Maybe he has just got a set of those new spank scented grips so he's giving them a sniff mid-run

His face hasn't got a handlebar shaped hole in it = the full face has done its job. Are you saying you would rather do that in a pisspot?

Why do people always say on a bottoming out picture "ah that makes your bike/fork crap"? Do people not realize that their own bikes look like that sometimes? Forks/shocks are designed to absorb impacts and thus will inherantly bottom out. It also depends on how you like to run your shock, with sag/ramp up etc etc; just cus it bottoms out on something smaller doesn't mean that all those type of forks are shit. Secondly i'm totaly with Byangoma; don't pass judgment on something unless you have extensively tested it yourself, just because you own a set of forks doesn't make all the competition shit. Also once again its down to personal preferance, I have raced with both Boxxers and 40's and I personally prefer 40s but as mentioned above, modern race forks are all of a very similair standard thus in the end its down to what the individual rider prefers.

This is the best POD I've seen in a while; stunning scenery, stunning riding and stunning photography. Don't get me wrong the other PODs have been good but as much as they are sick photos i'm getting a little tired of seeing someone riding round a berm or flat turn.