by Ryan Simonovich Jun 19, 2026 More from Ryan Simonovich + Christopher Blevins watched the mud-drenched South Korea World Cup race from an airplane seat on a flight bound for California. A routine crash the day prior to the season opener left him with a broken collarbone and a shattered early season, but the American standout is back on the start line this weekend in Switzerland. “I had a great off-season,” Blevins said in an interview with Escape Collective this week.