The hugely popular Giant 2W Gravity Enduro prize pool has been boosted with a $10,000 bonus prize for any rider able to win all three rounds of the 2W series this season, thanks to a generous donation by Ray White Real Estate.
The Ray White Ten Grand $lam will be awarded to any male or female who can pull this off. Should male and female categories produce a winner of all three rounds, the $10,000 bonus prize will be split.
The Giant 2W Gravity Enduro mountain bike race series is one of the biggest enduro events in the Southern Hemisphere and caters for a range of riders on the world-renowned trails of Rotorua's Whakarewarewa Forest.
In its three-year history, the event has attracted some of the world's top riders.
James Alexander, aka Geeza, local enduro rider and auctioneer/sales agent at Ray White Rotorua said his principals Tim O'Sullivan and Anita Martelli were thrilled to be involved in such an iconic local event and keen to back it with a decent reward. "The Giant 2W was already boasting a huge cash prize pool, along with tens of thousands of dollars worth of product prizes - and that's just been boosted with the Ray White Real Estate Ten Grand $lam.
"It makes the Giant 2W Enduro the richest enduro series in the world in cash prizes. With the round winners receiving $500 in race one and two and $750 for the final, the Ten Grand $lam winner can ride away with $12,750 plus a possible maximum of $750 in stage win bonuses," said Alexander.
Competitors in the six stage shuttled and non-shuttled categories are given six hours to complete six stages, which can be attacked in any order.
Most will choose to have uphill transport included in their entry but some hardy types will ride to the start lines of all the race stages.
Riders must work out their strategy for the day, complete all the stages, and get back to race HQ before their allotted time runs out to avoid time penalties.
The formula has proved to be popular, and the Giant 2W races are sell-outs.