knigge at menai freeride in Sydney, Australia - photo by bmoony

photo by Nathan Sawley

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POD Photo of the Day on Feb 21, 2011

Selected by Ian Hylands - Every now and then I see a shot from a year or so ago and wonder why it was never POD. This shot is sick. So much style on this hip... And the light is nice as well which definitely makes the photo stand out.

( 3 PODs )

Photo info

Album: 2010-choice-cuts
Category: All Mountain/Enduro
Date Posted: May 25, 2010 at 5:36
May 25, 2010
Location: Sydney, Australia
Trail: menai freeride
Riders: knigge

Photo details

Photo Size:

Camera

Nikon D300

Shutter Speed

1/500

Aperture

2.8

Focal Length

120.0 mm

ISO Speed

400

Date

2010:05:22

Time

13:21:02

94 Comments

14 1

WAKIdesigns (Jun 3, 2010 at 3:49)

damn, thats massive

98 24

downfall93 (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:19)

thats what she said...

dhiller661 (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:21)

Killin it!

66 11

scottmillphotography (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:21)

@downfall-How did i know some tool was going to have to say that...

pinityoufairy (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:35)

why is ian hylands choosing every pod?

18 1

moutnbiker (Feb 21, 2011 at 1:00)

Because he is the new Photo Editor....duh

asanfilippo (Feb 21, 2011 at 1:15)

DopeAsFuck!

Matthew233 (Feb 21, 2011 at 5:09)

That's a dirty pic!!!!!!!...WOOOO-HOOOOO!!!!!!!!

matt-bike-baha (Feb 21, 2011 at 6:45)

what a wizard

Lumber-Jack (Feb 21, 2011 at 6:56)

sick

mtb1stdegree (Feb 21, 2011 at 8:52)

Yes! Ian is the new editor, now we will have some ballin POD's.

D1RTbmxjump3r (Feb 21, 2011 at 8:54)

That's a legit POD.

TomMurphy (Feb 21, 2011 at 13:06)

oh yeah!

jbike101 (Feb 21, 2011 at 16:14)

my computer wont load the pic... still looks sick lol

mty10 (Feb 21, 2011 at 19:37)

I 3 that drop. havent hit the jump buit the drop is fun. :p

RideBikes927 (Mar 11, 2011 at 16:17)

whip

chrisyzmad (Feb 21, 2011 at 6:04)

i wish england was like that now we got shity snow and rain id kill 4 it 2 be summer

youngFR (Feb 21, 2011 at 19:03)

sorry to say but is so nice out here in southern california. i was out riding all day. i was tell all my friends about how we dont even know how nice we really have it.

chrisyzmad (Feb 25, 2011 at 13:00)

soo jealous always wanted to live in California and cause of the crap weather over here i haven't hit a dirt jump in ages

youngFR (Feb 25, 2011 at 21:12)

ya man i know im lucky to live here to bad theres not a hole lot of land out here to buld on unless you know some one or make illegal trails/jumps

seraph (Feb 21, 2011 at 20:26)

I like the unfocused plants in the foreground. It makes it look like we are peeking through a hole in the foliage and catching a glimpse of an endangered species on a nature show.

jetta (May 25, 2010 at 7:30)

sick shot

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nouser (May 25, 2010 at 7:31)

deserves a pod and an oscar for this

jizzy-b (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:05)

Deserves all that and cake. Top quality pod.

Axemen30 (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:09)

love the colors!!! looks great! sick shot

kbrock (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:12)

EXCELLENT shot. There is a lot going on in the photo - nice green to the left and right, perfect lighting, a ton of air, and that wooden drop in the back gives it a lot of depth.

wayno05 (Feb 21, 2011 at 16:12)

ian pretty funny how you put people in their place about the pod's and they are all scared to say any thing harsh!!!

beard2 (Feb 21, 2011 at 18:36)

That is photoshopped for sure there is no way you can get that much height into that jump

bikesarehellafun (Feb 21, 2011 at 19:20)

Yep. You'd have to boost like a maniac to get even 2 foot above the lip on that hit.

dominat0r (Feb 21, 2011 at 21:09)

Agreed! And the rider looks WAY too small for where he should be mid air prospective to the camera... Unless the dude is a midget

alexisinflames (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:02)

POD fo sho! go big or go home

nouser (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:12)

Awsome shot, Glad it is PoD

carrerablastrider (Feb 21, 2011 at 8:57)

the sun, the green trees, the shorts and t-shirt, the dry trails! yeah this POD made me excited for summer

TR450DAN (Feb 21, 2011 at 18:53)

Great to see my trail as P.O.D!

beard2 (Feb 21, 2011 at 21:51)

Also if you look at the rider he is in shade but the bush to the right of him are all in the sun

bmoony (Feb 23, 2011 at 13:26)

if you know the track as you say then you would know that 'bush to the right' is actually before the upramp, and in between the upramp and downramp is a massive gumtree which has probably shadowed the rider a bit.

beard2 (Feb 24, 2011 at 3:20)

Isn't it your photo? So you should actually know if the gum tree shadowed the rider when it was taken. If you look at another photo you have taken on the same jump the rider is lower and but around the same position and has the sun on him. It's a great photo but the rider is way to small for the photo as well as the height of the rider just does not make sense for that jump

katinasd (May 27, 2010 at 1:21)

great shot!

smittyDH1 (May 29, 2010 at 3:47)

that is a sweeeeeet shot

maudey (Jun 3, 2010 at 3:48)

nice one where abouts this track at

nouser (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:03)

read the description, its menai freeride park in Sydney

guy38 (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:04)

just type up menai on google maps?
thats what i did...

beds (Jun 5, 2010 at 3:46)

beutiful

luis-beri (Feb 21, 2011 at 2:37)

keep´em coming ian... nice selection

pedalmetal (Feb 21, 2011 at 4:38)

Boosty and stylely, looks good. Rad shot !

frgres (Feb 21, 2011 at 5:57)

POOOOOOOOOOOOOD

Great Job man! ;p

TheLongMan (Feb 21, 2011 at 9:07)

I wonder how many feet...

HorseKicker (Feb 21, 2011 at 13:37)

number 7 fits quite well

nate15rands (Feb 21, 2011 at 16:33)

brapp that! and the best bike out there

bouncer666 (Feb 21, 2011 at 17:44)

ummm can you say steeze? yeah buddy, git some

chimchims (Feb 21, 2011 at 21:06)

yea........sick scrub dude.........floater

kingkiy0 (Feb 21, 2011 at 23:51)

THIS SHOULD DESERVE POD www.pinkbike.com/photo/6215264

jacque-lucque (May 27, 2010 at 13:14)

Maybe pulled the highlights in the foreground a bit too far down in curves? Sick shot though!

nouser (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:01)

sweet pod, first thing i noticed were his bright orange shoelaces!

Joelrider (Feb 21, 2011 at 4:39)

With photoshop or not don't mean that is not a great image about our sport, and a litle change in the colours don't kill anyone

A great POD with a Giant Glory *.* sweat dream bike
Its my fave

mikolak023 (Jun 3, 2010 at 3:50)

nice

nouser (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:04)

sweet pod, first thing i noticed were his bright orange shoelaces!

Woodlander (Feb 21, 2011 at 1:06)

wtf?.....
very nice

Its-NOC (Feb 21, 2011 at 1:48)

MINT.

joe-boyd (Feb 21, 2011 at 2:43)

lalala

DOUBLETHREE (Feb 21, 2011 at 4:12)

Nice shot

Hmason8192 (Feb 21, 2011 at 4:19)

great pod

brett7 (Feb 21, 2011 at 5:00)

Monster!!!!

Timmy98 (Feb 21, 2011 at 5:21)

POD!
WooW...!

chrisyzmad (Feb 21, 2011 at 6:05)

still a great pod tho

kita (Feb 21, 2011 at 8:15)

Very nice guy!!!!!!!!!!

dhjose1 (Feb 21, 2011 at 10:05)

uaaaaaaaa

DREK (Feb 21, 2011 at 10:42)

Beautiful hah

hugslyh (Feb 21, 2011 at 11:22)

coooool

Plasticpylo (Feb 21, 2011 at 11:28)

Glory flight.

welby (Feb 21, 2011 at 11:47)

where is that ?

Sawley (Feb 21, 2011 at 13:47)

Woohoo

bmoney (Feb 21, 2011 at 13:48)

dope name man haha

bmoony (Feb 23, 2011 at 13:27)

haha i know eh!

bonehaed4 (Feb 21, 2011 at 14:58)

BRAP

Nithzen (Feb 21, 2011 at 16:28)

could be 6 1 6

brockanderson (Feb 21, 2011 at 17:43)

nice shot, what lens?

mty10 (Feb 21, 2011 at 19:38)

Hells yeah brendan!

GhostGuerrilla (Feb 21, 2011 at 20:38)

love the knee pads

konasam101 (Feb 22, 2011 at 7:24)

huge G whip

potter17 (Mar 18, 2011 at 2:30)

THIS IS PHOTOSHOPPED!

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nath-3-7 (May 29, 2010 at 3:19)

ahahh photo shop

ShaunathinShavis (Feb 21, 2011 at 0:06)

Post-production bros, not the same thing as shopping.

tom-cuthbert (Feb 21, 2011 at 2:50)

nath...

what makes you think it's photo shopped?

nikmcc (Feb 21, 2011 at 2:54)

I agree with nath on the photo shopping, something about this shot just dont look right.

I know this jump and I've never seen anyone this high in the air off it before. Maybe its the camera angle???

Please correct me if I'm wrong,

nikmcc (Feb 21, 2011 at 3:00)

^^^ But that being said, its a great shot! Makes Menai look really sweet.

Rooker (Feb 21, 2011 at 3:06)

yea and its an australian pod : D

tom-cuthbert (Feb 21, 2011 at 6:18)

It's still got it's Exif data, you can see it on the right hand side. That means it wasn't photoshopped, it would've lost it.

whitey89 (Feb 21, 2011 at 17:26)

yeah pretty sure its photshopped, i know the jump and pretty sure you couldnt boost that high off it. The rider also looks like he's floating before the sender

bikesarehellafun (Feb 21, 2011 at 19:18)

With you all. Photoshopped for sure. I stopped going there because all the lips were so freaking flat!!!

smacafee (Feb 21, 2011 at 20:16)

Even if it's not 'shopped, that's got to be some of the ugliest bokeh I've ever seen in the foreground.

nwatkins (Feb 21, 2011 at 23:18)

Did this person not get just as high? www.pinkbike.com/photo/5085513

sawnoff666 (Feb 22, 2011 at 1:10)

If you hit it right you get that high, no problem. Just have a go and stop complaining about the photo. Try spending more time riding and less time infront of the computer screen.

TR450DAN (Feb 27, 2011 at 21:32)

Sawnoff666 is 100% correct, photo-shopped or not photo-shopped this is a great shot and a great trail, I built this jump and you can boost that high if you hit it right!