not sure at Whistler in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada - photo by rosspecialized

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rosstfromtynemouth (Aug 15, 2009 at 16:47)

that shits TRIPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
wow

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who8mycrayon (Aug 15, 2009 at 17:22)

how does one take that pic?????thats sooo cool

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koleslaw (Aug 15, 2009 at 19:55)

coolest picture i've ever seen

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tonyradcliffe (Aug 15, 2009 at 19:56)

ahhhhhh wtf is happening!

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raging-hippo (Aug 15, 2009 at 20:03)

It's done with about several different images. With a special program, or some extreme photoshop skills, you can achive that effect by skewing the images. The method has some retarted long name that I can't think of right now.

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jammyboy366 (Aug 16, 2009 at 3:45)

It's a stereographic projection.

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sharkyboy (Aug 16, 2009 at 8:56)

that is the biggest wide angle lens ever

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amando96 (Aug 16, 2009 at 9:36)

fisheye doesnt get any more fishier! POD!

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olaffons (Aug 16, 2009 at 9:40)

looks like a Crankworx planet... Razz

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fread (Aug 16, 2009 at 9:42) (Below Threshold) show comment

wow wow wow, that's why we like creative fish-eye shot !

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freeridemtber06 (Aug 16, 2009 at 10:35)

POD for sure... its soooo good

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ehsanap (Aug 16, 2009 at 13:26)

POD man. its a planet of awsomeness

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ru-the-ginger (Aug 16, 2009 at 15:16)

if only the world was that simple and awesome!!!

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nnorrcoo (Aug 16, 2009 at 16:00)

POD

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so09 (Aug 16, 2009 at 16:12)

thats a gnarly fish eye

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cools20 (Aug 16, 2009 at 17:02)

ive made some of these before. never thought of doing it with a bike. good idea. ithink im goin to try 1 with a bike soon

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cools20 (Aug 16, 2009 at 17:03)

and its not a fish eye. it all made in photoshop and it super fun to make becauss the turn outs are amazing. if u do them good

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bailey262 (Aug 16, 2009 at 17:05)

road trip to crankworx planet!
whose goin?

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Colin994 (Aug 17, 2009 at 20:32)

count me in! when's the next rocket?

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26street-swaagg (Aug 17, 2009 at 22:19)

woooooow

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heirs08 (Aug 19, 2009 at 9:47)

POD !!!! Thats bloody brilliant !

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StevePrice (Aug 19, 2009 at 16:28)

wooow, the planet whistler.

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andrew4818 (Aug 20, 2009 at 3:49)

crankworx. out of this world

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daaneel (Aug 20, 2009 at 15:07)

OMG THE KOKANEE CRANKWORX CRATER IS COMING AT EARTH!!!!!!!! FULL SPEED!!!!!!!!!

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suicidedownhiller (Aug 20, 2009 at 15:08)

^Are you retarded? Crater? No. Thats what happens after it hits, and makes a hole in the ground.

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daaneel (Aug 20, 2009 at 15:19)

You get my point lol

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suicidedownhiller (Aug 20, 2009 at 15:23)

Lol Yeah. I just thought of something. How SICK would it be to walk outside, and see a big slopestyle course crash in your yard. Instand MTB park. Smile

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christurner (Aug 22, 2009 at 11:31)

awesome picture POD!

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biker2stud (Aug 22, 2009 at 20:46)

The world revolves around biking.

POD

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adamsride2 (Aug 23, 2009 at 8:37)

i totaly agree with you!, it almost look like the rider is jumping over the EARTH!

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fr112358 (Aug 23, 2009 at 10:23)

Attention! This is what the guy did. On the CWX wbesite there is a 360 degree view, http://www.crankworx.com/whistler09/. He took all that and assembled it together, resulting in a spherical appearance.

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bunkey (Aug 27, 2009 at 8:33)

looks to me like a 230 degree fisheye.

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so09 (Aug 27, 2009 at 17:02)

or a million

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gaspar-pini (Aug 27, 2009 at 17:59)

POD http://aks.pinkbike.com/5/i/icon_eek.gif

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gaspar-pini (Aug 27, 2009 at 18:00)

PODD

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robbo2517 (Sep 2, 2009 at 3:10)

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raging-hippo (Sep 2, 2009 at 3:47)

I hate it when people do that ^^^

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fr112358 (Sep 2, 2009 at 18:11)

Especially when it's done wrong....

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MatthewBolton (Sep 12, 2009 at 18:42)

Never look at this when your baked....
it f*ckS WITH YOU HEAD! :S

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bunkey (Sep 13, 2009 at 15:28)

No it doesnt.

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mmdgirard (Sep 13, 2009 at 16:30)

spherical panorama. very difficult to do.

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amando96 (Sep 14, 2009 at 4:35)

wasnt this POD already ??? i just looked under the picture, and didnt see any date of when it was POD Confused

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suicidedownhiller (Sep 14, 2009 at 7:36)

No. This won't be pod probably.

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shreder-911 Plus (Sep 18, 2009 at 18:04)

i live on that planit

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raging-hippo (Sep 19, 2009 at 14:13)

planit... :s you cant spell planet?

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matthew13sanderson (Sep 25, 2009 at 16:41)

k its obviously not photo edited.

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mmdgirard (Sep 25, 2009 at 16:48)

no its not stuuupid

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matthew13sanderson (Sep 25, 2009 at 17:18)

i know...thats what i just said....

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nyall (Sep 30, 2009 at 23:42)

Thats trippy

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Trekbiker2 (Nov 6, 2009 at 17:28)

whistler is taking over the world

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NorcoTweek (Mar 6, 2010 at 19:17)

I.... JUST..... DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!!

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NorcoTweek (Mar 7, 2010 at 22:19)

I SEE IT!!!! theres a shadow with no one to make it right in the middle, it all makes seance now!!!

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RaleighVoid (Jun 5, 2010 at 4:38)

is that plant 360?

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pedro4me (Jun 24, 2010 at 22:28)

goes to show whistlers its own world, just outa curiousity how do you do these shots their frigging cool

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cools20 (Jun 24, 2010 at 23:34)

a>http://www.dirkpaessler.com/blog/index.php/photographers-tools/2006/09/06/tutorial-create-your-own-planets//a>

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pedro4me (Jun 25, 2010 at 8:05)

that sucked

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cools20 (Jun 26, 2010 at 10:48)

http://www.dirkpaessler.com/blog/index.php/photographers-tools/2006/09/06/tutorial-create-your-own-planets/ my bad

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pedro4me (Jun 26, 2010 at 17:26)

that one didnt suck, thanks homie

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Colin994 (Jun 26, 2010 at 21:21)

yeah thats actually ill i may want to try it. thanks bro

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johnpit14 (Jul 16, 2010 at 22:12)

SOOOO SICK POD TOMOROW!!!!

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santacruz21 (Aug 16, 2009 at 17:04)

Holy shit he just did a backflip from Europe to Whistler!!!

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blendo (Aug 17, 2009 at 21:48)

Its the a picture of the 360 view of Crankworx from http://www.myplanet360.com. You can see a 360 view of the Kokanee jump at Crankworx Here

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scotch (Aug 15, 2009 at 17:01)

im trippin balls right now.

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rosstfromtynemouth (Aug 15, 2009 at 16:47)

pod

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andymtb (Aug 15, 2009 at 16:56)

sweet little planet

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Fiodor2six (Feb 14, 2012 at 9:21)

Oh and without some bilion dollar photo camera it`s hard as **** to do good like this one:/

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remmiedirt (Aug 18, 2009 at 6:40)

here's some more of that stuff:
http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=6192

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aidan-horn (Aug 17, 2009 at 3:50)

1st pinkbike daily today ross

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giantstp244 (Aug 22, 2009 at 11:32)

its like a planet for biking!

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DaLady (Aug 29, 2009 at 2:19)

yeeeeeeeah Big Grin

biking makes the world go around.. Razz

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charleyboy14 (Aug 16, 2009 at 15:20)

dizee rascals bonkers any one. nah this shot is shit hot well taken

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robbo2517 (Sep 2, 2009 at 1:04)

som people think im bonkers but i just think im free
ha ha lol mad shot must be pod looks like the thing from bonkers

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grahamc (Aug 18, 2009 at 3:12)

Or it could be like this....http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3881875/

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frogger101 (Mar 24, 2010 at 18:11)

hahah i've seen a bunch of pictures like this before but props for using it with teh crank worx set up
looks great

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huhlu (Aug 28, 2009 at 5:45)

to Chinaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... oh shit!

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skywalker-kona-is-my-ride (Aug 20, 2009 at 13:43)

was that like taken on like a mega fisheye of death

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PennyFarthingDH (Dec 2, 2009 at 8:18)

but seriously sick pic pod

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BrodieBiking (Dec 19, 2009 at 6:00)

Wooo, I'm confused!

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dirtfreak88 (Jan 7, 2010 at 17:08)

pod

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LucasPL (Aug 16, 2009 at 3:41)

i think it just special fish eye lenses and a picture taken form a high point down towards ground ;] sick idea Big Grin

POD

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buddhabiker (Aug 20, 2009 at 15:58)

in the perfect world...

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drjake (Aug 27, 2009 at 5:06)

WTF, That photo is so awesome I am laughing... POD POD POD POD

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elementarybmx (Aug 26, 2009 at 14:22)

Oh My God This Pic Is Astronomical Wink

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trappzsolt (Aug 23, 2009 at 11:58)

Planet B14 xD
Like in the little princess book

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hunter10 (Aug 15, 2009 at 20:10)

if this doesnt get pod i'll shit

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codyboy1996 (Aug 19, 2009 at 8:06)

no pod yet!

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slaythebeast (Aug 15, 2009 at 21:08)

Looks like the world of most Whistler locals...

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KR3Wcrazy (Nov 8, 2009 at 8:55)

i know how to do that you have to get up on top of somethin with a wide angle lens and bam it work

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johnlukewalsh (Nov 28, 2009 at 9:19)

nope you go on a web site called 3d world or something like that and it does it for you

i did one

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mojoloz (Aug 26, 2009 at 4:45)

how did this not make POD??????????????????????????????

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chazza (Jan 17, 2010 at 4:04)

why isnt this pod yet!!!

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AidenCrocker (Aug 17, 2009 at 4:14)

im pretty sure that the crankworx 360degree view on there website

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Cartel29 (Oct 1, 2009 at 5:09)

It looks like Super Mario Galaxy for Wii!

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matata (Aug 17, 2009 at 3:53)

POD. very creative! great stuff for Kokanee ads!

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speedingcoconut (Nov 10, 2011 at 20:41)

just got mind f*cked

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natewynanscreations (Aug 16, 2009 at 9:30)

POD! looks like the world revolves around crankworx!

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imspecialized9 (Aug 16, 2009 at 13:26)

looks like crankworx is the world, POD

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yo13bo (Aug 16, 2009 at 4:29)

i wish i was on that planet....such an awesome pic. pod

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george-grove (Aug 16, 2009 at 13:22)

POD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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SketchyJack (Aug 17, 2009 at 10:18)

ummmm. id like to mention one word. "POD!"

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liam-wallace (Sep 28, 2009 at 15:23)

pod thats so fricken sick

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crashvictom (Mar 23, 2012 at 23:20)

It's like Mario Galaxy, but really cool!

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alex-w-rider (Oct 11, 2009 at 20:09)

it is a small world after all

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rileyhudson (Oct 4, 2009 at 20:40)

I never knew that the earth was a bike park..POD

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sambrowne16 (Aug 16, 2009 at 15:23)

pod,
this is sick
you got some editing skills Wink

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shredwhiteandblue (Oct 3, 2009 at 13:50)

POD

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lucas-peq (Oct 15, 2009 at 3:44)

THATS COOL!!!

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PennyFarthingDH (Nov 30, 2009 at 9:33)

wow how did they get the whole world in one photo

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TheLongMan (May 22, 2010 at 10:39)

I'd say POD!

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flipside (Jul 26, 2010 at 5:11)

POD!

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MoNsTeRFr (Jul 27, 2010 at 11:48)

pod

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WyattO (Nov 15, 2011 at 17:31)

I'm really confused

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wesley03 (Apr 19, 2010 at 22:40)

now thats how earth should look like tup

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despar66 (Nov 8, 2009 at 19:44)

nice

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crigg (Nov 28, 2009 at 6:15)

this is really sick

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stinkypeter (Jul 27, 2010 at 11:48)

pod pod

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katsanas (Nov 5, 2009 at 1:11)

CRANKWORX PLANET!!!

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goeddygo (Aug 22, 2009 at 9:59)

Why isn't this POD yet?

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rockybiker (Aug 17, 2009 at 20:30)

f*cking weird and cool

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dothetiger (Aug 17, 2009 at 17:40)

the perfect planet lol

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gadmack (Aug 17, 2009 at 23:21)

mmmmm, beer!

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freeridingfroboy (Aug 18, 2009 at 2:34)

my brain just collapsed

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Mark-Cowan (Aug 18, 2009 at 3:14)

POD!!

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lewboy30 (Aug 17, 2009 at 15:00)

my mind is f*cked

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mcardamon (Aug 16, 2009 at 15:16)

POD

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campofchampions Plus (Aug 15, 2009 at 16:50)

Very Cool

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nz-ripn (Aug 15, 2009 at 19:50)

thats f*ckn sick

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Tubby-Bmx (Aug 16, 2009 at 5:37)

pod

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Identiti-bikes (Aug 16, 2009 at 9:00)

has to get pod

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stefo (Aug 18, 2009 at 3:18)

Haha, cool.

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dirt-rider1 (Aug 18, 2009 at 9:16)

how is that possible

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nickt (Aug 28, 2009 at 2:28)

POD!

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spenceraaatimmermans (Aug 30, 2009 at 10:41)

pod!

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hamanndh (Sep 10, 2009 at 6:38)

that's my world!

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vps-rider (Sep 14, 2009 at 19:14)

pod!!

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daltonbetts (Aug 22, 2009 at 14:49)

that is soooooo trippy

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skywalker-kona-is-my-ride (Aug 21, 2009 at 8:12)

i figured out....was this pic taken from above with a really wide fish eye?....must be like 0.4 or less

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johnlukewalsh (Nov 28, 2009 at 9:21)

no, theres a web site that does it for you

check my profile i did one

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Jayey666 (Aug 18, 2009 at 11:22)

Photoshopped XD

Haha!

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Tadejtrehtar (Sep 5, 2009 at 3:54)

yeah.. I cant belive people think this is real xD

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nfa2005 (Sep 21, 2009 at 19:32)

360degree lens

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JacReed (Aug 21, 2009 at 1:41)

That is well Sweet Smile

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chee-rider (Aug 18, 2009 at 14:30)

f*ckin POD!

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Tadejtrehtar (Aug 29, 2009 at 4:58)

This is not just 1 photo, it 15 photos made into 1....
Heres a tutorial... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fnZETVogCE

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wilo888 (Aug 19, 2009 at 1:45)

it's a fisheye lens and the photo is taken from some crane with the lens directed to the ground,but looks awesome Wink

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KR3Wcrazy (Nov 8, 2009 at 8:56)

wide angle not fish eye

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Chamakazi (Dec 19, 2010 at 5:02)

You're both idiots.

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Fiodor2six (Feb 14, 2012 at 9:19)

They are

. It`s called a "planet", or spheric panorama. You can see here how to do this: http://www.detroit-madness.com/Site/Roadtrip%20Blog/B79F3205-BF8F-4ACA-A94F-69F1D676B430.html

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