Abe Herbert
CALENDAR 2025 NZ Hard Enduro Nationals
Round 1 Taranaki, Mar 20-30
Round 2 Central Otago, Apr 19-21
Round 3 Canterbury, May 10-11
Round 4 Northland, Jul 19-20
Round 5 Wellington, Sep 27-28
Round 6 Canterbury, Nov 15-16
Round 7 Wellington, November 30
Urenui Back Basin Hard Enduro. The weekend’ s series opener drew the cream of the crop from across a diverse range of motorcycling codes and the riders brought something special to the popular event with many opting to ride trials bikes – giving them an advantage over the tricky arena-style obstacles – or motocross and cross-country bikes, which offered a speed advantage in the more open and flowing cross-country sections. The first day of competition, just off Korito Road, about 15 kilometres south-west of New Plymouth, was won by Luke Thompson( on a Vertigo Nitro 280 trials bike), with Sam Parker( Husqvarna TE300) finishing runner-up and New Plymouth’ s Matt Foster( on a GASGAS 125 trials bike) claiming third.
David Steen
URENUI BACK BASIN HARD ENDURO Sunday’ s day two was on rugged terrain inland from Urenui, just 35 kilometres north of New Plymouth. Taupo’ s Wil Yeoman won the day on his KTM 300 EXC enduro two-stroke, winning the day, ahead of Parker and then Thompson. Yeoman had managed only eighth overall on day one’ s Korito Technical Matrix, so when the riders’
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