Endurocross or indoor enduro, shortened Enduro-X or EX, is a mix of supercross and enduro held is indoors over obstacles resembling a trials track. Endurocross events are typically held in hockey or down-sized basketball arenas. Its main difference with supercross is in there being "hard rock sections"[1] and wooden parts (resembling fallen trees) akin to enduro courses, rather than tarmac in between jumps. Tracks incorporate various elements of off-road riding, including rocks, boulders, logs, sand, mud, a water-hole and special obstacles (like giant tires). An endurocross course is much faster than a trial course and much slower than a supercross course.
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The indoor enduro debuted in 2000 as a support event to the Barcelona Trial Indoor. The sport expanded to other European cities in the 2000s. The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) created the FIM Indoor Enduro World Cup, later FIM Indoor Enduro World Championship, which despite its name is held in Europe.
Endurocross in the United States was founded by Eric Peronnard, responsible for the US Open of Motocross and the Supercross Paris-Bercy. It was originally held as a one-off event called EnduroCross at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The race was expanded into the AMA EnduroCross Championship in 2007. An AMA EnduroCross round has been added to the X Games for the 2011 edition.