Team Flintstones Ksh150,000 richer after being crowned Winners of inaugural Red Bull Scramboo
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The teams were judged on the creativity of their bicycles, the level of humor elicited by the skits they performed before starting the challenge, staying on the bicycle for the entire course and being able to pick the MTC to score extra points
Team Flintstones were crowned the winners of the 2024 edition of Red Bull Scramboo that was held at the Uhuru Park grounds on the weekend.
The high adrenaline-charged competition saw Team Recanon and Team Charlies Angels scoop the second and third positions respectively.
The event made its debut in Kenya as the first obstacle bike event in the country, with an interesting twist as participants were required to turn an ordinary bike into a creative one by pimping it out into whatever they liked.
The competition attracted 35 teams from all over the country competing for the ultimate prize of Ksh150,000/= and a Red Bull experience.
The entire course of the competition was designed to replicate a section of Nairobi city roads starting from 'Museum Hill 'that had a seesaw section as the first obstacle participants were to get over. In the middle of the track, there was a replica of the Nairobi Expressway where participants had to pick a receipt along their way for extra points. The last section was the pothole section that was a replica of Waiyaki Way, a section that recorded the highest number of tumbles and wrecks from the participants.
The teams were judged on the creativity of their bicycles, the level of humor elicited by the skits they performed before starting the challenge, staying on the bicycle for the entire course and being able to pick the MTC to score extra points.
The winners of the competition, Team Flintstones, had a near-perfect score for their skit, with the three judges giving them a score of 8, 8, and 7. The team started well through their track and were able to clear the entire track successfully in a record 1:29 minutes.
Team Recanon, who were runners up struggled through the course after getting a near-perfect score of 8,8,8 from the judges on the creativity of their opening skit. Their bike, which was designed as a camera lens, impressed the judges who ranked it as one of the best designs in the competition. Their tumble at the seesaw section proved as the decisive moment that denied them the first position in the competition.
Charlie's Angels came in third on the day, shrugging off a tumble just before the seesaw to record 1:01:80 on the clock. They were helped by the creativity they put in on their bicycle, with their skit also scoring highly at 7, 9, and 8 from the three judges.
