This year the Tennessee Enduro became an EWS Continental round giving the opportunity to quality for an Enduro World Series event. Last year it drew some familar names like Wyn Masters, Yoann Barelli, and Rachel Strait. This year was no different with Jubal Davis and the Yeti squad, Isabella Naughton, McKay Vezina, Shane Leslie and a handful of others coming from around the country to give the Tennessee Enduro a whirl.

If you’re looking for terrain that not only is a challenge for most to simply ride, but even more so difficult to race – Windrock Bike Park should be on your short list. The mountain on which Windrock is situated is not what one would typically think of if your’re not from the Southeast and this five stage enduro is a pretty good sampler of what the bike park has to offer with two stages starting at the top of the mountain with the full pull off the top was the fifth and final stage – 2300′ ft top to bottom.

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