Pinkbike Awards - Enduro Race of the Year Nominees
The first two years of the EWS were marked by a huge changes for enduro while it rose to prominence as a worldwide discipline. In many ways, the 2015 season was more subdued - a case of evolution rather than revolution. There were no huge changes in regulation or racing formats. Riders at the sharp end of the results sheets were well known and races were more consistent, as organizers began the process of refining the framework that the sport grew from. While this season may have been lacking some drama, it is what enduro needed. A sport that cannot define its path and style will thrash around, twisting and changing before inevitably collapsing in on itself. So, while there may have been few exciting headlines away from the track, we will remember 2015 as the year when enduro racing truly started to build on its foundations.
Choosing the Winning Race
More than any other racing discipline, enduro is about the riders. So to give an award for the Enduro Race of the Year, they were the people we spoke to. Unlike most of our awards, Pinkbike's staff has no say in who this award is given to. Instead, we polled more than 50 of the sport's top riders and media - the people who were on the ground and smashing the tracks - week-in, week-out. From World Champions to privateer warriors, racing legends to up-and-coming hopefuls, no other award in enduro is based on a wider range of opinions.
We asked the racers to do the impossible for us: Try and forget their results (unsurprisingly, racers will always prefer events they have won). They were asked to give us their top three races of the year, ranked in order. We asked them to consider four criteria: location, organization, tracks and atmosphere. A first-place race was awarded ten points; second, five; and third, two points. We will publish the winner of the Enduro of the Year Award in the upcoming weeks and will concurrently release the vote tally and rankings to the public on the Award Rules and Guideline page, so that both race organizers and riders may benefit from the information.
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Then I swam in the enduro lake and has a nap. It was a great "race". Steve had fun.
They cancelled the race for next year so now I can ride the trails with my friends without being yelled at