Nick Geddes at Pipeline in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - photo by mp-rider

Triple rock roll on pipeline. Photo by me: Max Horner

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Album: Shore
Category: All Mountain/Enduro
Date Posted: Apr 15, 2008 at 18:38
Apr 15, 2008
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Trail: Pipeline
Riders: Nick Geddes

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Trail Name: Pipeline
Riding Area: Mount Fromme
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213 Comments

the-lemon (Apr 15, 2008 at 18:42)

looks like a fun trail!!!!

jackblack111 (Apr 19, 2008 at 17:39)

i wish i could be riding that right now

andy9 (Apr 19, 2008 at 21:17)

also looks like POD

jaceg (Apr 27, 2008 at 6:37)

orgasmous!

felix-elblanco (Jul 1, 2008 at 18:09)

ONe day, I'm sure, it will be POD

mad-mk (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:12)

what a beauty of a mosaic-section ,
is there still snow up on grouse?

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nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:13) (Below Threshold)

nice lookin trail there
anyone know whuts in that pipe?

jimmyrecard (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:16)

That picture is so sick man, I feel stupid for not visiting the North Shore, considering I live on the West Coast. This picture is really motivating, and I cant wait to check those trails out this summer. Props to the photographer and you for inspiring me to get out there. Thanks

jimmyrecard (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:16)

Grabs...damn straight this pic is orgasmous.

nanlrider (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:21)

YEOW!! Ripper POD!!!! looks like one hell of a trail!

joefromthesoo (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:48)

i've ridden pipeline a million times but never stopped for a minute to actually look at how cool it is...such a fun trail!

jake95 (Jan 22, 2009 at 2:24)

Yerp! great shot, she's a beauty!! POD

tomfoolery111 (Jan 22, 2009 at 2:29)

sick pod!

specializedrider07 (Jan 22, 2009 at 3:25)

Such a nice shot

theginge (Jan 22, 2009 at 3:35) (Below Threshold)

thats a beast its simalar to cheese on toast =]

frlaflamme13 (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:08)

Yep! Absolutly POD! Nice Shot!

andrew4818 (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:34)

looks like a very nice trail to ride. and one of the better pods

samuelthecamel (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:47)

thats a beautiful shot. i really like it.

lukeneil (Jan 22, 2009 at 6:47)

like it..

MatthewBolton (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:19)

what a sweet place man... Canada kicks ass!!!!!!

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walach (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:31) (Below Threshold)

Canada Licks ass!!!!!!

typrattmtb (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:32)

Pipeline was the highlight of my trip out west this year...

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SpeshAllDay (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:43) (Below Threshold)

thats the trail shandro rides in seasons, right.

nicoliver (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:58)

mad-mk66:
Tried to ride pipeline on the weekend. It was knee deep snow the whole way up the fire road... needless to say, we only made it up to the second switchback before turning back.

valleyhockey (Jan 22, 2009 at 9:37)

bodacious!

SpeshAllDay (Jan 22, 2009 at 10:30)

what the fuck. Whats with the neg props. I don't live in Canada, I love to ride, I love Seasons, I love that section. I just want to know if thats that trail. I can then put that pic in perspective and really get what the rider is feeling right there.

tom-towers (Jan 22, 2009 at 10:42)

looks fun

jeffrupert (Jan 22, 2009 at 10:54)

epic!!! well deserves pod

partswhore (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:37)

Speshallday, pretty sure Shandro does not ride Pipeline but a trail visually quite similar. His segment has lines from all over the Shore, Squamish and Bowen island and probably some other spots as well.

jbstay10 (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:12)

nice

B1LL15 (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:31)

Beautiful british columbia

spoked-media (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:44)

That rock roller coaster is sooooo fun!!!!

goosh (Jan 22, 2009 at 14:38)

Beautiful trail

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 16:06)

british columbia? well i live in ontario where we have.. nothing...

jake-594 (Jan 22, 2009 at 16:40) (Below Threshold)

Haha that sucks

peterman1234 (Jan 22, 2009 at 21:44)

siiiiick

vano (Jan 23, 2009 at 4:47)

this feels like a shot straight out of a shimano saint ad. hahah so sick. keep up the good work!

birdie (Jan 25, 2009 at 14:53)

looks like the scene from SEASONS
"what you've done here is put yourself between a bullet and a target"
ehh, some might know what i mean

spoked-media (Jan 25, 2009 at 17:12)

haha the first trail in seasons was CBC on mt.Seymour

bathman (Mar 15, 2009 at 18:27)

yeaha i know what ya mean bra. sick movie

vano (Mar 25, 2009 at 4:15)

look 3 posts up... a non-canadian JUST SAID "EH"! I am so stoked!

B1LL15 (Mar 25, 2009 at 9:05)

that's blasphemy =0

lightsout (Dec 28, 2009 at 15:22)

so pretty

Bryce92 (Apr 15, 2008 at 18:43)

sweet picture man!

deanw (Jan 22, 2009 at 9:59)

Pipeline is a fun trail for sure. I've ridden it once and filmed it and had a hoot of a ride. Definitely a beginner trail by "Shore standards", but fun nonetheless.

The feature in the POD is 172 seconds into this video: www.pinkbike.com/video/35196

coldsmoke420 (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:20)

Pipeline is such a fun trail. I've got some cell phone vid of this feature at www.pinkbike.com/video/51197 Somebody put alot of work into this.

nishnash (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:43)

Love that trail, so much fun. Nick geddes....i remember that name, second or first at canadian open right? Props on that!
Props to the builders, props to the rider, props to the photographer!

ngeddes (Jan 22, 2009 at 16:29)

first at nationals 2nd at canadian open

nishnash (Jan 22, 2009 at 17:15)

FUCK man thats sweet! Majour props!!!!

ngeddes (Jan 22, 2009 at 17:34)

thank bro

nshoregal (Jan 22, 2009 at 15:29)

This is a beautiful rock roll...Great pic! Now try it covered in snow! I rode it just before the Christmas dump with a good 6 inches of snow and it was crazy! Certainly takes the level of difficulty up a notch! Fun

hihi (Jan 22, 2009 at 20:09)

nope the trail that shandro was filmed on was top end of the cbc trail on seymour and this trail pipeline is on frommme its classfied as a blue-single black trail its pretty easy and fun

davidmtb (Apr 15, 2008 at 20:59)

epic picture.

jonass (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:57)

awesome pod choice today keep it up there many more sick shots with awesome riders and great photography still out there props to the photographer who took this one and to who made that trail it looks awesome

mp-rider (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:59)

Thanks bro!... Wish I had a remote flash for it but for the poor light it turned out sick!

skinsuitssuck (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:35)

that looks sick love to ride it

fredydh (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:31)

what a beautiful place man... Canada kick ass!!!!!!

almostwise (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:53)

Agreed, such a nice shot. Props to rider and snapper and mother nature

g-sewell (Jan 22, 2009 at 9:27)

nice shot cool lookin trail 2 !!!!ACE!!!!

Doule (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:34)

That trail is so fun to rip as fast as you can! And justin stevens,if Dh is so easy lets see your pods..

bhupper (Jan 22, 2009 at 19:15)

from the look of ur profile justin-stevens u look like a dj kid, so clearly u dont no the magic of downhill. eithr that or ur a noob

woody-dh (Jan 22, 2009 at 21:45)

what the eff to comment above... that looks awesome and like a fun trail

crashcampbell (Jan 24, 2009 at 6:06)

THEY ARE S0OOOOOOOOO SPOILED

advorak (May 2, 2009 at 12:23)

I've ridden that trail and it's one of my favs. It is easy if you want it to be but you can still challenge yourself. Lottsa fun.

bikingbain (Jul 20, 2009 at 7:57)

that pic maks me wonna get out and ride, then get a flight to canada and shredd all the trails the land has!

mtbmetal (Nov 29, 2008 at 11:29)

SO POD.

adamdigby (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:11)

The forest is so epic, the trail is sick, and the orange helmet cotrasts excellently with the green! Mint!

karlheldt (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:40)

mannn i want to ride the shore so bad right now

barros (Jan 22, 2009 at 6:00)

Lucky CAnadians!!! Your're got the best trails in the world!

sk8erstrt (Jan 22, 2009 at 6:39)

that thing is much fun! they could easily put a tranny at the bottom of the last role so you could gap it. buuut those rollers are just as fun awesome pod!

sashamtbrider (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:07)

such a beautiful forest!

uhhhbike (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:09)

yeh max congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!

s-r-o (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:16)

looks wikkied but also looks kinda smooth, who fancies a chance at that on some rigids?

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 9:06)

thats so perfect looks like a great trail

quincyshanks (Jan 22, 2009 at 9:43)

such a sick picture. one of the best pictures posted up in a while!

sparkaroo (Jan 22, 2009 at 10:42)

lovely shot... that looks so fun how the slabs are slotted together. Hands together for the photgrapher

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:32)

how do you know hes just riding down a hill, cud of done sumthin before that

craxymonkey (Jan 22, 2009 at 15:01)

that such a sick trail, POD!

cam07 (Jan 22, 2009 at 16:51)

thats sick. im glad to of slept with the photographer

BoBiker (Jan 22, 2009 at 20:06)

Is that the trail that Andrew Shandrow rides in Seasons??

sorry if i didn't spell his name right

norcoboy66vf (Jan 22, 2009 at 21:58)

im pretty sure thats part of the trail shandro rode in seasons to bullet and a target, cause it says this trails on the north shore and thats where he rode

jwf793 (Jan 19, 2010 at 16:40)

how do you get to pipeline

mp-rider (Apr 15, 2008 at 20:41)

haha, i can dream that it will one day become POD

krazy-downhiller (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:12)

nice p.o.d

nico100 (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:46)

pod. yay something i can do.

Whouz (Jan 22, 2009 at 1:05)

very nice pod. Perfect made photo.

Tangaman (Jan 22, 2009 at 3:19)

Â¡Guapa la fotico!

oninio (Jan 22, 2009 at 6:06)

That is the first trail I rode on the shore when I moved to Vancouver. Its so nice and flowy.

Stritsefer (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:26)

cool shit!! =)

Reagent (Jan 22, 2009 at 15:37)

eee

matty-dh (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:39)

best pic ever.... shame theres nothing like this in the uk!

joaob (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:54)

it's a very nice picture!!!

jonny14 (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:42)

if u took wrong lne u would be fucked

elkabanshee (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:48)

great shot

j0rdan (Jan 22, 2009 at 9:27)

deserves POD !!!

spiricc8 (Jan 22, 2009 at 10:55)

hell jeah , exelent pod .

z-man (Jan 22, 2009 at 10:59)

Fuck max, one day a VOD and today a POD

mp-rider (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:02)

Ima upload my new edit... It's short but I think its VOD worthy... same shot as me hitting the tree, then me ripping some turns, then me nutting myself!

Premix (Jan 22, 2009 at 11:15)

yeah what is in that pipe

freeride-maverick (Jan 22, 2009 at 11:20)

this is what pods should look like!!!

scrider89 (Jan 22, 2009 at 11:36)

thats amazing!! perfect shot perfect scenery, what else could you want?

keith24mtb (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:13)

amazing photo, good composition!

konakid8 (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:19)

that looks like fun!!
i'm planning on moving there after high school

soopy (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:32)

is that the pipline at silver star

norcoryder11 (Jan 22, 2009 at 14:31)

thats well done my friend

bighit1212 (Jan 22, 2009 at 14:50)

steep and epic

chill13 (Jan 22, 2009 at 15:10)

thats an insane rock garden awesome POD!!!!!

simon-riderboys (Jan 22, 2009 at 15:12)

omg that rock garden looks amazin .

dominicburry (Jan 22, 2009 at 15:26)

nice thats got my vote for my pod

mtbKELSEY (Jan 22, 2009 at 15:34)

mmm riding that would be wayyy beter than just looking at it....

jas123 (Jan 22, 2009 at 16:01)

THAT LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN! i wish i could go there.....defo POD

dbcg (Jan 22, 2009 at 16:23)

THS LOOKS SO SICK!!! Id hadtail that shizzy!

nishnash (Jan 22, 2009 at 19:41)

haha its possible!!!

DHCutiePie390 (Jan 22, 2009 at 16:45)

nice picture!!! would love to ride that trail

tail-whip (Jan 22, 2009 at 17:14)

is that pipline on the north shore i went there for my b-day

nishnash (Jan 22, 2009 at 19:40)

yes it is, and it rules doesnt it!

philipstonier (Jan 22, 2009 at 17:48)

nice, i would love to be there riding right now

radek Mod (Jan 22, 2009 at 17:52)

Great photo. I miss the shore.

devinciwilson (Jan 22, 2009 at 18:21)

me too man

jdiab (Jan 22, 2009 at 19:03)

looks like a section of the Seasons movie

QCIrider77 (Jan 22, 2009 at 19:04)

so sick, it makes me want to build and ride, thanks

STIFF09 (Jan 22, 2009 at 19:50)

Sick photo

norcoboy66vf (Jan 22, 2009 at 21:58)

oh, nvm just read hihi's comment sorry bout that :p

rich-abrams (Jan 23, 2009 at 13:57)

not that good tbh. the photographer should have been closer to the rider and have focused on him. still better than most peoples

jdiab (Jan 24, 2009 at 12:21)

sick picture

extremedhrider (Jun 11, 2009 at 21:30)

WOOOOO!!! GO FROMME!!!! YAAAAAA!!!!

bigsmallbikeguy (Jun 17, 2009 at 10:07)

looks a lot more dry now.

megastoked (Apr 15, 2008 at 20:47)

all the right elements

james182 (Apr 15, 2008 at 21:57)

Nice shot, props to the rider and shooter

campasternak (Jun 22, 2008 at 12:50)

So good... really makes me wanna go riding

shr3dability3 (Oct 8, 2008 at 9:02)

Pipeline... COOL

nouser (Jan 6, 2009 at 10:17)

beautiful track!!

danyman (Jan 22, 2009 at 0:11)

NICENIIICE!!!!
great photo nice track i so wanna ride there!!
where is it? :O
this realy is a pod

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 2:57)

nice

fullbug (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:50)

that's gotta be one souled-out ride....jealous again...A+

ratman (Jan 22, 2009 at 5:26)

Ya, Nice POD Nick - sick pic!

danisk (Jan 22, 2009 at 5:38)

such a sick pod....i love it

yorntjefreerider (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:05)

only in canada....

boolmv (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:19)

now this is what a pod should look like the local stuff IS the best!

intencivo (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:31)

Oh my Canada! I wish not visited every year but live there!

dontgosmall (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:35)

thats rad POD for sure no questions

geffypeffy (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:39)

YEAH ITS POD!!!

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:03)

nice

patrickbmx123 (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:20)

STEEP

Themaninthenorth (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:31)

That trail looks like it would be fun on my road bike...

insomnia9 (Jan 22, 2009 at 10:36)

Such a nice trail..

KocioLek (Jan 22, 2009 at 11:05)

great photo

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 11:07)

nice

bikerfafe (Jan 22, 2009 at 11:42)

nice

atayhardtail (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:20)

pure

notallowedtoswear (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:25)

allright

theshoremen (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:40)

nice trail

sydneygingy (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:38)

sweet max nice job

dave-m (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:55)

wicked shot Max!

hobsonator (Jan 22, 2009 at 14:20)

that's big wood!

j-a-m-e-s (Jan 22, 2009 at 18:07)

that looks so nice!!

gromhit (Jan 22, 2009 at 18:42)

200% percent pod!

coolryan (Jan 22, 2009 at 18:57)

p O D

pcdog (Jan 22, 2009 at 19:46)

sick photo

dcaramia (Jan 27, 2009 at 19:57)

looks like a fun trail

adamb123 (Jan 31, 2009 at 12:13)

a bet its easy

frogdog (Apr 15, 2008 at 19:07)

pod

diAblo93 (Apr 16, 2008 at 3:36)

pod

callumr333 (Jun 20, 2008 at 12:06)

i love that track

devinciduck (Dec 2, 2008 at 17:35)

My only cc would be to give the rider more pop. Have him ware brighter colors or use an off camera flash.

bunkey (Jul 12, 2009 at 14:49)

haha, photography tarts get such bad rep for giving a shit about how a picture looks. your right man, but itd have to be pretty low power to riders lower right. rim lighting would look amazing here imo, and wouldnt take away from the natural lighting.

devinciduck (Jul 13, 2009 at 9:58)

yes a back light would look great, just tricky to shoot with mtb :/

bunkey (Jul 14, 2009 at 5:07)

I dno man, you've just got to plan where the rider is going to be. This is probably the best rim lit shot I've ridden, and it didnt take too long to get right. That said, Ive never taken a rim lit shot myself so I dunno how much effort is required as far as setting it up goes.

devinciduck (Jul 14, 2009 at 19:58)

That shot is pretty wicked, but I'm sure its not rim lit, the flash is, I'm guessing in the lower right , demonstrated by the shadow on your left arm.

bunkey (Jul 15, 2009 at 5:04)

Yes theres a flash to camera right, and theres a flash directly behind me ie. Rimlit - Hence the pop and the glow around various parts of my arm, legs, bike etc.

devinciduck (Jul 15, 2009 at 13:22)

Your correct, it's quite subtle , very nice.

shox2000 (Jan 22, 2009 at 1:30)

sweet poooooddddd!

CarlShacklady (Jan 22, 2009 at 1:35)

massive tree!!! definatly POD

MOIFR (Jan 22, 2009 at 3:41)

iÂ´ve been riding there!!!in summer 07. itÂ´s 1 of the best trails in the world!

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:45)

awesome

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:45)

amazing

Fleixaren (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:54)

holy shit! That's amazing, wow......

Preston671 (Jan 22, 2009 at 5:54)

nice shot =]

javierstunt5 (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:13)

sweeet . POD!

devincirider08 (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:15)

nice POD

justinstevens123 (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:54)

dude hese rideing down hill its not that hard

guitarman29 (Jan 22, 2009 at 14:52)

what a rubbish POD!

stuff1153 (Jan 22, 2009 at 16:59)

ya whistla. pin it

philipstonier (Jan 22, 2009 at 17:49)

not whistler, better luck next year

mp-rider (Jan 25, 2009 at 14:17)

haha... nick and i go by the name of "whistla" at the races...

devinciduck (Dec 2, 2008 at 17:33)

My POD! great shot!

hokuspokus (Jan 22, 2009 at 3:03)

beautyfullllll....

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:45)

sik pik

nouser (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:45)

sweet

craig-202 (Nov 29, 2008 at 11:33)

sweeeeeeeeeet

Alex-IT (Nov 29, 2008 at 11:43)

what a trail

gyukonrick (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:18)

who needs porn

I-BUM-BIKES-2K9-4EVA (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:58)

I made this trail.

amistudio (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:32)

lol

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norcorev-rider1 (Jan 22, 2009 at 21:40)

me taking a shit is more exciting then this..

edeltraught (Jan 22, 2009 at 6:51)

just a rider

the-dadavist (Jan 22, 2009 at 6:56)

could be edited way better

mp-rider (Jan 22, 2009 at 13:00)

Buy me photoshop and I'll edit my pics!

the-dadavist (Jan 24, 2009 at 7:41)

just steal it

yetiboyjay (Jan 22, 2009 at 1:07)

^^^What are you on about, this POD isn't that good. The shot is not clear and the riding is nothing special. All you can see of the trail is that rocky descent...hardly a ground breaking bit of trail design!

supasteve66 (Jan 22, 2009 at 12:10)

mayb you just have a shitty computer

yetiboyjay (Jan 22, 2009 at 14:26) (Below Threshold)

I do have a shitty work IBM laptop, but that doesnt affect the riding. It's boring as hell.

noshofosho (Jan 22, 2009 at 18:19)

IBM laptop? you're boring as hell.
i would ride that trail any day

andpro (Jan 25, 2009 at 12:56)

looks like a POD according to the newsflash they had on POD's. id say its a nice picture even, what with one tree close and one tree far away, and you jealous cause you aren't in a POD.

yetiboyjay (Jan 25, 2009 at 13:11)

I'm really not.

andpro (Jan 25, 2009 at 22:33)

yea, im not really either.

mp-rider (Jan 26, 2009 at 15:39)

Its an amazing trail design... its a tricky triple rock roll, you hit it at speed and you will die!

dropdeaddrew (Jan 22, 2009 at 4:42)

that is sick... x

djbruno (Jan 22, 2009 at 5:32)

nice rock drop!!!

danietto (Jan 22, 2009 at 5:29)

soo, you PAVE the trails in the FORREST, and ride them with "sick" LONG TRAVEL downhill bikes, and you call that "gnarly" and "rad". that is kind of gay dont u think ?!!?

hey, girls, come over to europe, we'll show u how to ride off-tarmac....

dave-m (Jan 22, 2009 at 7:22)

Too funny, Pipeline is classified as a beginner trail on the North Shore. It just happens to be alot of fun to rip on a big bike too.

bradwalton (Jan 22, 2009 at 8:23)

Um, yeah, no one called this trail gnarly or rad. Everyone has plenty of beginner trails- look at the publicity around Whistler and it's 'paved' trails. The 'Shore has some gnarly trails for sure.

rexluthor (Jan 22, 2009 at 9:11)

danietto, the pic really does that section no justice. It's a "three hump stonework roller coaster" that's nothing short of artwork to be seen, especially going down it. I know what you mean from the pic, but that section, to remain in it's current form and not have to be rebuilt every other month, could be constructed no other way, really.

Man, you know mountain biking's come a long way if PL is now a beginner trail...still probably my favourite shore trail.