iXS extends the Gravity Alliance – and strives to create the biggest MTB team in history! In 2024, the Swiss helmet, protection and apparel brand iXS has launched the iXS Gravity Alliance to support privateer racers inside the iXS Downhill Cups. Now, iXS takes the program one step further: The Support Program for Privateers will now include Downhill, Enduro and Slopestyle/Freeride. More than a sponsorship, the Gravity Alliance is a movement dedicated to real riders – those who live for the race tape and contest podiums, not the social media spotlight.
20 September 2026 is World Children's Day and also the day of the iXS International Rookies Championships final. The host for this prestigious race and highlight for all junior classes will once again be the Bikepark Schladming in Austria.
In the coming season, now in its 23rd year since its inception, the iXS Downhill Cup will once again offer a first-class event calendar with six races in four countries. Old classics and new locations provide the perfect mix for racing, community, and travel.
Here we go! The 2026 calendar for the iXS European Downhill Cup is ready and truly impressive. It runs from April to September with seven races spread across the continent. The series will feature familiar venues as well as new, yet very prestigious locations.
If there is one place where you can experience the future of downhill racing live, it is the iXS International Rookies Championships. Every year, the world's strongest young riders compete here – and in 2025, the ‘unofficial rookie world championship weekend’ once again offered everything that makes the sport so special: drama, pure emotion and spine-tingling moments from the U11 to the U17 categories.
Style is the answer to everything! Charles Bukowski already knew that. With the new Trigger X helmet, you are not only extremely stylish on the go, but also super safe and keep a cool head thanks to the first-class ventilation.
