Kailey Skelton is back-to-form, Nate Kitchen fights his way to glory at Mountain Creek
- Pro Downhill Series
- May 10
- 1 min read
Round 2 of the 2026 Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series presented by Continental, landed in the hills of New Jersey at Mountain Creek Bike Park. Racers were faced with changing track conditions from seeding to finals, with sunshine to rain, mud and wind, leading to blown out lines, deep ruts and slick rock gardens.
The women’s field was first to drop, with all eyes on first year Pro, Alyana Van Horn, who went fastest in seeding. The Logar sisters, Ostgaard, Rønning and defending champion, Kailey Skelton were all on the hunt to shake things up from seeding. For the men, Gwin is back in the start gate, looking to defend his 2025 win at Mountain Creek. Suetos, Silva, Dooley and Kitchen are all looking for P1 to take a lead in the series overall, while Dakota Norton and Mikey Delesalle are sitting on top 5 seeding times.
Can Nate Kitchen go 1-1 and take his first ever Pro Downhill Series win? Or do the pair of No.1 plates with Gwin & Skelton defend their 2025 wins? Mountain Creek is one of the most iconic venues in US Downhill, and the perfect stage for the race drama to unfold. This season-long, five-race national series is well underway for 2026 - see you at the races.
Round 3 takes place at Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah, July 17 - 19th. Let’s Race! #USDH #ProDownhillSeries
