WESS: World Enduro Super Series launched!
What had been in the air for some time was confirmed today. The creation of a new, premium off-road championship, the World Enduro Super Series, is a fact. WESS is going vebringing together some of the world's best and most visible extreme enduro and classic enduro events. This also includes the Red Bull Knock Out from Scheveningen. In this way, the ultimate enduro champion is crowned every year!
The WESS, the World Enduro Super Series is a global enduro championship that will combine many of the world's most established and well-supported enduro events. The series includes Hard Enduro, Classic Enduro, Cross-Country and even a beach race, the Red Bull Knock Out! In the WESS series, riders are free to ride the engine and cylinder capacity of their choice. All events retain their unique character and regulations and remain 100% independent, with a uniform points system applicable to all events.
Combining today's various competitive enduro formats, the World Enduro Super Series will unleash the true potential of enduro sport, its diverse media channels and fan interest, while offering the wider motorcycle industry and sponsors a greater communications platform.
To ensure a high-quality range of events, the World Enduro Super Series will become an eight-round championship in 2018, with strategic, international growth planned for 2019. The series kicks off in Portugal in May with Extreme XL Lagares – an exciting race which is typical of the popular, modern style of enduro included in the WESS. Also featuring iconic and established Hard Enduro events such as the Erzbergrodeo Red Bull Hare Scramble and Red Bull Romaniacs, the series will also feature Classic Enduro races in countries where traditional timed events are common. The series also has an eye for Cross Country competitions with the Red Bull Knock Out in the Netherlands and the Gotland Grand National
More information about the WESS can be found via the channels below:
Website: www.iRideWESS.com
Instagram: @iRideWESS
Facebook: @iRideWESS
Twitter: @iRideWESS
WORLD ENDURO SUPER SERIES – 2018 calendar
Rd 1 Extreme XL Lagares (Portugal), May 18-20
Rd 2 Erzbergrodeo Red Bull Hare Scramble (Austria) May 31 – June 3
Rd 3 Trefle Lozerien AMV (France) June 8-10
Rd 4 Red Bull Romaniacs (Romania) July 24-28
Rd 5 Red Bull 111 Megawatt (Poland) September
Rd 6 Not yet known
Rd 7 Gotland Grand National (Sweden) October 26/27
Rd 8 Red Bull Knock Out (Netherlands) November 10
Philipp Stossier – WESS Managing Director: “We are extremely excited to announce the World Enduro Super Series. For us, enduro means many things, but the most important is the consultation with participants, diversity of events and different types of terrain and a well-considered mix of authenticity and modernity. All these elements are central to WESS. Enduro racers have always required a very wide range of skills. The great champions of the past have combined speed, endurance, technical skills, determination and courage. Regardless of the event, these qualities will be required by all participants in all WESS events. We're not reinventing the wheel, we're bringing together established enduro races. These will proceed as before. Thanks to a larger communications platform, the sport of enduro will receive the focused, global attention it deserves. “
Winfried Kerschhaggl – WESS Series Manager: “We believe this is an important moment for the sport of enduro. Over the past decade enduro has evolved enormously, leading to many very popular stand-alone events but also an increasingly bifurcated scene for the riders, media and industry. The aim of the World Enduro Super Series is to create a competitive enduro championship with all different types of events – Hard Enduro, Classic, Cross-Country and Beach Racing represented. WESS focuses on the integration of amateurs and challenging events, where true enduro values are needed. The need for riders to have a wide range of skills is essential. We recognize that significant and sustained hard work, vision, passion and determination is what unites these events. WESS 2018 brings together both established, decades-old and very traditional races with younger events that embrace a very different dynamic in terms of race format. Together with beach racing and Cross-Country, these competitions all fall under the umbrella of contemporary enduro. They are all important and united under the World Enduro Super Series. “
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