Joshua Fagerness won the EUC Pro Men division at Shred Fest 6 (Seek n Shred) in May 2026 with a time of 4:59.16, the only sub-five-minute ride of the event. It was his third Pro win of the 2026 USA EUC season and the one that confirmed what Let It Ride 5 first suggested: Fagerness is not a one-event story.
When Joshua Fagerness won Let It Ride 5 in Boulder City, Nevada back in March, he did it after driving through the night, spending hours at the hospital with a teammate, winning a Last Chance Qualifier just to earn a lane, and racing on a knee taped and bleeding through his jeans. The final margin over second-place Zac Darnell was 3.017 seconds.
That story (the full version) is on his athlete profile. What happened next is why you are reading this one.
Shred Fest 6: The same rival, a different course
Two months after Let It Ride 5, Fagerness arrived at Willseyville, California for Shred Fest 6. Zac Darnell was there too; except this time, Darnell was not just the competition. He was the course builder. He had been cutting these trails for five years.
The format was four-stage Enduro: one timed run per stage, cumulative scoring, no second attempts. Fagerness was already on record about what this kind of race demands.
"How hard are you willing to send it? How fast are you willing to go?" he said. "If you crash, that's it."
Joshua Fagenerness ascending the #3 section, which all agreed was the most demanding section of the course.
He swept all four stages. His cumulative time of 4:59.16 was the only sub-five-minute ride of the day. Darnell finished second at +16.70 seconds. Matt Burt third.
Source: official Seek n Shred timing, Shred Fest 6, Willseyville, California, May 28, 2026. Full results and all divisions →
The win almost did not happen, again
If the Let It Ride 5 story had a theme, it was obstacles that did not stop him. Shred Fest 6 added another chapter. His intended wheel, a Kingsong F-18, arrived at home a day late. The motor on his backup failed. He had a Lynx in the truck but it was fitted with a street tire which was the wrong setup entirely for Gold Country single-track.
Vicente Ramirez handed over his own Clark-Pads-equipped Lynx plus an Insta360 to record the run. "Vince came in clutch," Fagerness said.
"He gave me his wheel. It was all set up with Clark Pads like I like. I set it up for myself and ended up winning on it. Vince totally sponsored me at Shred Fest 6."
The EUC Pro Men champion, for the second major event in a row, won on something other than his intended setup.
The rivalry, settled
Fagerness has been open about targeting Darnell since he started racing. At Shred Fest 6 he said it plainly:
"Ever since I started racing electric unicycles, honestly, I've heard one name and it's Zach Darnell. I've always wanted to beat him. I've had it in my mind, I'm going to beat that guy one day."
He beat him at Let It Ride 5 by 3.017 seconds on a desert course. He beat him at Shred Fest 6 by 16.70 seconds on trails Darnell built himself.
"Coming out here to Shred Fest 6 and beat Zach on his own turf and actually doing it — I'm at this point, I'm satisfied. I feel like I don't have anything to prove."
What the 2026 season looks like now
Fagerness now leads the Mens Pro Off-Road standings on the 2026 USA EUC National Championship Circuit with a perfect 0.00 score across three events. The circuit runs through October, finishing at Amped Electric Games in Bentonville, Arkansas — the event where he won the Thunderdome in 2025 in his first-ever appearance.
Full standings and upcoming events at usaeuc.com/standings.
Find Fagerness on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook @YeeterEUC. His full athlete profile and race history are at usaeuc.com/athletes/yeetereuc.
Results from official Seek n Shred timing at Shred Fest 6, Willseyville, California, May 28, 2026. For the full Joshua Fagerness story read his athlete profile.
