03/05/2010 Emmeline Ragot's new bike for 2010
  Emmeline Ragot tests out her 2010 Intense 951.Photo: Emmeline Ragot Current downhill World Champ Emmeline Ragot is riding for Suspension Center again this season, and along with teammate Anneke Beerten she has switched from Turner to Intense bikes. We caught up with her to find out about her new ride for the 2010 season: ...Read Article >

05/03/2010 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 >

03/03/2010 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 >

27/02/2010 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 >

19/01/2010 Awesome Land – Women of Dirt film coming very soon
Awesome Land is a series of DVDs being produced by the good people at Bones Over Metal dot com. *UPDATE: GET YOURS AT AWESOMELAND.COM*. The first DVD in the series, Women of Dirt, will be premiering on the 5th of Feb in Seattle. The film features fanstastic riding from Tammy Donahugh, Stephanie Nychka, Cierra Smith, Emily Johnston, Lisa Myklak, Ji...Read Article >

28/12/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Sara Burdon
  Sara Burdon at the Megavalanche 2009.Photo: Guy Burdon   UK mountain biker Sara Burdon left her marketing job in London to live and ride in Morzine, with a few trips to Alpe d’Huez, the south of France, Italy, Spain and Morocco each year. Sounds like a dream, right? Sara’s made that dream come through wi...Read Article >

12/11/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Tammy Donahugh
  Tammy Donahugh riding a berm in her backyard.Photo: See watermark. Used with permission from the rider.   Tammy Donahugh is a US freeride/dirtjumper who has been busting out big tricks for years, and we featured a video of her riding back when Martha Hucker first started, called Girls Rock. She’s just put toge...Read Article >

25/10/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Katarina 'Mad Kate' Tothova
  Katarina Tothova jumping.Photo: See watermark. Used with permission from the rider. Katarina Thotova is a Czech rider whose skills range from tearing down a DH track at high speed, riding bmx and getting some well-styled airtime on freeride tracks. Check out this video of her riding from last year, and read on for the lowdo...Read Article >

27/08/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Celine Gros
Celine Gros is having an awesome World Cup season in 2009, and has just had five consecutive WC podiums as well as taking the win at the ultra-competitive French National Championships. She also lives and rides at Morzine and this year is managing her own World Cup team. Naturally, Martha Hucker wanted to know a bit more about this super-chilled r...Read Article >

22/08/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Melissa Buhl
Since being the 1998 US Junior National Downhill Mountain Bike Champion, Melissa Buhl has been riding bikes fast and winning races in both downhill and 4x. She was the 2008 4x World Champ, and is off to Australia this week to compete in both disciplines yet again. Martha Hucker caught up with her for a quick Q&A before she left the U.S. ...Read Article >

21/08/2009 Martha Hucker asks Darcy Turenne about the 2010 Vixa
  Darcy Turenne riding the new Norco Vixa .Photo: Used with permission of rider   Darcy Turenne is a Canadian freerider closely involved with the design of Norco’s womens specific freeride bike, the Norco Vixa. Check out her latest riding video ‘Island Styles’ below. We caught up with her to find out...Read Article >

19/08/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Anneke Beerten
Anneke Beerten on her 4x bike..Photo: annekebeerten.com Anneke Beerten is the top-ranked female four-cross rider in 2009’s hotly-contested UCI World Cup. Martha Hucker caught up with her via email to get the inside line on how her season’s going and how things are shaping up for the World Champs, and what it’s...Read Article >

17/08/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Joey Gough
Joey Gough, tabletop.Photo: See watermark - used with permission from Jess Stone Joey Gough is a UK-based BMXer who’s taking big air on small wheels to a new level in her local trail network. How bog? Check this out: Joey Gough riding at Wisley 2009This video will show when the the article is viewed on the site. Joe...Read Article >

06/08/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Emlie Siegenthaler
Emilie Siegenthaler is the 2009 Swiss downhill champ, and is riding for Scott11 at this year’s World Cup races where she’s been consistently clocking up top 10 finishes. Although she’s no stranger to top-level mountain biking, Emilie only switched from cross country two years ago, so to be achieving such a good results already is...Read Article >

13/07/2009 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 >

03/07/2009 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 >

30/06/2009 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 >

29/06/2009 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 >

16/06/2009 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 >

26/05/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Miranda Miller
Canadian rider Miranda Miller won the 2009 US open last weekend – a big deal by anyone’s standards, and a huge deal for this 19 year-old in her first year of officially competing as a pro-elite.   Miranda Miller, Sea Otter 2009.Photo: Used with permission from the rider   Riding for Mad March Racing and...Read Article >

21/05/2009 Martha hucker interviews Danice Uyesugi
Danice Uyesugi in Andorra.Photo: Danice Uyesugi Danice Uyesugi is a Vancouver rider who’s been shredding on a mountain bike for over seven years. But she only started racing DH two years ago, doing well in Canada before making her international debut at the World Champs in Italy 2008, where she finished an impressive 15th...Read Article >

28/04/2009 Review of the Transtion Syren
The Transition Syren is the first and highest-spec women’s specific freeride/all mountain bike, with the only other big travel alternative being the Norco Vixa. If you’re a female gravity rider you’ve probably heard of the Syren, maybe even sat on one once, or you might have considered getting one of you very own. Caroli...Read Article >

09/04/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Mio Suemasa
Mio Suemasa is a World Cup racer and Japan’s top female rider, in a BIG way – she’s hoping to take the national title in 2009, for the tenth year in a row!   Mio shredding on her Intense.Photo: See watermark - used with permission from the rider   The 26 year old began her cycling career ridi...Read Article >

06/04/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Emmeline Ragot about her summer in New Zealand
  Emmeline Ragot in NZ.Photo: Martha Hucker dot com   French National Champ and 2008 World Cup number 4 Emmeline Ragot took a year out of studying and spent her winter following the sun to New Zealand. She arrived in October and bought a van to get around the country to race and make the most of NZ’s riding oppo...Read Article >

31/03/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Shanine Hermsen
Sha Hermsen is now a familiar face to those who rode any NZ nationals races this year, and with a streak of bright pink hair she’s not hard to spot either. But there’s more to this chick than just having answers to all your last-minute-panic race questions: she’s a kick-ass rider and has a seriously cool MTB lifestyle. After gett...Read Article >

27/03/2009 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 >

24/03/2009 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 >

14/03/2009 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 >

11/03/2009 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 >

07/03/2009 Martha Hucker interview with Katrina Strand
Katrina Strand is one of the most relaxed riders you could hope to meet. The Canadian downhiller has been tearing it up on the World Cup circuit as well as on her home trails in Whistler long enough to be well known in the MTB world. When she’s not racing, Katrina works a personal trainer and MTB coach, and also organizes the only women&rsqu...Read Article >

05/03/2009 Sabrina Jonnier in NZ
Two-time World Downhill Champion Sabrina Jonnier has been racing in New Zealand during the NZ National Series. She joins a growing number of overseas riders choosing to spend their off season down under, and deciding that NZ rules for the variety of trails, lack of dangerous bugs and bushfires, and the fact that Aotearoa has some serious mountains...Read Article >

04/03/2009 New Zealand's Fastest New Riders: Madeline Taylor and Georgia Wight
The junior riders dominated the combined Open Women category at this season’s national downhill races, and two riders stood out. Madeline Taylor won the overall New Zealand National Series on points, and Georgia Wight took out the National Champs. The craziest thing about these two girls – they were both racing on borrowed bikes while ...Read Article >

03/03/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Harriet Harper, NZ National Champ
The New Zealand National MTB Championships 2009 this weekend was a big challenge for all the riders in the wet conditions on a super technical track, but Harriet Harper confirmed she is NZ’s top female rider with a convincing win over the other kiwis. Having dominated the North Island and South Island Cup Series as well as taking out the ove...Read Article >

06/02/2009 Martha Hucker interview with Tracy Moseley
Tracy Moseley is one of the fastest women in the world on a DH bike, and has been racing world cups since way back in the day… if you didn’t already know that you can read all about her on her website. Martha Hucker caught up with her to find out how her new deal with Trek is going, and what her plans are for 2009.   ...Read Article >

12/01/2009 Martha Hucker interviews Claire Whiteman
Claire Whiteman is probably the fastest DH woman in Australia right now, and is in the process of proving it at the National Series this summer.   Martha Hucker caught up with her via email to find out what makes her tick, and more importantly, what makes her ride so well!   Hey Claire. How’s things? Have you been training hard ...Read Article >

21/12/2008 Martha Hucker interviews Sheryl MacLeod
Click here to download the latest MarthaHucker.com interview with current NZ National Champ Sheryl MacLeod. Sheryl chats to Rita Langley about her recent races, her career, her training, competing at Crankworx, as well as her plans for a trampoline bike!   Sheryl MacLeod in Canberra 2008.Photo: Doug Robertson 2008. Used wit...Read Article >

05/11/2008 Martha Hucker gets the inside info on Freeride Foundation
Martha Hucker brings you news about women riders, written by women riders, for women riders. And since Freeride Foundation is clothes for women riders, sold by women riders, we naturally think they’re pretty awesome! Freeride Foundation is run by two US pro downhillers, Jackie Baker and Allie Burch. Frustrated by the how hard it is to fin...Read Article >

04/11/2008 Martha Hucker interviews Vanessa Quin
Vanessa Quin in 2004.Photo: www.canadiancyclist.com New Zealand downhiller Vanessa Quin has been a major force in the sport since the mid 90’s. Winning the World Champs in 2004 solidified her reputation as one of the best female mountain bikers ever, and she’s certainly New Zealand’s winningest downhill racer,...Read Article >