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LIVE. EVERY ROUND. 2026.

The first live broadcast of domestic American downhill racing — every round of the 2026 Mountain States Cup. A 23-foot LED at every finish line. The same feed streamed worldwide.

  • 4Rounds
  • 16+Cameras
  • 3M+Impressions
  • $131KHousehold income
LIVE CAM 04
SPEED 38 MPH
SECTOR S2
SPLIT +0.42
ELITE WOMEN  /  DOWNHILL
1Aletha OstgaardUSA2:05.755 2Anna NewkirkUSA2:06.512+0.757 3Tilly MeltonUSA2:08.857+3.102 4Kailey SkeltonUSA2:09.036+3.281 5Taylor OstgaardUSA2:13.913+8.158 6Raina LogarUSA2:14.101+8.346 7Frida Helena RønningNOR2:14.467+8.712 8Megan PretoriusCAN2:15.364+9.609 9Zanna LogarUSA2:16.033+10.278 10Sara LigmanUSA2:16.056+10.301 11Tayte Proulx-RoydsCAN2:16.684+10.929 12Teagan HeapUSA2:17.491+11.736

2026 Season

Four rounds. Four states.This is the Mountain States Cup Championship Series.

The Rockies — one of the most important regions in the world for mountain bike racing.

Angel Fire
R1
Angel Fire
New Mexico
Jun 12–15, 2026
Solitude
R2
Solitude
Utah
Jul 3–5, 2026
Grand Targhee
R3
Grand Targhee
Wyoming
Aug 13–16, 2026
Purgatory
R4
Purgatory
Colorado
Aug 27–30, 2026

Partner activations available across all four rounds.


What you get

Three places your brand lives.

Race day, the venue, the year after.

On the broadcast

  • Logo on the live feed, every round
  • 30s or 60s commercial in rotation
  • Branded segment of your choice (Lap of the Day, Pit Tech Check, Run of the Day)
  • Pit-reporter ad-read, live in-show

At the venue

  • Trackside banner placement
  • Finish-line LED placement
  • Branded podium / award moment
  • Hospitality + activation rights

In your hands after

  • Race-weekend footage drop
  • Cinematic content for your channels
  • Season recap film
  • Sub-license rights for dealer network

The broadcast is the lever. Built for year-over-year partnerships, inside the sport and beyond. Tier-by-tier breakdown ↓


About the Mountain States Cup

The Mountain States Cup was the backbone of American mountain bike racing for fifteen years. It connected every discipline — gravity to endurance — the way the World Cup does today. I came up through it alongside five-time World Cup overall champion Aaron Gwin and world champion Melissa Buhl. Lance Armstrong dropped in and raced these same start gates.

We are breathing life into one of the most important mountain bike race series in America.

Visit mscracing.com →

Shawn Neer, Series Director Shawn Neer racing the Canyon Gap Shawn Neer on the UCI World Championship podium
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SHAWN NEER  /  SERIES DIRECTOR  /  UCI WORLD CHAMPION
Founder · Why we’re building this

The parent at the bottom of the hill deserves to see their kid race.

Picture the crowd at the base of an MSC race weekend. Two and a half miles of mountain rising behind the start. The families are there — they drove the kid in, woke up early, packed the cooler, made the weekend. The big screen at the finish. Every run plays out. Every category, every kid, everyone getting their moment on race day.

My mom made it to the races she could. She’d wait at the bottom — five seconds of her son flying out of the woods, a printed result sheet, her finger running down to find my time. If she could have seen the run on the big screen, she’d have understood what was happening up the mountain. She’d have been part of it.

In 2026, they get to watch the run.

I came up through the original Mountain States Cup. Rode it to a UCI World Championship. Now I’m rebuilding the series I grew up in — with a broadcast team that’s run signal at the NHL, Pro Motocross, and Pikes Peak.

Shawn Neer
Founder, Mountain States Cup

02  /  THE AUDIENCE

$131K
Avg. household income of MTB participants — 64% above regional median
72%
Audience aged 25–44 — peak earning meets peak spending
$104K+
Est. household lifestyle value — vehicles, bikes, gear, transport
3M+
Projected cross-platform impressions, Season 1

The regional context

MSC runs inside the $36.3B Rockies outdoor economy — a region outperforming the national outdoor average by +41%. The 2030 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships return to Colorado, placing every 2026 partner at the front of an accelerating global moment.

Sources & Methodology
  1. Vital MTB — State of the Sport Survey 2024 (n=10,000+)
  2. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, 2023
  3. U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 2023
  4. Kelley Blue Book — 2024 segment data
  5. Pro DH Series — 2024 broadcast & impressions benchmarks

03  /  THE PRODUCT

Two shows. Built differently.

Each one a broadcast · Each one with its own afterlife

Families and crowd gathered at an MSC race venue

Show 01

Amateur feed

The way in.

Cut-down cameras. Live commentary. Every kid’s run, chunked into shareable clips.

Pro rider mid-air over a feature with packed crowd reaction

Show 02

Pro feed

The big show.

Sixteen cameras. Riders spaced for tension. Live commentary.


05  /  THE BUILD

Race day. Drop in.

Sunday's live broadcast — every category, every camera

Sunday · live feed

Sun

Amateur finals

The Amateur show · 4–5 hrs · YouTube same-day · MSC app cuts

Coverage across the track · Beginner → Intermediate → Expert finals, ramping across the day

06–08 cams
Sun

Pro final — early runs

The Pro show · Sunday afternoon · Global distribution feed

Field drops into the show

08–12 cams
Sun

Pro final — leader runs

Gaps widen · Every line, every cam, live

+ 1 FPV drone
16 cams

Two operators run point. Behind them, a ten-person broadcast crew with credits from the Olympics, NHL, and ESPN+ — 48,000+ feet of fiber wired to the mountain, every signal cut live from the switching trailer at the base.

Josh Spencer, Technical Director Josh Spencer at the Supercross Stadium
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JOSH SPENCER  /  TECHNICAL DIRECTOR  /  ON LOCATION
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JOSH SPENCER

Technical Director

LIVE BROADCAST  /  SIGNAL COMMAND

Josh runs the live signal — clean across 2.5 miles of mountain terrain, real-time multi-camera switching, the rig that ingests Craig’s edits straight into the show.

CAREER

  • 10 YRS Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Multi-camera live switching across miles of fiber.
  • MOTORSPORTS Monster Energy Supercross · Pro Motocross Live action broadcast crew.
  • NETWORK NBC · CBS · FOX Sports · ESPN · Prime Video · MAVTV NBA Finals NHL — Colorado Avalanche MLB — Colorado Rockies

On air

NBC
CBS
FOX Sports
ESPN
MAVTV
Monster Energy Supercross
Pro Motocross
NBC
CBS
FOX Sports
ESPN
MAVTV
Monster Energy Supercross
Pro Motocross

Art Director

Craig Grant

CONTENT & CINEMATOGRAPHY

Craig Grant

Former Creative Director at Yeti Cycles. 20 years of cinematography. Craig directs the weekend race recap show — on-site production, overnight edit, Monday drop on MSC YouTube and the partner broadcast platform.

craig-grant.com

Yeti Cycles — The SB165 Already Knows
Yeti Cycles — SB165
Full portfolio → craig-grant.com

Inaugural Season — 2026 Broadcast Partner Tiers

Four ways in. Built to compound.

Year one is the entry. Year two is yours to renew — your seat held, your category locked in, your spot waiting.
Built for multiple smaller partners across categories, inside the sport and beyond.

Logo in the show, every round.

  • Corner logo on the live feed — 8× per race day, 15 seconds each
  • Logo on the broadcast open and close
  • Announcer mention every time your logo airs — 8× per race day
  • Trackside banner placement at the venue (you provide)
  • Social mention per event across MSC channels
  • Listed in the season sponsor reel

Your logo in the live broadcast of American downhill, every round.


Community Lane

Free for nonprofits putting kids on bikes.

Young riders in helmets with mountain bikes

Our broadcast makes room for nonprofits putting kids on bikes.

Apply for Community Lane →

Shawn Neer
Founding Partner — Inaugural Season 2026

Be the one who brought it.

The brands who take a seat in 2026 prove their spot in the community — and hold it year over year.

Shawn Neer
Founder, Mountain States Cup