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Targu Mures stage – movies

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , , on 17 June 2010 by Watcher Romano

As you probably already know, I did participate in the second stage of the National Offroad Championship, held near Targu Mures, in Campu Cetatii. Unfortunately the car broke down again, this time more costly. I was very happy I was not the pilot :-D

Here are some movies I was able to shoot, especially during the Special Stages and the Trial:

How to do a special stage with no servo and a BIG car:


Sorin Parvulescu in the Extreme Special Stage:


Andrei Oprea climbs a tree  :-)

elegantly courses through a ditch:

and finally kills it:

Stefan Grigorescu:

Open Special Stage:

Fiko / Miko, trial, mechanical winch

Craiu, same ascent:

Parvulescu in the Trial


Catalin Olaru with the one and only Semaca:

Copacinschi fights the mud
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Luana…mon amour – printemps 2010

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on 18 April 2010 by Watcher Romano

The infamous doctor Semaca has once again been so magnanimous as to invite me at Luana Offroad Fest, Spring Edition, 2010. This is a small insight into what happened there in the weekend of April 16th to 18th:

If you like these photos, or the subject of offroad, stay tuned (RSS or email), because it’s one of the main areas of interest on this blog :-)

PS: here are last years’ Luana photos.

11 April, soft offroad around Bucharest

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , on 12 April 2010 by Watcher Romano

This Sunday I went on an expedition around Bucharest, lead by the infamous GPScu. There were some other 40 crazy guys just like me. We wandered around in the forest, bushes, fields, etc, managed to get a few nice shots, and then had a barbecue.  Here are a few photos and movies from this trip:

Cheia Offroad Day with 4x4Mania team

Posted in Travel with tags , , , , , , , , , on 12 April 2009 by Watcher Romano

Alfonso has convinced me  to be a pilot on Saturday April 11th (instead of a copilot), so I joined the 4x4Mania team in Cheia for a day in the forest. Driving through the forrest, on muddy steep hills, following 42″ ruts, passing between trees wide enough for the car WITHOUT mirrors was very fun but also challenging , so I only managed to snap a few pics. I hope my photographer copilot will help me post some pics with ME in action too :-)

Balotesti Offroad Day

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 3 March 2009 by Watcher Romano

Sunday, March 1st, beautiful sunny day in Bucharest.

What could one do but go out to Balotesti, meet some other 4×4 enthusiasts and:

(there are 2 categories of pictures – “forum” – 800 px wide and “web” – 1200 px wide)

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February 8th Offroad Expedition

Posted in LifeStyle, Travel with tags , , , , , , , , on 8 February 2009 by Watcher Romano

First installment of pictures from the February 8th Offroad Raid organized on the Club4x4.ro forum :

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Calugareni Offroad Day

Posted in LifeStyle, Travel with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 12 January 2009 by Watcher Romano

Saturday January 10th, 2009, the swampy fields, forest and snowy hills near Calugareni, Romania hosted a 4×4 gathering comprising of some 35 cars and their crews,  kids, moto-parachutes and some dogs. Everything was planned here (Romanian Language). Some say it was a light offroad day, some say it was just light drinking. Here are some pictures from the event. There are a few more to come. I apologize for doubling some photos but it was the quickest way I could post them on several sites. There are three sizes of files: HD (1920×1080), web (800x something) and ‘regular’ – 1200 x something). Every photo can be used for non commercial purposes (that means that if someone uses it as a wallpaper I’d be glad :-P )

Ursus Free Track Day 3

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 8 December 2008 by Watcher Romano

Sunday December 7th was the last of three days of the Ursus Free Track  urban offroad event organized at the Palatul Pionierilor in the Tineretului Park.

Today was the ‘extreme’ day. If you ask me, the organizer’s decision to reverse the start and finish points of the track has made the day arguably easier than the ‘open’ day. Drivers would now go through the big hole in one step down two steps up as opposed to two steps down, own step up like in the previous day. However, the drizzle that kept coming back has made the track more difficult.

According to Mark Hankock’s advice, I first took the ‘safe shots’ for this day, descriptive of the action:

Greu la deal

Greu la deal

Polaris

For a reason beyond me, this Polaris was the crowd's favorite

Way of the Samurai

The way of the Samurai

Sideways Rubicon

Sideways Rubicon

Blue Vitara

Blue Vitara

Iiii Haaaa

Iiii Haaaa

Copilots were essential today too:

Advice on the Fly

Advice on the Fly

Copilot work

Copilot work

Copilot work

Copilot work

Copilot work

Copilot work

Having assured the safe shots, I decided to go for different things today, to give y’all a more complete idea about the event:

web-tzuparu-says-youre-out

Tzuparu says you're out

Brilliance

Pure Brilliance

Hilbilly Express

Hilbilly Express

But let’s get back to the real stars of these last 2 days, and come meet the close up:

18k of engineering

18k of engineering

If any of you wanted a more detailed look at these monsters, here’s the inside scoop:

Command post

Command post

3 brakes

3 brakes

The 4 pedals are as follows: 1 gas, 1 general brake, 1 brake for the left side, 1 brake for the right side. The car has automatic transmission ;-)

And I would like to finish this post with two shots that I think capture the essence of offroading:

Red truck, dramatic sky

Red car, dramatic sky

4x4 essence

4x4 essence

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