Nate fell in love with riding bikes as a kid and never stopped. A native New Mexican, he got his first mountain bike in 1993 and raced as junior in the early days of the NORBA series that was held at the Sandia Peak Ski Area in the mid 1990’s. His primary focus over the past 15 years on the bike has been in endurance and back country racing and has helped develop routes and organize the free grassroots New Mexico Endurance Series of events. His passions include trail maintenance, building, and sustainability, and conservation of, and protecting access to, public lands for all users.