On The Pegs December 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 12

On The Pegs VOL. 4 ISSUE 12 - DECEMBER 2019 95 How big is it that the TKO is going to be the full-on international thing this year? Yeah, that’s going to be pretty huge. I think it’s great. It definitely shows that it’s growing, but at the same time we need more space for parking and a venue. So that’s really the only limiting factor right now. Otherwise that event can just be insane. But I’m kind of more worried about the ama- teur side of things because if a bunch of heavy hitters come over from Eu- rope, it kind of hurts the grassroots guys here in the States doing it. But at the end of the day, it’s great that they’re having that growth and that WESS want to be part of that series. Do you think extreme racing is the future of off-road, or it has a fu- ture? I think it has a future, but I’m not going to say it is the future, for sure. I kind of compare extreme races to the Spartan races or mud races that people do. Marathons have been around forever. You got to run 26 miles. That just sounds terrible and boring, and obviously it’s a huge challenge mentally and physically, but you just kind of get in a pace and just go, whereas these mud races or Spartan races, people just love that challenge and overcoming something, overcoming their fears. So I think hard enduro is definitely here to stay for a while, just because it’s a new and exciting thing that people want to go and try and see if they can achieve it. n

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