in Golden, Colorado, United States - photo by yeticycles

Photo of the Day on May 25, 2011 - more PODs

Selected by Ian Hylands - I guess I'm a sucker for a great cornering shot, and this one is really well lit, love the dust as well. Not trying to get as low as possible, just going fast and ripping through the corner... As a side note we will be choosing less and less POD images that aren't posted by the photographer themselves, I have no idea who even shot this one...

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nsaccary (May 13, 2011 at 21:44)

quite possibly the dopest light ive ever seen

ktmracing14 (May 25, 2011 at 1:06)

Getting Low!!

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shockabahala Plus (May 25, 2011 at 1:11)

as low as a gingers self esteem

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ru-the-ginger (May 25, 2011 at 2:38)

gillisd3 (May 25, 2011 at 3:07)

Pinned!

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patrickrupert (May 25, 2011 at 4:15) (Below Threshold) show comment

i like turtles

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RaleighVoid (May 25, 2011 at 4:49)

haha "ru-the-ginger" that's comedy timing.

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nrgmedia (May 25, 2011 at 9:56) (Below Threshold) show comment

nigga nigga nigga why do you eat so much chicken

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mwSLUGmtb (May 25, 2011 at 10:11)

every time i corner like that i end up on the ground... :/

RaleighVoid (May 25, 2011 at 10:28)

nrgmedia, wtf.

rippin-norco (May 25, 2011 at 10:42)

patrickrupert, we all like turtles, but now is not the time to express your like for them, nows the time to express your liking for mountain biking Smile

sick picture by the way

tomer4eva (May 25, 2011 at 11:31)

sick timing

shockabahala Plus (May 25, 2011 at 12:03)

@ RaleighVoid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2-qB-HvjHE&feature=related i think he is referring to this

mtz666 (May 25, 2011 at 12:33)

when i get as this close to the ground something bad is about to happen :p

JesseBMXs (May 25, 2011 at 14:41) (Below Threshold) show comment

he gets closer to the ground then a moto gp rider, and those f*ckers get close, great pic, perfect timing, sick shot guys he is pinned

gromhit (May 25, 2011 at 15:24)

to jessebmxs.. moto gp riders dont get close to the ground,they actually touch the ground with their knees going at over 90 MPH....

JesseBMXs (May 25, 2011 at 16:09) (Below Threshold) show comment

to gromhit, i was just makin a metaphor of how close he was i wasnt serious

mtz666 (May 25, 2011 at 16:30)

why the hell i got negative propped for saying that? shhhteve

JesseBMXs (May 25, 2011 at 16:40) (Below Threshold) show comment

why the hell to I get down prop'd i didnt say anything bad, wtf

eatdeeznutz (Jun 5, 2011 at 21:21)

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shockabahala Plus (Jun 5, 2011 at 21:59)

wow

mrfitz424 (Jun 6, 2011 at 21:53)

why?

rippin-norco (Jun 8, 2011 at 23:04)

why not?

mrfitz424 (Jun 9, 2011 at 8:15)

just seems a bit to much to type how do you do that anyway?

eatdeeznutz (Jun 12, 2011 at 15:17)

boredom

mrfitz424 (Jun 12, 2011 at 16:06)

what can't ride?

eatdeeznutz (Jun 12, 2011 at 22:21)

naw bro my knees swollen like a cantalope hahaha i pulled a bunch of ligaments and im in a brace for the next 5 months

eatdeeznutz (Jun 12, 2011 at 22:22)

my advice to you: wear knee pads cause this f*cking sucks

mrfitz424 (Jun 13, 2011 at 8:21)

i don't really wear kneepads. i just wear jeans.

JesseBMXs (Jun 13, 2011 at 15:10)

only pussys wear kneepads, haha just kidding

RaleighVoid (Jun 13, 2011 at 16:14)

brakes are for pussys

JesseBMXs (Jun 13, 2011 at 16:21)

i bmx brakelees, best way to go!!

eatdeeznutz (Jun 13, 2011 at 16:28)

bmx is for pussies dh is for real men

mrfitz424 (Jun 13, 2011 at 16:34)

depends... bmx race good. bmx street not so much. park never done it.

JesseBMXs (Jun 13, 2011 at 16:38)

@ eatdeeznuts, if i had the right bike i would try dh, it takes skill to do BMX, almost anyone can ride dh, bmx race: brakes good. bmx street: brakeless. bmx park: doesnt matter; gyro, straight cable, or brakeless works

eatdeeznutz (Jun 13, 2011 at 17:04)

hahaha i dont wanna get into a big retarded argument on a pic, but anyone can do dh just as easily as anyone can ride bmx. it doesnt count if you ride around like a little pussy it matters if your actually hitting shit and rippin. bmx your seeing the same thing over and over again where as dh you dont know whats around the next corner, and in most cases have no idea how big the gap is your about to hit

JesseBMXs (Jun 13, 2011 at 20:03)

whatever, it really doesnt matter, we have different opinions, biking is biking

mrfitz424 (Jun 13, 2011 at 20:28)

is true.

JesseBMXs (Jun 13, 2011 at 21:18)

100% true

KTownRoyster (Jun 16, 2011 at 13:12)

bmx to me is pretty cool. i personally dont ride bmx because the bikes are too darn small. it hurts my back and neck.

rippin-norco (Jun 16, 2011 at 16:34)

I love bmx and dh, and xc/am, and dirt jumping! its all biking right? to me its all fun! i hate seeing people argue over what the best kind of biking is! Smile

just go ride!

mrfitz424 (Jun 19, 2011 at 18:08)

bmx bikes are suckish to ride. wayyyyy to small for me.

JesseBMXs (Jun 19, 2011 at 18:17)

well again , its just a matter of personal opinion, yes bmx bikes are small, but if your gonna be doin tricks on them you want a smaller bike

mrfitz424 (Jun 19, 2011 at 18:19)

true again.

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yeticycles (May 25, 2011 at 9:06)

Photographer is Craig Grant who is the creative director here at Yeti.

smoranc Plus (May 25, 2011 at 13:54)

Congratulations Craig... nice POD.

Beer

for you man

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hoolydooly (May 25, 2011 at 0:50)

This picture was my desktop background for so long ages ago, such a dope picture!

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WAKIdesigns (May 25, 2011 at 3:00)

"As a side note we will be choosing less and less POD images that aren't posted by the photographer themselves, I have no idea who even shot this one..." - yeah Ian, eventualy you will find some old picture of yours in someone's album, after few tweaks in PS, like changed hue on riders shirt from red to blue, some work with replacing sky with other tint and different clouds

on a side note: we should get some PS of the Day once Big Grin

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IanHylands Mod Plus (May 25, 2011 at 5:24)

that's fine with me, if people want to take my photos from here and turn them into an art project I'll let them. But they won't be getting POD that's all. And we already have to deal with being asked to remove photos that people have taken from other sites. This photo is legitimate, but I prefer if the photographer is at least credited on POD.

ericpalmer (May 25, 2011 at 6:08)

I like that a lot! Rider & photographer credit is essential IMO... I want to know who's skills I'm appreciating Wink

WAKIdesigns (May 25, 2011 at 6:43)

Until there is no PSoD let's keep it that way, yes... otherwise I will be a strong pretender with my "art" projects - psart or shmart would be a better word actually, too much mouth wiping with the term "art" these days, I find...

Callum-T (May 25, 2011 at 9:36)

Took me a few time to read through that and fully understand it, at first glance Ian i thought you were saying ''we will be posting less and less images posted by the actual photographers'' i was like WTF!! haha, Sound legit though this is the real reason behind the whole POD concept, im guessing

sngltrkmnd (May 25, 2011 at 21:04)

I hadn't given it too much thought, but I totally agree- ericpalmer has it nailed - it kinda sucks to see a POD that lacks the credit. Kinda also dilutes the cred - altering someone else's work is really tantamount to stealing, so I'm with IH on this. Again, big props for "cleaning up" PB since you've put on the sheriff's start, Ian.

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bh3x Plus (May 25, 2011 at 0:41)

I have a doubt... is this about how I want to do a turn as rider or how to shoot a picture as photographer ? Great POD

OllyJ (May 25, 2011 at 1:37)

both mate!

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adove Plus (May 25, 2011 at 11:20)

Good call on only posting photo's taken by the photographer as POD's. Yay intellectual property!

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BVM95 (May 25, 2011 at 0:01)

how low can you go

Alfonzo24 (May 25, 2011 at 12:10)

can you go to the floor?

BVM95 (May 25, 2011 at 12:24)

im an expert off going on the floor. just can never seem to ride it out

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Liggster (May 25, 2011 at 0:48)

Great lighting and leanage :-D

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Pointit (May 25, 2011 at 0:57)

Thats a thing of beauty right there player!

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Paul26 (May 25, 2011 at 12:16)

Awsome turn!! Handlebars near the ground...this is tecnique! Looking from far a MOTO GP turn.

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Throttlepimp (May 25, 2011 at 15:24)

Tires and pressures please? While your at it humidity, temperature and wind direction!

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amangion (May 25, 2011 at 2:19)

Realy low. But nobody knows what angle shot. Regardless of this, respect.

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KurtMoon (May 25, 2011 at 14:36)

Dopest POD i have seen so far!

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jayrook21 (May 25, 2011 at 7:15)

from the Yeti catalogue....sick shot

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ScaryGerry (May 25, 2011 at 6:28)

And thats the way its done kids! Nice stuff...

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natzane (May 25, 2011 at 5:10)

i can imagine the speed. it has to be fast.

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scottyoo5 (May 25, 2011 at 7:41)

yeti 303rdh whooop whopp Smile

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golini97 (May 25, 2011 at 16:15)

THIS PICTURE IS SOOOOOO DOPE!!!!!!! POD

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Snip3Runner (May 25, 2011 at 0:11)

Perfect lighting.

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greggy101 (May 25, 2011 at 20:46)

SICK SHOT definetly POD worthy

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MariusBock (Jul 4, 2011 at 8:18)

i like it. looks pretty nice. the colours and the dust...

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BikerBob21 (May 15, 2011 at 21:06)

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oliviachen (May 25, 2011 at 2:08)

so low!!! beautiful shot

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bbeaudoin (May 25, 2011 at 0:15)

Bad ass!

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staike (May 25, 2011 at 1:44)

Awesome shot! More PODs like this one!!

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Hmason8192 (May 25, 2011 at 9:04)

How low can you go? its like he is limboing

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YourCat (May 25, 2011 at 18:06)

sick, i bet you he crashes

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domminator (May 25, 2011 at 20:58)

YEAH THATS MY HOMIE

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pokalface (May 25, 2011 at 17:44)

clear

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elbry (May 25, 2011 at 9:48)

nice, great pod

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Habashi (May 25, 2011 at 11:40)

LIKE IT!

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katoni (May 25, 2011 at 3:06)

pod

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dale37 (May 25, 2011 at 8:38)

Putang

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Brugles (May 25, 2011 at 1:51)

P.I.N.N.E.D.

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PKMR (May 25, 2011 at 0:23)

POD ==DD

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lukegriffiths (May 25, 2011 at 1:30)

8==D~~~ O:

BLIPDH (May 25, 2011 at 19:56)

8===D~~~~(.)(.)

PKMR (May 26, 2011 at 0:12)

XXXDDDD

eatdeeznutz (Jun 5, 2011 at 21:23)

3======> () actually.

lukegriffiths (Jun 6, 2011 at 0:16)

No.

PKMR (Jun 6, 2011 at 15:40)

eatdeeznutz (Jun 6, 2011 at 19:06)

yes.

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jbrckmn (May 25, 2011 at 0:04)

SICK!!!

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luis-beri (May 25, 2011 at 2:36)

great!!!

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azze (May 25, 2011 at 2:13)

Sweeeeeet!

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mike81 (May 25, 2011 at 6:23)

awesome timing

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diogodavinha (May 25, 2011 at 3:53)

love it!

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camman15 (May 25, 2011 at 5:07)

vroom vroom. quik hit the NOS!

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ColeF-75 (May 25, 2011 at 7:27)

sweet shot

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ThyDevourer97 (May 25, 2011 at 0:04)

not the best but its good

Eyon (May 25, 2011 at 1:16)

What you saying? This is one of the best POD's I've seen on PB for a long time!

lukegriffiths (May 25, 2011 at 1:19)

Yeah he's quite low and the lightings good and its still a stick shot, but I think he's saying he's seen pictures that are just abit more eye catching.

nick09 (May 25, 2011 at 6:03)

@ThyDevourer97 get to specsavers.

cikudh (May 25, 2011 at 23:12)

IMO, this is quite hard to do for both rider & photographer . . . when coming in fast, the berm will looks so tiny, and its a split second for photographer to get this moment, its all by senses ... GOOD JOB for both of them Big Grin

eatdeeznutz (Jun 6, 2011 at 19:07)

actually they use a continuous shot setting on their camera. they start shooting before he enters the berm, and stop after hes out. then pick the best one.

KTownRoyster (Jun 16, 2011 at 13:29)

i kinda agree not the greatest but still cool although ive seen shots like this as pod too many times. and he really isnt leaning that far he is on a berm. lean your head or screen till the berm is horizontal he's not leaning that much. he seems to lean really low but with the physics of a berm overcoming gravity to a degree he's no different than riding next to a wall. with the right velocity and berm angle a biker can be completely horizontal and not feel gravity pulling.

eatdeeznutz (Jun 18, 2011 at 0:16)

f*g

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Andy-M (May 25, 2011 at 2:10)

No compression, that must be a fake :L

Eyon (May 25, 2011 at 5:44)

He must be running a tesco special 100mm duel crown fork then...

EddyDave (May 25, 2011 at 6:11)

I'm fairly sure Andy-M means the rider isn't compressed. If so I'm sure the rider is on his way out of the corner so is starting to pick himself up again

Andy-M (May 25, 2011 at 9:49)

Hahahahahah, I luv trolling

dougiegt (May 25, 2011 at 10:37)

that dust is way photoshopped aswell....

KTownRoyster (Jun 16, 2011 at 13:18)

actually photographers have photoshopped more dust into pictures to make it seem more intense. but i dont think thats been done in this picture

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dhiller661 (May 25, 2011 at 0:08)

hes focused straight through your soul.

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AndyR (May 25, 2011 at 0:34)

I can feel it...sick drift.

cikudh (May 25, 2011 at 1:13)

i don't see hes drifting... he came fast and low

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lukegriffiths (May 25, 2011 at 1:20) (Below Threshold) show comment

+ How can you feel it? Its a picture.

AndyR (May 25, 2011 at 13:18)

Wow, take me seriously much? Just looks like drifted into it, i.e. the front wheel isn't fully into the berm.

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