KIWI RIDER 03 2019 VOL.2 | Page 22

HUSQVARNA HARD-X POSTPONED W hile for many the blistering hot summer has been nothing but a good time, the sad reality is that when it’s hot, vegetation dries out and many of the dirt biking events we have waited for, well… get postponed so we have to wait even longer. Case in point: The Husqvarna Hard X which was scheduled for the weekend of March 30. Due to prevailing conditions at the events home base in the Kinleith Forest being too dry, the call was made by event organiser Sean Clarke to postpone the event. 22 KIWI RIDER “Due to the Extreme Fire Danger in the forest, we have had to make the decision to postpone the Husqvarna Hard X Hard Enduro and the Husqvarna Hard X Trail Ride until the 14th and 15th of December 2019. No rain is forecast for a few weeks and even then it may fizzle out so we had to make the call.” It’s hard news for the Hard Enduro fans looking to whet their appetite for punishment before this year’s Red Bull Romaniacs, with many riders using the event as a training ground before heading off to the big show.