words by KYLEE SWEETEN trials photos by STEPH VETTERLY enduro photos by MJSMOTOPHOTOS
My first season in h ard enduro was certainly one to remember ! Since 2015 I have primarily focused on trials and only dabbled here and there with dirt bikes , mostly just racing a few local off-road races , and going on trail rides with friends and my family . I ’ ve always had a dirt bike and have always been surrounded by all types of racing but trials was just my main focus .
My dad and older brothers have done many EnduroCross races in the past and they love a good torturous , hard-enduro-type trail ride . They convinced me to do a few in the past but I had mostly avoided those since I wasn ’ t really into anything hard enduro . Somehow in 2020 , they talked me into racing the Rev Limiter in Texas and after that , I certainly got the bug . I decided that I wanted to do as many west events as possible in 2021 of the AMA Extreme Enduro Championship ( EXC ).
I ended up riding the Grinding Stone in northern Arizona , Silver Mountain Extreme in Idaho , and the Donner Hard enduro near Tahoe in California . I was a consistent second-place finish er except for Silver Mountain which I managed
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