adrenaline-rush,you wh0re,I dont said thath I can manage this,I said that this DH stuff is boring,and always the same,I fuckt that,how dificlult it is.
Ben Ried has GOT to be one of the most under-rated riders out there, not so much in wins, but in style.
Like Adam Brayton and Nico Vink, this guy is simply great to watch.
This shot certainly gets that across.
first off, i agree with most, berms are sic, but everyone is starting to hate them because they are overdone, which is a shame, because there shouldn't be anything that we start to hate..second, why the hate between DJ/DH and bmx, very unnecessary...third, i am an amatuer photograhper myself, but you don't need to be to realize that he really is that low, there seems to be one little tree, the one that he looks like hes gunna tag, that is the only one that looks out of place, even if you look at it tilted, all the other trees grow out at angles, even on mountains, trees don't grow 90degrees to the ground, so its not taken at an angle, he's just give'n 'er
still a sic POD tho, photographer got in a perfect spot to take that
the pic/camera has been tilted, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing...as this photo proves. looks nice and is a well deserved pod. as for the "hate" between dj/dh/bmx etc, i would worry too much, it's only a few kids who, by there exclusion of all other riding do get very good at what they do, and in turn usually end up trying other types of riding as they meet more riders and their experience increases.
and as for there being to many berm shots, i went back 4 pages and only counted 10 shots that were of someone going around a corner or railin a berm, thats not a whole lot of pics
Rear brake on the left isn't out of the ordinary...
And it's an okay pic, but we've had to many PODs like this. Perhaps it's time we have a BMX POD for a change!
A bit overexposed, thats why colors are pale... However, the comments above sugesting that it has to be backflips and other crazy tricks to be POS is way wrong. Its called PICTURE of the day so as long as the quality of the photo is good i'm happy even if the dude that's picking pods has useless fantasy and only picking bermshots...
damm! what is everyones problem with these dh pinning shots, if you love to ride a bike then it shouldnt really matter what the pic is, any pic of riding gets me stoked to go out and ride whether its dj, street or freeride. PODs are all about sharing the stoke to go ride
theres no way in hell that this photo is taken from a tweaked angle!!!
people need to realize that some places have tree-like shrubs that grow FAAAR from vertical! look at the bush in the foreground, and then look at it tweaked like many retards have said, when you look at it tweaked- the bush is just hanging there from nothing...
trees can only be used to verify the angle of a shot when the trees themselves are hardwood trees that actually grow vertically, not short scrub-like trees that grow every which way
wtf since a few weeks pink bike sux on there pods i mean we use to have some dudes doing bacflip tsunami and now since a week or two the best trick i think was bar spin wtf common guys
yeah it's getting better isn't it - i'm bored of sketchy little dirtjumpers trying to imitate bmx style and flow and failing MISERABLY, this pod is getting back to true mountainbiking not simply what the current trend is being forced on you via marketing.
learn to think for yourselves.
badluckbiker said it all,this guy is super talented like brayton, and nico! and deserves a big big deal. but i dont care for this shot personally. best wishes ben. ps i caught you coming off at ae today!
i cant help but keep wondering if thats one of those set up pictures with his knee resting on the ground so it looks like some supreme amount of lean. i tell you something though, hell did he pull it off good!
thats an awesome picture. you can tell its a pro, cuz for most amatuers, a picture like that would take place about half a second before a crash. awesome POD
TO THAT GUY WHO SAID GIRLS CANT DO ANYTHING: i hope you die a painful death, alone in a cold hole. it'll probably happen with that kind of attitude too.
good pic, but there are a lot of pod's like this. We need more original pics. this is a great pic, what about a pic like this: www.pinkbike.com/photo/1944446
Seriously people!!! This is Not a POD!!!! Have a look at previous POD's in the last week or two, and they are all the same. Honestly they need to put a picture up that isnt someone riding down a hill, or around a birm...i would Preferably like to see a backflip or something along the lines of a " good " trick
its standard in the uk (and some other countries)...if you think about how the controls on a motorbike are laid out (front brake on the right, clutch on the left) it kinda makes sense.
bmx is gay? women cant do anything? well i agree with calyx, you must have a boyfriend. and who the f*ck are you kawifreak? pro unicycler? faaaaaaaaaaaaaag