Tokoroa motorcycling legend Sean Clarke and KTM New Zealand have again joined forces this season to take the sport of off-road bike racing to the extreme.
The famous Nut Buster Hard Enduro kicks off this year's KTM Extreme Enduro Series in North Canterbury on Saturday, September 28, an event that is sure to stretch nerves, muscles and sinews to breaking point.
And there will be no let-up for riders because the four rounds that follow are expected to be equally as tough and energy-sapping, particularly the two-day No Way In Hell enduro that will wrap it up in April.
The series has been "super-sized" this year, boosted from four to five separate events and it kicks off at a place called Woodstock Heights, in North Canterbury, where it is expected to draw many of the country's elite off-road racers, from as far as Hokianga in the north to Invercargill in the south.
With the event having grown in stature every year since its inception in 2010, the event this year is again expected to attract a slew of Kiwi internationals from across the spectrum of dirt bike racing - from the motocross, moto trials, enduro and cross-country codes.