in Les Deux Alpes, France - photo by aledilullo

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PabloCrew (Jul 15, 2012 at 11:20)

This photo remembers The lord of the rings! "Two towers" battle, when Gandalf arrives in the top of the mountain

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TomMurphy (Jul 16, 2012 at 13:02)

Totally agree dude

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Remington115 (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:14) (Below Threshold) show comment

why is this pod?

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jimmyjimmboy (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:40)

THIS PHOTO NEEDS MORE FOLIAGE!!!

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fr3er1d3r (Jul 18, 2012 at 1:04) (Below Threshold) show comment

This isn't photoshopped? Holy shit...that's a lot of bikers. "first turn on the snow?" I swear this is sand.

i'm so confused Frown

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Eyon (Jul 18, 2012 at 1:31)

Yeah i'm pretty sure they make ski lifts on sand!

I guess this is mega avalanche or something?

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TYAQO (Jul 18, 2012 at 1:59)

This is the "Mountain of Hell" in Crankworkx Les 2 Alpes Smile

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mhailo (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:04)

Bet the skiers are like, what the f*ck?!

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highrider005 (Jul 18, 2012 at 3:35)

we better get out of here Wink

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EmilMP (Jul 18, 2012 at 4:04)

Video from the start on the snow vimeo.com/45800352. Says that Nico Vink reached 124kmph on the snow!!!

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BLIPDH (Jul 18, 2012 at 7:12)

no one wants to be that guy who goes down first and takes out everyone

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BurgerBiker (Jul 18, 2012 at 8:21) (Below Threshold) show comment

*Sniff Sniff*......*Sniff Sniff*

you smell that??? smells like...

POD!!!!!

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PacaroSandwitch (Jul 18, 2012 at 9:57) (Below Threshold) show comment

Stupid skiers, MOUNTAIN BIKERS RULE ALL TERRAIN!!!!!

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Rider-of-many-bikes (Jul 18, 2012 at 13:50)

THIS IS SPARTAAA!!!

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thewelshmtbstig (Jul 18, 2012 at 14:07)

1...2...3...4...DAM! so many!

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doudelidoulebikerfou Plus (Jul 18, 2012 at 16:05)

army of mtbers

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Smells (Jul 18, 2012 at 16:13)

I can't see even one rider down, they're all just killing it!

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WildWill (Jul 18, 2012 at 16:21)

@fr3erid3r did you not watch crankworks? this was such a sick race

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fr3er1d3r (Jul 18, 2012 at 18:09)

I did not

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WildWill (Jul 18, 2012 at 21:54)

dang well this one of the races, top of the mountain to the bottom

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BurgerBiker (Jul 22, 2012 at 8:03)

Stampede of aweomeness

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Jaytje71 (Jul 18, 2012 at 1:14)

"Lord of the Rims" the Battle of Helmets Steep, Rohans Freeriders.

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kidkazoo (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:42)

^^ well done dude.hahahahaha

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randybadger (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:46)

That's some very clever word play, hats off.

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danny-oli (Jul 18, 2012 at 6:09)

Lord of the rims just sounds like a nasty porno!

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bigburd (Jul 18, 2012 at 7:45)

^^ it is

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thebiggestben Plus (Aug 13, 2012 at 3:17)

hahaha.. love it ^^^^

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cyberhawk Plus (Aug 13, 2012 at 4:43)

lord of the strings.. Razz

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konabike4321 (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:24)

This is what it would look like if canada went to war with Iraq

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Worm-Burner (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:40)

in Canada...in winter...yes!

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BikeNERD007 (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:49)

No dude Canada all year is snowed in ! And we also use polar bears as transportation to get around town, but sadly yes our police ride horses...

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TyranT21 (Jul 18, 2012 at 3:48)

I bet my Kangaroo is faster then your polar bear!

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Bullitproof (Jul 18, 2012 at 13:52) (Below Threshold) show comment

i bet my dicks longer than yours Wink

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tenacious3l (Jul 18, 2012 at 15:21)

guess you're tugging on it too much then Wink

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Bullitproof (Jul 18, 2012 at 16:15)

hahahaha

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supafli (Jul 18, 2012 at 16:27)

why is it sad that our cops have a mounted division????

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Bullitproof (Jul 18, 2012 at 18:05)

cuz they get mounted...

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blewMullet (Jul 18, 2012 at 18:44)

It's called tradition so i don't see how it's sad to retain tradition

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hoolydooly (Jul 18, 2012 at 21:37)

Just because its tradition doesn't mean its good. I could make it a tradition to murder someone every christmas, but i wont.

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Bullitproof (Jul 18, 2012 at 22:00)

what about being burned at the stake? lol thats was a tradition wayy longer than the freaking mounted police haha

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dh-Darren (Jul 18, 2012 at 23:31)

had to say something about the polar bear / kangaroo situation .. polar bears can run as fast as race horses according to david attenburgh ..

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TyranT21 (Jul 19, 2012 at 1:20)

Haha apparently even the slowest bear can run faster then any human... sideways Blank Stare

ok you win..

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blewMullet (Jul 20, 2012 at 9:02) (Below Threshold) show comment

it's kinda hard to compare murder to the first form police/protection in Canada i know some RCMP(Royal Canadian Mounted Police) guys and it's no easy task to become one there training is very demanding they deserve mad respect and for the record they don't ride horses everywhere they have cars and trucks just like other police the name is tradition as well as the parade uniform, basically you can make fun of them if you want i really don't care but the have amounted to more then you more then likely will ever so say what you want but if your not gonna say it to there face then enjoy being an internet tough guy everyone is really intimidated by you

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zaros (Jul 21, 2012 at 15:15)

David Attenburgh, He lies.

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Stuuriaan (Aug 2, 2012 at 8:47)

i don't care he said.....in 123 words.....

^^

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cyberhawk Plus (Aug 13, 2012 at 4:47)

waarom run jij een engels vlaggetje als je hollander bent >?

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Stuuriaan (Aug 13, 2012 at 6:03)

Haha ik ben verhuisd, PB zet er de vlag van het land waar je aangeeft dat je woont. Ik zal mn afkomst nooit verloochenen! :-P

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cyberhawk Plus (Aug 13, 2012 at 6:26)

lolz..

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fenceface (Jul 15, 2012 at 10:06)

and suddenly mountain bikers...

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cretin82 (Jul 15, 2012 at 11:00)

mountain bikers every where!

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TomMurphy (Jul 15, 2012 at 11:59)

It looks as if they've been copy and pasted haha

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nookie-nobhead (Jul 15, 2012 at 12:18)

spot the man on skiis?

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TomMurphy (Jul 15, 2012 at 12:27)

There's a load of them haha

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nookie-nobhead (Jul 15, 2012 at 12:31)

in amongst the riders?

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krankin (Jul 18, 2012 at 10:49)

that's why they call it Chinese downhill : they all look alike Smile

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VinceVanGogh (Jul 18, 2012 at 15:07)

seriously? lmfao so racist!

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krankin (Jul 18, 2012 at 21:37)

It's all good I'm Asian

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Keskiyo (Dec 19, 2012 at 12:56)

lol

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darrenpallatina (Jul 18, 2012 at 8:40)

What I like about POD, you can either create a scene with lighting and background to make a nice photo, have a natural background with someone pulling a sick gap or trick... Or catch the moment where you look and think oh my god. Imagine being amongst that. And this is that photo. Regardless of colour or background or lighting. This seriously catches the moment that death is lurking close. One false move and you are guna be in pain. I love it. And can not wait till this weekends race at the avalanche!

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BRSbiker (Jul 15, 2012 at 13:58)

Where's waldo?

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SandersB (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:02)

There he is (pixel 9803) !

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BikeNERD007 (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:50) (Below Threshold) show comment

There are only 1080 pixels dumbass...

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DownhillBen100 (Jul 18, 2012 at 3:33)

There are 1707200 pixels you dumbass...

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kwaldron1995 (Jul 18, 2012 at 6:10)

here

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randybadger (Jul 18, 2012 at 7:00)

Does the pixel count not depend entirely on the screen resolution?
Sorry for being well off biking subject.

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BreakOut13 (Jul 18, 2012 at 14:19)

BikeNERD clearly is not a computer nerd Smile

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DownhillBen100 (Jul 18, 2012 at 17:22)

@randybadger no... e.g. if you zoom in close enough to a given image, the number of pixels on your screen will outnumber the number of pixels in that part of the image, therefore allowing for the distinguishing of pixels in the image..... so you will see square edges of pixels. Well off topic but thought I'd try and answer your question.

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SandersB (Jul 18, 2012 at 20:51)

Smart people.

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randybadger (Jul 19, 2012 at 12:35)

That make perfect sense. So what we are saying is from a purely photographic point of view images have a definitive pixel count, which are then viewed on our monitors of varying resolution

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darrenpallatina (Jul 18, 2012 at 8:23)

Ze Germans are coming lol.... This looks amazing! We are currently in the alps prepping for the mega avalanche. Got race no sorted. Been hitting the practice runs all week. But yesterday was a surge of riders. And the uplifts were packed! Well worth watching from the lifts when someone crashes. Highly amusing.

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HaroBMXer (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:07)

I feel a Ride of the Valkyries moment coming on!

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spoiler (Jul 15, 2012 at 8:25)

F****n' POD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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holytrails (Aug 21, 2012 at 23:02)

Sweet pic!!! If this were video the soundtrack could be the classical piece featured in "Apocolypse Now" Wagner's Flight of the Valkyries....

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board70 (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:43)

Anyone think this is like that clip in Starship troopers when all the aliens come running over the hill???

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D-ponko (Jul 18, 2012 at 3:25)

if someone crashes there's going to be a huge domino effect. Pretty amazing photo.

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Bikelover079 (Jul 18, 2012 at 4:19)

And to your left... holy shit a heard of downhillers! Sweet pic!

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strahan (Jul 15, 2012 at 10:56)

surely one of the most obtuse mountain bike photos ever taken.

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olicool360 (Jul 18, 2012 at 9:16)

They are taking the hobbits to isengard !!

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Fisher73 (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:53)

Avalanche ......every body bail

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MindPatterns (Jul 18, 2012 at 6:53)

AVALAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCHE!!!

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miguelads (Jul 15, 2012 at 10:53)

Kaguebunshin jutsu !!!!!!!!!!! :O

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jakeaylward (Jul 18, 2012 at 5:22)

thats snow??? :O looked like sand

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konabike4321 (Jul 18, 2012 at 5:04)

Who would like to see this for Sequence saturday?

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fonz660r (Aug 13, 2012 at 16:07)

The red coats are coming!!!!!! The red coats are coming!!!!!!

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va7kpt (Jul 18, 2012 at 21:21)

Nooooo stay on your bike Danny!

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alexthebikeguy84 (Jul 18, 2012 at 20:12)

They discovered beer was on sale..

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ktownrider303 (Jul 18, 2012 at 9:27)

thats sooo epic!! id be going down the hill yelling CHARGE!

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ustemuf Plus (Jul 18, 2012 at 11:15)

amazing perspective. good job man.

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VinceVanGogh (Jul 18, 2012 at 11:25)

HO-LY SHITTT!!!!!! :O :O :O :O

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noah94 (Jul 18, 2012 at 11:02)

not bad but give me more rad moves. bit of air

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rc3kartusa (Jul 15, 2012 at 9:05)

This one would really deserve it..

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arcticDDD (Jul 18, 2012 at 9:36)

The shadows...

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Amplidude (Jul 18, 2012 at 4:07)

can somebody tell me what's going on?!

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lewisjb (Jul 18, 2012 at 16:55)

that would suck to be a skier in the of that

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goldenugets (Jul 18, 2012 at 6:29)

it reaminds me of the movie gamer bc of the wall

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wojtek97 (Jul 18, 2012 at 1:52)

www.vimeo.com/45800352
www.youtu.be/9MfRFYF8M1Y

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pholange (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:28)

bizarre and beautiful. great shot!

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SHEESHKAH (Jul 18, 2012 at 1:25)

In my short few years of life this could be the most ever.

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muchentuchen (Jul 18, 2012 at 4:05)

ANTS!!!

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ianbrit18 (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:10)

Today we dine in hell sweet pod

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northwestdhdad Plus (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:02)

I must be in this........someday.

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cloverleaf Plus (Aug 10, 2012 at 5:16)

It's a rowdy race, you should get over here and do both the Mega and MOH. They're different but both pretty mad, and riding that glacier is awesome. That said, the 5am alarm for each race sucks...

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simonsilver (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:02)

Exactly 176 riders haha

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NathanF (Jul 18, 2012 at 18:22)

Go Biking !!!!

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ridesanorco1 (Jul 24, 2012 at 21:59)

so many riders!

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kylethornton1 (Jul 21, 2012 at 6:09)

that looks amazing!

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socommk23 (Jul 20, 2012 at 0:41)

amazing what some people will neg prop these days!

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Gabe352 (Jul 18, 2012 at 21:08)

wow!

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hardtail29er (Jul 16, 2012 at 19:37)

Ima gonna win

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cooldudethatate (Jul 16, 2012 at 4:13)

POD

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freerider115 (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:46)

holly... f*ck... Big Grin

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Lubellas (Jul 15, 2012 at 13:07)

This could be POD Smile

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Lubellas (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:53)

I knew that will be POD Big Grin

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socommk23 (Jul 18, 2012 at 2:42)

if you remember it your wernt there maaaan!

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Schmitty (Jul 18, 2012 at 9:35)

They're everywhere!!

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brody-dj-nauss (Jul 18, 2012 at 8:46)

holy shit that scrazy

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dogster456 (Jul 18, 2012 at 9:16)

all i can say is AMAZING

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JoeeButler (Jul 15, 2012 at 12:32)

AWESOME

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harlieandhis250 (Jul 17, 2012 at 21:47)

Megavalanche?

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hotsnail (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:40)

Mountain of Hell

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High-Flying-Roller (Jul 18, 2012 at 14:34)

Wheres Wally....?

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Stephen101 (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:09)

Now find Waldo

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Stephen101 (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:13)

Ahh someone already beat me to it

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englandboy (Aug 13, 2012 at 6:31)

...... Freak ^^ 

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mtb6005 (Jul 18, 2012 at 0:07)

hope you wore your beacon, because there's an AVALANCHE.

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el-nombre (Jul 18, 2012 at 5:38)

Just so you know, this isn't the megavalanche

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mtb6005 (Jul 18, 2012 at 22:55)

no way really, oh i am being sarcastic. but it is a bunch of people coming down a snow covered run.

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bikerz-glory (Jul 18, 2012 at 14:08)

this picture would be so much better if they all bailled at the same time.

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bikerdude171 (Jul 18, 2012 at 3:35)

it like wheres wally

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