Some more pics with commentary in between:
Saturday morning breakfast was served from 06:15 and the red route started at 07:00.
So the first challenge was being there on time.
Russel was the oke with the red BMW who went up the steep hill mentioned before. Behind him is DieterF (also a WD).
Here we waited a while for the bikes that had gone up the steep part. The detour was not in the least boring.
The red route was a handful so not many pics taken. The rest of the pics are from the Saturday's Skills Challenge Final.
One of the items was to pick up a cup of water from a barrel and put it down on the next barrel, make a U-turn and do it again. There was a slight incline so for the downhill you had to use your throttle hand and on the uphill your clutch hand.
Some logs to cross:
The large bikes had a hard time not bumping the barrel:
Over logs:
Slalom through some cones. They were very close together.
Russel again:
There were some "parking bays" set out with logs. The openings were at opposite ends so contestants hade to snake through them. Caused endless problems.
More slalom:
This was a familiar sight:
One of the few to have a problem with the log:
Leftless was incredible to watch. Although he rides extremely well he made some errors.
Home advantage. Daniel Nelson was a pleasure to watch, rode very well:
I suppose if it's your barrel you can thump it as hard as you like: