Mauro Franzi at Etna in Catania, Italy - photo by Marco-IT

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parez1 (Jun 21, 2010 at 8:02)

POD!! sick place! Amazing shot!

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warhorsey (Jun 21, 2010 at 10:25)

agreed

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NS-FreeRider (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:00)

Great shot, and the place looks so awesome!!

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virtumedia (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:01)

wow thats a long skid...haha

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lander15 (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:01)

Awesome spot to ride looks like a hella sick place to shred.. POD!!!

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ROConnor-33 (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:02)

is that where that bloke got the downhill speed record?

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zbenzin (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:03)

awsome!

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airbornmtnbiker (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:06)

those guys that set the speed records on loose rocks are absolutely insane
that's an awesome picture, i'd like to see a zoomed out shot of the side of the volcano and his trail of dust

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NorcoTweek (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:19)

he ate it hard!!

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zzoot (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:34)

uh..cool? I guess, this pod is kinda hard to make up for yesterdays.

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bamfbmx (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:45)

it'd be cooler if it was erupting and it could be some epic get away scene, then it could be able to measure up to yesterdays awesomeness.

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stp-0 (Jun 23, 2010 at 2:04)

zoooom...

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Giant-Rider-Sam (Jun 23, 2010 at 2:31)

Ohhhh, so this is how we get mist in our country...

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chrisbee (Jun 23, 2010 at 4:17)

the one from yesterday was as dumb as it could be. This one is better, but come on, we can do better...

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nunukula (Jun 23, 2010 at 5:50)

This picture is pure Freeride !!

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dj-jones1 (Jun 23, 2010 at 6:51)

@ chrisbee
You must be joking! Yesterday's POD was amazing! And this one is pretty sick too, but to the couple of you guys complaining, tell me you've rode down the side of a volcano, taken a picture, and it got POD... both yesterday's pod and today's pod are super sick!

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Shred-NZ (Jun 23, 2010 at 7:44)

@Chrisbee

Troll harder f*ggot

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chasefreeride37 (Jun 23, 2010 at 17:13)

Shred, you seem to have to reply to the first comment on every single POD and VOD. You're quite the troll yourself.

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Shred-NZ (Jun 23, 2010 at 17:51)

That's not trolling? That's being online when it changes over?

Trolling is intentionally pissing people off.

L2troll

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gcaprider (Jun 23, 2010 at 19:28)

I just like the troll girl. Trow-lin'

And you know when yesterdays pod gets mentioned in the current pod, it was just full of awesome.

Also, agreed, if the volcano was erupting, would have been amazing. Still, I'd ride that hill.

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BenLovesIdaho (Jun 23, 2010 at 21:15)

A real picture that you can actually say the word "epic" about.

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Mr-Smitty (Jun 23, 2010 at 3:22)

Awesomeness 2 da max! After one week of shitty PODS pinkbike is back...

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richierocket (Jun 24, 2010 at 12:23)

"Awesomeness 2 da max!" ??? Oh my gosh!!! Dude, buy another/better book! But ya, they(PINK BIKE) are MOSTLY rocking rocking it!!!

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richierocket (Jun 23, 2010 at 1:59)

I'm simply FLABBERGASTED!!!

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sam-davies (Jun 23, 2010 at 16:45)

Lol, who says that.

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richierocket (Jun 24, 2010 at 12:18)

Me punk... It's an an amazing photo..!

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rockdrop420 (Jun 23, 2010 at 5:25)

Eat His Dust!!!! Sick POD

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CHRISMANO (Jun 23, 2010 at 1:37)

looks like run to defende the volcano explosion.......amazing pod

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KalebWeston (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:00)

Ya....Sick!

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DHMAX12 (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:02)

sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DylanHeppner (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:01)

thats sick

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Barbosa (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:01)

I would like to ride in this "vulcano"

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metg (Jun 23, 2010 at 2:17)

POD-tastick !!!! epik pod

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spyderfighter009 (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:02)

cool background

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klunky (Jun 23, 2010 at 21:14)

I like this shot. Most of the PODS are pretty epic these days, with a few exceptions eg Dog and Meat. If you look way back at older PODS, most of them are lame. So don't get all in a huff when you see a fail POD ok folks.

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mateofoto (Jun 23, 2010 at 2:27)

BIG POD+SICK PLACE

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alexdjer93 (Jun 23, 2010 at 2:15)

rippin' off !!

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macix (Jun 23, 2010 at 15:08)

o_O,when I was on Etna,I thought about riding there...awesome place,with climate Wink

and I also saw demo 7 there Big Grin

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davidcunha (Jun 23, 2010 at 10:46)

Mauro, as always a great pic. POD!
I wish i could go there and ride my bike.

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Rockurshoxoff95 (Jun 23, 2010 at 6:08)

thats a purty picture

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kona-kid8 (Jun 23, 2010 at 15:43)

This place would be so fun to just carv around rocks and just tear it up! nice photo!

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pope-figaro (Jun 23, 2010 at 3:43)

whats with all the neg props? i welcome mine

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Infiltrator (Jun 23, 2010 at 23:17)

hauling ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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buhgina (Jun 23, 2010 at 23:48)

Soo sick, I'm drooling right now...

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callumpyoung (Jun 23, 2010 at 7:36)

looks kinda like hawaii? on the big island...could be way off though

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Mucha (Jul 7, 2010 at 15:40)

Oh! Catania,Sicily... I love this place....great pic Smile

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mafiasz (Jun 23, 2010 at 16:55)

nice. I've been there. Next time i'll try take my bike Big Grin

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Gilby17 (Jun 23, 2010 at 19:00)

POD for sure.. i wanna ride there! Big Grin

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unicorn-bob (Jun 23, 2010 at 11:03)

That's a beautifull picture.

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TheLongMan (Jun 26, 2010 at 12:41)

remembers me of carlin dunne in NWD6...

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kmo95 (Jun 23, 2010 at 6:31)

lotta hard work on that trail man, nice work Smile

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serginhocdn (Jun 23, 2010 at 19:54)

Perfect place... very nice photo !

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diogodavinha (Jun 23, 2010 at 12:18)

awesome, dude!!!}

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MetalMiLitia (Jun 23, 2010 at 6:50)

holy shiesters BatMan, POD, VOD, POD- good run you've got going.
Props again from VOD yesterday.

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navyman (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:30)

just makes me want to shred and slalom

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ragdoll (Jun 21, 2010 at 21:08)

true freeride. nice.

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MotoXer (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:00)

woot!

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ckyttle1121 (Jun 23, 2010 at 20:09)

WOW!

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alkibogdan (Jun 23, 2010 at 14:34)

thats on the etna in italia

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urbancamel (Jun 23, 2010 at 11:16)

Vroooom!!!!

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raymen (Jun 23, 2010 at 4:11)

that is gay he is going down a hill

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buhgina (Jun 23, 2010 at 23:47)

You are quite observant. Have you ever ridden in such a place with such epic scenery before. Probably not. Think about how much fun it was for him to rip, wide open and not a worry. That's what the pod is about.

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beverley55 (Jun 23, 2010 at 23:42)

nice

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manikman125 (Jun 23, 2010 at 13:19)

sickkk shot!!!

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canuckskid10 (Jun 23, 2010 at 10:14)

awesome pic.

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Lacondeguy25 (Jul 4, 2010 at 22:35)

great shot

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oddiokasko (Sep 10, 2010 at 23:18)

Bella marco!!

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rojak (Jun 26, 2010 at 0:12)

wow!! is awesome man!!!!

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eddleston (Jun 23, 2010 at 5:46)

I have decided i like that. a lot.

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dbr666 (Jun 23, 2010 at 10:12)

sik pic, definetly not hawii

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Sean115 (Jun 23, 2010 at 8:48)

rad

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imek (Jun 23, 2010 at 1:45)

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Duchy (Jun 23, 2010 at 1:03)

Totally awesome!!! POD...

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lrdom3000 (Jun 23, 2010 at 2:46)

POD!!

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DirtRider18 (Jun 23, 2010 at 13:33)

yea!!! POD!

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Glacier (Jun 23, 2010 at 7:34)

Where is it ?

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dirtbagbiker (Jun 23, 2010 at 7:23)

awesome place to ride.

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raymen (Jun 23, 2010 at 4:12)

pod r so sick not

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parez1 (Jun 23, 2010 at 3:44)

Hell yeahh! Smile

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bike-sheila (Jun 23, 2010 at 6:03)

WHOA

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django458 (Jun 23, 2010 at 8:28)

good pic not pod though

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elliotdhmcgeary (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:03)

Awesome landscape!

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Michaelintraining (Jun 23, 2010 at 10:42)

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/5242357/#top

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airbornman13 (Jun 23, 2010 at 7:00)

im not really impressed

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ku22in (Jun 23, 2010 at 0:41)

talk about a roostertail

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ktbo (Jun 23, 2010 at 7:32)

lame!!!!!

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RiderNS (Jun 23, 2010 at 4:14)

GREAT POD

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Pistol-bike (Jun 23, 2010 at 2:10)

nice!!

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