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Crankworx L2A - Air Downhill Photo Action
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5 comments

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Nicholast
12 years ago
How sure are we that's not a dude's bum? Just because there's a purse in the picture, it doesn't lock in gender. ;-)
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jaybies
12 years ago
I like a nice bum as much as the next guy, but is this really what mountain bikes are about?
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scarface
12 years ago
there are bums in every sport.
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jaybies
12 years ago
It's true, and in many cases I don't think it's a big deal. While there may be some debate, I have no real issues with podium girls and pictures of them. Although some podium boys for the ladies would seem fairer, at least on average preferences! While grid girls and podium girls are obviously an objectification of women, and things like the Monster Energy girls are a step above... really a commodification of women... at least they all approve of the images being taken and disseminated. The desire to ogle any attractive lady who turns up to mountain bike events is so pervasive that any live coverage focusses on any babe in the crowd, with obviously no permission taken to highlight them in particular. This picture may or may not have permission from the subject, but it certainly doesn't make much of a case to attract more women to the sport who want to ride or spectate without attention for anything other than a love of bikes. I love women, I love pictures of women, but there is such a thing as context. Sorry to be a killjoy! I always love the Vital galleries, the random bums just leave a bad taste about the whole thing sometimes.
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bdamschen
12 years ago
Yea, what he said. Also I'm offended that my wife has a pretty nice bum, spectates and competes in lots of DH races and has never made it into one of these creeper shots. ...of course if she ever did I wouldn't tell her because she would be freaked the eff out.