{"id":2103,"date":"2026-02-23T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/?page_id=2103"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:59:16","slug":"2026-natc-bentonville-ar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NATC &#8211; Bentonville, AR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"event-information\">Event Information<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 6th year in a row, the 2026 Championship event will once again be held in Bentonville, Arkansas, during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bentonvillebikefest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bike Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North America&#8217;s best trial riders will compete against the best international riders, reigning world champions, and other superstars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">*** CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ***<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is happening on <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th<\/mark><\/strong>, at the festival venue, which is the same site as 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/LPnV6EWAZQ5nP24K9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for a Google map to the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"schedule\">Schedule (All times in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Central Time Zone<\/span>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>North American Trials Championship &#8211; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Friday, June 12th<\/strong><\/mark> &#8211; Five sections, two laps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>North American Trials Amateur:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">12:00pm to 3:00pm<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>North American Trials Elite + UCI C1 Qualifier:&nbsp;<\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> 3<strong>:30pm to 5:30pm<\/strong><\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>UCI C1 &#8211; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Saturday, June 13th<\/strong><\/mark> &#8211; UCI licenses only &#8211; Five sections, two laps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Women&#8217;s UCI Trials<\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Finals<\/strong>: <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">2:00pm to 2:45pm<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Men&#8217;s UCI Trials- Finals:<\/strong>&nbsp; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">2<strong>:45pm to 4:00pm<\/strong><\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bentonvillebikefest.com\/schedule\/\">https:\/\/www.bentonvillebikefest.com\/schedule\/<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"classes\">Classes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>North American Trials Championship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gray gates:  Mountain Bike, Youth (13 &amp; under), Novice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue gates:  Sport, Veteran (40+)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red gates:  Expert, Master (35+)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow gates:  <span style=\"color: initial;\">Elite<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>UCI C1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red gates:  Women<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow gates:  Elite Men 26&#8243; and 20&#8243;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cost\">Cost and Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration is now open! Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bentonvillebikefest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bentonvillebikefest.com\/<\/a> and follow the registration button, which will appear at the top of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rules\">Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All classes will follow the new UCI rules using penalty points (dabs) and bonus points for passing through gates.&nbsp;Riders will be tasked with riding over 6 unique obstacles in each section within a 2-minute time limit. For more details about how a trials competition works, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uci.org\/regulations\/3MyLDDrwJCJJ0BGGOFzOat#part-vii-trials\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/assets.ctfassets.net\/761l7gh5x5an\/5B8PdIEK9w4Hn0Uqqpttys\/82204a9e85751b4fe44b85e628a2c80c\/2021.02.08-trials-eng-left-column.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event Information For the 6th year in a row, the 2026 Championship event will once again be held in Bentonville, Arkansas, during the Bike Festival. North America&#8217;s best trial riders will compete against the best international riders, reigning world champions, and other superstars. *** CHANGE OF SCHEDULE *** This event is happening on Friday, June&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2104,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2103","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2103"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2103\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.natrials.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}