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Kick ass 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 >
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article 21/07/2009 Tracy Moseley wins UK National Champs
Tracy Moseley will be wearing the UK colours on her uniform for the fourth consecutive year after winning the UK National Champs. It’s her seventh national DH title in total, with the first way back in 1998.  2003 champ Helen Gaskell finished 14 seconds back in second place.  2Stage rider Jessica Stone finished third, coming b...Read Article >
article 20/07/2009 Celine Gros wins French National Champs
Celine Gros beat current World Cup leader Sabrina Jonnier to take the win at this weekend’s French National Champs 2009 - Championnat de France VTT in Oz en Oisans. Celine qualified 9 seconds ahead of Floriane Pugin with Sabrina third, and held onto the lead for the finals, with Sabrina surpassing Floriane in the final run to finish second, ...Read Article >
Us National Champs podium 20/07/2009 Melissa Buhl and Jill Kintner win US National Champs
Melissa Buhl took the win in yesterday’s US National Champs 2009 by just .1 of a second over Jamis rider Kathy Pruitt. Melissa is the highest-ranked US rider on the World Cup circuit and was also the 2008 National DH Champion. Lisa Myklak showed the other women riders how it’s done by hitting the big jumps early on in practice, but had...Read Article >
video 16/07/2009 Anita Molcik wins IXS Euro Cup in Leogang
Last weekend’s Leogang - IXS European Cup Round 2 2009 also doubled as the Austrian National Champs, so Austrian rider Anita Molcik will have been stoked to take the win. She stomped out a super fast race run in the changing conditions to beat 2008’s Leogang European Cup round winner and fellow Austrian Petra Bernhard in second, with S...Read Article >
Emmeline Ragot wearing no 4 14/07/2009 Martha Hucker catches up with Emmeline Ragot
Emmeline Ragot is a fast French rider whose name you’ll already be familiar with if you follow the World Cup racing or visit this site much. She’s been kicking ass at both 4x and DH this year after spending her summer down under learning English and riding bikes (more on that here). We put her language skills to the test yet again with...Read Article >
article 12/07/2009 Freeride Foundation’s massive sale
Freeride Foundation are any gravity girl’s dream store. Open all the time online and stocked with everything you could want to wear both on and off the bike, there’s never been a better time to buy from them than right now. They’re having a huge sale with a discount code for everyone, so when you go through the checkout you get 1...Read Article >
UK 4X finals 08/07/2009 Charlie Phillips wins UK 4x Champs
Charlie Phillips is the 2009 UK 4x National Champ, despite crashing twice in a chaotic race run. The National Champs was held on the weekend in the pouring rain in Redhill. Check out the story on the British Cycling website for full details.   UK 4X finals.Photo: BritishCycling.org   There were very few women enter...Read Article >
article 07/07/2009 The inside line on WomenzWorx and the Crankworx Gala, August 10-11
Crankworx 2009 is just over a month away, and if you’re a pro or amateur gravity rider heading that way, consider getting yourself along to the Womenzworx and the Gala - Crankworx 2009. Riders are judged on technical descent as well as a jumps and tricks line. Anyone can enter but it’s limited to the top 65 entrants who will all r...Read Article >
Inga, Colonnade 04/07/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Inga Beck, IMBA trailbuilder
  Inga in Sedona.Photo: Jason Van Horn It’s the weekend, and most of us have been hanging out to get out on our bikes and into the forest. But imagine if your actual job was to travel around North America with your partner, riding bikes and building tracks. Sound like a dream? Well, Inga beck is living it.   ...Read Article >
article 03/07/2009 Website launched for Slope Sistair III
The third Slope Sistair 2009 women’s freeride event is being held on August the 28th to 30th. The slopestyle comp takes place on a specially designed course near Grand Junction Colorado, and will showcase some of the top female freeride talent in the world. If you’re thinking about heading along, all the info is now at www.slopesistair...Read Article >