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#ThrowbackThursday - Josh Bender Going Huge 8

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#ThrowbackThursday - Josh Bender Going Huge

Going big like only Bender could.

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7/25/2013 12:49pm

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12 years ago

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Never gets old...
Still impressive how some of those jumps are pretty average now a days

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lonelyplanetrider

12 years ago

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Wish it could be an average jump for me. Still nervous going off anything higher than 6 feet. =)

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In reply to by sadfusde

12 years ago

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He was a legend. Rest in peace!

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12 years ago

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Rest in peace? Bender is definitely still alive and shredding...

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In reply to by dhgabor

12 years ago

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I've heard news: he's died by a car accident. So was it just hoax?

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In reply to by alexshirley

12 years ago

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Karpeil shoud name a bike after him - The Bender. Say what you will, he put freeriding on the map and showed the mtb world what bikes could do - even if he didn't stick them - and this was well before sweet dialed in bikes and components came along.

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12 years ago

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Bender rules. If it weren't for bender and the jaw drop, I wouldn't have discovered bikes.

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Will_Schwabacher

12 years ago

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we (mountainbiking in general) need a new bender

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