18/09/2009 Floriane Pugin and Jill Kintner fastest in Schladming qualifying
It’s the Schladming World Cup DH and 4x 2009 this weekend, the last world cup race for '09, and along with the intense weekend that was World Champs a fortnight ago, this has to be one of the biggest events of the year. The fact that Sabrina Jonnier has already won on points takes a wee bit of the excitement out of it, but it could mean a...Read Article >

16/09/2009 So many Martha Huckers, hucking with my shirt…
Alright, it’s official, we’re printing more tee shirts! Check out some shots below from the awesome Martha Hucker photoshoot we did a couple of weeks ago. The full set is on the event page: Martha Hucker photo shoot 2009. (And if you don’t know the Flight of the Conchords song that the title of this post is based on, click...Read Article >

14/09/2009 Martha Hucker’s World Champs 4x videos
Check out our ghetto video mash-up of what went down at the Canberra World Champs 4x. All filmed on a very budget camera, but you get the idea… and we talk to all the top riders and shot footage from right on the track during racing. Yusss! All the riding action’s in this first clip. We talk to Sarsha Huntington, Jill Kintner, Mio ...Read Article >

06/09/2009 Emmeline Ragot wins World Champs 2009
It’s been an mind-blowing couple of hours here in Canberra, and Emmeline Ragot is the 2009 World Champion by 2.49 seconds. It was an incredible win for the French rider, who still has a broken ankle and has had so many second placings at this year’s World Cup. Kathy Pruittheld the hot seat from early on, and was only unseated by Emmeli...Read Article >

06/09/2009 Anais Pajot is the Junior Women’s DH World Champion 2009
The Junior women’s downhill just finished up here in Mt Stromlo, Canberra, and the 2009 Junior world champion is Anais Pajot of France, who was the 2008 champ as well and has been looking dominant here all week. Riding for Sunn, she had a clean run to clinch the title ahead of fellow French rider Julie Berteaux and Australian junior Holly Ba...Read Article >

05/09/2009 Tracy Moseley fastest in Canberra timed practice
Tracy Moseley setting the fastest time in official timed runs.Photo: Rita Langley There’s no actual qualifying at DH World Champs, just ‘official timed runs’ which were held this morning. It rained over night so the track was a little different, but riders said it was grippier than in the dust. The wind is als...Read Article >

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 >

04/09/2009 Caroline Buchanan kicks off Aussie double 4x win
It was an epic evening of 4x racing here at the Canberra World Champs 2009, with the Australian crowd’s enthusiasm richly rewarded with two Aussie winners – Caroline Buchanan and Jared Graves. The women’s final came down to Caroline, Jill Kintner, Melissa Buhl and Anita Molcik. Caroline and Jill battled the whole way down th...Read Article >

03/09/2009 Jill Kintner fastest qualifier at Canberra World Champs
Jill Kintner - Fastest qualifier, World Champs 4x.Photo: Rita Langley Jill Kintner posted the fastest time in the qualifiying for the Canberra World Champs 2009 today. It was close though, with both local ripper Caroline Buchanan and Anneke Beerten finishing within 0.5 seconds of Jill’s time. Czech rider Romana Labou...Read Article >

03/09/2009 Martha Hucker's downhill practice footage
Martha Hucker's Canberra Footage part 1 - PracticeThis video will show when the the article is viewed on the site.   Here’s what went on today at the DH and 4x practice for the 2009 UCI DH and 4x Champs at Mt Stromlo, Canberra. The atmosphere was really relaxed, the sun shone and everyone seemed stoked to be out riding. Martha ...Read Article >