You people should read more thing about Bender. Yeah he's damn stupid to hit such big thing. But he's one of the guy who did the most change to the mountain bike. You will see that he probably did more thing than the most famous rider you love. See this link : www.redbullrampage.com/freerider-bio.php?ath=3
Next thim you're going to coumplain about a rider who do something just think about what he did or what he can do...
Why put a label on Bender?...He is what he is, and the only important thing is that he rides a bike.You can call him what ever you want but one thing remains: the man rides a bike and that's bottom line.It doesn't matter what or how you ride as long you ride!LIVE THE RIDE SHARE THE PASSION.
i dont see why everyone is dissing him.....to be honest NONE!!!! of you would do that....hes a rider who sets records...and yes he is classed as a freerider....hense the name FREERIDER he rides FREE
I think the landing for it is no where neer steep enough. And it is better to have a hard landing because when your wheels land, if it is soft, your wheels will just stop rolling and you will get bucked.
This is great .Such controversy! You know why, you all know his name... don't you? Bender had someone film him breaking an Ellesworth with an FSR Link in half,on a 25 ft drop .Jan Karpiel saw the video , being an Air Craft Landing gear Engineer , Karpiel built linkage ,that would allow a bike drivetrain to pedal as well as taking big impacts .The Karpiel linkage was also the same design that inspired the DW link . Karpiel dosen't care much for U.S patent laws or american business ,so it was never a court battle , Jan hold pattents in Aircraft ,and could care less about David Wiegal .Bender the R& D man and Karpiel the Engineer, those two men are the reason of advancement, in all mountain biking as we know it today.
bender is a legend what has he ever done to you? nothing apart from do what he loves doing riding his bike maybe he wasnt as skilled as others but who cares everyone likes to do different things doesnt mean we can hate them for it i mean i dont like downhill i dont go about saying sam hill is a c*nt i dont really see why people dislike him what he does doesnt concern us anyway its up to him what he does
i dont care what people say
that guy has got guts
and deserves way more credit then some of you guys are giving him i think
look at that thing
plus things always look bigger when you look over the side
its alot easy for everone to just sit on there computer and comment on it but go out and actly see that shit! you would change your apon
just my idea
can i just say that no one here includung myself can say " oh why don't you go huck if its so easy" cuz no one here has ever tried it and never will....
not to mention it doesn't take skills to hit something, it takes balls.
everyone just shut the fuck up!!!! who cares if they keep posting it, or if hes bad rider, just comment on the fuckin pic, and get over it, GOD FUCKIN DAMN!! pinkbike people are so annoying
no man the landeins shit me and my freind huck a mini bike off it and where checkin it out and the trannys flat as fuck and its like 2 feet off soft sand
its so stupid,bender is acutaly good,you think if he couldnt ride he would just ride a bike cuz he thinks it looks cool then says ill just hit this 40 foot cliff on it? i mean if you watch his segments he lands 90% of his jumps and crashes on the biggest one he hits,in this case 55 feet biggest ever attemped to date and probly it will stay that way inless the same guy who made the record goes for the 100. and if you dont respect him as a rider read steeve o's coment.
dude bender is a badass i was reading a comment at the top that says someone else could have done something bigger and probably landed it well guess what? i have not seen it yet so until then bender is in my opinion on of the best huckers. also, who cares about his style? as long as he does what he was going for right? one more thing ^^^^i am going to check out steve's drop.^^^^
its not about skill its having a bike that has a slight chance of survival and big balls.(sure he doesnt have balls anymore) anyway not much skill needed tbh. its more luck
sorry G1BBO but i think there is skills needed you cant just huck your self of a drop,you need to no how to land right,and befor some one says he didnt land it,as bender said "its becase the landing is not steep enough for the size of that drop" ,
HAHA HE SAID TO ME THAT IT NEEDS SKILL BECAUSE ITS 55FT TO FLAR CONCRETE:s? HE EVEN CONRETED IT HIMSELF OU KNOW. DO YOU SEE ANY FLAT CONCRETE THERE? f*cking retard.aiden your shit shut up
he may not have amazing style, but he deffinitely has skills it takes alot more than a nice bike to huck off 55ft gaps and it deffinitely takes alot o balls, just because he doesnt do cool tricks doesnt make him suck....
ya no kidding i totaly agree with steevo..and for all you guys dissing him shut the fuck up hes done more shit than anyone of us so until you beat him you got nothing to talk about
i hate turner661
bender is one of the most amazing riders that has ever hucked any drop. i would like to see you huck that.
snd me pics when you do
and one of the ambulance
so screw you!!!
Some of you guys are actually retarded, specifically mtbkr123456789.
He was styling jumps way before you were even riding champ, he just took apart of the sport to the next level later in his career.
For all guys who think it's easy with a good bike..
Proof yourself!
When you fall down at such a height...
You will get nuts!
And probably don't make it!
you would expect the guy to prepare the landing more considering how huge he is hucking.........like come on man
but then again perhaps he did and i just don't to my studying
id say it takes more balls than skill. thats just my opinion so please dont get all butthurt bender lovers out there. the industry speaks for itself, benders not catching onto the new age of riding.
you guys got to stop baggin on him, hes a great rider for what he does, if he hucks it off cliffs then let him, he is the one who gave extreme freeride its name.
benders a fuckin idiot he cant even land 50 feet so how retarded would you have to be to just be like ya maybe ill have better luck landing at twice that height...great buddy keep it up
maybe he should search for a 100 footer once he can land everything else.....i think its a shame they refer to him as a freerider seeing as all i've ever seen him do is stand over a foot of travel and hold on for the ride.....looks like he's trying to land this shit trials style..
^^^ so i geuss you hit 55ft. drops everyday. I'm sure you can ride so much better than him, thats why your leaving a comment about a picture and not in a picture yourself.
no im not that dumb to do it because obviously just by looking at it you can see it is not hit able (with landing succesfully) yes i have been there so i have proof but he bails off every thing he does or barely lands it at least i mean any one stupid can go off a cliff but you have to be retarted to think your going to land it as well.
The guys got more balls then everyone posting on this pic put together, and if he wants to go huck himself of the biggest cliff he can find, maybe instead of aclling him a dumbass you should thank him for pushing the progression of the sport. People like him embody what biking is all about, taking your skills to the limit.
people need to stop posting this picture.. its everywear on pinkbike and bender is a slopy rider he only hucks big shit and he never did make the jaw drop lol but i do give him credit for it since id never do it .. and im sure lots and lots of people are gunna disagree with me and hate me but i think bender is gay
I SO AGREE .. BENDER SUCKS who cares if he changed mountain biking someone else would have done it and probly landed something biger and put a bit of style into it not just plain old huck
you are so stupid....he created the FRX, he is a real rider, a men who dedicated his life to the sport and to all riders one day can dream with something like Red Bull Rampage, Josh Bender is a god
shut the fuck up you stupid asswholes, get a life you damn pussies
bender wasnt the one withthe rampage idea and he didnt even do well the riders that did well at rampage were the fast flowy ones and ten bearcloth wiht his huge indian air liek tricks and style are were teh sport are at and were it walways should have been hucking is jsut an excuse for guys like bender and bordon to have a job becuase they have no style when they ride
www.pinkbike.com/video/3449 this guy hits bordons gap with soooo much more style and he isn't a pro props to this guy
mtbkr123456789: it would take so much skill, you would probably be peeled away from your bike by the G's on the way down. f*ck you.
turner661: "who cares if he changed mountain biking"... WHAT, do you not care about mountain biking? and it doesn't really seem like anyone has hucked anything bigger yet, nor with style! f*ck you.
pinkbikehaz: you have hated bender for AGES, that makes me dislike you more. but good for you that more people have realized it! 3 people, good job! f*ck you.
agreed with aaustin
Evel Kneivel didn't land every jump, but he changed the world of stuntmen and brought about a new sport, not to mention the technological drive to support such feats. People like Josh Bender are driving the mtb industry whether you're jealous or not.
everybody SHUT UP! you all sound like 2 year olds arguing over one picture ever body says he got "skills" but did he ever land it NO and people have done other things pretty much the same size adn they have landed it liek bourdon the gap he did in NWD9 in the trailer
how can someone say hitting a 55ft. drop takes no skill???? if it's so easy then how come he's the only person in the world doing it? don't talk sh*t on riders who are better than you are, when you go huck a 60ft drop then you can talk.
It takes skills to even try something like that, to think you can land it. He's not a moron, he's not thinking he might be able to land it. I mean, look at the picture dude. You gonna point your bike off that thing thinking "hmm, I might be able to pull this off"? Nope, the whole time leading into it he's thinking "damn straight I'm gonna stomp this bitch". Although he crashes alot, he has the mindset that he is going to pull it off. You can't ride big if you aren't confident in your skills. The guy is a legend, plain and simple.
yea I totally agree, he's pushing the sport to the next level and I for one would never talk sh*t on the people who are making my favorite sport what it is. If you don't like big drops and huge balls, go xc'ing or something.
love this site!! the first 4 comments are neg. propped!(the reeal gay!!) and Bender ROCKS ASS!!! and for guys like him we can bee thankfull in extreme FR and bike components, the super tough XFR frames! and 12" travel forks!!(i got one)
EVERY ONE WHO THINKS BENDER SUCKS
SHUT YOUR FUCKIN MOUTHES, U HAVE NO IDEA WHAT REAL RIDING IS AND HOW TALENT IT TAKES TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BENDER U ROCK
Word. Bender made a huge impact on the sport by doing things no one else was doing, or is even doing now. That is how human evolution progresses. It's no different than trying double backflips so why so many haters?
Not only does he huck, he isn't loaded, it's not like he is out there making a 6 figure salary, he is out there for the sport, hell i sit at a desk and i make more anually than him, look at all the other HIGH paid pro ATHLETES in high risk sports, most of them make 7-8 digit, and atleast 6
Next thim you're going to coumplain about a rider who do something just think about what he did or what he can do...