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[–]pppjurac 22 points23 points ago

Staged photo.

But nice idea anyway.

[–]kinetek2012 Giant Trance X 6 points7 points ago

LMAO. This made my morning, staged or not.

[–]yjgfikl 3 points4 points ago

Don't care if it's staged or not, this is awesome.

[–]vxx 17 points18 points ago

Is that staged or a real action shot?

I gave it a shot

[–]IgneosaurSpecialized Demo 8 25 points26 points ago

Hmmm, yeh. It looks like the tree is wedged between the rear wheel and the saddle, also his left foot seems to be against the tree too. His hair shows no sign that he was carrying any speed and there is no terrain disturbance anywhere up the trail.

Other factors that could be called upon but there may be reasonable explanations is that his forks are really, really compressed as though his full weight is on the bars, rather than being thrown over them, but we've all seen those balancing acts that can happen. The terrain also doesn't look anything special, certainly nothing that would cause this, but then people make silly mistakes all the time. The rider seems to know the exact position of the camera, to the point that he is (I think) looking right at the lens, I would have thought this is not something you could do in a split second, but maybe he was exposed to radiation when he was younger and now has special powers or something.

I think I'd call staged if I was pushed to it.

Edit: This is of course ignoring the HUGE issue that he doesn't have his hands out in front of him trying to save himself from injury, this is a motor reaction, would be hard to override.

[–]Armonster 4 points5 points ago

speaking of that edit. with all that safety gear, where's his gloves!

Your hands would get messed up from falling in a sport like this.

[–]purehatee 1 point2 points ago

Also no skin marks/dust around, if he was gonna crash surely there would be an indications as to why he crashed.

[–]hugeyakmen 1 point2 points ago

those look like the clean white hands of someone who does normally wear gloves. Camera buttons can be hard to use with gloves on though

[–]molrobocop 6 points7 points ago

He's looking kinda wedged, so I'm guessing staged, or he just got stuck that way near a photographer. I don't think anyone could divert attention away from face-planting to thumbs-up.

[–]IgneosaurSpecialized Demo 8 5 points6 points ago

This is a reasonable explanation, he had a crash and found himself in this funny position, and there was a camera near by, perfect!

[–]stevage 1 point2 points ago

I've had slow motion crashes over the handlebars with a least a second or two of warning. Not totally impossible.

[–]drakcheAngry Angus (Trek 4900D 2012)[S] -1 points0 points ago

Don't know. Found it on FB. A friend shared it to me, thought /r/MTB might 'ppreciate it.

[–]zombienet 2 points3 points ago

I'd say a low speed crash where he wedged himself into the tree like that! Look up and there was the photographer. Thumbs up smile for the birdie and the rest is history...

[–]I_ran_out_of_spacMTB 2 points3 points ago

I took a few minutes to try and figure out whether it was real, then I realized I didn't care, still an awesome photo!

[–]Breaker19 4 points5 points ago

why no gloves? you crazy

[–]hugeyakmen 5 points6 points ago

He took them off to set up the camera timer ;)

[–]BobV1la 1 point2 points ago

I haven't worn gloves in about 4 years, same with a lot of my friends. I can't stand the feeling of material in between my palms and my grips, makes me feel disconnected from the bike.

[–]Breaker19 0 points1 point ago

weird but I can kinda understand. I Have to have gloves and they serve almost more to protect the tops of my hands more then my palms. We have a lot of scrub oak in the places we ride and that shits like bushes with razor blade branches.

[–]bendedheadtuberide it like you stole it 1 point2 points ago

first time i saw a /r/mtb post stolen from 9gag

http://9gag.com/gag/4660069

[–]chainsawgeoffPivot Phoenix/Pivot 5.7 3 points4 points ago

get the pitchforks!

[–]you_got_to_funkefize 2 points3 points ago

The 9gag post took it from the Camp of Champions flicker page, here. The rider is Justin Wyper.

[–]barcode0527 0 points1 point ago

Even if it is fake, it's still funny. Someone should photoshop the tree that's hold the bike.

[–]thewizwhoredniner/ S.I.R. 9 1 point2 points ago

Where's that GoPro footage?

[–]mimeismoney 0 points1 point ago

Photoshop the tree out.

[–]D00MSDAY2011 Specialized Big Hit / 2012 Specialized Rockhopper 4 points5 points ago

[–]I_SHIT_SEMEN 0 points1 point ago

I wouldn't say its staged, my guess is that he crashed and found him self like that against a tree, and simply through a thumbs up for the camera.

[–]SuperiorJ 0 points1 point ago

thats justin wyper super chill guy but yeah it is definitely staged. some kind of get stoked advertisment for coc

[–]UiiN -2 points-1 points ago

Wow... that's commitment to a good photo!

[–]amgineDB4L! -2 points-1 points ago

Hey man your downhiller fell over.

[–]syngltrkmndDB4L! -2 points-1 points ago

staged. moving on.