Joshua Fagerness won the EUC Men division at Shred Fest 6 (Seek n Shred) in May 2026, posting the only sub-five-minute time of the event at 4:59.16 across four timed stages. Zac Darnell finished second and Matt Burt third. The Willseyville, California race also crowned Archer Chew in the first-ever Seek n' Shred Teens EUC division and Lauren Ford in EUC Women, as part of the USA EUC national racing circuit.
Seek n Shred is not a parking-lot race. Shred Fest 6 ran as a four-stage off-road Enduro through singletrack, deep ruts, a brutal hill climb, and a fast technical downhill, with riders getting just one timed run per stage. One mistake was the race. As event organizer and second-place finisher Zac Darnell put it, the design gave "everyone a little bit of variety and also opportunity at every segment."
Here is how the 2026 event unfolded across all three EUC divisions.
Who won the EUC Men division at Shred Fest 6?
Joshua Fagerness of Centralia, Washington won EUC Men with a cumulative time of 4:59.16, the only rider under five minutes. He led every stage outright, taking the fastest time on all four segments. Zac Darnell finished 16.70 seconds back, with Matt Burt third.
For Fagerness, the win was personal. Racing EUCs for just over two years, he had targeted one rider since the beginning. "Ever since I started racing electric unicycles, honestly, I've heard one name and it's Zac Darnell," he said. "I've always wanted to beat him." He did it on Darnell's home course, the trail system Darnell himself spent five years building. "Coming out here to Shred Fest 6 and beat Zac on his own turf and actually doing it, I'm at this point, I'm satisfied."
The win almost did not happen. Fagerness's intended wheel, a Kingsong F-18, arrived a day late, and the motor on his backup failed. Fellow racer Vicente Ramirez handed over his own Lynx, already set up with Clark Pads. "Vince came in clutch," Fagerness said. "I set it up for myself and ended up winning on it."
Who won the EUC Amateur division at Shred Fest 6?
The event also crowned an EUC Amateur podium, drawn from the same Enduro field. Vicente Ramirez took the Amateur win, riding the Clark Pads-equipped Lynx he is known for, the same generosity that defined his weekend after he lent his backup wheel to eventual Men's champion Joshua Fagerness. Tristan Grimm finished second, capping a strong showing in his second season of racing, with Richard Salcedo rounding out the top three. For Grimm, the result was part of a bigger family story at Seek n Shred, where his 13-year-old nephew Bode Brenner took second in the Teens division on a wheel Grimm helped him dial in.
Who won the Teens and Women divisions?
Shred Fest 6 ran a Teens EUC division for the first time, won by Archer Chew. In a tight finish, 13-year-old Bode Brenner took second by just 8.36 seconds, despite posting the fastest final-stage time of any teen racer. Lauren Ford won EUC Women in her first-ever race.
EUC Teens
Brenner's runner-up finish was a family affair. His uncle, Tristan Grimm, introduced him to the sport and races alongside him. Brenner trains daily on a trail behind his house and rode a heavily customized wheel built for jumps. He was the youngest in the division and lost the title by a margin smaller than a single clean corner.
EUC Women
Ford's victory came in her debut race. She is part of the same Northern California riding circle as Darnell, who has been steadily pulling new riders into competition.
What made the Shred Fest 6 course so hard?
The Enduro ran as one race split into four segments, each testing a different skill. Riders agreed on the toughest one: the Stage 3 hill climb.
Stage Character 1 Intense singletrack with sweeping turns, berms, ruts, jumps, and bridges 2 Deep ruts and whoops demanding strategic navigation 3 A long hill climb that steepens toward the summit 4 A fast downhill with jumps and sweeping berms
"Definitely the uphill climb," Fagerness said when asked what gave him the most trouble. His fix was to stop fighting the wheel and read the surface. "I ended up listening to my tire all the way up the hill." His advice for anyone facing a climb like it: lower your tire pressure, adjust your suspension, and trust the traction. "If you ride like you can trust it, nine times out of ten, it's always going to work."
Tristan Grimm, racing in his second season, found the same fix in his settings. He cranked his acceleration assist to keep from spinning out. "It was night and day difference," he said.
How does the one-run format change the race?
With a single timed run per stage, there is no recovery from a mistake. The format rewards riders who can balance speed against the cost of crashing, and it produced clear winners and losers across the field.
The sharpest example was Justin Davis, who posted the second-fastest Stage 1 and top-three times on Stages 3 and 4, but a single slow Stage 2 (1:15.80, the slowest in the division) dropped him to ninth overall. On a course with no second chances, one segment can end a podium run.
Fagerness summed up the mindset the format demands: "How hard are you willing to send it? How fast are you willing to go?"
Why Seek n Shred matters for EUC racing
Shred Fest 6 is part of the USA EUC national racing circuit, which tracks standings, results, and athlete profiles across the season. For the riders who competed, the event was more than a weekend. It was a line in a growing record book.
Grimm, who became a USA EUC member this year, sees the structure changing the sport.
"Having a national ranking has really elevated the trajectory of EUC racing," he said. "This is like an actual sport. This is a real thing being developed."
That is the bet behind every event: turn a community of riders into a documented, trackable, growing sport.
Race the next one
Seek n Shred is one stop on the USA EUC calendar. Riders who compete get their results, stage times, and event photos attached to a personal athlete profile, building a competitive record that follows them across the season.
If you ride, the next step is simple. Create a USA EUC profile, register for an upcoming event, and find out how you stack up on the clock. As Darnell tells newcomers who worry they are not ready:
"You don't need skills at all. Just show up and you'll get the skills when you get here."
Results from official USA EUC Enduro timing at Shred Fest 6 (Seek n Shred), Willseyville, California, May 2026. Rider quotes from interviews conducted by Amped Electric Games. A Onewheel race was also held at the event, with results published separately on USA FLT.
