Oparau ’ s James Scott can now scratch another item off his “ To Do ” list and this time it involves winning a New Zealand motorcycling title in a slightly different environment than he ’ s used to . The young Honda star , the current New Zealand motocross No . 2 in the MX2 ( 250cc ) class , has raced motocross internationally and raced enduro world championship events too , but it was alien territory to him when he lined up to tackle the New Zealand Cross-country Championships for the first time this season . Sure , the 20-year-old South Waikato sheep and beef farm worker has dabbled at cross-country racing before , a branch of dirt bike racing not too dissimilar from the parallel motocross or enduro codes , and he won the only round of the Dirt Guide Cross-country Series that he tackled