Report by: Quinton Spaulding

Photos by: Monique Spaulding

The USA Cycling National Championships are contested every year. ( BMX, Road, Mountain and Cyclocross disciplines). The 2010 National Champs of Mountain Biking took us back to Sol Vista Bike Park in Grandby, CO for a second consecutive season, and we were headed there looking for titles!

The “Gorge before St George”, one of the Worlds Seven Wonders if you ask Binggeli.

Richfield, CO.

Somewhere near Green River, CO.

Vail, CO.

Grandby, CO... BOOM! we’re there!

The hardest working man in Mountain Biking, KENDA’s own Jim Wannamaker!

Kosuke Terada (KHS Japan) visited with us during the Nationals and filmed some “moshi – moshi ” movies. Click on the links below to see some action.

moshi – moshi – movie

moshi – moshi – movie

Binggeli was the NUMBER ONE qualifier in the Pro 4X, he was eliminated in the round of 8 and finished 8th overall. A solid result for a racer who is primarily a downhill specialist, and had to compete in both 4X and Downhill.

4X Practice Day 2 – moshi – moshi -movie

Carney qualified 3rd in the 4X and was a definite favorite for the win.

He had strong heat races but was also eliminated in the round of 8. Carney went on to win the small final and took 5th overall for KHS.

Video from the FINALS – moshi – moshi – movie

The XC event takes off in the heat of the day… brutal!

Ulmer put on a “happy face” for qualifiers! Naish finished 38th in the DH Final.

DH Practice footage – moshi – moshi – movie

Another SOLID top 20 run from Heath with a 16th place finish. Chris had the “HEAD WINDS FROM HELL” at the finish sprint.

Binggeli made us all really proud! He came so close to taking the Championship, however 2nd was AWESOME!

Fastest top 20 men in the US contesting at the Nationals.

During the finals on Sunday,  Sean “Griz” Mclendon unfortunately had a huge get off during his race run. He is strong, and I believe he will make a full recovery. You are in our thoughts…get well soon Griz!!!

Photo: www.mbaction.com

Binggeli on his way to a 2nd place finish, just behind Yeti, Fox World Cup podium contender Aaron Gwin. Logan has been chasing Gwin’s times, and  has now come to the realization that he can do it! This is Binggeli’s best result in his career thus far for sure.

Left to right: Kyle Strait, Logan Binggeli (KHS), Arron Gwin (Yeti Factory), Tyler Immer, Brad Benedict (Specialized)

Buhl backed it up in the Woman’s for KHS, taking 3rd on top the podium!

Pack it up – Pack it in!

Back in St George, UT early hours Monday morning… all a BLUR leaving Binggeli just a few hours to pack and head to the slopes of Switzerland for round number 4 on the UCI  DH World Cup Circuit at a STEEP Champery track.

Click on the link above for some more video links provided by the boys at Sol Vista. These guys worked REALLY hard to help make these Nationals a Big Success.

BACK IN VEGAS… KHS Factory Racing HEADQUARTERS!

Next we will be at the Pro GRT number 5 / CrankWorx Colorado July 28 – Aug 1, 2010.

Please stay tuned for more updates and photos as they become available.

All the best,

Q.

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Report by: Quinton Spaulding

Photos by: Monique Spaulding

Driving through the Nevada desert can be mesmerizing.

It can  induce one into stopping at weird places and taking photos…

…of things you normally wouldn’t!

Then we snap out of our road amnesia and get back to it!

From the desolate desert to the green of the California mountains.

Northstar at Tahoe is a little ritzy, but they have everything!

Jeremiah Dylan Dean.

He was the one who said  “If you put it on, they will come!” well…they are coming!  Every Pro GRT thus far has had a 1st class World Cup podium to prove it.

Thanks to TK, Eric and the folks at Northstar for giving us a ride to the pits each morning.

Lift lines were long and the track was full of competitors practicing their lines. These Pro GRT events are the “real deal”, and DH is on the up -and -up.

The guy that raced this well assembled quad DH rig looked really good on the track. We happened to go back -and -forth during a run… so much fun!

Tom and his crew from Team Big Bear. They were in charge of timing and scoring and did a fantastic job as always.

Buhl qualified 1st for the ladies in the DH, but unfortunately had a big crash in her final. We were just happy to see her come down in one piece.

Binggeli put in another solid race weekend, he qualified 9th and placed 10th amongst the best.

Heath placed 13th in the final (another elusive top 20 finish for him).

Ulmer took 34th.

Carney unfortunately crashed in his race run and ended up 48th.

I placed 7th in  Vet Pro.

Valenzuela boosts the finish line jump for 14th place in Vet Pro .

Buhl won the 4X event on Saturday for KHS.

South African Native, Greg Minnaar, takes the win!

Left to right: Cedric Gracia (Oakley/Oneal), Bryn Atkinson (Transition), Greg Minnaar (Santacruz Syndicate), Steve Peat (Santacruz Syndicate), Mitch Ropelato (Fox)

ABSOLUTELY World Class!

Every race has a tear down session. This happened to be an easy one simply because it was another good race weekend for the team.

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Next for us is stop number 4 on the Pro GRT Tour in Winter Park, CO.

Please stay tuned for more photos and results as they become available.

All the best,

Q.