Josh Bender back on Canfield?
- Thread starter Trekrules
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They couldn't keep up....sorry.
holy fvck Bender is freaking beyond hardcore!
note his set of dumbells in the bottom left.
gotta get your swell on before hucking!
note his set of dumbells in the bottom left.
gotta get your swell on before hucking!
You mean his left?
That is not his van, that is his house that happens to have wheels attached.
Rumor has it, he killed Chuck Norris, and ate his mustache...
Yeah get a belly, a pimped van on 20's, 20115 prototype blackbox I'm somebody components, and quit riding so much....loser!
He is not washed up because he never was. He was good at falling and crashing that was about it.
regardless he was out digging and building for the guys at rampage, they'd ask and consort with him and then he'd become the jump fairy. "POOF" a jump would appear and ready to rock... Considering he wasnt competing thats pretty cool...
he could do a mean no-footer.
WTF? He is doing it his way! It's taken way to many years to realize that all I really want to do is build trail, ride and hang with my family. All the other BS is not alot of fun but it is what I signed on for. Life is short, ride hard!
He need dual 24's on his bike... get back to his roots.
Well said bro, keep the rubber side down and smile lifes an adventure!
I can and a pretty extended nacnac I still have one of my balls MIA from it!
LOL no I know where its at and my feet didnt make it back in time... Its amazing what pain and throwing up will keep you from trying again... 
(edited: that part of life wasnt an adventure and if it was I dont want to venture down that one again)
on purpose, yes.
all his videos of him hucking to flat or on 200' drops, his feet are like opposite ends of magnets with his pedals.
he obviously doesnt know
Just like Zink did a few days back, Josh pushed the level of what's possible (and what wasn't) on a mountain bike... I think a lot of riders forget that, or maybe weren't around back then and just jumped on the hate wagon. It's not like he doesn't know that people make fun. I love that fact that through the injuries, the hate, and being the punchline to a lot of jokes, there he is still riding hard and not giving a damn. That makes the guy more "mountain bike" to me than you'd ever guess just by watching an 8 year old VHS video.
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You have no idea...
Why are we hating on Bender.... Im a little curious.
Last time I checked the dude was a total stud, I dont care of he stays in a van as he travels like a mtb nomad thats pretty bad ass. If I didnt have kids and a domestic responsability Id rock the nomad style as well (my van would be 4x4 with some really cool $h!t though LOL)...
He stays in a van as he travels, hes all over riding some NASTY stuff. He digs at the rampage for others and assists them in design and build along side Spangler and a whole crew of volunteers and riders...
We bag on him but hes riding on a regular basis, if the weather changes he moves on to the next venue, he rides with the top guys all the time, he builds stuff for others and designs stuff and gets to ride it.
Its not an easy life for sure but I guarantee he put more work into a spectacle that all of us watched this weekend to make it go smoother, safer and Im sure it helped alot of guys out him being there.
So thanks bender for your involvement in this sport, its progression and no matter how it goes down your name is pretty stapled in freeride and big mountain...
Last time I checked the dude was a total stud, I dont care of he stays in a van as he travels like a mtb nomad thats pretty bad ass. If I didnt have kids and a domestic responsability Id rock the nomad style as well (my van would be 4x4 with some really cool $h!t though LOL)...
He stays in a van as he travels, hes all over riding some NASTY stuff. He digs at the rampage for others and assists them in design and build along side Spangler and a whole crew of volunteers and riders...
We bag on him but hes riding on a regular basis, if the weather changes he moves on to the next venue, he rides with the top guys all the time, he builds stuff for others and designs stuff and gets to ride it.
Its not an easy life for sure but I guarantee he put more work into a spectacle that all of us watched this weekend to make it go smoother, safer and Im sure it helped alot of guys out him being there.
So thanks bender for your involvement in this sport, its progression and no matter how it goes down your name is pretty stapled in freeride and big mountain...
he's just so tiny though. he makes that van seem HUUUUGE
Josh Bender is one of the most friendly and professional riders I've had the pleasure of going riding with, spent a day sessioning Whistler Bike Park with him and some of the Kona Clump guys, and also attending the party where the photo above was taken with the nice lady from Marzocchi (bomber girl)
genuinely thrilled to be out riding his bike, some serious skills (he was a DH racer before pushing the freeride scene), very friendly to everyone we met on the trails in Whistler
one of my favourite photos taken up on Garbanzo, I'm at the front and Josh is second, with Clump rider Joe Schwartz bringing up the rear behind my buddy rob
genuinely thrilled to be out riding his bike, some serious skills (he was a DH racer before pushing the freeride scene), very friendly to everyone we met on the trails in Whistler
one of my favourite photos taken up on Garbanzo, I'm at the front and Josh is second, with Clump rider Joe Schwartz bringing up the rear behind my buddy rob
he's just so tiny though. he makes that wine glass seem HUUUUGE
Quoted for the truth. The guy was determined to extend the limits of freeride, back in the days when it almost didn't have that name (or any other). And he's still out there, doing it. He builds, rides, shares his knowledge and his efforts. A friend of mine met him at Whistler this year.
I pay respect to JB, and to the fact that he is still rippin' n' shreddin'.
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agreed. Dude was a pioneer. Love him or hate him, EVERYONE knows who he is.
There is a lot of truth in that statement. I think he is a guy with a screw loose, I can't fathom the idea of jumping some of the stuff he did.
LEGENDARY
you all hate cause you are jealous.
and i bet that van is AWD...sick
you all hate cause you are jealous.
and i bet that van is AWD...sick
Smells like ignorance, misplaced elitism, and jealousy, all wrapped up in douche-foil.
Not only the van but those ####$ seem HUGE....
he's just so tiny though. he makes that van seem HUUUUGE
Expression nothing he has the manrod grip on that glass like hes ready to drop on her and manhandle the terrain LOL....Well, just look at his expression. Looks like win to me
If Bender keeps shredding hard, regardless of whether anyone cares or not, I will have some serious respect. Oh wait...