Scott DH Factory Racing is powering up for 2026 with the addition of two major new riders. U.S. DH veteran Dakotah Norton will continue his comeback with Scott DH. On the women\u2019s side, Jess Blewitt kicks off the team\u2019s season with her return to Red Bull Hardline.<\/p>\n
Dak is no Gamble(r)<\/p>\n
After a wild run-in to the 2025 season, which saw the 2024 U.S. national champ fight back from a broken pelvis to finish just off the podium (or on the old podium, thank you WBD<\/a>) at the season finale, Dakotah Norton moved on from MS Mondraker<\/a>. That team\u2019s loss is Scott\u2019s gain. Anyone that can go from such a brutal injury to a podium at Mont-Sainte-Anne is a sure bet. While Norton is still chasing that first World Cup win, he\u2019s a reliable podium finisher and huge part of the sport.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m excited for fresh perspectives, my own balance of expectations in a new environment, and a new\u00a0challenge on the SCOTT Gambler RC,\u201d said Norton of his move to SCOTT DH Factory Racing.<\/p>\n Jess Blewitt will send it on a Scott<\/p>\n Hailing from the opposite hemisphere, Jess Blewitt will continue to mix racing and freeride as she joins Scott DH from Cube Factory Racing. Blewitt will be one of the first Scott racers to line up for 2026 when she returns to Red Bull Hardline in Maydena. Hardline is ground the N.Z. rider helped pioneer as the first woman to compete in any Hardline event.<\/p>\n As much about speed as sends, Blewitt brings her numerous World Cup podiums to Scott along with her Hardline resume.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to bringing the fun back into racing while still working hard and learning from Full Scott DH Factory Racing 2026 team<\/p>\n Norton and Blewitt join a five-rider squad. Ethan Craik resigning with the team. Multitalented French racer Benoit Coulanges is also back with the squad.<\/p>\n The third new addition to Scott DH is Vicky Clavel. With a Euro championship bronze and a top 10 at 2025 world championships, and steadily improving World Cup results already to her name, Clavel is establishing herself quickly as a rider to watch in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott DH Factory Racing is powering up for 2026 with the addition of two major new riders. U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[21898,49,48,635,166865,166866,62722,166867,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-394125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-2026-world-cup","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-dakotah-norton","13":"tag-jess-blewitt","14":"tag-mtb-news","15":"tag-scott-dh-factory-racing","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
everyone around me,\u201d said Jess Blewitt, SCOTT DH Factory Rider.<\/p>\n