On The Pegs P 44
On The Pegs P 44
X-GAMES STAR JARRYD MCNEIL RACES ENDUROCROSS
Photos Courtesy Tanner Yeager
EnduroCross combines a lot of disciplines into one packed arena – extreme enduro , trials , and elbow to elbow racing ; it draws riders from various off-road series , sometimes motocrossers , but rarely does a freestyle specialist line up on the gate . But that ’ s just what happened at round 2 in Costa Mesa , CA , when 11-time X Game medalist Jarryd McNeil , as they say in his native Australian tongue , ‘ gave it a go .’
McNeil has competed once before , in 2011 on a 450 , so knew what he was getting himself into . He chose to bring his Yamaha YZ250F this time , a ‘ step down ’ in displacement , he said , was the right call for EX . His plan was simple – he enrolled in the Destry Abbott EnduroCross clinic the Friday before the event and told himself that if he could make it around the track he ’ d race the next day . Adding more stress to the program , Jarryd is dating Destry ’ s daughter , so you never know