I don't like this picture... the colors are sad (that's how we say in french, I hope it means something in english )

 I like it with the decreased saturation. It makes it different. Otherwise it would've been like every other forest shot out there.

 @todtay ...

 why are nail salons being advertised to pinkbike users on the home page?

 Cookies personalize the ads for you. You must spend a lot of time looking for nail care products. I'm not judging.

 lolwut? ^

 I misunderstood downhiller21's comment big time. haha @ me.
I've been playing with photoshop too much, head out of the blonde blender now... I swear.
:P

 i ride this traill every summer im in Sooke, love it

 actually, looks like snow to me.. I can't lie to myself. beautiful picture.

 I hate this pic because it made me look like an idiot, but it's still a cool shot and is clean. There used to be a time when photographers had to take photos that were untouched and a certain size (aka magazine submissions) to be eligable to get paid for the shot. Now adays you can submit your moms dirty faceshot with 200 layers of photoshop edits and have everyone think the old lady is marilyn monroe. The photo does look like frost on the trees and light snow on the rock where the biker launches his ride. Camera now adays, beatiful photos with the right photographer.

 never looked at a nail salon in my life.

 ^ you`ve got too much time on your hands

 It is super though

 SUPER!

 look its not gunna catch on ! we all know beans are far better than bananas !

 some straight up Gnar XC going on there..

 Mercedes Benz is the best

 There's a bear in the background!

 yea, we still ride after the nukes have fallen.

 sooke's not your average town either

 what BAER !?!? you best be joking or you have Canadian bare sensitive eyes ?

 @Markusr15 wut?

 Wow, I haven't seen an xc POD for a LOOONG time

 If there was a full face helmet, people would call it Freeride. I don't see where that could be XC...but it could be a generalist term for all kind of riding with single crown and open helmet, i don't know.

 * I did reply to your comment, but was not directly to you.

 XC? Really? Well, ya, I, guess so... Fantastic nevertheless! EPIC for me.

 no shit telmoberg. tell em whats up. ever heard of allmountain riding? where not only do we shred the downhills, but we will kick your ass going up!

 looks like ' mountain biking " to me

 AM, for me, looks different to XC.

And yeah, that last sentence on the first post, was pure sarcasm.

 those forks are definitely all mountain.

 Your grandma sucks so hard then, soooooo hard! Definitely POD!

 dude dont just say "worst pod in the history of pods" give him some constructive criticism and tell him what to improve on.

 soz lad,, need some colour preferebly

 This is a DJ shot. He's jumping IN the woods on a mountain on a bike.

 i find JD shots repetitive

 stop being cocky u know wht i mean, and its all a matter of opinion

 I dont think he's being cocky. and its safe to say there are a heck of alot of DJ pods compared to these!

 thank you fred93

 thats whats great about pinkbike it features every kind of riding ... that said this isnt my favorite shot (i tend to prefer more action ...and color) but there is certainly an abundance of DJ pics so idk what you mean by needing more.

 i didnt mean aaronclixby7 was being cocky, i meant heckler51 was being being cocky. and yh fair enough i just htink recently there been alot of xc shots