Anthony Messere at Red Bull Joyride Slopestyle in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada - photo by IanHylands

Anthony Messere jumps during the Red Bull Joyride event in Whistler BC on July 23, 2011

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POD Photo of the Day on Jul 25, 2011

Selected by Ian Hylands - Once again I've chosen my own shot as POD, I hope you don't mind too much. I'm pretty stoked on this shot, Anthony absolutely killed it at Joyride, and while this isn't the craziest trick he did, it's definitely the biggest thing anyone did. I won't bore you with composition or lighting, there's no flash, just daylight etc.

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Photo info

Album: Crankworx-2011
Category: Dirt Jumping
Date Posted: Jul 23, 2011 at 23:23
Jul 23, 2011
Location: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Trail: Red Bull Joyride Slopestyle
Riders: Anthony Messere
Articles: Pinkbike's Red Bull Joyride Highlight Video, Crankworx 2011 Recap - Part 3

Photo details

Photo Size:

Camera

Nikon D3S

Lens

70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8

Shutter Speed

1/1600

Aperture

4.5

Focal Length

70.0 mm

ISO Speed

400

Date

2011:07:23

Time

17:59:58

146 Comments

144 4

switchrider1993 (Jul 24, 2011 at 0:01)

right click...set as desktop backround!!!

28 1

rubbermeetsmud (Jul 24, 2011 at 7:46)

sooo huugeeee! wish he would of got this clicked like this in his 3rd run

47 2

samunderwood (Jul 24, 2011 at 9:39)

And me I recon he could of knocked Semenuk off top spot with his 3rd run, unfortunately he just went too high on this hip, it was truly gutting, this kid is amazing!, he'll defo win this in the future

10 7

c2crider (Jul 24, 2011 at 16:37)

He dumped on semenuk, if him and zink had been able to finish their runs we would have seen a very different result!

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dirtworks911 (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:04)

It's a bird... No, It's a plane... No, IT'S ANTHONY MESSERE BOOSTING @ REDBULL JOYRIDE!

poozank (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:18)

BOOST!

16 1

BenLovesIdaho (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:19)

Just watched the video. When he did that first boost; my jaw literally almost unhinged.

jhb11 (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:33)

He was pretty much boosting twice as high as everyone else, pretty sick to see it in person

17 1

nutty-nick (Jul 25, 2011 at 1:48)

It would of been a great run if he held it together, but who knows what Semenuk had up his sleeve for his final run. Would of been great to see him have to push it though.

johnny-compton (Jul 25, 2011 at 1:55)

BOOOOST!!

20 1

dh-freeeride (Jul 25, 2011 at 2:19)

" i chose my own shot as POD, i hope you don't mind too much" well i don't think there's much we could do anyway

aflo661 (Jul 25, 2011 at 2:30)

Bottom right hand corner, is... is that a flash i see?

16 1

katinasd (Jul 25, 2011 at 2:33)

This just had to be POD! This should be shown in schools during history lessons.

tom-cuthbert (Jul 25, 2011 at 3:06)

aflo661, thats dust from the meeeeegaaaaaaa booooooooost.

Niggelas26 (Jul 25, 2011 at 4:37)

Click on the XLarge pic and look at the guys in the background, thats what i looked like when i watched it on the livestream

TomMurphy (Jul 25, 2011 at 4:54)

He deffo farted to get that high

JaseZ (Jul 25, 2011 at 5:16)

Thank you ian for picking your own pic as pod, it's very well deserved. awesome photo and HUUUGE air, especially for a 15 year old

12 0

zmcycle (Jul 25, 2011 at 5:43)

Hes our Brett Banasiewicz!

liveyourdream (Jul 25, 2011 at 6:11)

He seems to be to high for the camera man!

crazy shit!

danhillracer (Jul 25, 2011 at 10:36)

he is way higher then that helicopter in the background!

fullbug (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:01)

this is hoffman/robinson/kagy BIG. it's like he dropped outta the heli.

IanHylands (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:43)

mnorris, no this was the first run, the one he landed. The other one may have even been a tiny bit higher....

redridesrule (Jul 25, 2011 at 18:45)

Crankworks should move to the XGames style format, where for final runs, the first place rider and the second place riders swap, so that the first place guy has to do his best run because second place could still beat him. that way the last run of the comp is actually exciting

Matthew233 (Jul 25, 2011 at 19:38)

This photo pretty much defines the word of "BOOST" sooo sickkk!

Rolino (Jul 25, 2011 at 21:43)

girls should be running after this kid instead of Justin Bieber.. lol

michaelmarsh (Jul 25, 2011 at 21:48)

when i saw him at the airdome i thought he boosting high, that was shit compared to this

katinasd (Jul 25, 2011 at 23:49)

This should be Pod for two days, so sick.

mielotxino (Aug 25, 2011 at 6:02)

look at the camera man. Anthony is out of his angle!!!!

doorknob100 (Sep 14, 2011 at 18:22)

Bunny hop?

16 0

anthonytutor (Jul 24, 2011 at 15:11)

Btw someone in whistler should take a measuring tape to see see how high that SRAM sign is

ship-it-fed-ex (Jul 25, 2011 at 12:25)

the Sram sign is set 20 feet above the top of the landing if i remmeber correctly......... Which means hes going fkn huge!!!

17 1

rmxican (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:31)

I wouldn't even be upset if this stayed POD all week

12 0

Verde57 (Jul 24, 2011 at 10:46)

He has drunk a lot of Redbull before doing that !

15 1

kubetata (Jul 25, 2011 at 2:14)

spelled piss wrong :/

spongebomb (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:48)

Hahaha i love you kubetata

your comment made my day

jeffbentum (Jul 25, 2011 at 7:48)

i feel bad...everyones hating on semenuk. he did an absolutly fantastic run and tricked everything and he did have one more run after zink and messere too....messere did some of the craziest stuff ive seen but semenuk won for a reason

amacdonald (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:17)

Ya I agree just because Semenuk makes everything look easy doesn't mean it wasn't an amazing run.

11 0

DrPayne62 (Jul 24, 2011 at 8:07)

15 years old and 30 feet high! Steeze!

12 1

ParkerDietrich (Jul 25, 2011 at 1:31)

I quit biking.

matthewreeves13 (Jul 25, 2011 at 16:35)

you're a stupid.

Logik426 (Jul 25, 2011 at 4:52)

LOL In Polish language the word SRAM means something like "I take a shit". Not joking

Lohman (Jul 24, 2011 at 3:17)

serious, how high is THAT!

howshow (Jul 24, 2011 at 17:25)

Even the camera man looks like he is having trouble getting him in the frame ..... so huge!

reecewallace (Jul 24, 2011 at 21:58)

They definitely need to have height meters on the side of the courses like x-games half pipe

nouser (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:39)

Thats what she said. ^

people-the-we (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:15)

dh-freeeride (Jul 25, 2011 at 6:50)

He actually just fell out of that helicopter and is about to land.

scotttalbot (Jul 25, 2011 at 7:25)

I remember the time when he crashed doing this... my video cut out when he was at his peak and I thought to myself, there is no way he is landing that. haha

fraserbritton (Jul 25, 2011 at 10:39)

That kid stepped up the level of (slopestyle/freeride whatever the hell you want to call it) this week. By about 5 notches.

ManuelMTB (Jul 25, 2011 at 19:04)

Excelent shot! It is funny the expressions of the three guys behind the camera man, like saying "What the f...!" and then the video-camera man kind of strugling to focus into such a huge jump. I wonder if he got any of it!

ottohp (Jul 23, 2011 at 23:32)

why is he so high?

hbfreerider (Jul 24, 2011 at 17:40)

hes up with the helicopter

1 10

matthewreeves13 (Jul 25, 2011 at 16:37) (Below Threshold)

no... it's pot

lumpy12 (Jul 25, 2011 at 21:50)

sendin the gnar

Joelrider (Aug 2, 2011 at 9:57) (Below Threshold)

He is so high, because he have a new prototype Nitrous Oxide Booster on his bike

lumpy12 (Aug 4, 2011 at 21:29)

Tough guy^

anthonytutor (Jul 24, 2011 at 15:09)

Yep desktop background

Faab (Jul 25, 2011 at 1:07)

Ah, thats better. This is amazing! Don't pick too many of you own shots Ian. It will look like a conflict of interests.

BloodnoseThePirate (Jul 25, 2011 at 7:43)

camera man had his camera set to the other riders airs didnt know this kid was going to blast!!!!

PedalShopLLC (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:25)

cool shot..... on this one, l would like to see more of the ramp so we can get better scale on the whole set up.

ballabika (Jul 25, 2011 at 12:01)

i bet sram is pretty stoked on this pic lol

gcaprider (Jul 25, 2011 at 19:34)

You've captured an absolutely amazing moment, well done. Are each one of those notches in the tree set around 5 foot increments?

rccannondale (Jul 24, 2011 at 19:11)

POD

rockmyshox (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:35)

WOW, comparing this with bearclaws pic is just stunning. the height difference is nuts.

lasurfeuse (Jul 25, 2011 at 3:41)

Like a french energy drink says, "you don't need wings when you have nuts", this guy definitely has both!!

Brajsy (Jul 25, 2011 at 6:17)

you sick mother f.u.c.k.e.r.

d-razor-b (Jul 25, 2011 at 19:05)

Look he is higher than that helicopter..

ISOtuned (Aug 6, 2011 at 16:04)

All I can say is dude forgot his brakes. That gentleman ,takes serious balls.

jamieledson (Jul 23, 2011 at 23:26)

SHREDDING

11 0

jimmyrecard (Jul 23, 2011 at 23:28)

BOOSTING

patto (Jul 23, 2011 at 23:29)

what the hell!! ridiculous!!

nick-dales (Jul 23, 2011 at 23:32)

So Huge

28 0

virtumedia (Jul 23, 2011 at 23:35)

he's higher than the heli!

boostmaster (Jul 25, 2011 at 2:48)

BOOST... MASTER!!

13 1

cyberhawk (Jul 25, 2011 at 5:34)

tailtap to the sign.. i dare you

djbruno (Jul 25, 2011 at 10:46)

fucking SICK!

newbikesoon (Jul 27, 2011 at 21:58)

i know him lol

Jayb1rd (Oct 11, 2011 at 16:46)

So do I, He's Anthony Messere!

Downhill-Christy (Jul 24, 2011 at 2:19)

Is that even possible? Massive send going on there

LEVIB (Jul 24, 2011 at 13:35)

yeah pooo fingaaaaaa

Rycho (Jul 24, 2011 at 16:31)

Wow !!

webbrider12 (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:04)

for sure one of the most epic mountain bike pictures in history!

thecarpy (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:43)

I like the helicopter to the right, sort of a neat feature about it.

Peter118 (Jul 25, 2011 at 0:50)

well i guess the redbull sponsorship gave him wings

billiboi123 (Jul 25, 2011 at 1:30)

that helicopter is so small...

MtBxKinG (Jul 25, 2011 at 2:04)

Derailed by his own awesomeness. Tragic.

vt6spd (Jul 25, 2011 at 3:16)

certainly is pretty big jump. But, did he land it.

downhill401783 (Jul 25, 2011 at 5:05)

hes higher than the helicopter! :O

joenug123 (Jul 25, 2011 at 5:36)

Best pod I've seen in a while!

Winnipeg2010 (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:33)

Lord jesus, thats freakin nuts!

shishka (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:58)

Money shot, Biguppss!! He should have 540 like Cam with that much air.

RGUIGZ (Jul 25, 2011 at 12:10)

BIMMMM HIGHT SCHOOL AMAZING!

rideroots (Jul 25, 2011 at 12:55)

Awesome shot - out of interest, how did you manage to focus on him?

IanHylands (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:45)

I focused on the corner of the landing in front of him, and I'm a fair ways away so I have about everything in focus...

rideroots (Jul 28, 2011 at 13:00)

Thanks!

bkkowta (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:19)

that kid is 15ya .... WTF

woodshinobi (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:42)

joyride is wack this kid won

dirtman04 (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:57)

he boosted every jump sooo high my god! fuckin huge

betsie (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:54)

DH got gWIN to mix it up, now this boy is gonna MESSere it up for the big boys in SS! Just what the sport hes needed for a while.

extention (Jul 25, 2011 at 16:33)

Nice work. I like that you got the heli in the shot

stokesy (Jul 25, 2011 at 17:23)

HUUUGGGEEEE HIP!! can you see God yet?

komodo1 (Jul 25, 2011 at 18:54)

I wish he won. Brandon's run was good but not worth 1st place.

momo291 (Jul 25, 2011 at 20:46)

If we would of got that hip , i wonder who would of won !

BSPBIKES (Jul 25, 2011 at 21:42)

Surrey local Anthony Messere is awesome. This kid has some serious style.

konaSTUFF65 (Jul 25, 2011 at 21:42)

HOLY SHITTTTTTTT!!!!!! i would probably die on landing

melarvelous713 (Jul 25, 2011 at 23:14)

what kind of bike is he runnin?

pokalface (Jul 26, 2011 at 0:05)

so sick,too much air,POD!

PenaltyMan (Jul 26, 2011 at 22:18)

HE'S HIGHER THAN THE HELICOPTER!!!!!!!!!!

ride-united-27 (Jul 27, 2011 at 0:05)

Hes f*cking taller then the helicopter in the background:p

Will97 (Jul 28, 2011 at 19:48)

to the think the people in that helicopter may have witnessed history

carmarvalde (Jul 29, 2011 at 11:22)

it looks like he jumped from the helicopter! O_O Good choice Ian!

Dirt-Racer (Dec 5, 2011 at 9:08)

oh ye what did i say Keep it civil! Be constructive and on-topic.

nickblkmrkt (Jul 24, 2011 at 0:13)

Fucking BOOM!

rmx1 (Jul 24, 2011 at 6:23)

boosted much?

kodss (Jul 24, 2011 at 9:07)

fucking sick!

gtbmxer9 (Jul 24, 2011 at 16:13)

So big!!!!!

djbruno (Jul 25, 2011 at 3:01)

omg!!!

Timmy98 (Jul 25, 2011 at 3:12)

WOW!

chaz1971 (Jul 25, 2011 at 3:21)

Sick. POD!

Flocky (Jul 25, 2011 at 5:09)

WoW!!(Facepalm)

momo-noriaki (Jul 25, 2011 at 5:43)

Big air!

Divorix (Jul 25, 2011 at 6:42)

does he know how high he is?

Fitz95 (Jul 25, 2011 at 7:06)

Damn

weatherm (Jul 25, 2011 at 7:18)

the kid shoved a rocket up his butt!

nouser (Jul 25, 2011 at 8:54)

SOOO BIG!!!!!!

MONSTERAIR (Jul 25, 2011 at 9:23)

POD very cool

tdoyle1995 (Jul 25, 2011 at 11:08)

i had to get pod

COFreeride (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:53)

BooYaaaa!

dkflyman (Jul 25, 2011 at 13:58)

sick! POD!

people-the-we (Jul 25, 2011 at 14:14)

oh ma daysssssssssss

brunovieiranext (Jul 25, 2011 at 15:07)

very good!

matthewreeves13 (Jul 25, 2011 at 16:39)

i love his bike

shanecollins (Jul 25, 2011 at 18:24)

gental jesus

mattsummers1 (Jul 25, 2011 at 19:25)

seeeeending it! HUGGEEE

DexFunk (Jul 25, 2011 at 19:57)

kids 15 to

aheppner (Jul 25, 2011 at 20:22)

Is this real life?

jc92 (Jul 25, 2011 at 20:31)

He shoulda won!

mjf420 (Jul 27, 2011 at 17:55)

POD

concretesystem (Sep 16, 2011 at 19:41)

returded

MARCEL1609 (Jul 25, 2011 at 4:47)

Whats the song?

liam-wallace (Jul 25, 2011 at 15:10)

higher than amy whinehouse when she died!

steezysam (Jul 25, 2011 at 15:18)

toooo soon.

dirtworks911 (Jul 24, 2011 at 23:36)

OHH MYYY GOSSSHHH!!!!

flyr (Jul 25, 2011 at 11:20)

\m/ SICK \m/

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