Selected by Ian Hylands - This is such a sick shot, I really like the timing with the fully stretched tuck no and the rider over the roller on his way in. The composition is great, and it's a fairly unique idea.
Love the colours, but not good enough for POD in my opinion. :/ I suppose the timing is pretty sweet with the guy doing a tuck no hand and the bike, but would be much better if it was clearer.
o lol at first look i was like wt.f why is this POD? and then i saw that beautyfull tuck no handed and i wass like omg now i know why! sweet shot dude keep it up
Love the POD. Might not be as epic as other pods, but we can't miss what's going on here. It captures a moment; and the moment it captures defines off-road cycling: perfect day, speed, carefree freedom, anticipation, camaraderie--FEELING ALIVE!! Well done Ian on your selection!
Wow this is great! Like your description says "timing" I wish I could see the tuck no a little more clearly, but I don't think it's possible from this spot. Well done!
Cool example of well put together shot. Not that other POD's are not, but usually its one person busting a sick trick, this is almost a narrative... more like this please. Dig it.
I think this is cool, it's nice to see a totally different POD. The flash on the far left is a bit unfortunate, but I guess without it the red bike wouldn't stand out at all?
to c25porter if you can get me some jumps in the desert and a step down run in super close to the first jump then yes you're right it could be better. unfortunately I have to work with what I've got and in this case this was the best I could do.
I don't know...it's a little distracting to me. I didn't even notice the tuck until I read Ian's description. I think sometimes not every creative idea works out.
My Thoughts exactly, the "focus" of the picture is hidden, or at least what I percieve the focus should be, I like the idea of the picture, but I need it to be closer to the big air or at least not have him fade away into the trees. Like the idea though, just think it would have been better in the desert where the trees wouldn't hide the rider in the air.
This shot is sickkkkk. These guys probably took their time to get this shot lololol. I can't get enough of how unique this shot is. Man people now a days seem to think a shot needs to be oversaturated and HD to be what they want it to be lololol, what happened to make natural looking shots lame ???
Wow all you haters if you think you can do a better shot then get off your computer and go shot a better picture holy f*ck no one can just appreciate what pinkbike does for us riders. Ian great pod it's different but good...makes you look bewond just the blurry rider about to drop in and that's when you see the tuck no. So keep these photos coming and to all those haters get a life no one cares what you have to say. Peace
you would think that this is the last day of the rest of our lives the way you people hang on to the value of what is pod worthy in this world.. cant wait to here how gay the sport of cyber biking is tomorrow. Steve Holt!
Like the idea but feel the framing could be better and the tuck no hander is lost against the trees. Cause of this i wouldnt call it as god enough for POD.
Ok , don't be hatting, But i really dont think this should have POD , The only really good thing is the tuck no!! And the jumps, But i dont think POD worthey
yeah, looks like you have a lot of other, more pod worthy shots. this one is great and everything, but it looks like you have a lot of better pictures.
wtf? i'm not even a photographer? did you read my comment at all? i never wrote that this pic sucked, i wrote that he had a lot of other pics that were even better imo!!
oops, somethings messed up. my first comment was a reply on a comment from the photographer of this pic, saying he had better pics, but it got deleted, and yeah... sorry.
There are a lot of haters for this particular picture, and I can see why, but you must delve deeper into the meaning and connotation to understand what it represents.
This is the way I see it.
The bike on it's way in creates a sense of foreshadowed excitement, which is surely the feeling every rider gets before ripping their way through a path of undeniably unpredictable jumps. This represents what we do on our bikes. The fully stretched tuck no hander that the dude in the corner is ripping implies that everything comes to a climax, and inevitably, an end. This represents life as a Mountain Biker, and this is a concept reflected in the film - Life Cycles. Riding is beautiful, and in my opinion this picture is screaming at us to make the most of it.
Food for thought.
AGREED!! if buddy on the right was doing something interesting or getting fat air it would be better, he looks like a poser compared to his buddy doing the tuck no hands
and i kinda disagree Miss, if it was then it would be a closer shot more focused on him and not everything around him. NOTE the flash going off near the dude doing the tuck, if this photo is based on the tuck u think they would use the photo taken with that other camera going off. i think its partially on the guy doing the tuck but also they used the concept of motion for this photo(dude on the right). aswell to show off thier sick jump set-up... cuz im more interested in the jump then the dude doing the tuck
congratulations???? wtf was the point of telling how f*cking lazy u are?? or is it that u that u have the IQ of a 6 year old and cant read... maybe get ur mother the help u out with the big words
@T-NEWT stop f*cking hating and get a F*cking life you poser...you are sitting all day long on your computer and HATE HATE HATE and comment on other ppls pictures and videos...GET A F*CKING LIFE YOU TWAT..
LOL @ MARRA!!!! looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of thier father! and ur right i sit on my computer all day at my cushy high paying job! at least i got a good job! and not sucking c*ck to pay my photographer! ROFL!!! it must suck knowing that u live in the asscrack of the world... like honestly Siberia is the worlds B*TCH!! Japan f*cked u guys, Russia f*cked u guys, even mothernature has f*cked u with that 7.7 earthquake in 03' and the tsunami in 52', or the Tunguska event... even space hates u. so stfu no one ares wat u got to say u damn soviet
its so amazing how stupid you are... Im in Europe not Russia and its not Siberia its Republic of Serbia thats not eve in Japan its in EUROPE...,learn some geography...U can have good job and good house...but you will never have a most important thing and thats KNOWLEDGE...
ROFL CLEARLY UR ILLITERATE!!!! when did i say ur from russia or japan!?!?!? I SAID THEY F*CKED U!!! THEY CAME UP IN UR SH*TTY COUNTRY AND KILLED UR A$$ES!!!! u keep saying "oh u need to learn geography" guess wat b*tch u need to LEARN HISTORY!!! ur f*cking RETARDED!!
this is the last message...you proved me that you are an idiot...Im still waiting for your bar spin with a double crown fork...and since you know a bunch of stuff about tricks and biking put some photos so I can see your posing ride...and btw everything you write Im not reading cause i dont wanna go that low as you are....and find on a map where SERBIA(not siberia) is ...