- Xross Team®
The Xross Team is a team of people who have always tried to push the limits. We have been members of the Mountain Rescue Service for many years, and we are actively involved in mountain biking, hiking, skiing, speleology, camping, motocross, and hard enduro, which we brought to Serbia. Riding races around Europe inspired us to start our project - Xross Challenge - the first, and at that time – the only hard enduro race in Serbia.
In 2021, Xross changed its format and became a hard enduro rally on three mountains - Zlatibor, Tara, and Mokra Gora. Zlatibor has become a new center of the event. Along with the change in the competition format, another novelty came - we became part of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, and Xross found itself in the 2022 race calendar. That is the first time in motorsport history in Serbia that one race is part of a world-class championship.
The first Xross Challenge took place in 2014 on Kopaonik, the largest Serbian mountain. In 2015, we moved to Mount Tara, a wild mountain beauty that became the home of our race until 2019. Xross became bigger and better year after year. Not just when it comes to the number of competitors and the number of countries from which competitors come, but also in terms of the difficulty of the terrain and tracks. It didn’t took long time before we were recognized as one of the toughest hard enduro races in the Balkans.
Some of the world renowned enduro riders, such as Wade Young, Chris Birch, Ben Hemingway, Miha Spindler, Teodor Kabakchiev, Tony Mulec, and others, tested their endurance and skills on our race. We didnt only organize events. In addition, we also raised awareness about hard enduro riding techniques amongst Serbian riders. We organized workshops held by Chris Birch and Wade Young. These hard enduro world champions shared their knowledge and experience with riders from Serbia and the region.
In 2021, Xross changed its format and became a hard enduro rally on three mountains - Zlatibor, Tara, and Mokra Gora. Zlatibor has become a new center of the event. Along with the change in the competition format, another novelty came - we became part of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, and Xross found itself in the 2022 race calendar. That is the first time in motorsport history in Serbia that one race is part of a world-class championship.
