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Bender is history
Sick drops.
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Aug 3, 2008
Video info
- Date Posted
- Mar 29, 2008 at 1:56Mar 29, 2008
- Category
- All Mountain/Enduro/DH
- Location
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Moscow, Russia
427 Comments
- + 148
mctomo
(Mar 29, 2008 at 2:43)
thats nuts. doubt many people would try that stuff on fullys let alone ht's!
- + 4
i know.... i dont understand why. Everyone has the right to think what they want but i just ask one thing THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK....
- + 9
Now heres someone who's not afraid to hit massive stuff! We should all use him as an example to "GO BIG"!
- + 10
This is one of the best VODs for a while, amazing skill to handle those drops on a hardtail, ive done some bigish stuff on my hardtail, but after watching that i want to go try some HUGE stuff like that guy! massive respect to the rider.
- + 7
to all the douches ripping on bender below: he hucks huge shit, no matter if it has a smooth landing or not. the jah drop has a shitty landing, so even if someone goes out and does a 55 foot drop, it isn't that comparable still...
- + 6
Those we're fucking huge. A parachute would be a worthy piece of safety equipment for some of those drops!
- - 12
What a fuckin loser. the only thing he has done that i can't do is the jah drop. and he didnt land that either. stop worshipping this guy
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too bad you stole this video from achtung 3. its posted here www.pinkbike.com/video/110486
its mishanya's video. get out. stolen vid. and its right here on pinkbike.
its mishanya's video. get out. stolen vid. and its right here on pinkbike.
- + 1
i'm not sure if this is the same guy but it's a HUUUGE drop! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIigHvvO1Ug&feature=related
- + 19
yh nice one for doing those drops. but the whole huck side of mountainbiking went with josh bender.
- + 31
Too bad it did mate... that was freeriding not this whole slopestyle stuff... it looks cool but it's just BMXing with bigger bikes
- - 145
uh slopestyle is more then that
theres drops in slopestyle
and peopel are doign 3's off them
to give it some STYLE
theres no style in that
or skill
anybody can huck a bike off a cliff
but not every body can spin off cliffs
- + 35
BMXers do 3's of drops too, ever see the dew action sports tour? like hoshi said, i also think slopestyle is just BMXing with big bikes, if there's no skill i would like to see you dropping those cliffs on your bike!
- - 75
i agree that there is no place for hucking anymore. its just not fun to watch or do, and really doesnt take much skill
- + 29
djing123 you tool your right anyone can huck a cliff but not everyone has the balls or tits to huck anything near what bender has accomplished...he may break bones and look like an idiot somtimes but its all for the good of the life of BIKING not just mtbing meaning bmxing aswell josh bender gives so much insperation out to all kinds of riders.. i think he basically sets an example of "go out and do your best"
- + 39
All i say is that aslong as you go ou and enjoy riding your bike, who cares what type of riding you do.
- - 38
Hucking stuff is gay, specially when your doing it on a hardtail, djing123 is so right. this is not a vod worthy video.
- + 90
personally I think 'freeriding' is getting over saturated with generic slopestyle comps which are just glorified dj/bmx comps. Fair play the tricks are impressive and the riders are super talented but lets see some style off 40+ foot step downs etc! I read they made the drop at Crankworks this year smaller because riders didnt want to do it!! Whats happening!?! I remember seeing Kyle Straight busting a suicide no-hander of the 70ft Bender Sender a couple of years ago, now Im watching some kid in tight jeans pull 28 bar spins out of a wooden bowl and it just aint the same somehow. Freeride is gradually becoming more about fashion and image and popularity rather actually pushing the sport, with Big companies dropping big mountain riders and replacing them with new guys who only seem to dirt jump, I personally cant wait for event like the Rampage to come back and bring MTBing back to its roots.
Rant over...here come the -props!
Rant over...here come the -props!
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warrendh : dude the made the drops/jumps smaller becuause they want to see bigger tricks
the bigger the drop the smaller the trick cuase it takes more balls to do a trick
thats why everthing is small this year cause they dont want to see guys jsut jumping off stuff they wnat tricks and its call slopestyle cause there i supposed to be style not throwing yourself off a cliff
the bigger the drop the smaller the trick cuase it takes more balls to do a trick
thats why everthing is small this year cause they dont want to see guys jsut jumping off stuff they wnat tricks and its call slopestyle cause there i supposed to be style not throwing yourself off a cliff
- + 18
warren dh has got it fuckin right. and seriously people..just go ride and do what you want. if huckin is what floats your boat do it, if it's slopestyle, have fun with that. jeez, fuckin everyone's just bitchin about what everyone else likes. just do your own thing.
- + 6
djing123, I respect what your saying but from my perspective, hucking a dead sailor is ugly, so I agree with you there but Pro riders who get paid to ride their bike should have the skill to make these bigger drops and jumps look stylish and really show us what is possible on a big wheeled bike. Whether its a trick or just pulling a stylish tabletop or something. I just don't want to see "slopestyle" becoming all that freeriding is because we may as well be on bmx's.
A tthe end of the day tho, the likes of McCaul, Bas, Semenuk they still do have loads of talent and I have great respect for them riding their bikes. I just dont want MTBing to become more about the publicity and fashion than actually getting out in the mountains and riding your bike.
Im off to ride my bike now haha!
A tthe end of the day tho, the likes of McCaul, Bas, Semenuk they still do have loads of talent and I have great respect for them riding their bikes. I just dont want MTBing to become more about the publicity and fashion than actually getting out in the mountains and riding your bike.
Im off to ride my bike now haha!
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im not saying i want all slopestyle
im saying this era of the sport has died
and i still repsect downhilling and freeriding
but the hucking part is over
- + 4
warren dh has got it right but as long as you are pushing your own limits.... its all good!!! go ride a bike and stop complaining about riding styles.... style is style and every body has there own.
- + 4
People have been hucking on hardtails for years. Look at Russel Morrel. He was hucking his balfa minuteman larger than anyone. The best hardtail hucker ever. He competed in the redbull rampage. He busted out harder than lots of people. And he did gaps and calculated hits. And he was also quite the fast rider. This guy does not compare to Russel Morrel at all. As for Bender he is one of the toughest men alive, he dominated hucking and helped make freeriding known to many. I agree he wasnt the most "skilled" mountain biker but he is crazy and the best at what he does. This guy has some guts, not many people huck on hardtails or anything anymore so i will give him props for that. Thats my 2 cents
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bender is history??? ummmmm no. everyone will remeber jaw drop wich i didnt see u do in this vid so no bender is not history(not that i wanna see anyone do jaw drop on a hardtail) but still bender would probably do all the shit u did in this vid. good job tho ur f*cking nuts to do all that shit, props. but still dont say shit like that. bender is a legend, has anyone heard of this guy before this vid no.
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ok when these people grow balls and hit a 50 foot drop talk shit wow you have to give him something for that and when i meet bender hes a hella tight guy and hella smooth rider so all you have seen is his drop jaws and when u land a 50 foot drop show us cuz i dont see any of you trying shit by the way sick no hander lander shit is dialed
- + 0
people are still entitled to an opinion even if they don't send it as large as this dude. huge props for hitting massive stuff on a hardtail, but there's a reason the popularity of this style of riding has dropped off in the last few years. in my mind smooth style wins over massive insanity anyday. but thats just my opinion
props to this guy for going big, but not the best VOD choice
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This guy is quiet a talent if you see this way, he dont got the monstewr bike bender was useing so it looks like he has 180mm of travel in the front and like 225mm travel in the rear and bender uses alot more in both. And i dont think bender´s that good caus he didnt make the landing in jaw drop. give this dude like 3-4 years and he will make that drop ;D. Nice video, VOD acording to me. Kepp it up.
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motomysz....your dumb...read the post, I did not say I was not impressed with his riding, just the fact that several people are amazed its on a hardtail. And sorry when I was riding like that BITD we did not care to take cameras, we went to just ride and have fun, now in the digital age it might be different, but no I dont get out and ride like that anymore. I happen to be quite older than you and have responsibilities such as children and a mortgage, I would love to get out and ride like I used to, but some things are more important. Oh and have you ever seen the x-games or ony of the bmx post on this site...... some of the bmx guys on this site have posted stuff just as big....
by the way....HAVE A NICE DAY!!!!
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sepi.pinkbike.com/channel/Sepis-Video-Link look at this guys road gap botem left of his page the gap is in lethbrig ab canada
