The amazing and cool photo thread

[MisterWeary]

I love these types of pictures. I've seen quite a few separately but I'm wondering if there is a link to all of them together?

I've only been seeing them individually I'm afraid?!?

 

[VEXD]

I decree that someone count the amount of vehicles on the Nurb' in the Nurb' pic...

53 Cars

19 Bikes

👍

 

[hellnback]

Can't imagine how long that took to do...

...wonder if anyone will verify the count or disagree with yours

 

[Danster]

VEXD, do you ever have that dream with the sheep jumping over the fence in it?

 

[daan]

53 Cars

What are the chances of one of them being yours?

 

[VEXD]

Now come on, i'm not Famine.......

I don't do maths casually for fun.

👍

 

[Mark T]

What are the chances of one of them being yours?

1 in 53?

 

[ferrari_chris]

I'm pretty sure it's Cam McCaul.

Awesome. He's my favourite dirt jumper.

 

[boiltheocean]

Awesome. He's my favourite dirt jumper.

No Wai! Mine too!

I like how he is so smooth. Cedric Gracia would be my other favourite rider because of the same reason.

 

[ferrari_chris]

To keep on topic of cool pictures and MTB pictures: Steve Romaniuk. Canadian and Free Ride extrodinaire.

Poor old Steve has a habit of multiplying while flying. I think it's a Canadian thing...

 

[Danster]

I find that imaging fascinating!

Yay 1001th reply!!

 

[boiltheocean]

Dave Watson jumping the Tour de France

and another cool pic.

 

[MisterWeary]

 

[Omnis]

Dave Watson jumping the Tour de France

Don't you mean Dave Watson busting his ass?

 

[UnoMOTO]

The night version of the shot I posted a while back

Large version (6881x1200): http://www.quetschluft.de/dubai/palm_marina_night_q.jpg

 

[boiltheocean]

Don't you mean Dave Watson busting his ass?

Well Yeah. Awesome anyway.

Nathan Rennie on his 121 foot world record jump. Which has now been beaten.

 

[bergauk]

Was that a towed jump?

 

[boiltheocean]

Was that a towed jump?

Yep. Thats why the motorbike is there.

 

[bergauk]

Yep. Thats why the motorbike is there.

👍 Just making sure. Whats the current record?

 

[boiltheocean]

👍 Just making sure. Whats the current record?

The current is 133 foot held by Jason Rennie, not related I think.


To be honest this one doesn't look as spectacular is Nathans but thats probably down to the rubbish British weather.

 

[Omnis]

The desert one looks like a bigger gap, but maybe the WR one is counting from where he landed on the ramp.

 

[boiltheocean]

The desert one looks like a bigger gap, but maybe the WR one is counting from where he landed on the ramp.

I think your right there. Nathan Rennie (desert) actually hit the front of the landing ramp on one attempt (his bike went into the front and he flew forward down the ramp) but as you can see in the World Record jump Jason Rennie is quite far into the landing ramp.

 

[Solid Lifters]

That camera person was horrible. Why would you attempt a world record and not have a professional camera man filming you? Spend the few hundred bucks for one, geez.

 

[Philly]

Dave Watson jumping the Tour de France

For any mountain biker, that pic is pure awesome.

 

[exigeracer]

Take a look at these panoramic stitches of a street in north Detroit. Scary stuff.

 

[UnoMOTO]

Those houses have had there souls ripped from them.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

Those houses have had there souls ripped from them.

It's brutal. I've heard the average home price in Detroit has dropped bellow $18,000.

 

[land sea air]

what happened to cause all of this? Is it because of the faltering auto companies?

 

[Joey D]

what happened to cause all of this? Is it because of the faltering auto companies?

The race riots of 1967 pretty much destroyed the city and put it into the ruins it is now. Pretty much everyone with money moved out, both whites and blacks, and left all the poor. Obviously the state of local economy and run down nature of the city led to crime and the overall danger of the city.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

what happened to cause all of this? Is it because of the faltering auto companies?

I suspect it's a combination of a lot of things, including ridiculous real estate speculation, sub prime lending, and certainly a failing automotive industry, among other things.

How about these figures for the average home prices in Detroit:

Oct. 2007 = $185,000
Oct. 2008 = $25,000
Mar. 2009 = $18,000
Today? =

90% drop in just 17 months.