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Claire Whiteman keeping her new Glory looking new 05/09/2009 World DH Champs 2009… the anticipation is building
It’s the day before the biggest day in the 2009 downhill mountain biking calendar, the World Champs. Here in Canberra it feels a bit like Christmas Eve, but with more bikes than Santa could hope to haul around, and a fair amount of nervous energy mixed in with the atmosphere of excitement and anticipation. All the training, practicing and or...Read Article >
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article 19/04/2010 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 20/03/2010 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 06/03/2010 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 04/03/2010 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 01/03/2010 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 >
Yeti team on the podium, Schaldming 2009 28/02/2010 Martha Hucker interviews Anita Molcik
  Anita Molcik in her Martha Hucker tee shirt.Photo: Rita Langley Anita Molcik is an Austrian rider on the Yeti World Cup team, and is probably a familiar name if you follow the racing, as she's often in the top results for both downhill and fourcross. She's also a great rider with an awesome attitude, and Martha Huc...Read Article >
article 27/02/2010 Sarah Walker and Harriet Harper take titles at NZ National Champs
The New Zealand National Mountain Bike champs 2010 kicked off this evening with dual slalom and fourcross racing. BMX world champ Sarah Walker was enterred in both events, and gave the mountain bike chicks a good run for their money. The dual slalom was tight, with 2009 downhill champ Harriet Harper managing to take the win by just 0.6 of a second...Read Article >
video 26/02/2010 Ray's Angels Womens Weekend coverage from She Shreds
SheShreds is a women's MTB blog run by Annemarie Hennes, who went along to the Ray's Angels - Womens Weekend 2010. Annemarie made this video of some of the action over the weekend including some really nice helmet cam shots that will make you wish you were there flowing around that track too. Check out some nice riding from the weekend's 'angels' ...Read Article >
article 22/02/2010 Gabby Molloy wins NZ Series
Gabby Molloy took a win on her hometrack at this weekend's Rotorua - Round 6 NZ National DH Series 2010, sewing up a series win in 2010's New Zealand Nationals. In a far more hotly-contested category, Sarah Atkin won the NZ series over South Island series winner Charlotte Clouston, putting together consistently fast race and seeding runs in the...Read Article >
Charlotte Clouston, Tauranga 2010 16/02/2010 Results for NZ National DH Round 5 - Tauranga
Reports are that the course in Tauranga for the Round 5 NZ National DH Series 2010 was great, but there were very few entrants for various reasons, and no Elite women at all! Sarah Atkin strung an excellent race run together to take the win over Charlotte Clouston, Sophiemarie Bethel and Baylee Jackson. And that was all the women who finished! But...Read Article >