most insane wallride ever. (pic of him doing something completely unrelated added)

[roasted]

Transact building canberra. hard enough to ride the bank to wall as is, this just takes it to another level.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/brotographer/attachment-1.jpg


And I added this so you dont doubt his abilities.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g234/anthonypants/ruben2.jpg

[PyletSnviper]

hmm i cant see him landing that easily... did he? lol

[fatass]

Holy bujeebus, how the hell does that work? that's friggin insane

[I-AM-TEH-FASTEST-11]

that sets off my bullshit detector

[PyletSnviper]

i wanna see him hit the upper one of those brick things!

[Customjimmy]

that sets off my bullshit detector

Yep, 8 foot bunny to sideways - very difficult

[Randy Rhoads]

that sets off my bullshit detector

Me too. It would be very hard to get up there and there's no way he landed it.

[tu plang]

that sets off my bullshit detector

hmm calling photoshop always ends in a shit fight, but i agree, theres some funky colour going on around the rider.

[mike&nat]

the wall isn't directly under the bank so he could use it as a jump and hop. i think he would 180 out onto the back and head the other way but that would hurt, or use the stairs as a landing if he really liked pain

[fattyandthepiemakers]

Nope, it's real...

[roasted]

Yep, 8 foot bunny to sideways - very difficultcome in at an angle, its not a problem. a bank also lets you boost significantly higher.

Me too. It would be very hard to get up there and there's no way he landed it. No way he landed it? he 180's and rolls out on the bank.

hmm calling photoshop always ends in a shit fight, but i agree, theres some funky colour going on around the rider.Its a video still mate, hardly the best for a detailed picture.

[Customjimmy]

Never say never!!

[allstar]

real or not that looks farkin insane.
could u post up the vid?

[robmann]

thast pure insanity... if its real;)

[Alec McJo]

Its a video still mate, hardly the best for a detailed picture.

Do you have the video of it anywhere?

I wouldnt mind seeing that, looks like a bluddy insane wallride.

And on the topic of photoshop, as fake as it looks i rekon its real. This guy seems to always post up crazy BMX shit...

[Registered Nutter]

goooood dammmm

[bolzy]

yep need video proof but its looks pritty good to me

[fleshbone]

um wether it is you or not,some has done it.i got this pic from a vid that my mate just sent me,and it's an american vid.

[roasted]

eh, that footy that you have was shot by danimal who now lives in melbs, but I fail to see how that is relevant? photoshopped thing relates to the first pic. the second is real, having appeared in rideUK a few months back..

[Customjimmy]

After due consideration - and Brocky's wake - I consider that picture to be a falsehood, a fabrication, a lie. Did he get a tow-in?

[125PHIL]

there real..yes there nuts ......and i have much man luv for ruben alcantara!

[how about some ether?]

the 180 thingy is real i know this because its on a bmx video made by some guys from melbourne i saw it at another bmx'ers house (when the guy who made it brought it around) about 4 weeks ago.its definatley the coolest thing i've ever seen done on a bmx thie pictures don't do it any justice

http://www.slingshot.org.au/slingshot/showcase/rollcallbmx.php

[Timmy Bee]

ruban = crazy skills

as if its fake, ruban is a pro bmxer, why would he be making photoshops of himself doing crazy wallrides. some bmxers are doing some crazy shit these days, i have no doubt its real.

your all to untrusting.

[Jacko Wacko]

ruban = crazy skills

as if its fake, ruban is a pro bmxer, why would he be making photoshops of himself doing crazy wallrides. some bmxers are doing some crazy shit these days, i have no doubt its real.

your all to untrusting.


i totally agree with you...

I've seen those two pictures before and video of the second so thats proof enough for me


just because no one could do it on an mtb you people think its fake?

[RedPill]

Far out that is insane, did you see it happen matt? Of course its real u idiot's...

[roasted]

nope, only seen it on video, fairly sure its on either Untitled or Rollcall.

[hubbie]

untitled is the new rollcall isnt it?

ruben's a nut! he's not an aussie is he, has he just been spending some considerable time in Aus, or were the halfpipe and wallride filmed around the same time?

[Benana]

this is a mtb forum, we dont want pics of bmx on here! :) joking bmx is | | < that much better, i have rubens pedals and grips, im proud. yea matt

[Jimmy401]

ill believe it when i see the video. but if thats real fuck me dead thats nuts.

[Dirt Devil]

Nuts. Looks real enough too. You can see the boards over the gutter and bank to smooth the run in.

[ajay]

Fuck, there are some synical bastards on this forum!

Sick pic (vid still, whatever...)

Keep posting the phat shit roasted:cool:

[leitch]

Fuck, there are some synical bastards on this forum!

....

Keep posting the phat shit roasted:cool:

agreed. cynics suck. roasted's BMX shit is aaaalways good.. keep it coming

[Ryan]

Wow.

Just wow.

If you've ever been to the Transact building you know how hard it is just to get up those steep-as-fuck banks to ride the wall. That is seriously of the sick-tor.

Also, every single person who called photoshop on this picture is a certified deadshit. Ruben is one of the most progressive/inventive/original BMX riders on the planet, there is no way in hell he would photoshop a picture of himself.

[fair_enough69]

alcantara is a fukn legend ,, in Forward he is crazy and by far he is my favourtie bmxer. never knew he was down under but , anyone know why??

[ss-stp1'06]

that is absolutely insane

[Bow]

Also, every single person who called photoshop on this picture is a certified deadshit. Ruben is one of the most progressive/inventive/original BMX riders on the planet

I hear you. Farkin's forums just seems to bring out the close-minded opinions of many pretentious and unskilled mountain bikers.


I wouldnt expect anything less amazing from Ruben.

[always on 1]

that is some crazy shiz and those people who say its photo shopped need to believe in a brother

[Dozer]

Geez....that photo / still is bloody great! The fact that someone has had the thought of getting up their on a bike is far out enough but actually doing it? That is great!

By the way...I very much doubt it is fake. There is a lot of work to do to that photo to get it that real looking (and its from a video camera...).
Great stuff.

[projectsplat]

Fuck, there are some synical bastards on this forum!


yeah - those bastard cynics......

you should see what those cynical mo fo's did on this other thread....... :-)
http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=62331&page=2


I think a degree of cynycism can be healthy. I am not saying that the pic is fake, but I am saying that you can't believe everything you see on the internet.

edit : if someone wanted to fake a shot like that, it would have been quite easy. if someone wanted to fake the video, that would have been pretty simple too. a good exampe of faked video is the one in the link above. the only reason they got caught was because they pushed the speed of the rider a bit too far out of the realms.
- again, not saying that it is fake (i don't really care), but that it can be done.

[ajay]

yeah - those bastard cynics......

you should see what those cynical mo fo's did on this other thread....... :-)
http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=62331&page=2


I think a degree of cynycism can be healthy. I am not saying that the pic is fake, but I am saying that you can't believe everything you see on the internet.

edit : if someone wanted to fake a shot like that, it would have been quite easy. if someone wanted to fake the video, that would have been pretty simple too. a good exampe of faked video is the one in the link above. the only reason they got caught was because they pushed the speed of the rider a bit too far out of the realms.
- again, not saying that it is fake (i don't really care), but that it can be done.

Sure,

Everyone has varying degrees of cynicism in them, but like i said, there are alot of cynics (cynical by their nature) on this forum.
As in, they see something that they cant do (like the wallride in this thread) and straight up call it a "photoshopped picture". THAT degree of cynicism is not healthy and quite a flaw in character IMO.

Anyway, without letting this digress to far....

Sick Pic:p

[randomridermax]

haha its so awsome i would of loved to of seen it in real life and for sure its not a fake he such a sweet bmx rider

[santacruzbrendan]

where the hell does the guy in the first pic land, cause he doesn't look like he will make the other side!!!

[alpinestar12]

I believe it, I would like to see a pic of the landing however, to see how he rode out of it. please, anyone?

[roasted]

Go buy self titled, all of you. its in that.

[Ryan]

I've been thinking about this and I have seen an mtb, most likely ridden by Lenosky do a wallride that almost rivals that for ridiculousness, if I can track the photo down I'll post it up stat...

[roasted]

ah the one out the front of the "lenosky" products building in the fox ad? yeah thats wild, this reminds of it but on a bigger scale with a gnarlier landing.

[Ryan]

Indeed, but Lenoskys one, to my memory at least, has a way techier / tighter take off...so Ruben still wins and my skills of an internerd lose as I can't find the pic to prove it.

[dwnhil4thewin]

get fucked, there is no way to land that on a bmx without breaking sum legs. he could not make it to the other side coz he is already turning down halfway across. bull......shit

[Alec McJo]

get fucked, there is no way to land that on a bmx without breaking sum legs. he could not make it to the other side coz he is already turning down halfway across. bull......shit

Go out and watch some of the new BMX movies, E.G. Sentenced to Life.

See what you say then...

[bransly]

wow thats insane

[dwnhil4thewin]

nah dude, couldnt be bothered watchin bmx. the discolouration of the photo under the rider makes it look so suspect

[Randy Rhoads]

No way he landed it? he 180's and rolls out on the bank.



Damn that guy must have some skill

[roasted]

nah dude, couldnt be bothered watchin bmx. the discolouration of the photo under the rider makes it look so suspect

again, go buy self titled. its in that.

[ajay]

again, go buy self titled. its in that.

haha, dont even bother man...

These chums have made up their mind at their own loss.

They can live in dark.

Where can I buy the vid?

[sammydog]

Is that self titled as in the MPF productions/norco vid??

I'm off to rewatch it and pay more attentiopn for that bit. Never noticed it before.

[ajay]

Is that self titled as in the MPF productions/norco vid??

I'm off to rewatch it and pay more attentiopn for that bit. Never noticed it before.

yeah, ive got that dvd, never noticed that in it...

Different self titled?

[roasted]

yep, different self titled.

its on stricly, it's the triple6 team dvd.

[Timmy Bee]

get fucked, there is no way to land that on a bmx without breaking sum legs. he could not make it to the other side coz he is already turning down halfway across. bull......shit

just because every time you get on a bmx or a rigid your so unsmooth that you hurt your precious little wrists and ancles, doesnt mean others cant be smooth. im sure he made it to the landing he is a crazy rider, but, even so, ive seen plenty of vids of people doing drops to flat just as high on bmx onto concrete (rather than the grass in this pic) and riding away.

[dwnhil4thewin]

just because every time you get on a bmx or a rigid your so unsmooth that you hurt your precious little wrists and ancles, doesnt mean others cant be smooth. im sure he made it to the landing he is a crazy rider, but, even so, ive seen plenty of vids of people doing drops to flat twice that size on bmx.

ok then mate. u tell me where there is one pic or vid which has sumone doing an 8 metre drop to flat on a rigid bmx without getting demolished and i will retract any statement ive made. ur dreaming mate. and i dunno how ur talking to me about smoothness, how can a massive huck to flat possibly be smooth??? and sorry that i like to keep my wrists and ankles unbroken.

[at the drive in]

ok then mate. u tell me where there is one pic or vid which has sumone doing an 8 metre drop to flat on a rigid bmx without getting demolished and i will retract any statement ive made. ur dreaming mate. and i dunno how ur talking to me about smoothness, how can a massive huck to flat possibly be smooth??? and sorry that i like to keep my wrists and ankles unbroken.

ignorance must be bliss you fool......
Ruben is one of the most creative and influential bmx rider of all time, not to mention smooth and jedi like skill
oh and check the link to see bmx'ers going big
http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=59192&highlight=jimmy+levan

[FR Drew]

I don't think anyone is arguing the point that Ruben can ride well.

What has been said re it looking like he's already turning down, that it's hard to see where the hell he could land without serious injury and that there's some weird pixellation in the image just below him still stands.

I'd love to see more of this sequence but frankly, saying "OMG, Ruben is just a madcor rider, why don't u guyz believe us?, watch untitled." isn't terribly helpful.

It's a mad bit of riding but it's a seriously crap photo from a proof point of view.

Any more screen grabs available?

[ajay]

ignorance must be bliss you fool......
Ruben is one of the most creative and influential bmx rider of all time, not to mention smooth and jedi like skill
oh and check the link to see bmx'ers going big
http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=59192&highlight=jimmy+levan

I was going to post the extact same thing!

Bmxer's are so much more advanced in the "smoothness" department.. so much so that alot of mtb riders refuse to believe that its possible!

[brad of sydney]

I've been thinking about this and I have seen an mtb, most likely ridden by Lenosky do a wallride that almost rivals that for ridiculousness, if I can track the photo down I'll post it up stat...

i found it! its on the first page of the 2004 oct/nov issue of amb. its a fox ad.
ill take a photo of it tonight and post it up.

[ajay]

i found it! its on the first page of the 2004 oct/nov issue of amb. its a fox ad.
ill take a photo of it tonight and post it up.


ahh,

I think ive seen that too - it has a grass bank either side though, doesnt it?

still rediculous...

[dwnhil4thewin]

ignorance must be bliss you fool......
Ruben is one of the most creative and influential bmx rider of all time, not to mention smooth and jedi like skill
oh and check the link to see bmx'ers going big
http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=59192&highlight=jimmy+levan

That link u put up is not a bad size at all but this fool was trying to tell me that bmx can go double that size before he went back and edited his post. also we were talking about landing to flat. that link shows a guy landing on a down ramp. That could be landed on any bike smoothly not just bmx.

[brad of sydney]

That link u put up is not a bad size at all but this fool was trying to tell me that bmx can go double that size before he went back and edited his post. also we were talking about landing to flat. that link shows a guy landing on a down ramp. anyone on any bike could land that smoothly.

ill like to see you do it.

[x]

ruban = crazy skills

as if its fake, ruban is a pro bmxer, why would he be making photoshops of himself doing crazy wallrides. some bmxers are doing some crazy shit these days, i have no doubt its real.

your all to untrusting.

Wow great pic. I also have no doubt that its real.

[at the drive in]

That link u put up is not a bad size at all but this fool was trying to tell me that bmx can go double that size before he went back and edited his post. also we were talking about landing to flat. that link shows a guy landing on a down ramp. That could be landed on any bike smoothly not just bmx.

fine if you still want to be a iggnorant fool then check the video on this link out. Huge gap to flat by steven hamiliton at the end, this sort of crazy riding is not a rare thing for steven hamilton just check any of his video sections. I have never seen any mtb photos or videos of someone doing a gap as big as that or even as smooth.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1200210694226011517&q=bmx

[ajay]

^^ fuck yeah, that was mad....

The 180 down the 10 stair over the handrail rated pretty high on my GNAAAAR scale!

[DYJK]

um wether it is you or not,some has done it.i got this pic from a vid that my mate just sent me,and it's an american vid.

Actually thats ruben in melbourne! hes spannish! most people know the guy for all the awsome signature pocket airs he can do and the huge transpher wallrides and for his ruben wallride! and yes its real!

[benji boy]

ok then mate. u tell me where there is one pic or vid which has sumone doing an 8 metre drop to flat on a rigid bmx without getting demolished and i will retract any statement ive made. ur dreaming mate. and i dunno how ur talking to me about smoothness, how can a massive huck to flat possibly be smooth??? and sorry that i like to keep my wrists and ankles unbroken.
just to help tim prove his point there is a fucking crazy sequence that there is a bmx'r hucking but it isnt to flat nor is a very step tranny but still big........it was on here a while ago and the rider was levan

benji

EDIT: didnt look at At the drive in's post...

[mental_mtbr]

ruben rocks my sox

[starship303]

Okay i've got some screen grabs from a vid of Ruben doing some other wallrides...see below. The dude is a wall-riding machine!

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8988/ruben2ht9.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1669/ruben1be6.jpg

If your still not satisfied that the man is a f.r.e.a.k. then check out this vid (where the above pics came from):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x4zoXW02VrE

Hopefully this settles it. ;)

[FR Drew]

Don't take this the wrong way but both those wallrides look way easier that the original TransACT one pictured. the takeoffs and landings look achieveable, in the one over the door he hasn't started turning down yet (which he appears to have done on the transACT pic, well before what looks like the halfway point of a ride that would lead to anything approaching a tranny rather than a drop to flat)

I still want to see a clearer shot or a link to that TransACT sequence because it looks truly mad.

[dwnhil4thewin]

fine if you still want to be a iggnorant fool then check the video on this link out. Huge gap to flat by steven hamiliton at the end, this sort of crazy riding is not a rare thing for steven hamilton just check any of his video sections. I have never seen any mtb photos or videos of someone doing a gap as big as that or even as smooth.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1200210694226011517&q=bmx

great video, that stuff was big but it wasnt massive. the last gap was huge for a bmx but there was nothing there that i havent seen done on a mtb. obviously you've never seen the massive gaps in the red bull rampage or on the north shore. it seems like some people are convinced that if they did a gap on a bmx and did the same gap on an 8 inch travel mtb that the bmx would be a smoother landing. sorry but i cant for the life of me work out how that could be possible.

[dwnhil4thewin]

Okay i've got some screen grabs from a vid of Ruben doing some other wallrides...see below. The dude is a wall-riding machine!

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8988/ruben2ht9.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1669/ruben1be6.jpg

If your still not satisfied that the man is a f.r.e.a.k. then check out this vid (where the above pics came from):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x4zoXW02VrE

Hopefully this settles it. ;)

neither of these pics have the drop to flat of the transACT pic. they both have easy-to-get-to landing ramps

[Ryan]

^ He didn't land to flat you fucktard, he lands it on the bank.

I've now seen the video. It's real. If you don't believe me, I'm going to fight you.

Seriously, you should just shut up now. Every post you make disputing its authenticity makes you and this thread progressively stupider.

[dwnhil4thewin]

^ He didn't land to flat you fucktard, he lands it on the bank.

I've now seen the video. It's real. If you don't believe me, I'm going to fight you.

Seriously, you should just shut up now. Every post you make disputing its authenticity makes you and this thread progressively stupider.

your a fucktard. u think your going to fight me for disputing a simple photo? um....yeah.....good luck with that.

[Ryan]

Yes, definitely, because I'm deadly serious :rolleyes: As I always am when posting on the internet.

Seriously though, you must be pretty tragically brain-damaged if you still want to dispute it. It's real. Someone did it. On a BMX. Get over it.

Though judging by the spelling of your nickname, some kind of brain-damage is evident, so I shouldn't be too hard on you. Dwnhil hey? Can't even spell the name of the sport you participate in...genius!

[dwnhil4thewin]

Yes, definitely, because I'm deadly serious :rolleyes: As I always am when posting on the internet.

Seriously though, you must be pretty tragically brain-damaged if you still want to dispute it. It's real. Someone did it. On a BMX. Get over it.

ok then. thats not whats getting me cut anymore, its the fact that people think that landing without suspension is smoother than landing with suspesion

[Ryan]

ok then. thats not whats getting me cut anymore, its the fact that people think that landing without suspension is smoother than landing with suspesion

No-one has said that. You're just making shit up now. If someone has said that, please quote it and prove me wrong.

It is POSSIBLE to land just as smoothly on a BMX as you can on an MTB, that doesn't mean that it ALWAYS is or that anyone has even said that is always is. You're getting yourself worked up over a post that you've misunderstood the content of.

[roasted]

on that I'd rather land with rigids and absorb with my body than blow through all my travel, bottom out harshly and get bucked.

[dwnhil4thewin]

on that I'd rather land with rigids and absorb with my body than blow through all my travel, bottom out harshly and get bucked.

your body can only absorb so much. wouldnt it be better to use up your 8 inches and once u bottom out u absorb with your body?

[roasted]

honestly no. and good luck getting up there with 8 inch+ of travel.
You're sure to bottom out and make a nasty noise, so what use is suspension? itll just blow through the travel and have little or no effect, + being less maneuverable would be harder to bring in to land.

[leitch]

your body can only absorb so much. wouldnt it be better to use up your 8 inches and once u bottom out u absorb with your body?

1) NO chance of getting anywhere near that wall with 8inches of travel (as roasted said).

2) your arms and legs have at least 12 inches worth of equivalent travel (and of course even more in your legs) so you actually have more than your 8 inches.

3) when is it EVER a good idea to bottom out your suspension before you start absorbing with your body? fool

[FR Drew]

Ryan, is there any way that you could youtube the bit of the film with the transact wallride? It looks awesome and I'd love to see how the hell he both launches and lands it.

(the vid link posted up earlier in the thread blew me away with how smooth this guy is. Gravity doesn't seem to exist in his world.)

[brad of sydney]

i found it! its on the first page of the 2004 oct/nov issue of amb. its a fox ad.
ill take a photo of it tonight and post it up.

okhere it is, it isnt the best quality but you get the point, kinda.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/bradpictures/pic.jpg

[tonas]

okhere it is, it isnt the best quality but you get the point, kinda.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/bradpictures/pic.jpg

Nice. Same game, but definitely not same venue.

Andy.

[Ryan]

Ryan, is there any way that you could youtube the bit of the film with the transact wallride? It looks awesome and I'd love to see how the hell he both launches and lands it.

(the vid link posted up earlier in the thread blew me away with how smooth this guy is. Gravity doesn't seem to exist in his world.)

Sorry dude. Only watched it down at my local, didn't have to buy it because I'd seen the only bit I needed to see ;)

[how about some ether?]

funnily enough my freind in canada has been riding with ruben of late and he has been riding a brodie full sus freeride bike

http://melbourneriders.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2609

[donthucktoflat]

MATT! GET MORE SCREEN GRABS YOU POO HEAD!!!

i love that steven hamilton vid. so awesome. there is one of corey somethingorother that is nutsbar as well

[DYJK]

Corey Martinez?

[maxsull]

That Picture was absoulutley insane if it was real

[ss_pride]

that sets off my bullshit detector

so many detectors been set off, i wanna see a pic of him landing that..:p

[Jordy]

I've seen footage of a melbourne rider doing that exact transfer from the one side to the other

[TRKSTR]

Farkin Ridiculous...Farkin off da hook!!

[rockyash]

that is fully real,
Alcantara is nuts, he did do that, and I think he landed on the bank, not the stairs.