01/04/2009 Rachel Atherton to miss first round of 2009 World Cup
It’s just over a week until the first round of the Downhill Wordl Cup in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, but unfortunately 2008’s Champion Rachel Atherton won’t be riding. According to cyclingnews.com she’s suffering nerve damage in her shoulder after riding her road bike into a truck in the US earlier in the year – m...Read Article >

28/03/2009 Martha Hucker interview with Jess Stone
Jessica Stone was last year’s top UK junior and this season has stepped it up to Elite with the help of the TwoStage Factory Team. And she’s absolutely pinning it, scoring two second placings in her first two races in the Maxxis Cup – nice! So we thought we better have a chat and find out who she is and what drives her to huck th...Read Article >

25/03/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Harriet Ruecknagel
Our last rider profile from the NZ National season is of German rider Harriet Ruecknagel. The 20 year old Deutschland Number 2 arrived in NZ in October and is leaving in April, and she certainly made the most of her stay in NZ. She’s been racing downhill for four years and previously concentrated on 4x and Dual Slalom before deciding to focu...Read Article >

24/03/2009 Maxxis Cup 2009 Round 2 Results - Tracy wins again
Tracy Moseley showed that she really is in winning form leading up to the first world cup when she took the win at Vigo Maxxis Cup Round this weekend. Tracy beat her nearest rival, fellow Brit and 2Stage rider Jess Stone by more than twenty seconds in the short but technical course. Third place went to Katy Curd and fourth and fifth to Spanis...Read Article >

23/03/2009 Oceania Champs 2009 - DH and 4x
The Oceania Champs 2009 was held this weekend in Thredbo, Australia (the venue alternates between Australia and NZ each year). The fields were relatively small with neither the New Zealand champ Harriet Harper nor the Austraian Series champ Leigh Douglas attending, but there was still plenty of fast riding from the likes of Australian National 4x ...Read Article >

17/03/2009 Tracy Moseley wins round 1 of the 2009 Maxxis Cup
2008’s World Cup number 3 Tracy Moseley won the first round of the Maxxis Cup  by nearly 20 seconds over her nearest rival, showing she’s in good form for 2009.  Fellow UK riders Jessica Stone and Katy Curd placed second and fifth respectively (apparently Katy had a mechanical), with third place taken by France’s Sophie...Read Article >

15/03/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Leigh Douglas
  Leigh Douglas and her bike 2009.Photo: Leigh Douglas   Tasmanian rider Leigh Douglas recently won the final race of the Australian National Series, and in what some publications have described as an ‘upset’ she finished ahead of National Champ Claire Whiteman in the series points. But all the Aussie ride...Read Article >

12/03/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Fionn Griffiths
  Fionn Griffiths 2009.Photo: Fionn Griffiths   UK downhiller Fion Griffiths chatted to Martha Hucker reporter Rita Langley about her team, her favourite parts of racing, learning from Missy Giove and her secrets for good luck when she hits the race track… Fionn Griffiths, Freeride Style.Photo: Fi...Read Article >

11/03/2009 Claire Buchar marries Chris Kovarik and signs with CRC Intense
Canadian downhiller Claire Buchar recently tied the knot with her Australian partner, fellow WC DH’er Chris Kovarik. And the super-fast newly-weds get to stick together this season with Claire Kovarik being named as the newest member of Chris’s World Cup team, Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense. Claire has been racing downhill for many y...Read Article >

10/03/2009 Ray's Indoor MTB Park Women's Weekend reveiw
Jackie Baker from Freeride Foundation headed to Ohio to check out the Ray's Indoor Mountain Bike Park Women's Weekend in Feb. Click for our original story on the event with a map of the park – this place is huge! The turn out was huge too:   The Ray’s MTB park crew 2009.Photo: Jackie Baker 2009   ...Read Article >