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The 26 stunt-riding gladiators will certainly laugh about this well-meant advice. They finally came to the Austrian town of Röthis (map), about 25 kilometers South of the Bodensee, to fight for the title of Europe’s best motorcycle stunt rider and for a sweet 13,500 Euros in prize money.

Acrobatics on two (or mostly on one actually) wheels has become more and more popular over the last three or four years. While the freestyle motocrossers with big-time sponsors already fill big stadiums with their risky jumps, stunting has been more of an underground activity, with riders seen usually at venues like dealer grand openings or biker parties.

The 2008 European Stunt Riding Championship demonstrated very well that less regimentation can certainly have a stimulating effect on the sport itself and especially for the crowd. The rules are written on just two pages and they also include important details such as any competitor can get three free drinks and meals per day.

The majority of the riders rely on 600 cc supersports bikes from Japanese production, alternatively with or without fairing, some of them even with a license plate -- after all, you do also need a set wheels to travel back and forth.

More displacement was favored only by French rider Rodolphe Briche, who failed to be in the final with his Honda CBR 900, and top favorite Chris Pfeiffer. He's been a BMW works rider since 2006 and he is doing things with his F 800 which would drive normal riders of the BMW brand close to a heart attack.

Is it an advantage to have 200 cc plus and as a result a better torque from low revs?" we asked Mr. Pfeiffer.

"No, not really. The 600 cc bikes are about 20 kilograms lighter and also have more power. But the two-cylinder engine of my BMW perfectly matches my riding style“, the world’s most popular stunt rider, who nearly could be the father of some of his competitors at the age of 38, explained.

It's interesting to note that most of the stunters are from France. See the Ht article on Pierre Goa by Ken. "It is unbelievable how stunt riding is booming there in the moment“, Chris Pfeiffer says.

Nevertheless, Chris Pfeiffer didn’t have a perfect run in qualification: "I have tried a bit to hard, rode very aggressively and nearly came off the bike on an extremely tilted donut . Then I stalled the engine because I unintentionally engaged the side stand, which has never happened to me before.”

A stunt bike with a working side stand? Incredible!

But the public didn't care about the faults, because Pfeiffer returned to his rhythm quickly and demonstrated his competitors in the semi-final and the final that there was nobody out there on the track to stop him during the weekend. His winning prize of 5,500 Euros were well-deserved.

The Chris Pfeiffer unit, including both rider and bike, is a perfect match and he shows enormous self-confidence. This combination didn’t only make "C.P.", how his fans call him, the European Champion for the fourth time with a 47 points lead -- it also makes him the Michael Schumacher of this sport.

Angyal Zoltan, 2007 World Champion, was again Pfeiffer's toughest challenger in 2008. The Hungrian, who rode his stunt program with two different motorcycles, showed a strong performance over the whole weekend and also took the crown and the 500 Euros money for the longest stoppie with his 64 meter run.

2008 European Stunt Riding Championship

Pos. Rider Manufacturer R1 R2 (Semi-final) Final Overall
1 C. Pfeiffer BMW 193 201 207 601
2 A. Zoltan Kawasaki 182 185 187 554
3 B. van den Eynde Honda 187 178 173 538
4 T. Sagnier Kawasaki 167 155 174 496
5 K. Favrou Honda 157 167 171 495

More details with a good slideshow: 2008 European Stunt Riding Championship - webBikeWorld

L.P.

Amazing Stuff..
Wish I could do it..

@Sunny: Where can we find more of this news and pixca's..

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stunting is given new meaning everytime these guys do stunts.
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Hey! Nice one there. Appreciated.

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^Sure, the Indian government and local police is all support for it!

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Oh don't forget the motorcycle manufacturers!

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Nice info Gajjar Sahab! Why this does not happen in India? Why people think that their CHILDREN would copy the stuff?

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