I raced nationals at deer valley the same weekend he made the news for eating shit off a giant near by drop. It was irritating in a way because he took all the attention away from the actual talented riders. Later he made movies with guys I knew, worked with, and had riden with. I never thought he had much skill, but had no way to deny he had huge balls. I still prefer racing.
He road the Apocalypse as well , it had more rear travel i think , the Armageddon was 11'' rear the apocalypse was 13'' i could be wrong (its been like 20yrs), it had Risse Champ big foot 12'' upside down fork ️
Pretty poor form to not tell us where he is now. He was crazy. No idea about physics whatsoever. I learnt to drop by doing the opposite of him. There's rumours he died in a car crash or he's Married with a family and still rides. Does anyone know. I bet his body hates him now. He was a freakin legend.
There was a movie made recently by freeride entertainment called nothing for free, and bender was in it. He's growing weed and smoking a pile of it and yes his body hates him.
@trevormckenna9356 Bender and I livin the same life. Weed let's my body hate me less and I still Dirt Moto at 52. Heaps of different stuff on my channel. KEEP IT REAL ON THE BACK WHEEL 🤙.
i think someone they trust as a beginner maybe gives them bad advice to land rear heavy , we had to tell our friend on a kona stinky to try land almost two wheels at the same time so you dont make the head angle super slack eating through the rear travel before the front wheel even touched down..we was doing urban stair drops / almost everything to flat ground , he was scary to watch 😂 he had more balls then talent and a big ox of a lad +6ft +220lb on a fully stock build .
The beginning of all modern mountain bikin' !
I've been started my experience with dh bikes seeing him videos, thank you Josh!
Thank you for watching and we have a lot to thank Josh for
NWD2!!! what a trip down memory lane, watched it too many times. Love your videos, keep making them!
@@ElHorste thank you for watching! Thanks for the kind words 👍
Wish the video was longer. I met Josh at a party in Denver around 04’
Most chill guy ever. Built like a short tank.
@@nolangoldberger2921 thanks for watching, most of our videos could be TH-cam shorts.
Love this kind of video! There’s not enough of this stuff in mountain biking, good job bro
@@lcmtn thank you!!
The 12" motocross style forks were Marzocchi super Monster T mountain bike forks
And they were a thing of beauty.
Bender would use the 12 inch Risse Bigfoot fork, you could rarely see him riding the Super monster fork.
👍good Sound.
Thank you 😋
Oh yes!!! Oldie but so good!
@@droppindown he was a trailblazer, thanks for watching
2:24 its called the "jaw drop" not the bender sender.
@@tjpighin and the jah drop I’m told, thanks for watching
that drop is called the Jah drop. not the Bender sender!
I think bender sender is an adult drinking game now? I’ve seen it called the jaw drop too.
Yeah, Bender calls it the Jah Drop on vid. Then describes how brutal and difficult it is to land.
Brage landed the drop at 2:29
The Seth enslow of mtb haha 🙌😎 YYAAATT
I raced nationals at deer valley the same weekend he made the news for eating shit off a giant near by drop. It was irritating in a way because he took all the attention away from the actual talented riders. Later he made movies with guys I knew, worked with, and had riden with. I never thought he had much skill, but had no way to deny he had huge balls. I still prefer racing.
Thanks for watching, I understand your frustration, but I haven’t got the balls to do either but would happily sit and watch both all day long
Karkpiel Armageddon.
A thing of beauty
He road the Apocalypse as well , it had more rear travel i think , the Armageddon was 11'' rear the apocalypse was 13'' i could be wrong (its been like 20yrs), it had Risse Champ big foot 12'' upside down fork ️
Pretty poor form to not tell us where he is now. He was crazy. No idea about physics whatsoever. I learnt to drop by doing the opposite of him. There's rumours he died in a car crash or he's Married with a family and still rides. Does anyone know. I bet his body hates him now. He was a freakin legend.
There was a movie made recently by freeride entertainment called nothing for free, and bender was in it. He's growing weed and smoking a pile of it and yes his body hates him.
You can find him on instagram, he’s been on the gnar couch podcast chatting about his career aswell. Thanks for watching👍
@trevormckenna9356 Bender and I livin the same life. Weed let's my body hate me less and I still Dirt Moto at 52. Heaps of different stuff on my channel. KEEP IT REAL ON THE BACK WHEEL 🤙.
He is one of the main people and judges involved with rebull rampage still to this day. I believe he still lives around that area
As far as I know, he's a bike tour guide
Dire editing,reading off a card and using a legends film clips to get a channel going for yourself ..poor
@@Shaun-r5b thanks for watching, it was off my phone I’m learning on the job, I’ll get there one day
Stupid ass bike, landing rear wheel heavy every drop. LOL. What do they say about not learning from your mistakes 😂
Thanks for watching, having seen one up close and trying to ride one, I agree.
i think someone they trust as a beginner maybe gives them bad advice to land rear heavy , we had to tell our friend on a kona stinky to try land almost two wheels at the same time so you dont make the head angle super slack eating through the rear travel before the front wheel even touched down..we was doing urban stair drops / almost everything to flat ground , he was scary to watch 😂 he had more balls then talent and a big ox of a lad +6ft +220lb on a fully stock build .
You're free to try...
Ha. In feel bad about my comment now. Good on you Josh! ❤
2:24 its called the "jaw drop" not the bender sender.
Some people also call it the jah drop definitely looks like a jaw. Thanks for watching