No way in hell - extreme enduro

[Rupe]

so its this sunday whos in are you tough enough?

was out, but think i'm in again now. Could do with the prize money so might head down.

[xen]

was out, but think i'm in again now. Could do with the prize money so might head down.

You better after hypin it :P
Jt is too scared now

[honda_power]

I will be riding... Looking forward to riding enduro again... Its been a while.
What time is it and how long between gas stops? Sorry if these have been answered im using a phone and cant be assed reading 5 pages

[cheese]

Yeah I was keen on the race, but it sign on at 8:30, and race at 10. For me to get there, I’d have to leave home at 6am..... So be up at 5.... its a 3 hour drive each way, so race a crazy race then drive home knackered....

[Rupe]

Yeah I was keen on the race, but it sign on at 8:30, and race at 10. For me to get there, I’d have to leave home at 6am..... So be up at 5.... its a 3 hour drive each way, so race a crazy race then drive home knackered....

ok, looks like I'm out again

[Rupe]

what happened, did anyone get out alive?

[dafydd roberts]

Was a brutal event some of my bike is destroyed at one point I was sliding down hills with the bike sliding next to me, was absolutely insane but that’s what it was supposed to be, we got as far as we could the skies opened up and the track was halfway down the bank and that was our race over. The only down side was after 2 hours of hell and insane terrain we got to the road, were you had a choice to turn to go back to car park or carry on up the most mental hill ever, most bikes turned to the car park but we pushed on, the only way down was down a vertical bank and it was vertical, anyway spectators had gathered and we decided to lower the bikes down on strops just to get down to the bottom in one piece the reaction of the crowd was not the best and if you haven’t got the balls to ride and have no idea what we had gone through to get the bikes that far in one piece you should shut the hell up. They had gathered there just to see the bikes/riders end up head first in the river I’m all for watching the chaos but when it doesn’t happen to turn to abuse is just wrong.

But a big up to the organizers can’t wait for the next one.

[cheese]

Maramarua was fun today, sounded like you went through hell!! I would have done the same think Dafydd, those who gave you shit, well there weren't riding now were they. All very well you point the finger.

[xen]

Ye that was nuts even tho I only got to do a small portion of it.. weren't long into it and marshalls caught up to us after some hill climbs and reckoned we wouldn't be able to do the tougher hills so diverted us to the middle of the loop with a big grassy terraced fuck off hill. Had a go getting up, you had to zigzag it, only got half way, man I have a new appreciation for the skills of the guns, they were making it look easy.
Organisers did a good job definitely extreme and the rain made it crazy, wonder if chrisktm can tell us how it compares to the ones overseas.. piece of piss? lol
Yea daf thats off mayb they should have tried to ride some
Bit dissapointed to not try the groveling stuff but maybe a good thing by the sounds of it lol... i need more practice

[takitimu]

Was a brutal event some of my bike is destroyed at one point I was sliding down hills with the bike sliding next to me, was absolutely insane but that’s what it was supposed to be, we got as far as we could the skies opened up and the track was halfway down the bank and that was our race over.

Major Dafydd, sounds really rough so damn well done for getting as far as you did.

That sucks about the crowd, though those that can do, those that can't watch & to make two hours is impressive, I kinda had a suspicion after watching last years extreme test that it might be a bit rugged.

[theblacksmith]

Was a brutal event some of my bike is destroyed at one point I was sliding down hills with the bike sliding next to me, was absolutely insane but that’s what it was supposed to be, we got as far as we could the skies opened up and the track was halfway down the bank and that was our race over. The only down side was after 2 hours of hell and insane terrain we got to the road, were you had a choice to turn to go back to car park or carry on up the most mental hill ever, most bikes turned to the car park but we pushed on, the only way down was down a vertical bank and it was vertical, anyway spectators had gathered and we decided to lower the bikes down on strops just to get down to the bottom in one piece the reaction of the crowd was not the best and if you haven’t got the balls to ride and have no idea what we had gone through to get the bikes that far in one piece you should shut the hell up. They had gathered there just to see the bikes/riders end up head first in the river I’m all for watching the chaos but when it doesn’t happen to turn to abuse is just wrong.

But a big up to the organizers can’t wait for the next one.

Good on you for having the nuts to give it a go Daf's and anyone else here that did as well. Congrats to Mr Birch and Damon Neild.
And to the people who were talking shit - on yer bikes if ya think you can do better!!!! Or stay home and watch Coronation Street lol

[tommorth]

awsome event great stuff daf to get so far the point of those drops wasnt to ride down we were all told to lower or throw our bikes off when we got to them . The skys truly opend up later in the day great effort for all who entered. I was way over my head mnot enough skill not fit enough etc etc .Pulled something in my groin near the start so was actually fairly glad to be diverted ,definitly looking forward to haveing anothe rgo next year with a bit more preperation .

I think less that 15 people mad ethe first section in the 2hours , no one was even ready when Birch finished he had to go do the last section again so they could wave the flag and take a pic. which was pretty cool so got to see the master jumping out of the creek twice

few good pics on overthetops facebook page thanks stu didn't even know you were there great one of k6k lying in the creek and xen about to shower me and a marshal in mud
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...d=437928245012

[cave weta]

What a day! I arrived after the start But was told 55 starters at the end of the day I think 8 made it to the finish!
It rained all night and then rained all day!- it was hard enough just being a spectator! Big ups to Daff and Tommorth! I didnt see either of you all day- Me and Birch dried out Ollie Sharps bike after he dropped it just befor e the 1/2 way. but still too slow to meet the cuttoff!

What an event! photos here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref...1400012&ref=mf

[tri boy]

Respect.
Only in my dreams would I try riding a course like that. (going from weta's pics)

[IIIRII]

Noobie / Phil & Me all went down for our first ever national enduro on Saturday.
We were unsure how hard it would be and on the way to the event we spotted some arrows which appeared to be on a near verticle hill and we all looked at each other and went WTF ??
Then it occured to us this was most likely for the Sunday event ...

Anyway ....
We didnt really have a clue what to do but the organisers were awesome and gave us an idiots guide to what to do and how to do it.
The 3 of us started on the same minute but hadnt really warmed up by the first special stage which did make it harder than it really was.
About 4 k into the 105k enduro, we were going down a pretty steep hill , when Noobies rh bar hooked into my lh bar, All I remember was thinking , this has the potential to be a fuck up,,,,,
Both of us over the handlebars tumbling down the hill, I was lucky enough to break the fall of the KTM hitting the ground by putting my body between it and the ground....(andf I think Noodbie as he was unscathed)
All I can say is it ihad so much potential for a "westpack rescue helicopter" moment...
Noobie kept going and I was fortunatly only winded and bruised.
The marshalls were pretty much there straight away, I said I was ok but needed to rest for a few minutes, went into shock blabla .....they seemed to think someone on a suzuki clipped Noobie and pushed him into me..So cheers for that, could have passed another 100ms down the track and never risked killing anyone ...
Took some harden the fuck up pills and carried on...


Anyway, I did the first two stages but my elbows were both so sore I really couldnt ride, the rh one looked like it had been plugged into the compressed air.
I must have landed on my ass somewhere during this as I have bruised my tailbone too, so everytime I tried to site down or everytime the seat wacked me I nearly bust into tears....
Pulled the pin when we arrived at the pits...

Anyway, Noobie plodded on and completed the event , so Big thumbs up ...
Really well run event with (From what I rode ) AWESOME terrain....
Really liked all the water crossings and the steep stuff.....(Might not of if it was wet)

So points for the Noobie, but not me
4 weeks to recover till round 2