Ryan Condrashoff at SeaOtter Slalom in Laguna, California, United States - photo by Amarc

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eldavo14 (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:59)

People seem to be complaining there's not enough variety with the PODs lately, but then when they get something unique they say it's not POD worthy. Doesn't have to be some sick trick, creativity counts, at least that's the way I see it anyway...

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x-up16toddy (Mar 11, 2011 at 4:28)

This is pretty awesome!

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DanB25 (Mar 11, 2011 at 4:33) (Below Threshold) show comment

this is one of the best PODs I have ever seen

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MatthewCarpenter (Mar 11, 2011 at 4:36)

you are right eldavo! But I wonder: was the shot actually made with a lensbaby (which creates this effect out of the cam) and was aimed to look that way - or did the photographer just think "let's try to pimp this with some photoshop"

1 would be really creative, 2 not so much...

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gillisd3 (Mar 11, 2011 at 4:46)

That is sick

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CrashProned (Mar 11, 2011 at 4:55)

HOLY F*CK!!! its f*ckin AWESOME!!! Big Grin

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Matthew233 (Mar 11, 2011 at 5:23)

That's awesome, Sick POD

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MirrorEyes (Mar 11, 2011 at 5:38) (Below Threshold) show comment

@ DanB25, then you really haven't seen very many have you?

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CrashProned (Mar 11, 2011 at 6:07)

@ MirrorEyes...are you retarded? how is this NOT awesome?? *sigh*...people these days. Facepalm

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konakid1993 (Mar 11, 2011 at 7:18)

This is a really nice change, it's different from most other PODs

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jbike101 (Mar 11, 2011 at 7:43)

this is way sick.... i think i just caught a cold tup

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FeBrewAry (Mar 11, 2011 at 7:47)

Cool, different, unique..I like it

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RideBikes927 (Mar 11, 2011 at 8:25)

thats okay

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 11:07)

@MatthewCarpenter Adrian shot it with a 50mm tiltshift looking at the exif, a lensbaby normally shows up as undefined with no exif info. So definitely not done in photoshop...

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ChineseAlan (Mar 11, 2011 at 11:23)

StUnNiNg, Ian i like your description at the top and i TOTALLY agree with Eldavo!! Sweet, Amarc, Amazing

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cruelty-and-the-beast (Mar 11, 2011 at 15:33)

This shot kinda reminds me of being run over by the guy behind you after you crash haha....

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jeffrupert (Mar 11, 2011 at 15:36) (Below Threshold) show comment

not gunna lie, no offence to the rider/photographer, i do not think ths is pod worthy or even a good pic

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theminsta (Mar 11, 2011 at 17:20)

Sorry, can anyone explain what the rider is doing? It seems to me that the rider is going off a ledge sideways while his left foot is off the pedal.

^And Jeff Rupert, you got screwed over by your brother Patrick.. Haha

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mike-gillespie (Mar 11, 2011 at 18:50)

everyone should stop complaining about VOD'S and POD'S, theres going to be a new one tomorrow so relax.

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 19:18)

It's the last corner real corner of the Sea Otter slalom before the sprint down to the finish. It's a tight wedge shaped berm that ends about 2 feet off the ground...

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jetanthony (Mar 11, 2011 at 20:11)

damn looks 3D

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mtb1stdegree (Mar 11, 2011 at 22:06)

meh...

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Bmx-Is-My-Life (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:08)

Very nice shot. But not the least bit pod worthy !

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aflo661 (Mar 11, 2011 at 2:26)

I think its cool!
a very interesting photo, it will be fun to try and replicate this technique.

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gabbarida (Mar 11, 2011 at 4:18)

:-O it's crank... so i think it's pod worthy.. Smile

peace!

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bigburd (Mar 11, 2011 at 9:47)

"Very nice shot. But not POD worthy " sarcasm or just a huge contradiction ?

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chrononaut (Mar 11, 2011 at 1:02)

Maybe this time, POD means "pieces of dirt". I like the shot.

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HeroicLegend (Mar 11, 2011 at 1:48)

A unique shot with a lot of emotion. If that is not POD material then what is? Another tailwhip on a dirt jump?

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robhewat13 (Jul 14, 2010 at 17:35)

that is very cool, such a nice shot man!

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rizz121 (Feb 16, 2011 at 18:18)

I like that.

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Rattsl (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:19)

'Splodin dirt. Hahahaha, awesome description Ian. tup

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Jack1201 (Mar 11, 2011 at 4:44) (Below Threshold) show comment

thats stoupet peice of shit POD

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hanley Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 6:45)

Jesus, if your going to bash it, at least spell stupid correctly.

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bizyclayz (Mar 11, 2011 at 8:39)

i really like this shot, but i think i would like it more if he had used a faster shutter speed to freeze the dirt a little more - although the blurriness does give a nice feeling of motion... and the highlights are kind of blown out - would be nice to see more detail in spokes etc - otherwise sick shot and PODPODPOD!

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 11:11)

If you looked at the exif info you would notice that it was shot at 1/5000, that's almost as fast as you can get with a normal camera. The dirt is frozen, the look is from the blur of the lens...

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bizyclayz (Mar 11, 2011 at 14:38)

cool ! never noticed all the exif tech info there - wow that is a fast shutter speed - that must be some really fast moving dirt - never seen a tilt-shift do a radial kind of blur like that , how does it do that? usually you see the DOF "line" blur across the frame in more linear fashion... sorry for the noob questions! I'm a pro video editor but relatively new to photography... cheers!

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jivehoneyjive (Mar 11, 2011 at 3:09)

Nice fresh perspective on things, but what is happening with the guys foot- looks like he's running SPDs, but his foot is off the pedal - is he stylin it or is a stack on the cards?

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benjamin69 (Mar 11, 2011 at 3:15)

That pic is badass , its like exploding dirt in your face . What dirtboy or dirtgirl wouldnt dig this photo !

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LindLTaylor (Mar 11, 2011 at 6:30)

@ everybody who hates this photo: I reject your opinion and submit my own. Isn't the point of a photo to look good?

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IllestT (Mar 11, 2011 at 10:44)

I think that's an amazing shot - something different too - and clearly controversial ^^^, which is never a bad thing to divide opinion.
At least its not mundane.
I know this is corny, but I think its really got life and movement!
I'd have that as a poster.

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lescart (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:40)

clever shot.

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crzyirishman (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:03)

Idkkkk it's cool and all, but I'm just not sure if it stacks up with some of the other possible POD candidates...

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ScottPattenden (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:05)

it's a cool image, but defiently not POD worthy. Not alot is in focus, Can't really see what the rider is doing. In all, possibly one of the worst POD's i've seen.

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crzyirishman (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:06)

Agreed

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seraph (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:34)

It's POD. That means that tomorrow there will be another, different POD, so you sensitive guys don't have to worry about this one anymore.

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DToX (Mar 11, 2011 at 2:50)

I don't agree with them, i think this POD has it's plus points just like many, but in different ways. But anyways, i'm pretty sure they were just giving there opinion, like you and me, positive or negative.

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seraph (Mar 11, 2011 at 2:55)

Well I find it hilarious that people complain about the POD when it's only going to be up for 24 hours.

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Acidic3224 (Mar 11, 2011 at 11:38)

This is one of the best PODs i've seen yet.. don't get me wrong i like them all but this is the first i've seen with a different veiw point, and focus point. if i had a million hand each hand would be thumbs up.

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 10, 2011 at 23:05)

The only thing I'm unsure of with this photo is why the copyright says Peter Le?

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Chamakazi (Mar 11, 2011 at 1:11)

Maybe it's a borrowed body? Happened to me before when I used my memory card in a friend's camera while he was riding.

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Amarc (Mar 11, 2011 at 8:53)

Really? Peter Le...? not a borrowed body and I have no idea who he is....

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 12:05)

That is scary, looking at the Exif info in the actual image Peter Le is listed as the artist. This has brought up an interesting point for me in that we should be taking the info from the actual copyright field and not the artist field. I'll have this changed. This still doesn't explain how it got into the image though...

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GC-DH (Mar 11, 2011 at 14:11)

Excellent shot, the photo of a sense of movement of action. Do not even try to improve the picture, there is no perfection for this kind of photo. This is unique! Congratulations!!!

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lilrcloni (Mar 11, 2011 at 18:45)

I dont think people give the editor enough credit! Photoshop can be tough editing these photos! I guess it just takes one to appreciate one! I like the POD! very sweet!

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mattmattlove (Mar 11, 2011 at 17:35)

Good luck EVER having a POD that people don't bitch over. It will NEVER happen.

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codered3 (Mar 11, 2011 at 23:55)

why can't everybody on this site that bikes all just share the passion for the sport and appreciate the finer things in life, and Not Bitch !!!!!

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taletotell (Mar 11, 2011 at 5:40)

Should be the cover of a bike movie

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CougarBait (Mar 11, 2011 at 7:31)

IDK... It's a great photo for sure, very artistic. If it wasn't photoshopped it would still be a pretty solid photo. Not going in my favs list tho

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RabbyT (Mar 11, 2011 at 8:14)

Why?

There are many reasons where photoshopping isn't just artistic, but also necessary. It's a fact that DSLR cameras don't give the same picture as old-style SLR so (nearly) every picture you see in magazines/on website etc will be photoshopped at least to a minor extent.

The other point is that why should is it bad to photoshop? It could be argued that it requires just as much artistic talent as the photography itself?

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For what it's worth I think the picture is awesome, whether it's been shopped or not. It looks great, therefore I like it.

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CougarBait (Mar 11, 2011 at 10:13)

Like I said, great photo, very artistic. Would still be great without photoshop... I'm just not crazy about it. It's a very solid photo though, no doubt about that.

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 11:09)

At cougarbait there is no noticeable photoshop on this shot aside from the desaturation/color adjustment. Is that what you're referring to?

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CougarBait (Mar 18, 2011 at 8:48)

Ian, after reading the other comments, what I thought was PS apparently was tilt/shift. Realizing that, I'm much more impressed with the image. Thanks for engaging w/ us in the comments and dropping some knowledge on the PB crew ;-)

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wetspotjay (Mar 11, 2011 at 7:28)

this kicks but to bad its not in 3d! :-)

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iwillgetbetterthanu (Mar 11, 2011 at 1:21)

Good picture but it's a bit too 'arty' for my taste.

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matata (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:07)

caught time!

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two-tyred (Mar 11, 2011 at 2:16)

i think it looks dope! i wanna see a bike porn filmed in 3D now... ha ha!

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thegofastguy (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:37)

is he about to crash? or is he just sticking his foot out?

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 11:05)

A lot of people put their foot out on this part of the course, it's a gate in a corner with about a 2 foot drop in the middle of it...

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ChrissyGulliver (Mar 11, 2011 at 11:30)

Not too keen but I suppose its better than yet another flip whip over a double , OVER RATED

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mrowafun (Mar 11, 2011 at 5:47)

how the hell it became pod?

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Vulpine (Mar 11, 2011 at 12:46)

Nice.. but not POD for me.. Frown

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takamine206 (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:08)

a pod needs to make you feel like riding and this doesnt

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Ollie-J (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:11)

im gona have to disagree

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 11:04)

a pod has to be an interesting photo of biking that is well shot and contains good action. This has all of that.

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CurtDB (Mar 11, 2011 at 19:53)

I think there should be a "Vote for POD" button on every photo that receives more than 25 favs. Very unique POD btw.

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 20:06)

That's a great idea, I like it. There still has to be other input though, as there are quite a few POD's that receive less than 25 views initially, let alone 25 favs... Some great photographers on this site just don't have very many friends to view their stuff, and no friends on PB means no views and no favs...

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CurtDB (Mar 11, 2011 at 20:48)

Thanks! Well in retrospect it would be better if there wasn't a number limitation on the Vote for POD button. All photos should have the button added. Also the results of the vote don't have to solely dictate if the photo becomes POD or not. It could just be another way to measure up photos. Just because someone Fave's a picture doesn't necessarily mean they think it should be POD.

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 23:00)

Yeah right now I just check out the Pinkbike daily gallery (link at the bottom of every page) to see the days most faved shots. But you're right about that, I have lots of faves that will never be POD.

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velociraptor-clintthrust (Mar 11, 2011 at 0:29)

who cares its cool

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mrkonastab (Mar 11, 2011 at 14:11)

could someone describe to me this picture as i am blind and i feel i am missing out.

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poritz (Mar 11, 2011 at 23:38)

it was pod yesterday .. and now 1 day later it still is pod ? i think something is wrong with pinkbike

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buzzard (Mar 11, 2011 at 1:53)

for god sakes, man. protect the lens.

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BigRedBike (Mar 11, 2011 at 18:44)

Can you do this with vaseline around the lens? I thought that was how that was done

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 19:26)

Vaseline or hairspray on your lens (on a filter please, not directly on the lens) will give you a softer or distorted look, but this was done with a tilt shift lens or a lensbaby. Without any info I'm going to go with tilt shift because the camera info actually says it's a 50mm and a lensbaby usually shows up as blank.

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downhillnews (Mar 11, 2011 at 20:24)

Yeah looks like a Tilt/Shift shot. Or duplicate layer and use blur effect and then mask, and use gradient tool at about 20%?

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IanHylands Mod Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 23:03)

Except that I know Adrian and he has shot a bunch of stuff like this, not photoshopped it. And that would have to be two different layers probably, one with radial blur then another with surface or gaussian blur... You'll notice that there is some definite radial looking blur going on, I know my lensbaby does that...

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BigRedBike (Mar 19, 2011 at 13:05)

sweet, thanks for the follow-up. this shot is really cool

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godofspeed (Mar 11, 2011 at 2:42)

nice photo

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yetidj92 (Mar 11, 2011 at 21:38)

Makes me want to go to sea otter.

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raymewillette (Mar 11, 2011 at 14:53)

Suchhhhhhh a creative angle and focus! I love this shot!!

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shanecollins (Mar 11, 2011 at 15:05)

Boom! rocks in yo face! great perspective i like it!

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Will22 (Apr 30, 2011 at 17:40)

ok, so now the camera lens breaks..................

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ralf888 (Mar 13, 2011 at 10:47)

love that blurry effect! and the dirt seem to be in 3D!

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grayson101 (Mar 11, 2011 at 9:25)

i guess its not bad but the worst pod ive seen on pb

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jptothetree (Mar 11, 2011 at 7:54)

crazy ass shot!

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sanguinetti-94 (Mar 11, 2011 at 8:24)

this is so shit ahah not pod owrthy at all

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hugslyh (Mar 11, 2011 at 13:35)

haha cool drunk photo is what came to mind imediatly
awsome photo though

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wildkona Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 5:53)

Awesome!

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scottvt (Mar 11, 2011 at 13:05)

Thats a pretty neat shot.

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Doaner09 (Mar 11, 2011 at 21:08)

its unique and different. pod

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fabiomiranda (Mar 24, 2011 at 8:58)

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/187568/

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KrisZtiaN (Mar 11, 2011 at 23:29)

veryyyy SICK!!!!!!

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konasam101 (Mar 17, 2011 at 11:48)

Too blury

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danbraderz (Apr 8, 2011 at 13:36)

this is insane!

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richierocket (Mar 11, 2011 at 8:54)

Me rikie!

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dg116 (Mar 11, 2011 at 10:11)

Nice photo

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Adrian95FR (Mar 11, 2011 at 5:41)

wow POD

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Pulz (Mar 11, 2011 at 3:50)

cool

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manikrider8 (Mar 11, 2011 at 20:54)

sooooooo gay

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bikejunkie88 (Mar 11, 2011 at 12:57)

too blurry but nice

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E-Walk (Mar 11, 2011 at 15:51)

I dont think you grasp the concept of this photo

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bikejunkie88 (Mar 12, 2011 at 6:20)

BLAAG!

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Larkey1 (Mar 11, 2011 at 20:08)

I think it's a good pod.

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suhan Plus (Mar 11, 2011 at 18:39)

yeah Adrian!

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pokalface (Mar 11, 2011 at 14:32)

haha very neat shot

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miguelmoreira (Jul 16, 2010 at 8:04)

f*ckING AMAZING Big Grin

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