Grant Allen Fox Creek Gap

[acrider]

What you think ?

http://www.mtbfreak.com/show_article.php?id=115&category=news&type=news&he ad=Sunday%20Ride%20with%20Grant%20Allen

[S.]

Big, as you'd expect from Grunt...

[dylma]

yeh, nice

[CHEWY]

Big, as you'd expect from Grunt...
he likes to stunt...

[Squidly Didly]

umm... yeah that's big! Pics still don't do it justice. Download the vid! FARK :shock:

[Rik]

Love the freewheel whir :D

[samberto]

that was awesome it was crazzzyhe hit that up with heaps of speed and nailed it

[a_harbour]

NICE! That could go on his next segment in disorser 5?

[DRUM]

that was sick... I just love the sounds the bike makes when it hits the tranny,....not to harsh ..not to soft just this perfect schick of suspension compressing and chain rattle.

[RaID]

standing where the take off ramp is
it took a fair throw of a rock to actually make the tranny

very balsy stuff

[Rik]

glitch in the matrix?

[LTR]

*gus* ID HIT IT !!!

i expected more than that actually...... ohh well....

[fastrider_ben]

we r trying to get grunt to come down to geelong and hit carcass and college gaps

[Adi]

Wow, thats massive, pics do no justice at all, cant see anything in them anayways! Thats insane... freeriding always looks better in slo-mo don't it :P

[fastrider_ben]

pics definately give no justice, looks like a hell steep tranny

[Adi]

I coulda done a better job with the editing though! Sorry MTBfreak guys, the quality is dodgy for 4 megs. Better to have 1 good quality vid then 4 low qual shots. WMM2 does a good job, everyone should use it! :P

[Scott]

the pics are pretty ordinary.

i mean, this is a huck. sooo, you want to get an idea of how big it is... I cannot see at all from those photos how big it is. he might as well have bunny hopped

grunts crazay

[Rik]

the pics are pretty ordinary.

True... people seem to be of the school of thought that "the more bike in the picture the better", but don't seem to realise that to give any idea of speed, height etc you need to show the viewer what the terrain is like, and give some sort of perspective of the size of it.

[looseunit]

True... people seem to be of the school of thought that "the more bike in the picture the better", but don't seem to realise that to give any idea of speed, height etc you need to show the viewer what the terrain is like, and give some sort of perspective of the size of it.

It is quite often hard to show scale in a big drops. Because the wider the lens you use (bigger feild of view), the less perspective you have and this results in people looking like ants and making things look massive or very far away. But apart from that the photo does not do the drop justice.

[bassmonkey]

The second run on the vid gives a pretty good idea of the scale when you see the dude standing near the tranny, but I bet it's nothing compared to seeing it in person.

It looks like it's across the other side of the road from the DH tracks; is that right? I'll have to scope it out next time I'm in the area.

[frosteee01]

Believe me, the photos and vid footage do not do this drop any justice grant deserves. i could not beleive how far and high it is whilst looking at it recently and would love to see it in real life (not vid) some time should the opertunity arise..

[DJ_Robbie]

yeh thats fair huge, typical grant style though, he's probably IMO the best aussie freerider at the moment

[Wattsy]

its a sick gap, watchin grant hit it is amazing, but the landing sketch and how u have to turn

[RaID]

The second run on the vid gives a pretty good idea of the scale when you see the dude standing near the tranny, but I bet it's nothing compared to seeing it in person.

It looks like it's across the other side of the road from the DH tracks; is that right? I'll have to scope it out next time I'm in the area.

yeh its across the road from the Car Park at Fox Creek
you should be able to see the wide tranny cut out among the long grass


pics definately give no justice, looks like a hell steep tranny

yeh the tranny is actually relatively steep so you gotta hit it spot on
Grant cased one of his efforst recently leading to a destroyed rim, as the
beginning of the tranny is quite sharp

[monkeymagic]

farking hell, that is nice and big!

[crozza]

u wouldn't want to run into that shit down the bottom

[shauno]

scary

[trenta23]

my mate rides with him frequently in SA, he says he real nice and super super crazy with everything he does......

[chief]

very nice...soooo much air time...i love it! :shock:

[Cheazy]

smooooooooooooooth :P

[luneham]

i reckon it would have been better if there was actually a creek

[luneham]

i reckon it would have been better if there was actually a creek

[RaID]

i reckon it would have been better if there was actually a creek

the place where the gap is called Fox Creek
hence the name

[McBainous]

Definately doesnt do him justice, you can't really tell that it's massive, he's a crazyman

[Joel O]

i downloaded the vid from the site and it was sick, it looks so much bigger and better than in the pics.

[Kona.S.P]

That is sick as

[treggs]

Hey guys,
Just thought you might like to know that the gap was measured at 65 feet diagonal. I helped grant dig it and the measurement is right. Months of digging went into it and it is frigging huge. Me and a couple of other guys thought about doing it but chickened out (surprise,surprise) The image quality is toned down so the video was easily downloadable so don't blame the MTBFreak guys...they were trying to save you time. I actually filmed all the angles in the video so if ya wanna bag someone...make it me :D My favourite shot is the one standing next to the ramp cos it gives the best idea of distance. Anyway enough rambling
Treggs

[Malty]

yeh that gap is huge and the landing is really really steep....i went to adelaide last week, the wooden kicker was broken though

[Dan]

its fkn huge in real! that vid/pics dont show anything haha. not sure what the latest news on it tho is, he was told he has to rip it down by authorities coz its 'too dangerous'. geezzzz they must be pussies!!! :roll: hehe

[Kammy]

yeah whistler is mad had some friends who got back yesterday and said it was aswesome. the vids are mad but the pics are a bit dodgy