Pro Downhill Series Podcast

The 2026 Season opened with incredible racing and a stacked roster of athletes in attendance at Ride Rock Creek. The beginning of a story-line for what looks to be a dominant career ahead for Aletha Ostgaard and hometown glory claimed for NC local, Luca Shaw. Series Host, Lars Tribus and General Manager, Clay Harper recap the Round 1 action and preview the upcoming race at Mountain Creek. There are decades worth of history, as Mountain Creek is one of the longest standing national rounds on the calendar, and played host to the first US OPEN of Mountain Biking in 2003. New track changes, ODI Red Plates and more are on the docket for Round 2.

Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series presented by Continental is returning for Season 3, kicking off 2026 at Ride Rock Creek in Zirconia, NC. Series Host, Lars Tribus is back in studio with General Manager, Clay Harper to catch up on returning series partners, race venues, and more. Plus, a roll-call of athletes to watch for at Round 1, with US National Champions, the Series Overall Winners, and emerging stars all lining up at the start gate.

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Podcast Topics;

00:00 Season 3 Has Arrived

00:58 Series Sponsors

03:16 2026 Locations

09:06 Round 1 at Ride Rock Creek

13:41 Team & Athlete Roll-call

22:32 Schedule for Round 1

25:22 Track Walk with the Pros

30:32 USA Cycling Partnership

33:30 Join us at Ride Rock Creek

35:20 USDH MTB Association

36:54 Regional Series Highlight

40:12 Why Pro Downhill Series?

42:00 Stay up-to-date with info.

Clay and Lars, barely recovered from the FOX US Open, jump on the mics to talk all things series overall and this round 5 from the series overall and the excitement of the race results.

The 2025 season finale of ‘Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series presented by Continental Tires’ has arrived. Host, Lars Tribus and General Manager, Clay Harper are back in studio with highlights from the historic Round 3 at Solitude Mountain Resort and all the incredible moments from Round 4, U.S.A Downhill National Championships in Big Bear Lake, CA where Kailey Skelton and Ryan Pinkerton were fastest on the day and crowned the 2025 U.S.A. National Champions.One more to go, as the CRÜE preps for Round 5 at the Fox US OPEN of Mountain Biking in Killington, VT taking place September 25-28. The “Original MTB Party” is bringing the largest prize purse of the season, with $80,000 being awarded across the weekend, plus the coveted title of US OPEN Champion, and the second ever Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series Overall Championship are on the line. Fresh track updates, revamped Dual Slalom course, the crowd favorite Best Whip and more are all on-deck. See you at the races!Brought to you in collaboration with The Gravity Cooperative /   / thegravitycoop  Get the latest;Website | https://prodownhillseries.comInstagram |   / prodownhillseries  YouTube |    / @prodownhillseries  WhatsApp | https://bit.ly/pds-whatsappPodcast Topics;00:00 Intro01:10 Round 3:Solitude, UT17:15 Nat Champs: Big Bear Lake, CA24:10 Series Partners28:10 Fox US OPEN of MTB38:40 Registration & Race Ops42:30 Future of Pro Downhill Series54:16 Who to watch? $80K Prize Purse01:01:46 Best Fox US OPEN track?!01:09:02 Minnaar, Peaty, and company.01:14:00 Fox US OPEN Schedule

It’s time to get back to racing, as the 2025 season of ‘Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series presented by Continental Tires’ heads west. Host, Lars Tribus sits down with General Manager, Clay Harper, for a recap of the incredibly tight racing from Round 2 at Mountain Creek, where series leaders Gwin and Skelton earned P1 on the day, both rocking the lucky No.7 plates.

A new venue is on-deck with Round 3 at Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah, July 24 - 27, 2025 and the community is rallying behind the #USDH return to the mountain-west Rockies region. From there it’s off to Big Bear Lake, CA, July 31 - August 3, where Round 4 of the series will host the US National Championships for Downhill and Dual Slalom. Lot’s to unpack on this one, as Justin Evans from USA Cycling calls-in to review the rule book and break down different scenarios for racer eligibility and placement. Let’s go racing!

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Podcast Topics;

00:00 Intro & Series Partners

02:33 Recap: Round 2 at Mountain Creek

19:55 Up next: Round 3 at Solitude

23:50 Solitude Track Outlook

26:42 Venue Notes & Local Brands

29:00 Utah Scene, MTB Celebs

31:30 Nat Champs: Round 4 at Big Bear

33:22 Guest: USAC Justin Evans

42:43 Nat Champs Rules & Regulations 

01:01:42 How should I register?

01:10:29 Pro Downhill Series & USAC Collab

01:16:17 Support from Visit Big Bear

The 2025 season of ‘Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series presented by Continental Tires’ kicked off in epic fashion at Ride Rock Creek in North Carolina. Host, Lars Tribus is back in studio with series General Manager, Clay Harper, to break down the action from Round 1, discuss team commitments and announce permanent number plates. Plus, local legend and Trail Crüe Boss, George Ryan, calls-in to give the update for Mountain Creek Bike Park and puts up a heavy bet as Round 2 approaches.Experience the action at Mountain Creek in New Jersey, May 8 - 11, 2025. Round 2 roll-call looks like Gwin, Mulally, Van Steenbergen, Wallace, Silva, Grice, Kitchen, Suetos, Skelton, Ostgaard, Leaneagh, Lan, Scott and more. Bring your bike, bring your friends, bring your Mom (because Mother’s Day - duh), bring the energy and we’ll see you there!Get the latest;Website | https://prodownhillseries.comInstagram |   / prodownhillseries  YouTube |    / @prodownhillseries  WhatsApp | https://bit.ly/pds-whatsappMore from this Podcast;Road 2 Recovery | https://www.road2recovery.comOn-Track School | https://www.ontrackschool.comGwin on Moving The Needle |    • Aaron Gwin: The Cost of Greatness, Co...  Mountain Creek Bike Park |   / mountaincreekbikepark  

The ‘Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series presented by Continental Tires’ is back for a second season of racing in 2025! Dive in for Season 2 Episode 1 of the Pro Downhill Series Podcast and get the inside scoop on all things racing, athletes, and behind-the-scenes operations - direct from series General Manager, Clay Harper, and host, Lars Tribus. There’s more prize money up for grabs, new content plans, improved timing infrastructure, schedule updates, additional venues and more. Plus, Clay explains the USA Cycling Gravity National Championship race being added to the Pro Downhill Series schedule and what happens to Enduro.The 2025 Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series season gets underway with Round 1 at Ride Rock Creek in North Carolina, April 2 - 6, 2025. Expect to see new track updates, top ranked elite racers, introduction of permanent plates, return of the SR Suntour Holeshot Award and more.

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Clay and Lars sit down to discuss the excitement of the Fox US Open of Mountain Biking and the wrap up of the 2024 Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series inaugural season. And maybe some hints to 2025 season?

Hear from the series overall champions of the 2024 Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series and the top 3 podiums in the open class from the Fox US Open in our post race press conference.

Lars and Clay get us caught up after Big Bear's round 3 and what we can expect going in to round 4 which is also the FOX US Open.

Pro Downhill Series schedule