Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking

you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. Before we hit this week's

episode, just a quick thank you to our supporting partner IXS, who've also got a giveaway for you.

IXS have long made awesome mountain bike clothing and protection, but they also do some really important

work for the sport that we all love. If you follow downhill racing, you'll no doubt have heard of the IXS downhill cup. Running now for over 20 years, the IXS Cup has provided quality racing for thousands of riders and an all-important stepping stone to World Cup level competition. You only need to look at the list of athletes that have cut their teeth at the IXS to know how important it's been, with riders like Valley Hole and Jackson Goldston amongst the list. So it's awesome that brands like IXS are supporting downhill racing in such a major way, enabling up-and-coming talent to find their feet and to get ready to race at World Cup level. If you want to find out more or have a go yourself, you can head to iaccessdownhillcup.com

and you can see their full range of clothing and protection at iExS.com 4 slash MTV. The good news for you is that we have a full head-to-to-to-set of I-XS kit to give away to one lucky winner who's going to win their trigger Evo jersey and pants, their downhill helmet, carve gloves, trigger goggles and carve race knee pads.

All you need to do is to comment on my Instagram post from Monday the 12th of June and

name one world-class rider who kickstarted their racing career at the IXS downhill cup.

You've got until Friday the 23rd of June to enter.

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