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Carnage Hill... worth the fun???

Carnage Hill (NZs main tourist attraction) was the finish chute for a competition held in Woodhill forest in New Zealand in around 2004 (If I remember correctly). It is so named for all of the carnage seen that day... novice sandy face-plants... elite pile-ups... veteran barrel rolls... and a lot…
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of geriatric gumbiness.The organizers of the event so enjoyed the days knee slappers that they organized a post race finish sprint competition (with Sport Ident) among the runners with the fastest finish splits from the day (Im the one in the blue and yellow shirt)... I think it was won by our very own NZ team member Chris Forne... but I could be wrong, my memory is not the best... However, I dont have to remember the antics of that day, the bloopers are permanently burnt into my retinae.Digging up this video got me to wondering... was making a crazy…

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