The Monster Army crew headed to the Mountain Creek Bike Park in Vernon, New Jersey for the 3^rd round of the Downhill National series. The rockiest course we’ve seen this year became even more rowdy when the rain began to come down. Titus Nicholson smashes through some rocks on a practice run.

Nik Nestoroff went off 9^th fastest in qualifying, showing some great speed for the 1^st year pro.

Zach Gareis has been having a breakout year, staying on pace in qualifying, only 6 seconds back.

California boys, Dante Silva, Steve Walton, & Nik Nestoroff take some time to chat about the course before finals.

It’s been a muddy season for Dante Silva, who rarely sees mud or even rain in Southern California. It didn’t slow him down as he would better his qualifying time to take 3^rd in the Junior Expert Category

East coasters, David Kahn, Zach Gareis, and Titus Nicholson get their game faces ready as the fog rolled in.

David Kahn sitting in the starting gate visualizing how it’s all about to go down.

David generating speed on track, he would pull off a 6^th place in Junior Experts.

Zach Gareis gets a little sideways on the first jump of the course. Zach rode hard but came up just shy of the podium in 4^th place for the Junior Experts.

Matt Driscoll was smooth all weekend, cruising through the rocks to a 5^th place finish in Juniors.

Titus Nicholson rallied his home mountain into 2^nd place, just .22 seconds off the win.

In the pro category, Steve Walton would impress the crowd but found himself a little off the pace with a 27^th place finish for the 1^st year pro.

Nik Nestoroff skims over the whoops to hold down his 9^th place qualifying position with a 9^th place finish in finals!

The Junior Expert podium with Zach Gareis, Titus Nicholson, Dante Silva, and Matt Driscoll.