Brimstone Recreation Area White Knuckle Event ATV & SxS Riding Event Huntsville, Tennessee May 23-25, 2014 Article By: Forrest Mankins

With nearly 20,000 acres of land and 300 miles of trails, Brimstone has mud, boulders, mountains, and almost everything in between. With this much terrain, it’s a real treat to see all of the different and unique builds that showed up for the weekend to participate, from stock Honda Rancher ATVs all the way to heavily modified Polaris RZR SxS vehicles and custom vehicles that looked like the marriage of a Meyer’s Manx with a drag quad. While primarily ATVs and Side-by-Sides, the event welcomes bikes as well, and is a testament to the diversity and quality of the event. 

Both STI and BlueFire nice looking custom Polaris RZR builds on display

Friday night saw the first concert of year, with openers Borrowed Blue putting on a great show and getting the crowd revved up for headliner Cole Swindell.

Borrowed Blue took to the stage Friday to entertain the crowd before the headliner Cole Swindell performed in the Yamaha sponsored concerts

The Yamaha stage had great sound and lights and overlooked the vendor area of hay bales for seating for the concert, and a great view for those who wanted to park and watch the performance from their ATVs and / or Side-by-Sides. 

In between acts, Yamaha held a drawing for a free GoPro, thanked the crowd for their support, and announced that they would be servicing vehicles all weekend to keep everyone up and running. 

Yamaha was also offering demo rides on their Yamaha Grizzly & all-new Yamaha Viking 700 SxS at the White Knuckle Event

Saturday was jam packed with action, and is the true core of the event. I met up with Yamaha early on to test out the 2014 Yamaha Viking, and had a great ride with them on their private demo trail. 

After reviewing the all-new 2014 Yamaha Viking in Wyoming, it was nice to drive the Viking in the mountains of Tennessee

We started out with a technical and winding climb up the mountain, bordered by large trees and boulders, through deep and muddy ruts, and over some large rocks in the trail, highlighting the Yamaha Viking’s steel skid plates and true muscle.

We also had a chance to test drive the Yamaha Grizzly

Yamaha was also offering demo rides all weekend, and did not disappoint, as was apparent from the massive crowd that was a fixture at their tent for the entire event.