10 Days Of Non-Stop MTB Racing | The 2023 Cannonball Festival Featuring National Championships
Posted on 15 Nov, 2022
Registration Is Now Open For Our Biggest Ever MTB Event!
Something HUGE is taking over Thredbo MTB Park this summer… Get ready for ten straight days of MTB racing at the 2023 Cannonball MTB Festival presented by Boost Mobile featuring the AusCycling National Championships! The pinnacle of MTB competition, Cannonball will see the mountain bike world hit Thredbo for a massive week of Pure Gravity fuelled racing, activations, live music and good times with five huge events, categories for all ages and abilities plus a $100K prize purse.
New For 2023: Cannonball Joins Forces With The National Champs
As if the Cannonball MTB Festival wasn’t action-packed enough, this summer it will be integrated with the National Champs for the first time ever, creating TEN straight days of racing from February 9 – 18 2023. That means riders now have the chance to take out two titles, win green and gold jerseys AND win Cannonball cash and prizes in one singular race! Oh, and did we mention that there is a $100,000 prize purse?! Registrations are now open so get ready for some fierce competition.
How’s it going to work?
The Cross-Country National Championship events will run from 9 February to 12 February 2023 with the National Championship events for Downhill, Pump Track & Trials included in the Cannonball Festival event schedule from 13 February to 18 February 2023. Keep scrolling for the full event schedules…
Non-Stop Good Times
The action won’t be limiting itself to the race tracks as the famous Thredbo night life kicks into gear with an impressive line-up of entertainment all week including a DJ set from North East Party House to send the festival off in style on Saturday night!
Cross-Country & Trials National Championship Event Schedule:
Wednesday 8th | Official Training
Thursday 9th | XCO Racing: Adaptive, E-MTB, Team Relay
Friday 10th | XCC Racing: All Categories
Saturday 11th | XCO Racing: Expert, Masters
Sunday 12th | XCO Racing: U13, U15, U17, U19, U23, Elite
Saturday 18th | Trials: All Categories
Cannonball MTB Festival Event Schedule:
Monday 13th | Practice
Tuesday 14th | Osprey All-Mountain Assault Racing
Wednesday 15th | Fox Flow Motion Cup Racing (Group A)
Thursday 16th | Fox Flow Motion Cup Racing (Group B)
Thursday 16th | Rockshox Pump Track Challenge Racing (National Championships)
Friday 17th | Oakley Australian Open DH Seeding (National Championships)
Saturday 18th | Oakley Australian Open DH Finals (National Championships Finals)
Saturday 18th | Deity Whip Wars (Invite Only)
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