Race Report: The Tennessee Enduro

Tennessee Enduro // Windrock Bike Park

In the mountains just West of Knoxville, Tennessee, Windrock Bike Park hosted the Tennessee Enduro, which was the 3rd EWS qualifier event of the year in the United States, and delivered with a five stage event descending over 6k vertical feet. The park is approaching its second anniversary and has already made a name for itself as one of the best places in the country for year-round lift (shuttle) access riding. Just this year alone, the park has attracted some of the top names, in both downhill and enduro, like Danny Hart, Myriam Nicole, Charlie Harrison, Sam Hill, and the entire Santa Cruz Syndicate & CRC/Nuke Proof teams. Park owners Sean Leader & Neko Mulally have continued to put their hands on everything in the park to make it the best possible place for both downhill and enduro alike - at the end of the day, they just wanna ride cool stuff too. The tracks chosen and built for this weekend were anything but short of a taste of what an EWS round would be like.

The cooler morning temps didn't stick around long as riders mounted number plates and got ready for the race




The first stage shuttled riders to the top and sent them down the infamous Windmill, descending over 2,000 feet for breakfast.











Cornering ability was a big factor this weekend.


Stage 3 lived up to the trail name - Mix Tape



The bottom part of Stage 4 fed into the flowy, fast, fun stuff. Easy access made this section the most popular spectating spot of the day.


Just a few pedal strokes out of the gate and you were going full tilt down Stage 5


Stage five dropped elevation very quickly. To give you some perspective...

River Key was pinned on Stage five rockin' just the chest protector. He scrubbed this at full speed through the trees.




What made this section different is that this chute of loam and raw coal fed into the steep trailings of an old coal mine.










For full results visit The Downhill Southeast's page.



Another successful event at Windrock Bike Park. Huge thanks to everyone who was involved, especially Sean Leader & Neko Mulally for not only putting on this event but getting Windrock to where it is.