INTERNATIONAL
GS TROPHY
HEADS TO NZ!
he international GS Trophy is the event
you want to find yourself competing in
if you happen to be a die-hard Gelande
Strasse fan - and next year the biggest event
in the BMW Motorrad world is heading right
here to Aotearoa!
The seventh edition of the GS Trophy will
officially take place in New Zealand in early
2020, with qualifying events to be held in the
months leading up to the 2020 event.
While details of exactly where in our
beautiful nation the GS Trophy will be
taking place are yet to be revealed, the way
the competition is to be run will follow the
format set by previous incarnations of the
GS Trophy.
So what is the GS Trophy? In a nutshell,
the GS Trophy is a unique, invitation-only,
14 KIWI RIDER
competition in which riders in nationalised
teams are pitted against each other, the
elements and more through a series of
challenges based around adventure riding
BMW’s flagship R1250GS Adventure.
Previous years have seen the GS Trophy
take to the steps of Mongolia, the jungles
of Thailand, the trails of Canada’s Rocky
Mountains and even further afield.
Riders lucky enough to make the cut for
their national team are supplied with all the
gear they need to compete, including a fully
kitted out GS Adventure and a full set of
BMW Motorrad rider apparel.
To date, no New Zealand team has officially
entered the GS Trophy. As it’s on home soil,
could this be a first?