Highland Mountain Bike Park - Overmountain Enduro Race
Highland Mountain Bike Park teamed up with Cannondale to bring the East Coast the first ever European style OverMountain Enduro, bringing out over 100 racers to compete for the $10,000 cash purse! Pros traveled from all over, most notable World Cup racer Marc Beaumont of GT Bicycles, Mark Weir and his WTB/Cannondale race team, Pro freeriders Aaron Chase and George Ryan, and overall winner Barry Wicks of Kona.
The course was comprised of three distinct sections or “specials”, the event favored a balanced rider; one with a capacity for both excellent downhill handling skills and the fitness and finesse of cross-country racing…all on one bike. Adding complexity, the riders were limited to a “walking-only” preview of the third special, a fresh-cut, never-ridden tract of land, meaning riders would have to depend on split second reading of the terrain to choose their lines.
Results:
Pro Men
1st Place- Barry Wicks Kona Ferndale, WA
2nd Place- Michael West Yeti Boulder, Co
3rd Place- Ben Moody Trek/Highland Mountain Rumney, NH
Pro Women
1st Place- Dawn Bourque Chainline Cycles Campton, NH
2nd Place- Allison Zimmer 5.10, I.Ride Lincoln, VT
3rd Place- Kate Parhiala JRA Cycles Arlington, MA
![Marc Beaumont on the first special duringa the 2011 OverMountain Enduro mountain bike race at Highland Mountan in Northfield NH. The first of this type of race at Highland. photo by Bear CIeri Northfiled NH 10 22 11]()
Marc Beaumont hammering through the classic New Hampshire foliage
![Ben Moody on the first special during the 2011 OverMountain Enduro mountain bike race at Highland Mountan in Northfield NH. The first of this type of race at Highland. photo by Bear CIeri Northfiled NH 10 22 11]()
Local boy and trail crew member Ben Moody- 3rd Place Pro Men
![Winner Barry Wicks on the third special during the 2011 OverMountain Enduro mountain bike race at Highland Mountan in Northfield NH. The first of this type of race at Highland. photo by Bear CIeri Northfiled NH 10 22 11]()
Winner- Barry Wicks
![Winner Barry Wicks with second place Michael West third place Ben Moody and fourth place Nathaniel Hills. The 2011 OverMountain Enduro mountain bike race at Highland Mountan in Northfield NH. The first of this type of race at Highland. photo by Bear CIeri Northfiled NH 10 22 11]()
The Pro Men's Podium
![Marck Weir on the third special during the 2011 OverMountain Enduro mountain bike race at Highland Mountan in Northfield NH. The first of this type of race at Highland. photo by Bear CIeri Northfiled NH 10 22 11]()
Mark Weir doing what Mark Weir does best
The course was comprised of three distinct sections or “specials”, the event favored a balanced rider; one with a capacity for both excellent downhill handling skills and the fitness and finesse of cross-country racing…all on one bike. Adding complexity, the riders were limited to a “walking-only” preview of the third special, a fresh-cut, never-ridden tract of land, meaning riders would have to depend on split second reading of the terrain to choose their lines.
Results:
Pro Men
1st Place- Barry Wicks Kona Ferndale, WA
2nd Place- Michael West Yeti Boulder, Co
3rd Place- Ben Moody Trek/Highland Mountain Rumney, NH
Pro Women
1st Place- Dawn Bourque Chainline Cycles Campton, NH
2nd Place- Allison Zimmer 5.10, I.Ride Lincoln, VT
3rd Place- Kate Parhiala JRA Cycles Arlington, MA
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