Later this month, Hendersonville, N.C., will likely be crammed with fats tire motion on the 2024 USA Biking Gravity Mountain Bike Nationwide Championships. For the second 12 months in a row, Journey Rock Creek, a 300-acre downhill mountain biking park, will host the occasion from July 31 to August 4.
The five-day occasion will embody high bikers from throughout the nation competing for nationwide titles in numerous classes together with downhill, twin slalom, and enduro. Over 700 skilled and newbie female and male mountain bikers are anticipated to tow the road this 12 months, together with Hendersonville native Luca Shaw, who received the boys’s downhill competitors final 12 months.
“It was extremely thrilling to see Luca Shaw, a neighborhood rider, take high honors,” Dave LaMond, co-owner of Journey Rock Creek, mentioned of final 12 months in a press assertion. “His win introduced lots of satisfaction to the neighborhood and highlighted the expertise that comes from this space.”
Spectators can attend free of charge, and, based on LaMond, this 12 months the occasion will likely be improved with extra vendor area within the rider village, a Crimson Bull bounce contest, extra meals choices, and higher viewing areas.
Based on BlueRidgeNow, Anna Newkirk of Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, can even return to defend her title as the ladies’s downhill skilled champion. There may be additionally pleasure concerning the return of Journey Rock Creek’s path designer and co-owner, Neko Mulally, who completed ninth within the professional division final 12 months.
“Neko’s experience, status and connections have been essential in attracting high-profile occasions and opponents to our park,” LaMond added. “We foresee a fair larger influence this 12 months with extra guests anticipated and an expanded occasion schedule that can encourage longer stays and extra spending within the native space.”
For more information, go to www.USACycling.org.
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