Words & photos: Madison Clarke
New Zealand’s answer to the
Romaniacs drew a big entry for 2017.
T
he second annual running of the
Husqvarna Hard Adventure Enduro
was held over Labour Weekend
in the beautiful forests around
Tokoroa. NZ’s premier hard enduro
event drew a big entry, with 82 riders
lining up to take on Sean Clarke’s
Romaniacs-inspired hard enduro.
PROLOGUE
The event kicked off with the SATCO Logging Ltd
Prologue, which determines the start order for day
one and is a real highlight of the event. Each rider
must complete a timed lap around the course, and
the top ten from each grade race each other in
the prologue finals. Beau Taylor ran away with the
Bronze class lead to set himself up with a great
start on the first off-road day. Kevin Archer rode
in a team with his daughter Rachael and won the
Silver class prologue, which set them up to leave
first on day one. Jake Whitaker displayed his