Highland MTB Park served as stop number five of the Gravity East Series. Sunny, blue-sky weather helped make a great weekend of racing, and in spite of two competing gravity events in the region, 139 downhill racers and 43 dual slalom competitors turned out - by far the largest turnout of any of the weekend's races.
The courses, prepared for the event by the Highland Trail Crew, also were a higlight of the weekend. Saturday's dual slalom was an old school dual slalom cousre. It was designed and constructed by Kyle Ebbett with assistance of a trail crew of 10 people that worked almost non-stop for two weeks to prepare for this weekend. The work showed,
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Ebbett |
| 2 | James Patterson |
| 3 | Avery Buch |
| 4 | Steve Avery (HMBP) |
| 5 | Zach Faulkner |
| 6 | Brian Piper |
| 7 | David Flynn |
| 8 | Erik Gosselin (Team Drop) |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dawn Bourque |
| 2 | Karen Eagan |
| 3 | Kate Parhiala (Wachusett Brewery) |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Rude Jr (Santa Cruz/Allride Academy) |
| 2 | Max Syron |
| 3 | Mike Gross (Team Drop) |
| 4 | Hunter Budd |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Karpuska |
| 2 | Trevor Peckham |
| 3 | Donnie Roberts |
| 4 | Clay Pattersen |
| 5 | PJ Noto |
| 6 | Beau Cormier |
| 7 | Will Marks |
| 8 | Chris Flynn |
| 9 | Michael Brown |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Andrew Farrell |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Davies |
| 2 | Dylan Conte |
| 3 | Peter McNulty |
| 4 | James Bannister |
| 5 | Ray Syron |
| 6 | Shane Alexander |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team |
|---|---|
| 2 | Colby Nugent |
| 5 | Justin Well |
| 6 | Chris Buckley |
| 3 | Damon Morin (Team Drop) |
| 7 | Tom Lamont |
| 1 | Lane Boertmann (Beachwood Bikes) |
| 4 | Adam Quinn |
| 8 | Scott Laplante |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Allison (MMR/Marin) |
| 2 | Olivia Allison (MMR/Marin) |
| 3 | Maddie Crowley |
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