POD Photo Album - Pinkbike

Berlin

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TV Tower Berlin
Erik Hölperl

Selfportrait and final shot of my series about the architectural heritage of "Ulrich Müther" printed in Freeride Magazine 9/2019

Sarajevo

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Olympic Bobsled track
Erik Hölperl

Selfportrait Racing down the Bobsled Track close to Sarajevo, that was build for the Olympic games in 1984. It was partly destroyed during the Siege of Sarajevo and you can still find Holes in the track. printed in mtbrider magazine 2019

Halle

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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a big ditch
Erik Hölperl

Selfportrait boasting out a good ol Table.

Sarajevo

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Erik Hölperl

roaming the world. taking time to reflect.

Rostock

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Loading Dock
Erik Hölperl

I found this spot on a recent roadtrip by accident. A huge loading Dock that seemed to be abandoned for quite some years. Broken glass, old pictures and a lot of rust created quite an interesting contrast to the still bright blue and yellow Colors of the railings. This quite unusual setup and the stormy clouds in the background inspired me to get something good here. The trick itself was quite a challenge on this nearly vertical Dock and it took me at least 15 tries to get the timing just right as I had imagined it in the beginning. Printed in Mountainbike Rider Issue 1/2019

Halle

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Erik Hölperl

Part of my series "Muethers heritage" in which I explore the obscure and unique works of the world famous GDR Builder Ulrich Müther. This is a selfportrait.

Halle

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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in another world
Erik Hölperl

A true once in a lifetime spot that seemed to be straight from another world. Once a place where people would meet, now a deserted landmark in the middle of now where. Before riding it I had to clean up a lot of trash that former campers had left behind. The carves I took inside this marble fullpipe might be the the most memorable I ever took. The vertical version of this shot also happened to be my first magazine cover as a rider on a major mtb magazine. And it might be the first proper self portrait on an action sport magazine, ever.

Berlin

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Rooftop
Erik Hölperl

Part of my series "müthers heritage". documenting the buildings of legendary GDR Architect Ulrich Müther. Selfportrait

Colazza

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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The Mask
Erik Hölperl

probably the closest I ever came to riding a Megaramp. Self portrait.

Berlin

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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on top of your house
Erik Hölperl

I saw a picture of this building in 2012 and in my head I instantly saw a rider on top of it . It took me a good three years to track down its location and another two years to finally make the trip. The quarter itself was a true challenge, like they always are when they look too good to be true. A kinked bumpy run in, a concrete block on top of the quarter with a lightning rod made it even trickier to ride. But here we are, another fantasy made into reality. selfportrait.

Agen

Airik: POD
in: All Mountain/Enduro

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Cobblestone Halfpipe
Erik Hölperl

Selfportrait Assistent - Daniela Ufermann -------------------------- Pushing yourself on this spot felt like playing chicken with a semi-truck on the highway. One wrong move and you are in pieces. The 70kmh windgusts did not really help.

Halle

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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secret
Erik Hölperl

Self-portrait in the middle of nowhere / eastern europe. I found this statue five years earlier online in a blog and tried to locate it for years. In 2017 I managed to track it down, the stars aligned and I managed a visit. When I arrived I noticed that it was triple the size that I expected it to be. The drop that seemed to be 3meters was now 9 meters at the highest point. The run in was a 20cm thin track with no room for error. A heavy storm was pushing me towards the drop as well. I was questioning if I should give this a try. In a long time, I was actually afraid. But then I saw a small gap in the clouds coming towards me, the sun pushing through. I knew this was my only chance to get the photo I dreamed about for so long. Once the Gap had arrived I had 2 Minutes to shoot my photo before the light was gone. I gave it three tries, before the light vanished and only the storm remained. This one is the best shot. printed in my 16-page interview in Mountainbikerider magazine 12/17

Halle

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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roof party
Erik Hölperl

Self portrait from my series "Muethers heritage" discovering the remains of famous gdr architect Ulrich Müther. This one was rather scary since only the sceleton of the building was still standing and one wrong move would have been fatal.

Oberhof

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Bobsled track
Erik Hölperl

Another early hit and run mission and part of my series "Müthers heritage" where Iam searching for the buildings of famous gdr architect Ulrich Müther. There will be a big article in the upcoming Mtb-Rider about this series.

Spicak

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

5003 views | 14 comments | 42 faves

the street.
Erik Hölperl

last time I made it to this spot, it was full of water. So happy that I have been able to give this spot a solid try. It was quite a challenge to get some air on this building. starting with the run in, to the kinky vert transition. (self portrait)

Livorno

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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waterslide
Erik Hölperl

One of my photos from exploring italy last year Selfportrait in an closed waterpark. photoassistant: Danalka

Graz

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Erik Hölperl

----tailbump bunnyhop---

Berlin

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Mellowpark
Erik Hölperl

had a little Trip to Berlin today, to much fun riding my bike so just a little snapshot this time. At the very end of the day I decided that I wanted that shot but I was pretty exhausted so Iam not really happy with it. Still a nice little opposite euro over the Entrance

Berlin

Airik: POD
in: Street/Park

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Ping Pong
Erik Hölperl

Opposite One foot Table over the entrance. selfportrait www.facebook.com/hoelperl

Halle

Airik: POD
in: All Mountain/Enduro

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concrete trail
Erik Hölperl

a few minutes before we left winterberg I lend a 4x bicycle from somebody for half an hour. I think he still doesnt know what I did with the bike. :) If you see this, thanks and I didnt hurt your baby too much. And jes, this is a real selfcounterpicture too. more at www.facebook.com/hoelperl

Halle

Airik: POD
in: BMX

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pretty high
Maik Lochmann

printed in Freedombmx #106 /// behind the scenes video of this rather crazy photoshoot http://www.pinkbike.com/video/231398/ //// more from my work at facebook.com/hoelperl

Halle

Airik: POD
in: All Mountain/Enduro

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Erik Hölperl

photographer/rider: Erik Hölperl riding this particular Bobsledtrack was a dream of mine for a very long time so when my semesterholiday began this was the first thing we did. We drove there in the night and parked very close and slept in the car. We got up before sunrise just to find that it rained over night. It was also my first time being on a bike since about two month because I injured my wrist. So I was nervous. Hopping fences to ride a wet forbidden and dangerous track with exactly zero warmup isnt really the smartest thing but it turned out fine. The feeling and sound of the screaming backtire sliding in the oververt was one of the radest expiriences I ever had on two wheel.