Montafon, Austria – Squaw Valley, Calif.’s  veteran snowboard cross rider Nate Holland and newcomer Hagen Kearney, of Telluride, Colo., stuck together for an impressive win at the FIS World Cup team race in Montafon, Austria on Saturday.

“It was awesome. I always enjoy team races,” said Holland. “After yesterday I was hungry. I didn’t race so well yesterday, but I had to win something in Austria just like two years ago in Lech. I also had some success in Bad Gastein. I like races in Austria, the fans are great and fired up.”

It was a tight race the entire way through adverse weather conditions. Teammates Jonathan Cheever and Nick Baumgartner came in fourth.

In the women’s race it was the Austrian ladies who came out ahead by a nose. Maria Ramberger and Susanne Moll brought home a much celebrated home turf victory in front of the Austrian fans after a sensational comeback of Moll in the last part of the course. The two French teams of Claire Chapotot/Lorelei Schmitt and Nelly Moenne Loccoz/Chloe Trespeuch finished in second and third, respectively.

“What a great finish. I knew that the last part would suite my riding and that I still could come back even though I would do bad in the top part,” Moll said.

World Cup teams now head to the first U.S. FIS World Cup stop at the USANA Snowboardcross Cup at Telluride, Colo., Thursday through Saturday.