All the riding skills in the world , plus more , were going to be needed just to cope with the notoriously-difficult annual Husqvarna Hard Adventure Enduro , being staged at various venues in and around Tokoroa over Labour Weekend . Throw in a few slippery rocks , deceptivelynarrow balance boards , pesky tree roots , immovable logs , unpredictable creek beds , mossy rocks , steep up-hills and down-hills , clinging mud and the constant tyranny of trying to beat the clock , and you have an event like no other . While it ’ s probably fair to say that challenges like this are the bread and butter of men such as Kiwi internationals Chris Birch , from Thames , Cambridge ’ s Dylan Yearbury and Wainuiomata ’ s Jake Whitaker , even these warriors were well and truly stretched . The event had a pandemic-enforced break last season , but it was back with all the same crazy obstacles to confound competitors for