Photographer : Christophe Bortels
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- Jan 11, 2009 at 9:35Jan 11, 2009
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hubsti
(Jan 11, 2009 at 9:39)
Yeaaaahhh . Downhill is the best !! agrrrrresive style !!! 
PoD
PoD- 47 6
Also, looks like someone splashed some snow on him for effect. Posed! Oh, and the sloppy tire mark in the dirt looks as if he drifted into it in a perfect 2-wheel drift.
- 13 35
WOW, you'd better watch out 'cause you can easly put bar in soil and fall down, sick turn, POD!
- 21 110
the tires arent moving you idiots
if they were they would be a blur or they would look like they have no tread
- 32 44
there is no compresion on the fork due to his weight position on the bik if all u folk who think its fake spent more time riding at less tim postin shit then ud relise this thru ur ridin. also how dould the snow be thrown if it came directly from the ground think about it
- 68 12
Retard. Check YOUR spelling first. The snow that his elbow looks to be sunk into is infront of his elbow. If all the people who are saying this is fake just look down the comments, the photographer admits that the rider crashed, and i would like to state that there is a difference between crashing and faking. This deserves to be POD, a perfect combination of a rider pushing it to the limit (and beyond) and some great photography skills.
POD
POD
- 10 16
I apologise if you were offended by my spelling mistake. but to be honest i couldnt care less if this were faked or not.
- 116 57
i scrolled all the way down here reading your comments and i forgot what the picture was. shit. oh okay. ITS NOT FAKE. clearyl his arm is either in the snow or there is pile of snow right infront of it ? hmm thast could be it also. if someone thru the snow i highly doubt that it would be all in the same area . Of cousre it loks like his tires arent moving its called technolgy. you can take picture like this now. (that was for fatsir) Theres no compression becasue he is clearly just turning in. i bet you if there was another pic you will start to see compression. oh and all those bull shit smileing things . CMON who doesnt like to smile riding. Maybe just maybe hes having fun. huh ever think about that. I dont care if you think this shouldnt be pod becasue it is a 'fix' this deserves to be POD. thats right it does. even if it is a fake its a pretty dam good fake. Go ahead that little red arrow press it .
- 14 12
lol ya i went on a rant big deal. i also went riding right after that tho. lol
thnak god for bcs million biking locations
- 8 10
Its Clearly a crash, all you who say its Fake are idiots.. like Ch'mon! look at his left hand, its about letting go, and you can see the white snow by the front tire where he is slipping out.... FRICK!
- 23 1
scottrallye... just give it a rest. you have commented over 40 times on how you are convinced this is a fake. nobody cares what you think 40 times. you have an opinion. you voiced it. now STFU. oh yea and stop mocking people with comments like "has clearly never ridden a bike" and "If you've ever ridden a bike on anything gnarlier that a bike path..."
look people dont come on here to get shit like that from you...
no doubt ive provoked a very opinionated reply from you.
look people dont come on here to get shit like that from you...
no doubt ive provoked a very opinionated reply from you.
- 19 10
WTF, why this pic got POD? Its obviously fake. The lack of fork compression is enough. Centrifugal force has to have huge value in order to keep the rider vertical (or nearly vertical) and this requires FULL (or nearly full) fork compression. U can't make it without it. To all of you who say its real, maybe u should go back and learn some maths and physics elementary school?
- 12 3
Yea, ok, ok. And why are his eyes looking EXACTLY into the camera? When you ride you look forward to your trajectory, so the only way is if photograther sitting on his way. But he is even smiling)))) HAve you ever smiled while crashing? Just fake...
- 5 1
and if you look to the peices of snow in the air, there heading toward him, someone prolly kicked snow at him
- 18 3
sorry, i dont think this should be pod.. you can tell it is fake because 1 there is absolutely no compression of the fork 2 he has a monster grin on his face, you smile while riding but you concentrate a hell of alot when pinning 3 the snow is all in front of him, nothing behind him 4 that is extremely low to be railing on snow. i know im gunna get neg. props but...
- 7 5
All of the above useless "fake" comments could have been avoided by scrolling down and reading. Granted that would require a lot of you to pull your heads out of your ass. Who cares if it's fake? We all ride bikes. Controversial POD today, respect.
- 6 1
I dont think this was a staged photo, he isnt just laying there on his elbow . if you look you can see where his elbow has dragged through the snow, the snow in the air wasnt kicked there by sumone off camera, its cleary comim off the tire .although i believe this real, i think its safe to say he didnt recover from that angle. infact this pic i would consider to be a crash , if you look behind the front tire, there is a tire mark which tells me that the tire is slidding out on him . none the less, great picture .
- 2 3
recless, what did i just get through saying?? its not a fake, its a crash . you should read up before you start shit talkin
- 5 1
nocco6622, u can throw the snow in, if u notice, its coming off the wheels...
and the position is just too relaxed to be lying on his elbow. he looks like he's riding, u cant fake this one...
- 3 5
its fake! both his brakes are pulled in and look at the smile in his face!! if it was real why would he be breaking on the burm and why would he be smiling?
- 2 1
definitely NOT fake. he may not have made it out of the turn and photo was prob taken as he was going down which is why he is clenching the brakes and his elbow is really low. all you little 12 year olds saying this aint real, you really need to learn how to STFU!
- 3 2
Yes this is a controversial pod but I personally believe that he is laying on his elbow, 1.) He is Staring straight at the camera 2.) He is smiling (yes you can smile when you ride I know I'm not a dumbass it is possible to smile while you ride) wouldn't you think that you would be concentrating when you are railing a berm, I mean look at Sam Hills face, plus who smiles when they crash? Even if it is a berm it still hurts a bit to fall, especially when you aren't looking where you are going but instead at the camera?. 3.) No fork compression at all.
So I'm either going with a fake or, as the photo taker said below, It was a set up and he wanted him to get more angle...
So I'm either going with a fake or, as the photo taker said below, It was a set up and he wanted him to get more angle...
- 3 0
It's not fake! No one could hold that position on his elbow. If they were throwing snow for effect, it would be clumped, you can tell that snow is wet! Brakes are pulled in because that's an instinctive reaction when you are about to crash. Fork is not compressed because he is passed the apex of the turn. He's smiling because it's hella fun, and he's pinning!
- 0 7
It's a fake, because of this
img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/sup3rc0w/Picture1-1.png
Check out the smily on his face
Great pic regardless
img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/sup3rc0w/Picture1-1.png
Check out the smily on his face
Great pic regardless
- 1 3
C'mon mate, look at his face and tell me hes not posing?
Yea everyone just pins it around a corner like that, with a big smile on his face, looking the Photog in the eye/lens
Yea everyone just pins it around a corner like that, with a big smile on his face, looking the Photog in the eye/lens
- 4 0
I don't really think it matters, but I still disagree. If the smile is your evidence, I'd like to see you support all your weight on your elbow in that position, with feet on your pedals and then smile like all is good. His eyes at the camera is all about where the photog was, he's prolly looking right through him! I sometimes grin when I'm about to eat it, in an "OH SHEE-IT!!" kinda way...
- 5 0
Nice. It's an obvious crash but shows total commitment from the rider. And obviously the fork isn't compressed because once the tyres slide out the weight is removed and the fork rebounds. I don't think he's smiling. He's gritting his teeth which most people do when bracing for an impact or are riding hard. And I think the photographer got lucky and just caught him looking into the lens. The snow wouldn't be solid enough for him to hold his and his bikes weight on such a small point as his elbow. It would sink into the snow. And then there's the snow spray.
Give people the benefit of the doubt.
- 3 2
Course he's moving!
Fast shutter speed = no blur.
You cant really tell how much fork compression there is from this anyways.
And the spray obviously shows he was moving
Fast shutter speed = no blur.
You cant really tell how much fork compression there is from this anyways.
And the spray obviously shows he was moving
- 1 0
everyone who doesn't think this pic is real, LOOK AT HIS TIRE AND PANTS, the snow is coming from his tire and kicking up. You could say "someone is just throwing it in front of him, then taking it." But... there is no snow coming from the side of the berm only the tire. hope this settles you're ridiculous accusations.
- 2 0
i believe he did crash, but not absolutely pinning it. i think he slid along (you can see the front tyre mark) and fell on his side. if he was absolutely pinning it, then there would be a blow out or wash out, wouldnt there be?? i think so at least..
- 3 2
your stupid its real
and another thing if you dont have fun and smilin when bikin maybe you should quit
- 2 1
+ If you took the time to check out his album you'd see there's no reason for him to fake somthing like this
- 2 1
FATSSIIIRRRR, okay now that i have your attention man you have no life. you just changed your complete beliefs on this pic
- 0 1
sd52bad-Tires DO make tire marks in snow/frozen ground lol
as you can clearly see behind his front tire
as you can clearly see behind his front tire
- 0 1
Obviously it depends how frozen it is. But i didn't see that
IMO thats proof that this was shot right before a crash. Cos that looks like hes skidding off to me
- 1 1
nah dont really matter how frozen it is, your still gonna leave marks, especially if there is snow, and it wouldnt be a crash
- 1 1
sorry but if you think that its fake because his elbow is on the ground think about this.. if you look at the ground under the tires its WET.. so if his elbow was in the snow it would be sinking in the ground and wouldnt look right ( if it was a fake ).
- 0 0
Ok i ride in the snow and my tires dont throw that much snow..
they obviously had som who tossed it
- 1 1
OK... Everbody Farking stop trying to be Grissolm from CS-farking-I and put this thing to bed! The POD is over a month old now and you guys are still bloody debating a lost cause... no one well ever agree so leave it alone already! I am so tired of this turning up in my dashboard!
- 0 1
i think he is lying on his elbow because his forks arent compressed at all, and to get that low on a berm you have to be going fast so i'd expect to see some compression
- 1 0
i reckon its real coz he vo wouldnt be able to hole the weight of his bike and his body on his shoulder on soft snow
- 3 1
how can you say its fake. im mx i can ride around a burm and you can have the bars and your elbow touching the ground while riding.
this is 100% possible
this is 100% possible
my god, your honestly still debating it? its been settled for over a year...- 14 2
when will finally be the pic of the two guys who died a pod?!?!? i mean..pinkbike, show some respect. this picture is great, but if he would really be riding so fast, his suspension would be bottomed out, so hes probably just laying in the snow. the pic with those two riders should be pod like a freaking week ago!!!! i dont care about the negative props, here i come.
- 3 1
thank you. it seems like the only pics that are pod is when lots of people say pod. im ashamed of you pinkbike.
- 14 3
looks posed to me. the fork isn't compressed at all, the snow flying up is in front of the front wheel, theres no roost coming off either tire for such apparent speed, it looks like his rear brake is on(but that could be the angle of view), the front tire seems otherwise very clean to be shooting up snow in the front like that, and his elbow is to the ground, which for such a deep turn- there would be more visual information of such "trajectory". my sincere apologies if i am wrong, i will look at the album it came from, but if i am right then i feel i have the right to say that posing photos like this should be left to apparel catalogues, not mtn bike sites.
- 5 0
wow, this pic has set off some proper inane and pointless arguements!! I understand why people might think its posed/fake, no fork compression, elbow on the ground, tyres not moving etc etc, but all those things can be explained too. He was leaning back, he's just about to crash, the camera used must have beed a good one with fast shutter speed etc etc. Besides, the photogropher does state that the rider drifted and crashed.
To be honest, i don't think it really matters. To me, It's just a great pic.
To be honest, i don't think it really matters. To me, It's just a great pic.
- 4 0
I have another theory:
The pic is real! But when it happens, I mean, when nico made that really sick turn, with his elbow just stuck in the ground, the photografer was caught on surprise and he couldnt belive that was real.... it was such a amaizing movement that he lost his breath and took the shot!!! So he said to Nico: "hey man... it was wounderfull, but i miss the pic... could you do it again???.... Nico Said: " no f*cking way man!!!! i've just lost my elbow and ate snow, grass and everything that come in mey way...."
the photografer thought to hinself for a while.... a said: HAAAAAAAÃÃÃÃ.... i have a idea.. lets make a stage action pic!!!!
the guys made the picture, went home happy, posted it on pinkbike and now they are reading all this bullsh8it and laughing at our faces....
The pic is real! But when it happens, I mean, when nico made that really sick turn, with his elbow just stuck in the ground, the photografer was caught on surprise and he couldnt belive that was real.... it was such a amaizing movement that he lost his breath and took the shot!!! So he said to Nico: "hey man... it was wounderfull, but i miss the pic... could you do it again???.... Nico Said: " no f*cking way man!!!! i've just lost my elbow and ate snow, grass and everything that come in mey way...."
the photografer thought to hinself for a while.... a said: HAAAAAAAÃÃÃÃ.... i have a idea.. lets make a stage action pic!!!!
the guys made the picture, went home happy, posted it on pinkbike and now they are reading all this bullsh8it and laughing at our faces....
- 4 1
It's fake because of:
1 Tires not spinning 2 No compression on the fork 3 Holding onto the brakes 4 Elbow in the ground 5 Snow was kicked into the picture 6 He's staring at the camera
1&3 are related: Generally when you hold onto the brakes, your tires stop spinning. +1 to you. Why he's holding the brakes? Natural instinct when you're about to crash(OH HEY, the photographer said he crashed) 2 There's no compression because he's coming close to the end of the berm 3 Explained 4 There's a pile of snow before his elbow in the picture. You can't support your bike like that 5 FROM WHERE? The snow is going up into the air from the tire hitting the berm. L2Play. Finally, 6 He's staring PAST the camera not AT it. You're supposed to look a fair distance in front of where you're going, because the ground you've already seen isn't going to change, so you don't have to worry about it anymore
/end of novel
1 Tires not spinning 2 No compression on the fork 3 Holding onto the brakes 4 Elbow in the ground 5 Snow was kicked into the picture 6 He's staring at the camera
1&3 are related: Generally when you hold onto the brakes, your tires stop spinning. +1 to you. Why he's holding the brakes? Natural instinct when you're about to crash(OH HEY, the photographer said he crashed) 2 There's no compression because he's coming close to the end of the berm 3 Explained 4 There's a pile of snow before his elbow in the picture. You can't support your bike like that 5 FROM WHERE? The snow is going up into the air from the tire hitting the berm. L2Play. Finally, 6 He's staring PAST the camera not AT it. You're supposed to look a fair distance in front of where you're going, because the ground you've already seen isn't going to change, so you don't have to worry about it anymore
/end of novel
- 1 2
Dude its not fake, you can see where his elbow dragged through the snow and hes obvously falling to the ground, and hitting breaks is a natural reaction for most people. The reason his shocks are not compressed is because he would of just gotten out of the turn and would be pedeling hard, and to prove he fell, here you go. kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg Hes smiling, well, because hes obvously having a good time! also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.
- 3 0
damn everyone's saying a bunch of shit, look even if he is faking or not he tried he gave it all he had if you think its shitty lets see you and your photographer go shoot some pics and show this guy up, this picture is amazing even if its been 'edited' or not who the fuck cares its a chill picture , this is my own opinion if you agree with me good if you dont i guess your the dumbass for not seeing a decient looking picture. POD
- 2 0
I would just like to add for all you little schmucks who commented on the tires not rolling, go look at the photographers other pics with this guy jumping in air and you'll notice that you can still see the tires not moving. tell me how you fake that and i'll give you a cookie
- 0 4
hahahaha made me laugh that mate. I rekon its probabally a fake due to many factors (tyres not being one..) or it is real and it was a super timed picture right before he hit his elbo and fell slipped out. Either way im really not bothered which one it is as it looked cool and got everyones attention. what else can you ask from a POD.
- 1 1
Dude its not fake, you can see where his elbow dragged through the snow and hes obvously falling to the ground, and hitting breaks is a natural reaction for most people. The reason his shocks are not compressed is because he would of just gotten out of the turn and would be pedeling hard, and to prove he fell, here you go. kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg Hes smiling, well, because hes obvously having a good time! also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.
also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.- 1 0
Yeah its a great pic.
perhaps the elbow on the floor, the built up snow under the elbow, the obvious slide marks by front wheel, the lack of tyre movement the uncompressed fork and the thrown up snow maybe point toward a washed out front wheel goin in to hard/fast.
What ever is going on here its still a unique picture.
perhaps the elbow on the floor, the built up snow under the elbow, the obvious slide marks by front wheel, the lack of tyre movement the uncompressed fork and the thrown up snow maybe point toward a washed out front wheel goin in to hard/fast.
What ever is going on here its still a unique picture.
- 2 1
all who say its fake because of the compression your stupid... he clearly could be leaving the corner thus causing him to be pulling up and pedaling hard.... so the suspesion would become un-compressed... you guys are idiots.. this is an epic picture.. so stop being jealous of this awesome riding
- 2 1
Jesus this has a lot of comments, what with shoop and people posing you never know wether it's real but I don't care that much...
I don't know if someone's said this because I'm not reading 380 comments but there's a big tyre slide mark coming from his front wheel easily long enough for his fork to "uncompress", it just seems real to me.
I don't know if someone's said this because I'm not reading 380 comments but there's a big tyre slide mark coming from his front wheel easily long enough for his fork to "uncompress", it just seems real to me.
- 1 0
Look at the bright white patch of snow behind the front tire, you can see how his front tire has slid out. He is probably biting it and the photographer caught the pic just as he was falling. Real picture, of a guy bailing, cool none the less though!!! I don't think a guy would own that top of the line gear, and bike, to make fake pictures and post them on PINKBIKE.
Rad picture man!!
- 1 0
WOW! lots of comments! So, I did not read all of the comments because there are just too many so if I repeat what someone else has already posted my apologies. Where is the parabolic wave like washout ejection out and over to the outside of the berm? SNOW and ICE at this speed with his supposed angle would send the rear wheel out over the berm while not forgetting the lack of compression in the fork as previously mentioned. A list of things that do not jive for me : brakes pulled, smile, eyes on camera, no parabolic ejection, elbow in the snow, lack of fork compression, body should be leaning to the outside of the turn applying some compression to the inside edges of the tires and the seamingly relaxed clothes furls that are being pulled by gravity towards the center of the earth and not towards the berm under gravitational force. If he did crash then it was a low speed setup for a...?
- 1 0
NOT FAKE! besides the photographer explaining that he fell afterwards, all of the folks saying its fake because a fork isnt compressed... forks uncomress as well... especially in instances where front wheel traction has been lost and the fork slides "sideways" along the ground UNCOMPRESSING!!!! cant be compressed if theres nothing pushing against it anymore... good photo of a second before a crash... props to the photographer...
- 1 1
Take a look at say nathan rennie railing a burm www.pinkbike.com/photo/2198910, now im sure rennie can ride and this guy looks like he can hold his own based on bike, outfit, and the mad railing in the snow but his body position is all off if he were actually going to rail the burm, his shoulders, elbows, head are all wrong, and his body position is way forward, he even looks like he is trying to hold himself up by the elbow. o and imagine that rennie's fork is compressed wow
- 0 0
hes looking directly at the camera. and obviously if hes downhilling so intensly he would be looking directly at the trail in front of him. SO the cameras in the middle of the trail, but for him to lean that far he must be going really fast, and the cameras only a couple feet in front of him(unless theyre zooming, in which case im completely wrong). sooo not a safe place for acameraman. he wouldnt be standing there to take the picture. i think its fake but i really have no better opinion than everyone else. just a hunch
- 0 0
does anyone else notice that he is looking straight into the camera lol what a ledge hahahaha but he makes a mockery of the good riders who can actually do things like this. so pic your elbow of the ground bro look down the trail and give it another shot and maybe just maybe one day you might get your knee on the ground lol you stupid ass
- 1 1
f**king idiots all around.
Look at his front tire,you can clearly see that it's compressed because he took this corner at speed. Also if he would'nt be moving,his tires should be full of snow.Front fork can be explained by that he leans on his back wheel,AND because the surface under his tires does not grip that good yet,the fork won't compress.NOT EVERYBODY SLAMS INTO THE BERM AND BOTTOMS THEY'RE SUSPENSION,SOME PEOPLE CAN RIDE TOO.
Look at his front tire,you can clearly see that it's compressed because he took this corner at speed. Also if he would'nt be moving,his tires should be full of snow.Front fork can be explained by that he leans on his back wheel,AND because the surface under his tires does not grip that good yet,the fork won't compress.NOT EVERYBODY SLAMS INTO THE BERM AND BOTTOMS THEY'RE SUSPENSION,SOME PEOPLE CAN RIDE TOO.
- 4 2
obviousley a fake. no compression in the forks. elbow resting on the floor and he is looking directly into the camera
- 1 2
Regardless if the image is a fake or not (which i think it is) the quality of the shot brings great colour and crisp imagery.
But as warhorsey said. The fork isn't compressed so that means the picture is staged. But Staging an action shot isn't the worst thing that has ever happened on this site. So give the photographer a break.
On that note. If you are going to stage action do it right and not so noticeable. Elbow on the ground, fork not compressed, looks like a washout and the rider just brought his bike off the ground where was was laying.
Still a good shot though. Not POD imo
But as warhorsey said. The fork isn't compressed so that means the picture is staged. But Staging an action shot isn't the worst thing that has ever happened on this site. So give the photographer a break.
On that note. If you are going to stage action do it right and not so noticeable. Elbow on the ground, fork not compressed, looks like a washout and the rider just brought his bike off the ground where was was laying.
Still a good shot though. Not POD imo
- 0 1
Dude its not fake, you can see where his elbow dragged through the snow and hes obvously falling to the ground, and hitting breaks is a natural reaction for most people. The reason his shocks are not compressed is because he would of just gotten out of the turn and would be pedeling hard, and to prove he fell, here you go. kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg Hes smiling, well, because hes obvously having a good time! also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.
- 1 0
Actually it is staged. I'm not saying its a bad picture at all. Just staged.
From you say he is washing out right? I have washed out quite a few times while getting shots of me done and I usually stop smiling. Not only that he is looking right at the camera. Again if he is washing out he would stop looking at the camera.
Another thing. His elbow is completely vertical and shows no sign of being dragged on the ground. Also his tires are resting on the berm in a way that would prevent the bike fromsliding while HE HOLDS HIMSELF UP!
So once again its a great shot. Just staged like alot of great photos out there.
From you say he is washing out right? I have washed out quite a few times while getting shots of me done and I usually stop smiling. Not only that he is looking right at the camera. Again if he is washing out he would stop looking at the camera.
Another thing. His elbow is completely vertical and shows no sign of being dragged on the ground. Also his tires are resting on the berm in a way that would prevent the bike fromsliding while HE HOLDS HIMSELF UP!
So once again its a great shot. Just staged like alot of great photos out there.
- 1 1
wtf are you all on about it clearly isnt fake there is snow flying off the frount wheel so unless thats resting in the air like you are all saying his elbow is doing on the floor it isnt fake
- 2 3
ok why is this pod? really? it doesent looked posed. but at the same time doesnt look real. more like photo shoped. the reason i belive this is there is no compresion on the fork. i dont care how stiff the fork is, there ais a facter no one has considered. centrifical force. so my conclusion is if its not photo shoped then he was posing. ether way. i dont think it should be pod. sorry. oh wait in not!
- 0 1
www.pinkbike.com/photo/2198910
this is a REAL pod, not this stup!d fake thing....
i just think that Nico want show his brand new TLD outfit and he got it!!!! he had more then 350 comments and i think that we have a new record...
anyway.. its a silly photo...
this is a REAL pod, not this stup!d fake thing....
i just think that Nico want show his brand new TLD outfit and he got it!!!! he had more then 350 comments and i think that we have a new record...
anyway.. its a silly photo...
- 0 1
scottrallye... just give it a rest. you have commented over 40 times on how you are convinced this is a fake. nobody cares what you think 40 times. you have an opinion. you voiced it. now STFU. oh yea and stop mocking people with comments like "has clearly never ridden a bike" and "If you've ever ridden a bike on anything gnarlier that a bike path..." look people dont come on here to get shit like that from you... no doubt ive provoked a very opinionated reply from you.
- 0 1
when will finally be the pic of the two guys who died a pod?!?!? i mean..pinkbike, show some respect. this picture is great, but if he would really be riding so fast, his suspension would be bottomed out, so hes probably just laying in the snow. the pic with those two riders should be pod like a freaking week ago!!!! i dont care about the negative props, here i come.
- 2 0
Its real, heres prof kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
his elbow is on the ground because he fell to the ground.
his elbow is on the ground because he fell to the ground.
- 2 3
Nice shoot les gars. Pour prouver que ça n'est pas un fake, de 1 la trace du pneu avant qui rape sur le sol et de 2, les projections de neige.
Bravo Christophe en tout cas !
Bravo Christophe en tout cas !
- 1 0
Mais alors pourquoi le coude à l'air si bien posé, et pourquoi le rider sourit-il bêtement en regardant l'objectif ? tu regardes souvent l'objectif quand tu rides ????? Un doute subsiste sur cette photo
- 0 0
Looking at it twice... yeh it aint real, no marks before, or whilst in the berm, no suspension sag or lean of tyres, good pic n all, but not quite believable!
- 0 0
look the front tire line on snow. The front wheel slide and he crash...
here is the pics
kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
here is the pics
kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg
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Ooooohh.. looks like he is going in to an important Dinner or something like that, he is all clean...:p looks too he is doing that ''say cheese!!'' thing XD
good arms strenght by the way.
good arms strenght by the way.
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boa man! good one!
how can u ride on the snow, railing a berm at that speed and your jersey remains clean?!?
C'mon PINKBIKE, do u think we're all fools or what
how can u ride on the snow, railing a berm at that speed and your jersey remains clean?!?
C'mon PINKBIKE, do u think we're all fools or what
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Dude its not fake, you can see where his elbow dragged through the snow and hes obvously falling to the ground, and hitting both breaks is a natural reaction for most people. The reason his shocks are not compressed is because he would of just gotten out of the turn and would be pedeling hard, and to prove he fell, here you go. http://kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg Hes smiling, well, because hes obvously having a good time!
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in my oppinion this is fake... and your proof looks fake... where is the tire marks behind that rather large indent that started the slide? then there are the other obvious points which i will not point out because they have been done so enough times, and the photographer can say what he likes whether it is true or false
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looks weird. he looks stopped with no fork compression and also looks like he is lying on his elbow. idk if its real or fake or a crash
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Dude its not fake, you can see where his elbow dragged through the snow and hes obvously falling to the ground, and hitting breaks is a natural reaction for most people. The reason his shocks are not compressed is because he would of just gotten out of the turn and would be pedeling hard, and to prove he fell, here you go. kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg Hes smiling, well, because hes obvously having a good time! also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.
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ITS DEFINATLY fake...look at his eyes. When in a corner like that you have to have your eyes at the end of the burm...his eyes are looking right at the camera...and his fork isnt doing much either
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Dude its not fake, you can see where his elbow dragged through the snow and hes obvously falling to the ground, and hitting breaks is a natural reaction for most people. The reason his shocks are not compressed is because he would of just gotten out of the turn and would be pedeling hard, and to prove he fell, here you go. kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg Hes smiling, well, because hes obvously having a good time! also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.
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look at the mark from his front tire sliding out you can tell if you actually look at the picture that it isnt fake the guy probably just slid out after the turn.
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how does that mean it's posed. Moron. Check one of my pics. I'm smiling when I bailed. Is that posed as well?>
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Nice. It's an obvious crash but shows total commitment from the rider. And obviously the fork isn't compressed because once the tyres slide out the weight is removed and the fork rebounds. I don't think he's smiling. He's gritting his teeth which most people do when bracing for an impact or are riding hard. And I think the photographer got lucky and just caught him looking into the lens. The snow wouldn't be solid enough for him to hold his and his bikes weight on such a small point as his elbow. It would sink into the snow. And then there's the snow spray.
Give people the benefit of the doubt.
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C'mon Robin its a damn fake... next time we go to Skatas I can make U even better pic if u can lay down on a elbow so well and U ask someone to kick the snow into ur face... i could do it better as im intelligent enough to throw the snow do it looks like under the tires not in front of the guy...
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i meant that's what POD not riding is all about - a nice/good/interesting pic... anyway i don't care whether i'm confusing anybody or not... you're confusing me with your spelling
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there is now way in hell this pic is fake... look at all the detail in the snow flying off his front tire
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telling people to look up centrifugal force when you obviously didnt? the Gs would be pushing to the outside,down through the bike, compressing the fork. its the same as when your on say... a roller coaster going around a turn, and you cant lift your hands. dont call people names if you dont know what your talking about yourself.
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But ever notice on a roller coaster your pushed against the back of the seat when you go around a curve like that?
same as on a bike, he's being pushed back, so therefore most of the weight would be on the rear shock.
same as on a bike, he's being pushed back, so therefore most of the weight would be on the rear shock.
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if there wasnt any weight on that wheel he wouldn't be able to have drifted into the corner like that tire mark would suggest. aaand he would have loped off the back. whatevs. i think its fake, you think its real, we each can have cookies. yum.
no suspension conpression hmm epic never the less- 11 3
yes... the first pictures were not exciting so I asked him to take more angle, and he did ;-) then he tried to rectify but of course he crashed ^^
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erik74 the snow is in front of his tires. If you bike in snow, your tire spins backwards on the bottom and therefore the snow goes backwards. In the picture, the snow is in front of him, so obviously someone has kicked snow in front of him.
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snows sticky eh? go ride through snow and you'll realize it sticks to the tires, plus, if it were thrown, it would clump up and wouldnt have the spray pattern it does
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Dude its not fake, you can see where his elbow dragged through the snow and hes obvously falling to the ground, and hitting breaks is a natural reaction for most people. The reason his shocks are not compressed is because he would of just gotten out of the turn and would be pedeling hard, and to prove he fell, here you go. kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg Hes smiling, well, because hes obvously having a good time! also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.
also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.- 1 3
how do you get snow spray in front of the rider? that just doesn't add up come on pinkbike POD deciders, this is f*ckin weak
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ha ha ha!!! schilly is right, this is fake, and YOU are the dumbass!!! ha ha ha!!! go back to school!
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acottrallye get a life stop fantasising over this if it is fake or if he is falling of if he has amazing skill if you think he is posing i say go outside on your bike with a mate and try pose a picture like this and lets see if you can because i highly doubt it because all you do is critisise those around you because your jelouse as you cant ride or have as much skill on a bike as them so stop being a watse of space
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Dude its not fake, you can see where his elbow dragged through the snow and hes obvously falling to the ground, and hitting breaks is a natural reaction for most people. The reason his shocks are not compressed is because he would of just gotten out of the turn and would be pedeling hard, and to prove he fell, here you go. kepfeltoltes.hu/090125/pbpic2876951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg Hes smiling, well, because hes obvously having a good time! also, do you really thing he could have snow flying off his tires, support himself and bike while still on the pedals, hold perfect position, and smile while on his elbow?!? try it, its hard. Plus he would sink into the snow.
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ha ha ha!!! if you only knew how to ride a bike correctly you would know you want equal wight on each tire, thus the fork SHOULD be compressed... you're a fool!
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Just because you want it doesnt mean its going to be that way.
On a corner like that most of his weight would be on the rear wheel.
Maybe if you knew physics correctly.
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1) Shocks do work in the snow, its the extreme cold they wouldnt work well in. and i mean extreme.
2) You can get snow tires for bikes, that wouldnt freeze or crack.
3) How would you throw snow in that pattern?
4) Centrifugal force, thats why the fornt shock isnt compressed, look it up.
5) The wheels arent moving because of a fast exposure, the lighting with snow is very bright, so you could easily do that.
6) Of course its photoshopped, most proffesional pictures are just to change lighting or contrast or crop it. And photoshopping something doesnt necessarily make it fake.
7) Your a dumbass and stfu.
2) You can get snow tires for bikes, that wouldnt freeze or crack.
3) How would you throw snow in that pattern?
4) Centrifugal force, thats why the fornt shock isnt compressed, look it up.
5) The wheels arent moving because of a fast exposure, the lighting with snow is very bright, so you could easily do that.
6) Of course its photoshopped, most proffesional pictures are just to change lighting or contrast or crop it. And photoshopping something doesnt necessarily make it fake.
7) Your a dumbass and stfu.
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4) Centrifugal forces...
If you swing a bucket of water, the water doesnt fall on you.... BECAUSE the water is PINNED to the bottom by fake gravity... IF he had actually come into that turn at speed, the centrifugal momentum WOULD in fact compress the front and rear shocks... I see NO sag, therefore this IS a faked photo... OR maybe its a step ravine and the camera itself was put at a sharp angel, they have picked this spot because the tree's were crooked too...
7) calling people dumbasses, usually implies you too are a dumbass....
If you swing a bucket of water, the water doesnt fall on you.... BECAUSE the water is PINNED to the bottom by fake gravity... IF he had actually come into that turn at speed, the centrifugal momentum WOULD in fact compress the front and rear shocks... I see NO sag, therefore this IS a faked photo... OR maybe its a step ravine and the camera itself was put at a sharp angel, they have picked this spot because the tree's were crooked too...
7) calling people dumbasses, usually implies you too are a dumbass....
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no ur a dumbass 
JK i do somewhat believe this photo considering the tire marks and snow fly up and ya his elbow may be on the ground but thats because ifit is real hes crashing and just doing it for the shot and maybe the fork isnt compressed because when making an agressive corner you have to pull up and/or lean back somewhat to whip the bike through the corner because u cant see the rear suspension if it is real i guarantee the rear suspension is compressed quite a bit and o look at that the tire is pretty close to the seat it is real unless hes smart and also backed off his preload spring to make it look compressed
JK i do somewhat believe this photo considering the tire marks and snow fly up and ya his elbow may be on the ground but thats because ifit is real hes crashing and just doing it for the shot and maybe the fork isnt compressed because when making an agressive corner you have to pull up and/or lean back somewhat to whip the bike through the corner because u cant see the rear suspension if it is real i guarantee the rear suspension is compressed quite a bit and o look at that the tire is pretty close to the seat it is real unless hes smart and also backed off his preload spring to make it look compressed