World Hard Enduro Podcast

Silver Kings was a cracker of an event and race as round three of the championship. Three days of racing in the Idaho mountains gave the riders and spectators everything they hoped for! From vibes in the parade, carnage in the prologue, close calls and tight racing on day 2 and ending with a drag race to the finish! 

Once again we sit down with Mike to talk about what went down behind the scenes and on the ground. As you know t...

We’re back with another post race recap with Mike and this time we’re taking Erzberg rodeo. If you’re a fan of hard enduro and weren’t at the race, you were probably sat watching the race live. 4 hours of absolutely madness watching riders doing the most and trying to not only survive but overcome what the Iron Giant had in store. 

Red Bull does such an incredible job of race coverage for this ic...

In this episode we sat down to chat with the other half of the Brightmore brothers - Mitch. The older of the two and setting the bar high with a number of championships already under his belt, Mitch is paving the way for juniors looking to become pro in hard enduro. 

We chat about what it was like growing up with a brother like Ashton and the rivalry and competition between the two. Having someone to consistently train with was...

In this episode we had the opportunity to chat with the youngest of the Brightmore brothers - Ashton. A long overdue interview with a rider who has been making waves in the hard enduro scene fr a few years now, especially in the junior championship. A very insightful episode getting to the roots of how his riding career started from a young age in trials. Ashton was a competitive rider from the beginning and as he shares in the epi...

In this episode we sit down with Toby Martyn, a trials champion who has had an interesting career so far, moving to super enduro and now competing in the hard enduro world championship. Not only is he new to the scene but he is also completely new to hard enduro. Undoubtedly a tough sport to jump head first into, but despite the odds, Toby seems to be taking to it like a fish in water.

Toby started his off-road journey quite young, ...

Firstly, we’d like to make a special note about Felix Bähker who had a very unfortunate accident during race day 1 and sustain some serious spinal injuries. Hard enduro is a tough sport and at times the circumstances riders are in can be quite dangerous. A Go Fund Me page has been set up to support Felix. Every small amount counts to help this young rider on his road to recovery - https://www.gofundme.com/f/felix-muss-zuruck-...

In this episode we're chatting to a young rider who is an up and coming South African talent who has already made a name for himself, Matt Stevens. 

We get straight into the topic of why Matt has chosen not to focus on riding in Europe and the HEWC and why his sights are on USHE. We touch on the financial investment of both options and which would give a young rider the best chance for success. We clarify what Matt's pl...

Round one of the 2026 Hard Enduro World Championship recently took place at Alestrem in France. To get a better idea of how this race went and a more in-depth understanding of what happened behind the scenes, we sat down with Mike Skinner who was on the ground and deep in the action. 

We touch on a variety of topics such as Stark in hard enduro, media coverage of the race, the unpredictable weather and how that created ...

In this episode we chat to an iconic duo of Matt's. Matt Green is a returning guest to the podcast and Matt Adams has been his main support while racing in the United States. We got to sit down and chat to both of them and reflect on their time together. This was truly an intercontinental interview across three time zones.

In 2026 Matt Green did something no other rider in the world championship has done... he took on part o...

The start of the 2026 championship is a week away and we had the opportunity to chat with Sherco rider, Teodor Kabakchiev. The last time he was on the podcast was just before the Roof of Africa 2024 and honestly, a lot has happened since then.

We dive into a variety of topics start with what training looks like for Teo in preparation for the new season. He shares how he is an all round rider and enjoys a variety of disciplin...

In this episode we had the opportunity to chat to Mike Skinner who is a legend in the hard enduro paddock and has been involved in the sport for 12 years. He's seen the sport change and evolve over the years and has truly been on the inside of what can sometimes be seen as a sport with many decisions made behind closed doors. 

We got to speak to Mike about the 2026 season and if he believes that the sport is on the righ...

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Something has been on our mind recently, will we see Stark Varg enter the Hard Enduro World Championship and line up at the start of Alestrem round 1? The manufacturer has just completed a groundbreaking season in the FIM Super Enduro World Championship by taking the manufac...

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We welcome Mario Roman back onto the podcast to chat about the next chapter of his career. As many fans will know, Mario has parted ways with Sherco Factory Racing and created his own independent team MR74. This is a very interesting episode as we get to truly understand the differences between...

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We're excited to welcome James Moore back onto the podcast with another interview almost exactly a year later. How things have changed! Looking back he was looking at racing a full junior championship season with Rigo Racing and now we're taking to the FIM Junior Hard Enduro World Champion and win...

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In this episode we're talking hard enduro silly season! Whether you're driving to work, heading back from a weekend ride or working on the bike in the garage make sure to tune in to this weeks episode, we think you'll enjoy it.

Firstly, there have been a handful of announcements recently...

We're onto season 2 of the podcast talking all things hard enduro! If you've been following us for a while, you'll know we took a bit of a break from the pod but honestly... we missed it too much! We found ourselves talking about everything happening in the industry off camera far too often that we had to ask ourselves "Why aren't we recording this?". Good news, we've come to our senses and honestly, it's good to be back! 

In o...

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We had the honor to chat to Rich Larsen, known as “The Tire Guy”. Rich has been coaching offroad skills and clinics for almost 10 years and as a teacher has gained invaluable experience and expertise in the field of offroad riding. In this episode we chat about his 3 pillars to riding and the main mistakes we see...

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In this episode we talk about the Abestone Hard Enduro race which was round 3 of the Hard Enduro World Championship and took place in Italy. Organised by rider Michele Bosi, this race gave fans and spectators everything they were looking for, from riverbeds to boulders it was a weekend packed with action. We say Billy domi...

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In this episode we discuss what the ISDE is, which by the way stands for International Six Days Enduro. The event as we know it has been running for almost 100 years and is considered the olympics of off-road motorcycling. We do a deep dive into how this events has changed and adapted and discuss which countries have dominat...