Brian Raphael at Glory Hole in San Rafael, California, United States - photo by brybry

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lilandy (Mar 29, 2011 at 18:13)

You have no idea how much respect you would get if you went upside down in this. You would literally be mistaken for Danny MacAskill.

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Six-or-Shore (Apr 13, 2012 at 0:12) (Below Threshold)

Danny enjoys glory holes often?

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dtroyan123 (Apr 13, 2012 at 1:34)

brybry throws down in riding, photo, and road sodas! not to be fucked with!

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Icculus19425 (Apr 13, 2012 at 4:08)

road sodas FTW

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bigburd (Apr 13, 2012 at 9:56) (Below Threshold)

awesome picture , would be perfect if the tunnel was in dead centre or further to the left

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TKy5e (Apr 13, 2012 at 12:39)

perfect photo in my eyes, super rad..

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GtrDr1ft3r (Apr 13, 2012 at 14:44)

All you need is a couple guys lying down on the bottom of it, hanging onto the edge and you have a hole to the centre of the earth

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notthatfast (Apr 13, 2012 at 16:01)

how would he be mistaken for danny macaskill?

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lilandy (Apr 13, 2012 at 19:47)

Because that's something only Danny MacAskill could/would do!

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Riddum24killa (Apr 29, 2012 at 12:49) (Below Threshold)

I bet Danny mac couldn't even carve that up on his puny trials bike, forks wud snap n he'd eat shit ha ha

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Street-Martyr (May 1, 2012 at 5:01)

even thou you used to have the exact same bike as him...

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Riddum24killa (May 1, 2012 at 6:32) (Below Threshold)

Yeah, thats got naink to do wit it, have you seen the drop outs on trials forks??? theyd snap, and youd eat shit. Trust me.

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Riddum24killa (May 1, 2012 at 6:37)

Luke your a wasteman bruv shutup.

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notthatfast (May 1, 2012 at 6:57)

are you completely retarded?

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Icculus19425 (May 1, 2012 at 8:12)

never go full retard

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Riddum24killa (May 1, 2012 at 15:55) (Below Threshold)

Never go full sus

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notthatfast (May 1, 2012 at 16:08)

more like never go to school by the looks of your typing skills...

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Riddum24killa (May 1, 2012 at 16:35)

Ha ha ha ha im typing on an iPod which is pretty awkward so sorry if I can't be fucked to type every last letter you nonse, fuck you

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notthatfast (May 1, 2012 at 16:46)

see i just thought it was cos yer 'ard

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Riddum24killa (May 1, 2012 at 17:02)

Yeah bruv dun know

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andrewdionne (May 6, 2012 at 11:48)

they let the water go, and this guys F*cked

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crashvictom (May 9, 2012 at 22:52)

on a dirtbike, you could make in all the way around for sure! Crap... now I want to try...

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pbuser276333 (May 26, 2012 at 10:07)

I've got to say, this is the coolest shot I've seen all year!

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RobbyBriers (Jan 15, 2011 at 8:39)

I want too see a looping.

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RobbyBriers (Aug 13, 2011 at 3:06)

Here we are 6 months later. Still waiting, Brian Raphael!

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Andiderbiker (Dec 15, 2011 at 12:35)

another 4 months^^

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Andiderbiker (Dec 20, 2011 at 12:39)

5 days later.

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goonrider (Apr 13, 2012 at 0:27)

3 months, 24 days later POD

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Andiderbiker (Apr 13, 2012 at 5:41)

OMG it finally happened :o

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ChainsawGeoff (Apr 13, 2012 at 0:13)

Wait, is he riding his bike inside the large hadron collider?

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Lapsus (Apr 13, 2012 at 2:44)

That's what I thought at first before looking closely at the pic!

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laurencethorpe (Apr 13, 2012 at 6:13)

If you're wondering what the run in is like and speed, there's a clip at the very start of this edit. vimeo.com/8001372

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scotttherider (Apr 13, 2012 at 8:34)

That run in is nice. Im liking where their filming from though.

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maxtnt (Mar 25, 2011 at 2:00)

I swear i dreamed about this thing.

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brybry (Mar 25, 2011 at 2:42)

oh believe me...i have many a times, before and after!!

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Russell1994 (Jan 15, 2011 at 4:51)

POD!!!

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joshford (Jan 22, 2011 at 11:29)

most definently deserves POD

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CanadaDiscGolf (Dec 22, 2010 at 20:29)

water comes out of this thing? massive flood drainage or some shit/.?

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brybry (Dec 23, 2010 at 1:02)

yeah, its a spillway! theres a 70ft hole at the lake level which funnels down and out 100ft or so to this 30ft full pipe. if you look closely, you can see the light reflecting at the end where it starts to curve up!

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alibrann (May 6, 2011 at 13:30)

Wow! does it acctually ever fill up or is it just massively oversized?

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brybry (May 6, 2011 at 14:38)

i think its just massively oversized, but if the water level got high enough its possible...

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alibrann (May 7, 2011 at 3:51)

cool

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Eyon (Sep 5, 2011 at 15:18)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw1DjsbJcIU&feature=related they can fill full of water. If its been raining heavily, dont go sheltering in one!

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wolfe38 (Apr 13, 2012 at 9:48)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=feEbRPX0ld0&feature=related

you, sir, led me to the weird part of YouTube.. within like 6 clicks, there I was..

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ryanprok (Apr 13, 2012 at 6:29)

Need to get a motorbike and do a tow-in! Go full 360 would be soo beautiful.

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gtrider01 (Apr 13, 2012 at 20:11)

is this anywhere close to san rafael? live a few miles from the area and haven't seen anything even come close to this over the years. either way killer pod.

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crigg (Apr 13, 2012 at 20:25)

I wish the large size of this picture was up I want to use it as a wallpaper! so sick!

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coolmann (Mar 14, 2012 at 12:15)

Have this picture on my desktop! =)

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Jaytje71 (Aug 14, 2012 at 9:35)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB_KnqCXbcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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thedemo7rider (Aug 14, 2010 at 22:08)

holy sht thats a huge

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williee (Dec 22, 2010 at 20:27)

thats what they tell me.

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kdubsteezey (Feb 4, 2011 at 11:47) (Below Threshold)

that's what she said!! LOL

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warhorsey (Mar 1, 2011 at 17:35)

i'm just gonna be straight forward with this.
POD.
need i say more?

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cr250rgio (Apr 13, 2012 at 10:53)

All I can say is Yes Yes Yes finally! I love this shot and happy to see that It finally got POD it deserved it ever since it was posted on here! Good Job Brian!

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motorjeff21 (Apr 13, 2012 at 13:16)

so whats the diameter of that, like 30ft haha

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jamesrusby (Feb 1, 2011 at 7:14)

If you ride from the hole up top down to this then that's awesome, if not then still awesome

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DHracer18 (Mar 25, 2011 at 11:19)

Photo Of The Day 110%

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downhilla-trailbuilda13 (Dec 2, 2011 at 13:41)

do u hav to raft to glory hole or is there another way

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brybry (Dec 2, 2011 at 14:19)

rafting is the ONLY way

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downhilla-trailbuilda13 (Dec 2, 2011 at 20:30)

haha ouch is it hard

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brybry (Dec 4, 2011 at 13:57)

haha yeah, but well worth it!

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Mr-Penny (Dec 12, 2011 at 16:35)

we need one like this in Calgary

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BobBogdanWilliams (Apr 13, 2012 at 0:02)

now thats gotta be one of the sickest pods I have ever seen on here, grate work.

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trozei (Apr 13, 2012 at 0:24)

"No, son, I promise. There are no boogie monsters down there."

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dtroyan123 (Apr 13, 2012 at 1:29)

stoked brian!!!! you deserve POD

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sid01 (Apr 13, 2012 at 1:32)

You have some wicked pics on your profile

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brybry (Apr 13, 2012 at 14:17)

thanks man!

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PIND-IT (Apr 13, 2012 at 4:38)

It's like the classic Mt Baldy - but on steroids. Amazing pic!

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rcm165 (Apr 13, 2012 at 10:05)

you should do this now, after last nights rains! bahahaha

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dhlarry (Apr 13, 2012 at 11:28)

Yo only see stuff like this in video games like Skate. This is sick!

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joepuddle (Apr 13, 2012 at 13:28)

is this the glory hole? its been featured in thrasher and daily bread www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsflHuynC4

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Jezzaa (Apr 13, 2012 at 14:04)

Would LOVE to visit here, maybe one day..

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RiponBMXguy (Apr 13, 2012 at 14:07)

same

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Phishbike (Apr 13, 2012 at 14:49)

Man nice shot how many tries?

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exnihilo (Apr 13, 2012 at 15:55)

SWEET!!! Desk top photo for the week!

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scooterman199 (Apr 13, 2012 at 18:20)

awesome picture thats on my POD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BigEBiker (Apr 13, 2012 at 18:54)

YEAHHHH BRIANNN! WAY TO GO

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SonCrispyPata (Apr 13, 2012 at 20:17)

Sweeeet huge hole : ) nice pod

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jonlambofgod666 (Apr 19, 2012 at 16:32)

There's something about fullpipe shots.

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h3shbik3rd00d69 (Jul 8, 2012 at 22:07)

this is so pathetic..i could EASILY do it

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FrozenTreads56 (Jan 15, 2017 at 16:57)

didn't even see there was a rider in that thing. holy shit its huge!!!!

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ivcstudio (Aug 14, 2010 at 22:44)

pod!

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THERRIEN (Aug 31, 2010 at 17:59)

AWESOME!!! Where is it?

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brybry (Sep 1, 2010 at 9:01)

over the hill and through the woods

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THERRIEN (Sep 1, 2010 at 10:04)

lol!

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getschwiftyclub (Apr 13, 2012 at 9:47)

It's definately not in San Rafael! But that's all i'm going to say. Seeing it in person is unreal, and when you see where the water intake comes from it changes the perspective of being in there. High risk, high reward.

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GlockTalk (Apr 13, 2012 at 18:49)

It's at lake Berryessa in California.

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konagoern (Jan 30, 2011 at 10:15)

awesome photo!

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cloud9 (Mar 25, 2011 at 16:52)

POD!!

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yjgfikl (Apr 13, 2012 at 0:26)

I feel like we've had too many black/white PODs lately. Bring on the negative props. However, a very ballsy move on his part, well done.

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eldofreeride (Apr 13, 2012 at 1:25)

there are too many whining bitches like you on PB! Get over yourself, this picture is sick!

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yjgfikl (Apr 13, 2012 at 14:03)

kinda the response I expected.

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jlw99 (Apr 13, 2012 at 12:57)

awesome pic

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RiponBMXguy (Apr 13, 2012 at 14:05)

perfect spot

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dreamsflyinhigh (Apr 13, 2012 at 21:51)

DOPE!!!!!

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Ashclo2010 (Apr 18, 2012 at 0:36)

Hole of glory !!

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hardtail29er (Jul 17, 2012 at 9:30)

Awesome picture