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Josh Bender hitting the Jaw Drop
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caleb93
(Nov 8, 2008 at 18:37)
the very first shot makes it look like he is landing it to flat
ya it is pretty scetchy
but i think that drop is almost impossible cuz A: the suspension needed would be like 15 inches and even that might get bottomed out and also the landing is not steep enough so the shock itself is going to throw u over ur handles so its hard if anyone can land that i will be soo amazed and if they can do it on a HT i will give them 1000000 dollars
but i think that drop is almost impossible cuz A: the suspension needed would be like 15 inches and even that might get bottomed out and also the landing is not steep enough so the shock itself is going to throw u over ur handles so its hard if anyone can land that i will be soo amazed and if they can do it on a HT i will give them 1000000 dollars
the landing is almost vertical you just cant tell it from the camera angles. and i wish bender would actually land something.
i wonder when he is going to realize that its never going to happend. i wish they just let that 15 year old hit the drop, just so he would crash and get some sense nocked into him
why do people still call it JAW drop? right, people's jaws drop when they see someone hit it, but it's time they realize it is JAH drop...
If nobody was as stupid as him nobody would step it up. We would all be considering 10 footers are big. Bender just stepped it up and is a legend to some and a failure to others. Legend to me.
...no... Wade Simmons landed bigger shit than Bender. Get yo' facts staight, son. Bender was just a dumbass.
Yeah landed. Bender helped elvolve the sport though so did wade simmons. I also said some hate him and some like him. He's landed some decent sized stuff back then, bender is more known for his crashes and failed attempts than what he actually landed.
I maybe left 2 or 3 useless comments that wern't that dumb either that you replied to. There are so many other people out out there, your just aiming it towards me.
not like he used to, the guy's still out there shredding but thats the way extreme sports work- like it or not when you get old you cant do the same stuff 10 years ago.
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any half-assed rider can see that the transition is wayyy too flat. what a dumbass, did he really think it would work?
ill find u a perfectly set up 55 foot drop ill bet u wont hit it. that was just the best one bender could find at the time.
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ironic his name is josh bender, seeing that he bent his helmet all out of whack lol, would take lots of courage to do that over and over again, good job
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I wouldn't call him a master of drops, since he's better known for failing constantly than landing, but I can certainly say he has a big hairy set compared to most other riders... And knowing most downhillers thats saying something. ;p
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He'd have his shock practically rigid so it would only compress on the toughest of landings, if his shock was too springy, his bike would've broken a long time ago.
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no he didnt, hes failed it 3 times already, even hes worked out that he carnt land it (part of the problem is those sodding forks, http://www.risseracing.com/forks.shtml , they have no bottem out ramp so bender just blasts the travel so easily with little resistance the shock ends up being over loaded and fails, if he were to run marzocchi super monsters then it would be a different story as it has a proper separated dampening cartridge, oh and if he ran a lot slower rebound he should be able to predict the shocks kick alot better)if you look at side oh videos of bender running that fork you can see that on impact he almost instantly bottoms it, he could do a bit better if he had fox 40's as the dampening would do better then the extra 4 inches of travel.
Wrong, super monster is a rock solid fork! the risse bigfoot isont!, supermonster has a superior dampening cartridge, the fact that the bigfoot is an "upside down" fork means by nature its going to be more flexxy, you also have to remember other have 300mm travel so he would not break is wrists.
I'm not saying the super monster wasn't a good fork for what it was. A huckers fork. It was crap in any other application period. And off the jaw drop you are breaking your wrists... Or in benders case your ankles.
And for those of you who say he's just stupid for trying it. Isn't that what this sport is a bout really? Not thinking?
And for those of you who say he's just stupid for trying it. Isn't that what this sport is a bout really? Not thinking?
lol every one knows the supermonster is shit of any other then hucking.
but i ithnk in a few years some nutter will get up and drop it and not crash on impact, but need very lon travel forks to develop before that happens.
i dont think hes stupid for trying it, i think he is for the kit he used as i have already explained. our sprt is about pushing boundaries in the per suite of adrenaline, that's exactly what Josh bender did here.
but i ithnk in a few years some nutter will get up and drop it and not crash on impact, but need very lon travel forks to develop before that happens.
i dont think hes stupid for trying it, i think he is for the kit he used as i have already explained. our sprt is about pushing boundaries in the per suite of adrenaline, that's exactly what Josh bender did here.
I take it you don't like to read?
I guess what we are doing is taking advantage of the right to RITE on a forum
I guess what we are doing is taking advantage of the right to RITE on a forum
he means this guy has got balls, he abrievaeated he has to he's, and how well do you speak canadian LOL 
no he hasent , he hasent sed hes got balls - he said these guys got bals "these" and "guys" is a term used when trefering to multiple subjects!
he he had meant multiple people he would have said these guys HAVE got balls, however, i think that you smell funny *mature insult*
*mature insult*
Yes that flatspin on NWD9 was great but I'd definatly be more impressed if someone landed the Jaw Drop.
Bender is amazing! If anyone in the world could be indestructible it should be him. But that drop needs a steeper lander.
yo i know 4 a fact that the way there pulling up like that is goin to f*ck'em up, cuz u can't always depend on that front shock cuz your weight is thrown forwerds & u eat it bad, so if i had the balls 4 it i would not pull up so much...
your a fool! you have to on some thing like this, plus to some people it come naturally, note on most of his drops he does, im not claiming to be josh but i also do, i dont know why i just do, on gaps as well, if you see any of me gapping i will be full on bar humping. (not sexual)
oh and i wouldnt mind adding that i have landed all gaps/hucks i can remember, and i dont just do small, ive done about 25-30 foot gaps (remember im on a 6" frame as well)
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wow he is so stupid he did this drop. just about died.
then came back and tried it three or four more times!!
WOW WHAT A DUMBASS!!
then came back and tried it three or four more times!!
WOW WHAT A DUMBASS!!
a quote from bougs
lets sum up all of the arguments...bender has BALLS
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not after the way he landed that
lets sum up all of the arguments...bender has BALLS
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not after the way he landed that
WOW cubsrtbest99 you think that the landing to the jaw drop is "almost vertical"
well i will tell you that it is almost HOROZONTAL
well i will tell you that it is almost HOROZONTAL
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Do you guys think that he could land it if he would nose in a bit more? Cause his rear suspension always loads up and bucks him just as his front wheel finally hits... all the momentum forward throws him over the bars every time. If he landed both wheels together, he might still bottom out, but he probably wouldn't get bucked like that.
Would love to... But if you check my profile my bike is listed as a $200 canadian tire special. Also note I live in nova scotia not arizona or wherever said drop is. Sorry but it's all up to you buddy. Also I never said -I- had the balls to do it I just said he did. 
I would love to see him land that!! It would be such a punch in the balls to all the hatters! But since he got off the scene, I would like to see Robbie Bourdon or Carlin Dune trying...
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Josh Bender is LEGEND. For those of you in your teens.....I can remember Bender from back in the ninties when most you guys were in pre-school, he was hitting huge stuff when people hadn't even thought of it yet. He crashed alot sure, riding HAS progressed since then ....but make no mistake, Bender has acheived a mythological status that should be admired for pushing this sport to where it is today.
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haha they need to put like a little kicker or something in then you might be able to because to me it looks like it gets steeper right away??
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because that's an obvious invitation to get your ass sued because some 15 yr old decided he'd go for it
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you POS...you ride a little HARO..with reflectors.
with reflectors ???
who the F rides with reflectors...a 4 yr old has more skills than you.
and can't land ANy DROPS...forget attempting anything cause you'll proly chicken out and go home or go look for a emppty swimming pool or some shit.
freakin trolls.
with reflectors ???
who the F rides with reflectors...a 4 yr old has more skills than you.
and can't land ANy DROPS...forget attempting anything cause you'll proly chicken out and go home or go look for a emppty swimming pool or some shit.
freakin trolls.
Bobo22, I dare you to go to the jaw drop and do that 50 something foot drop with your little reflector Haro.
dude screw u the only reason its got reflectors is because im to lazy to take em off so shut the hell up
Because if you think this isn't 'skill', you have something wrong with you. So what if he doesn't land it, he's still trying something that no one else has ever done before.
dude i might have something wrong with me but that dosent mean u have to get pissed cause i bet u dont have enough balls to hit it 
I never said I did have the balls to do it, I said "if you think this isn't skill, you have something wrong with you"
he could fix the landing to make it steep enough to land safely but where's the balls in doing something safely.
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yeah because your fat stupid and your balls havnt droped yet! so untill they do quit biking ok... then you can talk shit
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i swear someone has landed this...on one of the freeride vids pinkbike were showing before dust n bones was released..anyone?
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