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Podium for the Pietermaritzburg National round, 2009 05/04/2009 Pietermaritzburg National DH results (South Africa)
This weekend’s race in Greg Minaar’s howetown of Pietermaritzburg has had huge international interest due to the lineup of top riders heading down to learn the track before next week’s World Cup on the same course. It’s the first big showdown of the year and a good indicator of who’s been stepping it up in the winter ...Read Article >
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article 07/06/2010 Sabrina Jonnier takes Fort Willliam 2010 win
2009's World Cup winner Sabrina Jonnier was back on the number one spot in the podium at last weekend's Fort William DH and 4x World Cup 2010.  The track was dry and dustier than the riders are used to in Fort Bill, but the midges were still out in force. Sabrina takes the overall points lead by just 15 points, so she'll be back ...Read Article >
4x Women podium, Fort William 2010 06/06/2010 Jana Horakova wins Fort William 4x
Jana Horakova leading the women's 4x, Fort William 2010.Photo: UCI   Czech rider Jana Horakova extended her World Cup 4x lead this weekend with a win in Fort William DH and 4x World Cup 2010. She narrowly beat Austria's Anita Molcik after 2009's World Cup champ Anneke Beerten had another disappointing performance in the...Read Article >
video 31/05/2010 Rachel Atherton wins first World Cup DH race after comeback
Rachel Atherton's long awaited comeback from injury did not disappoint at last weekend's Maribor DHI/4X World Cup Round 1/2 2010. Finishing an astonishing ten seconds ahead of Sabrina Jonnier, the 2008 World Champ showed she's been doing everything right to get that number one spot back for 2010. Full resuslts here, and check out our Maribor DH...Read Article >
Emmeline Ragot on her new Intense 03/05/2010 Emmeline Ragot's new bike for 2010
  Emmeline Ragot tests out her 2010 Intense 951.Photo: Emmeline Ragot Current downhill World Champ Emmeline Ragot is riding for Suspension Center again this season, and along with teammate Anneke Beerten she has switched from Turner to Intense bikes. We caught up with her to find out about her new ride for the 2010 season: ...Read Article >
article 01/05/2010 Jana Horakova wins Houffalize 4x
Czech rider Jana Horakova has taken the first World Cup 4x win for 2010 at the Houffalize 4x World Cup 2010 this weekend. Last year's World Cup champ Anneke Beerten went down in the final, finshing fourth behind Suspension Center team mate and DH world champ Emmeline Ragot in third and Anita Molcik in second.   Yoiu can check out the 4x...Read Article >
article 18/04/2010 Melissa Buhl and Jill Kintner take Sea Otter wins
Melissa Buhl has taken the Pro Women's win at the Sea Otter Classic 2010 Downhill in this weekend's DH event, narrowly beating Rachel Atherton who is returning to competition after missing last season due to innjury. Third place was Tracy Moseley with 2010 World Cup champ Sabrina Jonnier back in fourth. In the Dual Slalom Jill Kintner took the ...Read Article >
Dual Slalom start gate, Oceanias 2010 19/03/2010 Sarsha Huntington takes Dual Slalom and 4x wins at Oceanias
Sarsha Huntington, winner of the Oceania 4x 2010.Photo: Rita Langley It's New Zealand's turn to host the Oceania DH and 4x Champs, and gravity racing kicked off on Friday with Dual Slalom. It was a low key affair with less than thrity entrants in total, and only two women. The track was incredibly short at around 15 seconds for...Read Article >
Charlotte Clouston, Junior National Champ 2010 05/03/2010 Martha Hucker interviews Charlotte Clouston, NZ Junior Champ
Charlotte Clouston took the win in the Junior Women category at last weekend's New Zealand National DH champs 2010. Martha Hucker caught up with her afterwards: "I didn't expect to win, but I thought that I could if I rode well. The track was more difficult in the wind on race day, and there were some really awkward corners. It was hard to get flo...Read Article >
Sarah Walker in race run, National Champs 2010 03/03/2010 Martha Hucker interviews Sarah Walker at National MTB Champs, 2010
  Sarah Walker in race run, National Champs 2010.Photo: Rita Langley   Sarah Walker is a New Zealand Olympian and currently a double World Champ in BMX (check out out article: Double Wins for Sarah Walker and Mariana Pajon at World BMX Champs) and last weekend she decided to have a go at mountain biking at the New Zea...Read Article >
Harriet Harper, final jump at National Champs 2010 28/02/2010 Harriet Harper and Charlotte Clouston take NZ Champ titles for 2010
  Harriet Harper and the spectators, Wellington National Champs 2010.Photo: Rita Langley   Wellington's forecast for today's New Zealand National DH champs was for tsunamis and strong winds. Up on the hill, we were safe from the waves caused by the earthquake in Chile as they hit NZ, making beaches up and down the cou...Read Article >