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Don’t put up with her handling like a bucking bronco this weekend 🤣 Go and see the boys at House Of Dirt 🤙🏻
Cheers for the write up Andy (BikesportNZ.com). Stoked to take the overall at this one! 👌
WHEN THE GOING GOT TOUGH, WHITAKER GOT GOING | Bikesportnz
Only 34 of the 148 riders to start the 2024 edition of the No Way In Hell Extreme Enduro on Saturday made it to the final hurdle.No Way In Hell Extreme Enduro 2024
So cool to have this cool event back on the calendar this year! What an awesome job the whole Forestland crew did on putting together a fun but challenging track that most could have a good crack at. If you weren’t lucky enough to make it along, it’s definitely one to add to the calendar next time!
The morning prologue was a fast flowing track for our starting position and I was happy to finish up near the front of the pack in P3 on my TSS Motorcycles KTM 300 EXC.
I got off to a good start in the main race sitting in 3rd for most of the first lap. There were some fast boys in the mix which I had a feeling would be hard to hang onto in the earlier stages of the race with it being pretty open and fast. I was happy to still be in a good position coming into the second lap when things started getting a bit tougher. My Mitas Tyres New Zealand 754 rear tyre was working really well in the terrain and I was able to close up the gap for the lead in the last few hard sections of the track. Wil Yeoman had been out front for a big chunk of the race and was riding awesome. I managed to make the pass on him near the bottom of the last hill climb and take the overall win by just over 4 minutes. I just slowly chipped away at the hill. It was some of the steepest and most technical riding all day. Really stoked to get the win!
Huge thanks to all my people! 🧡Jane and the kids for all the support over the weekend and in the pits. Ants for getting the bike prepped throughout the week and for making the trip up with us. It was a cool weekend away racing bikes catching up with mates. See ya at the next one! 🤙🏻
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Well done Jake Whitaker absolutely amazing
Congratulations! You're a beast!
How good! Smashed it babe! So proud of you and absolutely stoked to see you fit and healthy and back loving riding your bike! Riding injured is not a good time! ❤️
Congratulations Jake, another epic accomplishment 🙌 JW Photography NZ amazing pics Jane 👌
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They’re lucky I don’t know how to re build an engine…or talk as much shit as most of them 🤣🤣 Good Family to be apart of!! Hit the Team up if this is you 🤙🏻
Headed South for round one of the NZ Hard Enduro championship last weekend.
Saturday we had the enduro cross in Wanaka which was once again a cool little track to rip round on for the day. Managed a win and had a lot of fun on the bike.
Sunday we headed for the hills for the 5 hour race. Some Dry rocky terrain made for some fun racing and a cool technical but pretty quick track. Took me a bit to find my pace earlier on but started to come right on the second lap.
Unfortunately at the 3 hour mark the race was called off due to a fire starting up while I was in 2nd behind Ethan. Well done Ethan on the overall win, you were riding awesome.
Thanks to everyone that made it a great weekend. The organisers for running a great event despite the cards they were handed on the day. Mark and Nancy, Richard and Rachel for putting us up over the weekend. @ant_mcgladdery for the big shifts on the bike prep coming into the event and making the trip south with me. Ya killed it for ya first hard enduro horse well done! 🫶🏻
Bike set up is so good right now on my TSS Motorcycles KTM EXC 300. House of dirt have the WP suspension on rails and the Mita’s tyres are sticking like shit to a blanket 🤣. Let’s goooo!
Thanks Janey for holding down the fort while I was away, you’re a star! 💜
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Cheers Jake and Ants for the help over the weekend , much appreciated. Great event , worth the trek
Go Anthony McGladdery! Hard worker there 🔧
Support this awesome new event if you can! I’ve heard awesome things about the venue so the track will be epic no doubt 🤙🏻DATE CHANGE !! NEW DATE 19 MAY.
After a clash with the NZ extreme series, we have decided to shift our date forward a weekend to the 19th MAY.
Going to be an awesome event. Sean, Adele and the team opened my eyes to hard enduro at this event 10 or so years ago and I never looked back! Get your entries in he said it’s going to be an easy one 👀
I remember your first race there, and Liam was a kid riding on your bike going up the steep hill behind the pits, not really in any gear we were all just in awe watching you both 🤩
Those first ones were so awesome!! Some great racing too
And still to this day watching you both in awe 🤣👌
😎 book the trip!! World class experience from the DBTNZ team 👊🏻
We are looking at one of these trips - Chris and I are just 2 world's apart in experience 🤣 so unsure which wld be suited best!
Cheers Jake Whitaker
Check it out ladies! Tickets to Queens Of Dirt’s upcoming event It’s A Girl Gang 2.0, are on sale now!
I was lucky enough to be apart of Rise Of The Queens in 2019 as a key supporter and I can guarantee you won’t be disappointed. Absolutely epic event put on a by a bunch of epic ladies!
Jane (and others) have put in an enormous amount of hours to not only get Queens Of Dirt off the ground again after Covid, but to make this event happen. Just last night she worked till 1.30am. I really hope that all you ladies will support this event so that more of these can continue to happen in the future!
Grab your tickets today!! 😏How snazzy is our official flyer 👌
As always a massive shout out to our sponsors and everyone who is behind us in supporting our event, we are so excited and just can't wait till Feb it's going to be epic
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🎟 Tickets sales still available until end of January 👇https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/queens-of-dirt-its-a-girl-gang-20-tickets-748765215917?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwAR0eC4UcS01s_TxFN071yMv0a0AWSQWQ8x9HdB1iVmf8qlw_Q0aUgfkQtGQ
Thanks for sharing! 👏
Thanks for all the support! 🥰