Birchy at the Romaniacs

[tnarg]

Running in 3rd overall but only seconds in it. Heres some vids with him from day 2 and 3.

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9b5PSyJMA

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=DsT0KHhu-zc

[dammad1]

Awesome.......

[MIXONE]

Anybody who thinks rugby or league players are tough should watch this.These guys must eat nails for breakfast and razor blades for lunch.

[avgas]

and this isn't on TV why?????
god im sick of tv in NZ.......may as well read the paper as it seems to get news to me faster.
cheers for the link boss

[courts]

wicked.these dudes are legends, must be so fit!!
any thoughts on the beemer???

[Padmei]

this is totally insane. No place for pussies there. I like the way they throw the bikes down the hill & follow them down.

[Gravel911]

Awesome footage……….

Birch is just so cool and calm.
Two other Kiwis were riding this year

Mark Delautour 3rd in Expert Single class
Tom Chapman 15th in Expert Single class

[Rupe]

and this isn't on TV why?????



exactly.....anyone know where to get the torrents for this?

[Hemex]

exactly.....anyone know where to get the torrents for this?

Not sure about finding the torrents, will let you know tomorrow... but if your using mozilla...get the software patch/updates and you can download he videos off youtbe...

[NordieBoy]

Day 4.
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=5n9Nw_n5I9Q

The way that bike on day 3 comes back into camera tumbling down the hill faster than it went up was priceless :D

[takitimu]

Day 4.
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=5n9Nw_n5I9Q

The way that bike on day 3 comes back into camera tumbling down the hill faster than it went up was priceless :D

It was indeed very funny whilst being helluva scarey all in one, quite similar to this in concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ru1l2gN88

[denill]

From HH Media

Red Bull Romaniacs has just finished and Kiwi Chris Birch was 3rd in the Pro Class on a DQ of 24:05:09 - well done !!

It was won by the Brit. Graham Jarvis with a total of 23:40:06. 2nd was German, Gerhard Forster on 23:50:27.

This 'fifth edition' offered a total of 15.000 Euros in prize money. The competition starts with a prologue within Sibiu's town center, followed by 4 days of competition along a difficult course through the Southern Carpathians.

In the Prologue they travel over many wooded structures but problem was it rained and there are some photos of the chaos in the Hobby Class on: http://www.redbullromaniacs.com/photo/photos-2008/

See Chris in action on Day 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9b5PSyJMA

In the Experts Single Class, Kiwis Mark Delatour was 2nd and Tom Chapman 14th.