01/07/2009 Martha Hucker interview with Harlot president Jennifer Steketee
Like most female mountain bikers, Jennifer Steketee once thought to herself ‘I wish there were better clothes out there for me’. But unlike most of us, she went out and did something about it. In 2004 the former vet created Harlot, a label with a new approach to women’s riding gear. The motto is “Ride bikes, be fabulous&rdq...Read Article >

30/06/2009 Results – NPS Round 3 at Fort Bill
Aimee Dix won the Elite Women category of this weekend’s Fort William NPS round 2009 race. But she didn’t set the fastest time – that honour went to junior rider Manon Carpenter, who was 7 seconds faster again of the tough, physical track. Second in Elite went to Haby-Blu Cann, and third to Zumbi rider Helen Gaskell. ...Read Article >

30/06/2009 Martha Hucker interview with Gabby Molloy
Gabby Molloy is one of the fastest women on a DH bike in Aotearoa (NZ). But most Kiwis know her from the MTB skills clinics she runs alongside partner and fellow downhill racer James ‘Dodzy’ Dodds, where she teaches anyone with two wheels how to improve their skills and have a bit more fun on a bike. Gabby is one of 5 women already sel...Read Article >

22/06/2009 Sabrina Jonnier clocks up another win at Maribor WC
Sabrina Jonnier narrowly took the victory at today’s 5th round of the Maribor DH World Cup 2009. She had a fast, clean run which stood up to fastest qualifier Emmeline Ragot’s time by just 0.31 of a second. That’s pretty frustrating for Emmeline who has still never won a World Cup round, but her second place today bumps her up to...Read Article >

21/06/2009 Caroline Buchanan wins Maribor World Cup 4x
Australian rider Caroline Buchanan took out the top spot in today’s wet, muddy Maribor 4x World Cup 2009. The rain and thunder was so bad that the DH qualifying was postponed as the chairlift was unsafe, but the 4x went on regardless. Caroline’s win came after leading riders Jill Kintner and Anneke Beerten tangled in the final, allowin...Read Article >

21/06/2009 Maribor World Cup – DH delay and 4x Qualifying
The World Cup riders are in Maribor ‘feelin the Slovenia’ for this weekend’s double dose of world cup action. We didn’t make that up – it’s in this ‘teaser’ video for Maribor as a logo preusmably to entice English-speaking tourists to this Eastern European country.  Seriously, that’s their...Read Article >

20/06/2009 2010 World Cup dates and locations released
Yesterday (while we were all still talking about Missy Giove), the UCI announced it’s 2010 World Cup Calendar. Next year will see a shorter series with just 6 races, five of which are in Europe and one in the US. The World Champs are the last race of the season and will be held in Mont St Anne, Canada. There are some big, steep tracks inc...Read Article >

19/06/2009 Missy Giove caught with 400lb of marijuana
Missy Giove, the retired queen of downhill, has always been credited with broadening our sport’s audience and getting downhill into the mainstream media. And she’s still doing it, but this time it’s in a way that none of us will be proud to be associated with. What happened? Apparently, Missy Giove (who has no prior criminal r...Read Article >

17/06/2009 Martha Hucker interview with Katie Hayes
Katie (or Kathryn) Hayes is a 21 year old freerider from Whitefish, MT, in the US of A. Last week she uploaded a super sick video to Vimeo as a demo of what she can do on a bike. Click to watch the video below, and while it’s loading scroll down to read Martha Hucker’s interview with Katie. Katie Hayes promoThis video will show w...Read Article >

15/06/2009 Floriane Pugin wins European Champs
French riders continue to dominate the European racing this season, with Ironhorse/Playbiker rider Floriane Pugin taking out the Elite women title at the European Champs 2009. Floriane will be stoked with the win, especially after unexpectedly beating current World Cup leader Sabrina Jonnier who crashed in her race run and finished way back in...Read Article >