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Gardiner races to three faultless victories at JRT Yeppoon Enduro-X

A weekend after the ninth and tenth round of the Australian Off-Road Championship, Yamaha’s Jess Gardiner was at again, this time at the Yeppoon Motocross track in Central Queensland for the third running of the JRT Yeppoon Enduro-X. The 2016 JRT Yeppoon Enduro-X, which was held by the Keppel Coast Dirt Bike Club put on […]

Double third places for Gardiner at Monkerai

Rounds nine and ten of the 2016 Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championships (AORC) headed to rural Monkerai, NSW. Just like rounds seven and eight at Hedley in Victoria, it was another cross-country/sprint format, which saw 23-year-old Jess Gardiner taking two solid podium placing’s with two third place finishes overall. The cross-country track on Saturday was pretty […]

AORC Rnd 7 & 8

Fourth and third place for Gardiner at a rain soaked Hedley in Victoria Jess Gardiner walked away from last weekend’s seventh and eighth round of the 2016 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) with a fourth and third place respectfully at Hedley in Victoria. Round seven on Saturday marked the first cross-country format for the season, which […]

Half Way Point

We are finally at the halfway point of the Australian Off-road Championships. The racing was intense and Murray Bridge was no exception for rounds 5 and 6. The track was a wide-open 2-day sprint format along side the Murray River, which consisted mostly of grass tracks. Gardiner found the tracks difficult to push hard on, […]

Taste of a win

The 2016 Australian Off-road Championships raced to Portland, NSW for rounds 3 and 4. The course was true enduro style course and set up for some intense and physical racing. Only two weeks after the first round Gardiner did not have much time to continue her recovery, although two weeks makes a massive difference. Gardiner […]

Critical return to AORC

The 2016 Australian Off-road Championship (AORC) kicked off over the weekend in Kilkivan, QLD. The weather was very humid and dusty which catered for a challenging weekend racing the heat. Jess Gardiner took on the weekend on board her Yamaha Motor Australia WR250F. With Jess only 2 weeks and 2 days post surgery heading into […]

Jess Signs with Yamaha

In recent news: Jess Gardiner signs with Yamaha Motor Australia for the 2016 Australian Offroad season. Jess will race a WR250F in the 2016 season. Thank you to all other proud sponsors of JESS GARDINER in 2016: Bulk Nutrients Motorex Australia Quick Check Australia Triple X Stainless Steel Total Tools – Penrith Novik Gloves Australia […]

Gardiner’s Bad luck

After 8 weeks post injury, feeling strong and all cleared. Gardiner started to ride again abroad her YZ250FX on Saturday, 20th feb. Unfortunately  the front wheel washed out whilst concluding a great comeback ride, resulting in a hard impact directly onto her just recently injured left clavicle. Jess explained, ” When I got up from […]

Gardiner Injured

On 27 December on a beautiful sunny day in France whilst training hard for the 2016 racing season. Jess unfortunately endured a training crash on a motocross track at Le Boulou, France resulting in a rush to the nearest French Hospital. The outcome of this unfortunate off season injury was a partial shoulder dislocation and […]

Wildwood Rock Extreme Enduro

This year’s Wildwood Extreme Enduro was my 3rd attempt at the race.  I had DNFed the previous 2 years so my goal for this year was to at least finish the event! It has become a tradition between my good friend Kristie McKinnon and me, to dress up in some sort of costume for the […]