Kenda NS Bikes UR Team
2024 US Open
2024 US Open
Photos: Hoshi Yoshida
Text: Fabian Cousinie
Last weekend the team raced the biggest gravity race of the USA, the US Open in Killington Vermont.With the World cup final next week the field was extremely competitive with a lot of international world cup riders and the best riders of North America, it's in front of this field that Tegan took the win at the Dual slalom , full recap below :
Kye Bike Check
For this week to celebrate Kye's come back racing on American soil Ride Wrap made a custom wrap tribute to the movie “Team America world police”.
It’s been 20 YEARS since this legendary film came out and we thought it would be fun to do something for this race.
Dual Slalom
At the Dual slalom Kye was really riding well he qualified second and made it to the small final where he unfortunately snapped his chain during one round but still grabbed a great 4th place.
Dual Slalom
For Tegan he qualified 1st so the pressure was on but he held it together and managed to win every race to take his first Elite Pro win. Tegan was so close so many times this year at dual slalom that it's great to see him finally realize his full potential.
Downhill
At the DH unfortunately Tegan could not race as he had a big crash in the morning and hurt his wrist , X-rays didn't show any broken bones but we are going to see how things evolve in the next few days
Downhill
For Kye at the DH he took 45th position getting back into the rhythm of racing. Here is what he has to say :“It felt amazing to be back racing again this week after my back injury!! Although it wasn’t the best race run for me I’m happy to build back this week and looking forward to MSA to get to work!”
Downhill
For George at the DH he took 35th position here is what he has to say :"My run was ok, a little messy up top and then just wanted to keep it clean the rest of the way. Mainly because I hurt my knee real bad yesterday from sliding into a rock so I was hesitant all day. I’m just glad I could at least race today at least "
