The Snowshoe Nationals went off and our Mountain Bike men were there to dominate! Check it out below, 

Nik Nestoroff takes flight to kick off practice in Snowshoe, West Virginia in search of the elusive National Championship title.

Dante Silva charges out of the gate with Drake Barron in tow. Drake went on to win the Cat 1 19-25 Amateur title.

Bruce Klein has just been coming off of a shoulder injury and looking as fast as when he left the game. The stars would not align for Bruce this weekend as he took a spill on the same shoulder, re-injuring it, forcing him to sit out for finals.

Zach Gareis’ expression upon looking straight down the hill into the next section.

Zach leads a pack of riders down the steepest part of the track known as the “Wild Zone.”

Charlie Harrison jumps out of the woods with race favorite, Neko Mulally hot on his heels.

Nik, Charlie, & Neko (R to L) take the lift up. Each run on the 1500’ side of the mountain took something out of you.

The following day, the 15-16 year old Juniors competed for their title. The top qualifier, Matt Sterling suffered a flat tire partway down the course. He kept charging hard and still salvaged a 2^nd place! He also placed 2^nd in Dual Slalom the night before behind teammate, Dante Silva.

Austin Dooley would cross the line in 6^th. Happy to be in one piece after crashing twice in his race run.

Titus Nicholson was a favorite going into the race as the wet, rooty tracks suit him It was not meant to be when Titus took a crash and dislocated his shoulder along with some potential AC tears.

Charlie Harrison would seed 3^rd behind the two favorites, showing he was right there on pace.

Trevor Boldi looked to be enjoying himself on track all weekend. He ended up 19^th in finals.

Nik Nestoroff threw down a 10^th in seeding, but would improve to a 5^th come race day! Very impressive for his first year in Pro.

Steve Walton would slide right in behind Trevor Boldi at 20^th place.

Matt Driscoll out of New Hampshire pulled off an impressive 3rd place, showing that there’s some good talent and good riding in New England.

Dante Silva injured his hand, but came out to cheer on teammates and friends with his father (Left) and friend Tyler Ervin (Right).

Zach Gareis backed up his number 1 qualifying spot by going faster by more than 7 seconds over the competitors. Congratulations to Zach on his national title!

Charlie rallied down the hill to take 1^st position with 2 riders left to go. Luca Shaw came down next and Charlie remained the fastest. Last rider on the hill, Neko Mulally then came down, edging Charlie out by .5 of a second. So close!

The Junior Expert podium with Nathan St. Clair (2^nd), Zach Gareis (1^st), and Matthew Driscoll (3^rd).

The Pro Men’s Podium, Charlie Harrison (2^nd), Neko Mulally (1^st), and Luca Shaw (3^rd).

That’s all from National Championships 2018! We’ve got a few more National rounds this year along with a few world cups and Crankworx. Onward and out!