Australasian Dirt Bike — January 2018

152 | JANUARY 2018 http://www.adbmag.com.au

W

ade Young is one

of the biggest

names in hard

enduro. Top-shelf

extreme events

are the stomping

groundoftheeliteandYoungisright

uptherechallengingforthewinat

thebiggestandnastiestofthemall.

We’retalkingRomanics,SeatoSky,

Hells Gate, Roof of Africa and the big

daddyofthemall,Erzberg.TheSouth

African Sherco factory rider made his

waytoMelbourneforacrackatthe

increasingly popular Wildwood Rock

ExtremeEnduroheldonanasty

battleground on the outskirts of

Sunbury. Wildwood Rock Extreme

Enduro is filthy.

It’s nasty. It’s brutal on rider and

bikeandit’sexactlythekindofrace

Wade Young likes.

TWO LEGENDS TALK YOU THROUGH THE

WILDWOOD EXTREME ENDURO

Rock

tars

RACE WRAP I WILDWOOD ROCK

Wade Young came close to lapping second and third

Ben shows the side-effects of rum and pizza

Fraser Higlett gets a hand from Ben on this way to 12th

This is not how you park your bike at Wildwood

Grabbo seeks redemption

after trying Wildwood in

2011 and hating it

WORDS // ASHLEY PRICE,

BEN GRABHAM & WADE YOUNG

PHOTOS // JOHN PEARSON