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Freehubmag.com brings you the second installment of GoPro Friday's from Woodward West in Tehachapi, California. Back flips and 78 ft 3 inch flat three's on the mega ramp. Riders: Sam Dueck and Mike Montgomery

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hexhamstu Plus (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:03)

Not VOD in my opinion, badly edited, badly shot, not much actually in the video (two tricks).

Head cam footage of a backflip gives not real feel for the size of the jump and then no alternate angle in the video.
The way the flat three was spliced together just made it feel 'awkwardly' edited.

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northumberlandrider (Apr 23, 2011 at 4:02)

Well said mate, its advertising nothing more and personaly this sort of thing doesn't deserve too be VOD at all, its the sort of video you get if you click on the side bar...

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dave6797 (Apr 23, 2011 at 4:20)

welll, thats 1minute 33 seconds of my life I will never get back

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H1YA (Apr 23, 2011 at 4:35)

agreed

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ScottPattenden (Apr 23, 2011 at 5:18)

What the actual f*ck? Are you being serious pinkbike?

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kapecbiker (Apr 23, 2011 at 5:47)

Pinkbike is now all about money!

ianjohnbressat (Apr 23, 2011 at 7:10)

That is the word VOD i have ever seen. yeah WOW big jump but really..... i swear VOD was all about like Good edits and stuff.... and like maybe a bit more.....stufff....happening....

luckynumber13 (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:32)

Flat 3 was sick but it was off the 50ft ramp not the 78ft ramp. just a wee bit disappointed

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doorknob100 (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:47)

worst vod in a long time

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brule Mod Plus (Apr 23, 2011 at 9:48)

I have an idea, get off your couches, get out there and film something - make it rad, send it over and maybe it'll be a VOD too. VOD isn't always about the best editing, riding etc. Sometimes it's simply a cool trick or something we haven't seen before - like here - not a lot/anyone on an MTB has hit the DC Mega Ramps.

OlSkoolJake (Apr 23, 2011 at 10:22)

Cheers to you Brule!! That is what I have been saying for a long time. If you don't like go do better!! I liked the VOD, some of this footage is the first of it's kind in the MTB world so respect!

Robmtb16 (Apr 23, 2011 at 11:26)

in my opinion, a longer better filmed and edited version of them riding the mega ramp would be amazing !! Smile

ummevan (Apr 23, 2011 at 13:53)

If you seen that ramp in real life you would respect that 360 a lot more.

newworlddisorder (Apr 23, 2011 at 16:04)

I'm sure we would ^^ but say someone who has never been to woodward before watched this...ect, ect.

dirtjumpingmofo (Apr 23, 2011 at 16:31)

shittiest vod in a while...

RavineRiders (Apr 23, 2011 at 19:36)

that was weak

Axemen30 (Apr 24, 2011 at 2:08)

larock needs to make another video so we can all enjoy a vod again!

northumberlandrider (Apr 24, 2011 at 2:23)

Say what you like in defence of this video but its plain and simply advertising for Go pro... now am sure we've all seen plenty of that !

kapecbiker (Apr 25, 2011 at 0:42)

If this video was made by somebody not connected with GoPro and video was the same as this, we wont see it as a vod...

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hugslyh (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:38)

im sorry but that was really pretty crap Frown

i mean the jump was amazing takes guts and i respect mike for it
but that video did not leap out at me
might just be im very hungover Frown

freelifenride (Apr 23, 2011 at 16:07)

too right, the edits to me should make the biking look better and more appealling. this didnt really do the big ramp riding any justice... vods should be hangover cures too Wink

MetalMiLitia (Apr 23, 2011 at 18:58)

I've seen the big air comp in the x games. I think it's the first time on a mtb!!

hugslyh (Apr 24, 2011 at 3:30)

meh im not hungover now and it still not great its just to short and the camera angle are a little bit crap oh well respect to mike for doing it but disrespect the camera man

MetalMiLitia (Apr 25, 2011 at 14:12)

whiny ass haters, this was monumental.

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Omri45 (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:02)

Takes balls to do a 78 ft back flip. Balls that most people dont have...props haha

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Filipei7 (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:06)

i wish they included another angle of the backflip. especially given the length of that vid.

masterbailer (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:21)

That was pretty gnarlyyy.

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dtroyan123 (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:27)

kinda short but pretty cool...i want to go to woodward now too

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imspecialized9 (Apr 23, 2011 at 1:02)

that was just horrible...... how is that vod?

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OliScale (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:21)

so thats 20ft longer than the canyon gap in red bull rampage?

i dont think so.

jaketinnelly (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:34)

It wasn't horrible... However I would've liked it to be longer with less POV footage. It would be easier to appreciate the riding if you could see it from another angle. Although being a Go-Pro vid, I guess that was the point...

OliScale (Apr 23, 2011 at 3:02)

apparently is the same size as this
www.pinkbike.com/photo/2213720

?

bmxtb (Apr 23, 2011 at 3:27)

was it a flatspin because of the flat after spinning? not vod worthy i believe.. but props to mike and sam!

lewspeight (Apr 23, 2011 at 3:41)

Not really VOD material is it?

jaketinnelly (Apr 23, 2011 at 4:47)

The ramp they were hitting is 50ft. The middle ramp is 78ft...but they didn't hit that one. So it was actually 50ft flips and flatspins.

Stewartlowe (Apr 23, 2011 at 14:44)

God, only 50ft!!! What a pussy!

jaketinnelly (Apr 24, 2011 at 0:19)

Wasn't implying it was small. I can't backflip anything lol.

FreehubMag (Apr 24, 2011 at 12:56)

It was the 50 foot side of the ramp, but Mike landed 28' 3 " down the tranny, so the final measurement that was recorded with a tape was 78' 3"... stay tuned for the entire ramp session, and non-POV footage in the '44 Days and Rolling' webisodes.

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callumsmyth (Apr 23, 2011 at 5:31)

I was watching this, and near the end i heard the music slowly sopping and i was like :S Bit short like dont understand how this has got vod ?? maby if it was longer it would of deserved to be vod but i just think its not good enough !! (here come the negative props !!) BUT STILL GOOD RIDERS !! The longer version should be vod !! this video felt like it was only on for about 40 seconds !!

But still good video !! tup

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spiky-Boyx (Apr 23, 2011 at 1:31)

hows that vod ?!

Seekins (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:05)

they were probs high when choosing it!, nah its a good video but there are way better videos than that every day!

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hoolydooly (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:57)

because everyone is saying how shit it is i really want to see it. so the more people bag it out the more i want to watch it. but my internet is oober slow at the moment so i have to want an hour to load the video

when i went to click in the box to write this comment i didn't click on it properly, (the touch pad on my laptop isn't always nice) so i went to type, made a typo and pressed delete without even looking at it. because i wasn't writing the comment it sent me back to the home page. f*ck!

...... i was half way through!!!!!! Frown

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Richardmelia (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:28)

neg prop me if you want, but don't BMX guys go crazy off stuff like this at the X GAMES? i guess the Video is still guurrrd though!

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captyvatemedia (Apr 23, 2011 at 1:10)

Not really VOD material I don't think. Props to them but.

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ged09 (Apr 23, 2011 at 14:19)

I found reading the comments longer and more exciting than watching this video,i must admit id have the browns stains hitting that,so big props for that but VOD dont think its worthy, HATE THIS ADVERTISING CRAP

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JD95 (Apr 23, 2011 at 4:00)

Has potential but lets be honest, hardly VOD material. Maybe be cool if they threw in a few more angles and no just one guy doing a couple of tricks. Props to the guy though, those jumps take balls.

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burnmartins (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:29)

www.pinkbike.com/video/176839 this is VOD PLEASE SEE
AND COMENT

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MotherHucker1 (Apr 23, 2011 at 5:57)

Meh that wasn't great... For anyone who wants the song name, it's You Wish by Nightmares On Wax.

jdavidson (Apr 23, 2011 at 16:55)

sounds alot like this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk9XYQMRiLY

emilo94 (Apr 27, 2011 at 12:29)

And like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv8ZQ6MuIks

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ferguswalker (Apr 23, 2011 at 4:36)

sorry but just hasnt got the editing, running time or the generally consistant epic riding of a true VOD, the 2 tricks were pretty knarly tho Smile

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kapecbiker (Apr 23, 2011 at 5:46)

Pinkbike, youre all about money from some time, all those advertisements all around website and vods :/

shame!

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JackTwiggy (Apr 23, 2011 at 13:21)

sickest session i've seen in ages

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AnDyJMTB (Apr 23, 2011 at 7:30)

Pinkbike was a shit load better before it became all about money ...

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tom-stringer (Apr 23, 2011 at 4:47)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtEdsSzUR9o a better edit even though it's mainly skate boarding...

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dmh888 (Apr 23, 2011 at 5:59)

It seems like everything made by gopro or a company gets vod nowadays...that video had less than a minute of riding

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gombo8 (Apr 23, 2011 at 9:22)

do you guys like getting more? embassy suites hotels. (i watched that ad and was more ammused then this VOD)

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dirtrider29696 (Apr 23, 2011 at 13:21)

more clips from this MEGARAMP will be more interesting , but respect on the riderts

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ridafolife (Apr 23, 2011 at 6:47)

come on pinkbike. this is the best you can do like really put something on worth watching, that was just pointless

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airsoftesneeto (Apr 23, 2011 at 3:50)

this isnt even mtn biking

hoolydooly (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:52)

even tho this is a MTB dominated website, its not all about MTB, there is street and BMX too.

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DHJAT (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:04)

Sweet to see things that big from the riders perspective! mike has some big balls..

sam-on-specialized (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:21)

you're disgusting

flipside (Apr 23, 2011 at 6:20)

Makes me not want to get a go pro

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highstreet (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:42)

For all those who might have an issue with this being a short video or lack of angles there is a full wedisode series dropping in June.
freehubmag.pinkbike.com/blog

hexhamstu Plus (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:04)

maybe the full episode should be VOD, not this.

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carloscorreia (Apr 23, 2011 at 20:21)

Some one have to re-define VOD...

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delaney (Apr 23, 2011 at 10:24)

Not too into this video. Nice ramp though.

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bikerguy222 (Apr 23, 2011 at 10:21)

why the hell was that vod?!?!?

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Doaner09 (Apr 28, 2011 at 8:37)

I'd kinda want to see what the jump looked like

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luisbmx23 (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:44)

doesnt deserve to be vod at all!!

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tuboy95 Plus (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:41)

I think it got vod because of the actual narlyness of it not the filming.

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Toadums (Apr 23, 2011 at 18:05)

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tristannaylor (Apr 23, 2011 at 11:32)

that three was sooo dumped but it was a gay VOD

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dnlparr (Apr 23, 2011 at 16:21)

not very long and you cant see alot of tricks and jumps.

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bmx124riderchea (Apr 23, 2011 at 12:36)

i never knew a video could make me want to kill myself

rjmc (Apr 23, 2011 at 15:10)

Damn it, sometimes I forget this isn't Facebook and I can't "Like" comments. Sometimes I wish I could...

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josh090 (Apr 23, 2011 at 16:32)

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??????????????????????????????

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fasian Plus (Apr 23, 2011 at 17:12)

Props to Sam and Mike for going big, cool to see.

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liam1112 (Apr 23, 2011 at 13:38)

this is shouldnt be vod theres much better vids out there

nomis123 (Apr 23, 2011 at 13:56)

what i was thinking

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slemans (Apr 23, 2011 at 15:30)

SONG :
Nightmares On Wax - You Wish

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parkerdawg (Apr 23, 2011 at 6:23)

it was kool but needed to be like 3 minutes

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heiko92 (Apr 23, 2011 at 2:52)

whats on this VOD ????? thats lame ^^

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tesisatis (Apr 23, 2011 at 4:38)

What is the title of this music?

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Worm-Burner (Apr 23, 2011 at 1:49)

That's the second biggest ramp I've seen all day...!

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JordieGT (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:54)

too short but otherwise was good

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BaileyRoberts (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:13)

that is sick, props to them!

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stingersteve (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:23)

pretty lame song tbh

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silasfg (Apr 23, 2011 at 5:10)

this gets a fave just because of the nightmares on wax.. but good vid Wink

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Street-Riding-Time (Apr 23, 2011 at 3:48)

Nothing compared to some VOD's.

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jivehoneyjive (Apr 23, 2011 at 5:23)

Must've had a dodgy landing- his back tyre is flat at the end!!

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mattmacduff (Apr 23, 2011 at 7:13)

perty bummed out about that one

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giant-95 (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:06)

pretty sick jump. but how the f**k did this get vod?

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vt6spd (Apr 23, 2011 at 19:24)

boring. that's all we are going to see?

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stigas (Apr 23, 2011 at 23:27)

it was very very bad

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K0L1N (Apr 25, 2011 at 14:59)

crapppyyy

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davidro00 (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:24)

THAT WAS HORRIBLE Frown

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Arsenic705 (Apr 23, 2011 at 18:55)

not VOD worthy at all

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jackgriffiths (Apr 23, 2011 at 3:50)

shit vod let down lol

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busterdavidson (Apr 23, 2011 at 12:17)

This VOD sucked....

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tillylamp (Apr 23, 2011 at 3:47)

baaaaaad vod !

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Mikkel-V (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:13)

this is a BOD

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austinm123 (Apr 23, 2011 at 8:13)

havent seen a VOD this good in a long time!

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KrisZtiaN (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:02)

sick vod!

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mtbamateur (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:23)

One of the Best VODs !! I wish the would show more jumps!! THE quality is awesome!

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Axemen30 (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:52)

it wasnt that great.. Razz

el-nombre (Apr 23, 2011 at 3:57)

I honestly can't tell if mtbamateur is being sarcastic or not.

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downhilla14 (Apr 21, 2011 at 13:33)

mike got a flat at the end

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zanteri (Apr 23, 2011 at 0:15)

no shit?!

TomMurphy (Apr 23, 2011 at 9:00)

Wtf was that at least get some big airs on the quarter on camera too that was short an boring.

boostmaster (Apr 23, 2011 at 10:42)

I think this is interesting to see at least, but maybe a home page blog would be more appropriate for this rather than vod

russ-ryan-pwn (Apr 23, 2011 at 12:24)

i agree, the video put me to sleep.

chiar (Apr 23, 2011 at 18:24)

that was not so bad

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