NMBS 2008 draft schedule released

Barry Wicks (Kona) leading at the 2007 Snowmass NMBS round (Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)

According to a draft schedule, next year's 2008 National Mountain Bike Series (NMBS) will visit eight American venues throughout the season, including new locations - one East coast venue in New York and one in Idaho for the finals. The series jumps up from seven to eight venues. One stop not on the docket for 2008 is in Angel Fire, New Mexico.

A May 17-18 Round #3 stop will take racers back to Los Olivos, California, for the Santa Ynez National. Then June's Round #4 will be hosted in Deer Valley, Utah. Back to back East coast stops follow during the first two weekends in July, including July 5-6 Round #5 at Sugar Mountain, North Carolina, and July 12-13 Round #6 at Windham Resort, New York. The latter is a new venue for the NMBS Series in the Catskill mountains.

After a break for US Nationals, which will be held again in Mount Snow, Vermont, the penultimate round is set for Snowmass, Colorado, on August 16-17. Snowmass hosted the finals in 2007 when Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis) won both the short track and cross country overalls for the men. Team Luna dominated the women's series with Georgia Gould taking the cross country and Katerina Nash winning the short track classification.