Look Back: Red Bull Rampage 2012 - Black and White
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 LH454 Frankfurt - San Francisco |
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| The Airbus A380 was just too wide for my 35mm Summilux lens - 2nd shot needed. |
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| My first time in Las Vegas and what I first saw when I disembarked |
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| ... and my second impression from Las Vegas |
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| The kicker Brendog was shaping looked like the preparation for a suicide mission |
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| Brendog looks pretty satisfied about his work |
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| James Doerfling warming up on one of the "easier" drops" |
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| Andreu and Martin observing the camera man preparing a long camera support |
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| Andreu Lacondeguy's jump session |
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| Pushing bikes with Pierre Edouard Ferry |
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| This was training for the cameras as well, checking jump height, distance, all to sort the proportion of riders and terrain |
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| Brandon Semenuk's little kicker that leads into something with a much larger effect later |
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| Spectators walking to the pits after the qualifying run |
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| Sam Pilgrim, Martin Soderstrom, Brendan Fairclough on the couch |
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| Anthony Messere |
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| The wooden bridge gap jump was one of the last obstacles down to the finish area |
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| Big forks, big bikes, a clear indicator for a big mountain event |
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| Mick Hannah explaining his line choice |
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| The helicopter was omnipresent |
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| The impression of a desert camp was underlined by camouflage nets |
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| All qualifiers - ranking doesn't matter, because here, being in the finals means everything |
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| Cam's top result after the qualifying gets twittered |
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| The smallest big bike I've seen: Andreu's YT |
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| Geoff Gulevich hitting up the jump over the bridge gap during training |
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| Sweet table top by Gully |
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| Cam McCaul and his shape crew at work |
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| Geoff Gulevich again |
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| Thomas Vanderham |
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| James Doerfling and the SRSUNTOUR North America crew |
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| Ramon Hunziker representing Switzerland and his compatriot Rene Wildhaber |
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| The sound machine |
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| The water reservoir |
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| Kurt Sorge and James Doerfling shoveling |
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| Geoff Gulevich posing for the ladies |
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| Tyler McCaul's portrait shooting with Ian |
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| The icon sender needs a good landing |
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| and this is still hard hand work |
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| The basic tool set for all riders |
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| Guido Tschugg (middle) couldn't participate due to an injury |
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| Nico Vink, a legendary Downhill rider showed his signature MX riding style. |
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| Geoff Gulevich rolling in to check out the icon sender. |
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| Last minute shots before sunset |
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| The bridge gap jump at sunset |
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| Waiting for the shuttle bus back to the parking |
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| When the day ends for the riders, the mechanic's work begins |
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| Finals day: Following the crazy spanish crew with Andreu on their ATV |
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| Cam Zink on finals day after his terrible crash at the qualifiers |
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| Cam gets medical treatment. Is he able to ride or not? |
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| Brandon Semenuk: Relaxed and self-confident |
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| Pushing the bike up slowly by internalizing every line and every move ahead |
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| Bearclaw's run |
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| Brandon Semenuk's sickest drop of the event |
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| Wil White |
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| Quick fork service between the final runs |
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| Martin Soderstrom whipping to the finish line |
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| Spectators |
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| Kurt Sorge's Rampage trophy |
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| James Doerfling finished 6th |
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| Podium |
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| Brandon Semenuk |
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| Garett Buehler - celebrating his team mate Doerfling's big day. |
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| James Doerfling back at the SRSUNTOUR truck waiting for some cold IPA |
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| Vacuum cleaning after the Rampage is mandatory - Pinkbike photographer Colin Meagher |
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| The end, for now. |
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.. gotta eat healthy eh?
TImeless... That what the pictures look like! you cant tell what decade they came from!@ They seem timeless.. Very cool!