I thought maybe one of you Southerners might know about this pic.
Thx.
http://bb.nsmb.com/newforum/showthread.php?s=&postid=866662#post866662
Thx.
http://bb.nsmb.com/newforum/showthread.php?s=&postid=866662#post866662
A MBA cover shot...real? fake?
- Thread starter Loopie
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Dude..... I've never thought he did that line, it looks staged. Its fake right?
I think it's real .sick yes , but real nonetheless .But I'm wrong alot.
iirc, this was debated somewhere (maybe here, maybe mtbr or somewhere) ages ago, and eventually shown to be real.
is their a sequence for this shot?
if its real theres no way any photographer worth his salt would snap that without doing a sequence..just in case...
and where the hell is the run out?
and finally the rock face slopes away from the vertical in a negative direction, surely he's jus gonna be a freefalling mofo at that point...
if its real theres no way any photographer worth his salt would snap that without doing a sequence..just in case...
and where the hell is the run out?
and finally the rock face slopes away from the vertical in a negative direction, surely he's jus gonna be a freefalling mofo at that point...
wysiwyg said:
but the picture would still look cool......
so freefall at something like 15 feet a second, head first...i dont care what the down slope looks like..
Out of the frame, like most of the rest of the world. Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.wysiwyg said:
Yup, it's called a "drop".wysiwyg said:
hmm...its like a big mtb vert ramp, the roll outs needs to be big..this is like a big vert ramp but with a section of the ramp missing...if i could see the roll out which should be pretty big..i wouldnt be so sceptical.
I remember read a few issues after that someone wrote in asking if it was real or fake, MBA confirmed it was real.
I remember reading them state that it was real- just that, with the camera angle it looked impossible. Think about it, the point at which he will leave the rock is probably not nore than 10 feet from the bottom of the frame (which can be assumed to be the top of the transition - otherwise the pic would show more) - if the transition was nice like a 1/4 pipe, which they said it was - this line wouldn't be unthinkable. Hairy, yes - unthinkable no.
I remember seeing that and still have a hard time believing that it is real. Never seen any proof that it is real, although I have heard there is proof out there. Why hasn't it (or maybe I missed that also) showed up in a video or something. If this dude did it back in 99' then I am certain one of today's riders could pull it off.
Additionally - If I remember correctly, the rider was Eddie Fiola, the GT sponsored ramp / pool rider from back in the day - just the guy to pull off such a drop-in.
i seem to recall them coming out that he was cabled in; note the conveniant placement of the logo @ his butt - they didnt evan have to do any photochopping.
i seem to recall the cable story too, now that you mention it.
speaking of camera angle, has anyone tilted a camera so things look steeper? BMA does that A LOT. in this case the trees are hard to tell (they always grow up, but these are bushes), and that tard in the background may be standing sideways on purpose. Just a theory, but he may be riding something that is bike path flat...
i guess with the horizon it's probably not possible, my bad
Looking at the direction of the trees growing up, and the way the guy is standing at the bottom, it looks to be a legit camera angle. But what it that guy's right foot doing?Sandwich said:
Can somebody post the picture in question? It's NSMB is blocked by our filter, oddly enough every other mountain bike forum is allowed.
Ding. That's my recollection as well.Ruprick said:
April Fools huh? Now I have another reason not to pay for their mag. (apart from the fact that it is "Mens Health" with a bicycle twist). I've been waiting for the "15 ways spandex can make you a better lover" article.
Yep there was a multi-frame shot of that floating around showing him land it.Brian HCM#1 said:
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I remember the opposite! Ha ha. I thought they said that that picture was staged, but that the rider did drop it somewhere else. I know I remember him hitting and I think crashing off of it, but from a different spot.Brian HCM#1 said:
I don't remember ever seeing that picture, it does look like some of the stuff that freeriders would huck, I can't tell what bike the guy is riding though. It doesn't look like it's rootbeer colored and unless my monitor's color is way out of whack those aren't green doublewides.
Mongoose.Kornphlake said:
The one Eric Carter Rides in Downhill Domination???
Deemax with Boxxers
It doesn't seem that bad to me. 20 feet at most, and there's a bush hiding a landing. You see Bender try 60+ feet, but don't believe this?
well his bike position looks like grade A lawn dart material. unless it's a super-steep tranny, i can't see a good outcome.
But you don't see him rollin' in like that either, do you?Eigil said:
I have a review of the Mongoose in the same mag...lol...but for the life of me, it won't upload to photobucket.
I thought it was a shootout between Rocky Mountain, Intense, Iron Horse, etc.Loopie said:
Anyway, it doesn't seem very far fetched at all to me, it's not incredibly heinous nowadays, so it could have just been cutting-edge then. I don't see what all the speculation is about.
Yup, 1999 MBA Downhill special 
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i saw a nouveau riche a few weeks ago when i was up in bromont.