Lower Hutt’ s Jake Whitaker, in sublime form on the tricky course near Egmont Village.
One of the“ Bridge Trolls” offers up a sugary sweet to New Plymouth’ s Luca Gopperth as he heads back into the tricky creek bed zone. the Silver Grade ahead of Gisborne’ s Angus Thomas and Te Kauwhata’ s Samuel Singer, while Taupo’ s Axel Lowe won the Bronze Grade ahead of Whangaparaoa’ s Nathan Refoy and New Plymouth’ s Jesse Smith. The popularity of the K. T. M. is a testimony to the superb job that’ s been done over the years by Herbert and his valiant team of volunteers, with them turning this novel cross-pollination of dirt bike codes into a must-see and must-do event. This was emphasised by a comment made by recent No Way In Hell extreme enduro winner Yeoman, who on Saturday described the K. T. M. as“ the hardest event in New Zealand”.“ For people that go overseas, or even people who watch this stuff from the sofa, it’ s not until you do it that you realise it’ s actually harder than it looks,” Herbert confirmed.“ Riders who really have some skill, they shine through. Clutch control is a big thing to master and the slippery creek beds are what catches
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