The Northeast Xterra Club (NEXTERRA) Officers, Events Committee Members and Supporting Membership is the off-road club that brings you The East Coast Xterra Challenge (ECXC)!
The NEXTerra Officers, left to right:
Club Secretary
@blanco_the_x
Club President
@mtdewmike
Club Vice President
@srajendram
Club Treasurer
@bottobro
Thursday at AOAA there were 17 Trucks.
The ECXC originator Mike G (swampwrecker) honoring past participant Christopher “Pikachu” Oakley who passed back in January of this year;
At AOAA 11 ran Black/Blue Trails. “Barney Rubble” and then split up.
6 ran Green Trails.
Friday at Rausch there were 18 Trucks.
7 ran the Competition, the 5 Xterra eligible to win and two ineligible ECXC Staff vehicles.
5 ran Blue, 4 ran Green, 1 repair (Brake line).
3 Trucks ran AOAA
Friday the “Not A Jeep” crew held a dinner at the campground with Hamburgers, hot dogs and a small raffle.
Saturday at Rausch there were 23 Trucks.
4 ran Black (the best day I’ve had running trails at Rausch in recent memory, ufcking awesome).
11 Trucks ran in Groups of Blue Trails and there was a Green Group of 7 Trucks.
1 Truck went with a couple of Xterra that did not sign up or participate in the event.
2 Trucks ran AOAA.
Saturday was the ECXC BBQ/Raffle. BYOB, Pulled Pork, Chicken, Baked Beans, Cold Slaw, Italian Pasta Salad, Cornbread, Apple and Blueberry Pies and bottle water.
The Raffle featured items from the ECXC 2022 Sponsors that included
718OffRoad,
All Terrain Nation,
AOAA Trails,
BANDIT4x4,
BubbaGear,
Cascadia Vehicle Tents,
Dana Rukse,
Fourtreks,
Frontrunner Outfitters,
Garvin,
GPAX,
HIDProjectors,
HiLift,
JACO Superior Powersports,
Knives by Mark,
Lifestyle Offroad,
MaxGear,
Mikellies Body Lifts,
Midland USA,
Mymedic,
Napier,
Nexterra.org,
Nisstec,
Not-A-Jeep,
NPC Patch Designs,
NYC-Offroad,
Offbrand,
Official Tool Roll,
Offroad Gorilla,
Offroad Vixens,
Ram Mounts,
Rausch Creek,
Ruff Stuff Specialties,
Shrockworks,
Trasharoo,
Warn-USA &
White Knuckle Off Road.
…and last year’s East Coast Xterra Challenge Competition Champion, Ernie, crowned the new one!
Josh (
jsexton)!
Congratulations to the KING!
More pictures to follow as guys post em up.
If you own an Xterra you really owe it to yourself to attend and participate in an ECXC as soon as possible. It’s a great time and you would be welcomed!
ECXC 2023; Thursday, 7/13/2023 to Saturday 7/15/2023 in NE PA.
Hope to see you there or on the trail sometime soon!