)

nice shot!!! even nicer bike

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sunki (Oct 18, 2009 at 7:35)

wery nice! love the jump!

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dylan06 (Oct 18, 2009 at 14:38)

wow nice

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ijump21 (Oct 30, 2009 at 21:19)

cool story bra

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stab (Oct 18, 2009 at 3:18)

does anyone know mark christie. He's an old school ripper from canmore. Hit me up with any details.

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the13thing (Oct 18, 2009 at 3:41)

Nice shott (:

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A123crash (Oct 18, 2009 at 7:39)

sweet pic defendant pod!

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xxxxJMxxxx (Oct 18, 2009 at 2:03)

nice shot :d

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817moto (Oct 18, 2009 at 17:00)

nice pic

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evanwm (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:03)

70-200 f-2.8?

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Taylor16 (Oct 18, 2009 at 1:39)

most likely. Most overused lens in the action sports industry by far..

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Waldon83 (Oct 18, 2009 at 2:33)

Then I should buy one too!
WOOHOOOO

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nickf (Oct 18, 2009 at 8:25)

didn't realize you could overuse a lense just for the sake of it

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evanwm (Oct 18, 2009 at 11:03)

You have to admit, it really is a versatile lens...

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Taylor16 (Oct 18, 2009 at 14:17)

yeah it is a sweet lens. Maybe overused wasn't the best word. How about popular

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nickf (Oct 18, 2009 at 19:59)

ofcourse it's popular, it's white! haha. i think it's very versatile for the range it offers as well, but i'd rather have a wider lense for most shots i want. i'd personally rather have a 24-70mm before that, a range often needed for biking. i'm not saying it's not on my wish list, just not first in line for what I need for most shots

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evanwm (Oct 18, 2009 at 23:25)

Well, the Nikon 70-200 is black...which is what this dude uses... haha Razz

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nickf (Oct 18, 2009 at 23:48)

yup, haha. i'm rockin canon, durrrr

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Waldon83 (Nov 22, 2009 at 1:39)

Woohoo, I just spent $2300 on a new 70-200mm f2.8 IS USM today.
Time to get my photo on

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Taylor16 (Nov 22, 2009 at 1:48)

How is it?

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nickf (Nov 22, 2009 at 9:36)

haha, was that choice insprired by the above comments? which brand?

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Waldon83 (Nov 27, 2009 at 1:22)

Yes, yes it was and it's a canon.
The guy was like
"You know this is a professional lens right"

My response
"I just want to take photos with this lens, even if I have no experience. Just sell me the lens buddy"

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ja37 (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:13)

great shot

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KevinScheff318 (Oct 18, 2009 at 18:06)

Thats epicc Sick shot

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michale (Oct 18, 2009 at 17:03)

POP TARTS

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KonaDawg501 (Oct 18, 2009 at 17:24)

nice pic and sweet transition

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Rockurshoxoff95 (Oct 19, 2009 at 3:37)

WOW AWSOME POD

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cartermartin (Oct 18, 2009 at 16:47)

this is not THAT great, in my opinion.

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paede92 (Oct 18, 2009 at 3:48)

Transition Power!!

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bighit1212 (Oct 18, 2009 at 11:21)

teast.

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staylor (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:27)

that looks siq

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gromhit (Oct 18, 2009 at 7:55)

its a nice shot.but pod? i dont know

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CesarSilva (Oct 18, 2009 at 7:45)

super pod

FR

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Brett-Bikes-101 (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:18)

NICE SHOT PROPS

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roterblitz (Oct 18, 2009 at 7:33)

nice shot!

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LoveFreeride33 (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:04)

POD

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sheckleballs (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:41)

super sweet

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pocketbike (Oct 18, 2009 at 9:43)

so sick man

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Magiczdzich (Oct 18, 2009 at 5:44)

amazing construction

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dkidd (Oct 18, 2009 at 11:05)

yeah Blackrock!

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downfall93 (Oct 18, 2009 at 11:08)

Great Pic love it Smile

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jumper14 (Oct 18, 2009 at 7:04)

awesome!!!! nice air

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marco4848 (Oct 18, 2009 at 10:45)

teast

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BorysKrK (Oct 18, 2009 at 6:43)

nice style.Great

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big-willy-pro (Oct 18, 2009 at 6:11)

awsome

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bikergirl17 (Oct 18, 2009 at 3:54)

awesome jump Big Grin

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Codyak (Oct 18, 2009 at 7:56)

Yeah, POD
POD
POD

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reecewallace Plus (Oct 18, 2009 at 1:31)

blackrock! cheesegrader?

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bobaliciousYEH (May 28, 2009 at 10:38)

sweeet

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woodline (May 17, 2009 at 0:54)

nice pic

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domistuff (Oct 18, 2009 at 21:29)

photoshop

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kilbixy (Oct 18, 2009 at 23:52)

and......

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Bogumil1202247 (Oct 18, 2009 at 0:45)

not bed but a little small Wink

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jmathieson (Oct 18, 2009 at 1:12)

werd thats sick

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