 Norco Performance Bikes is excited to announce that recently-named
Ride Guide Host, Darcy Turenne has signed on as part of the Norco
Factory Team for the '07/08 season.
At only 23 years of age, Darcy is at the top of her game as a
professional mountain bike rider. As a team rider for both the Norco,
Oakley, and Dakine international MTB Teams, Darcy has proven that she
more than just a pretty face, she also rips.
Growing up in Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island, Darcy first fell into
broadcasting when the Vancouver Island division of Global Television
offered her a position as host of a weekly segment called "Go Biking",
after seeing her on-camera charisma while being interviewed about her
role on the Canadian national downhill mountain bike team. Soon after
she began guest-hosting bike and snow Ride Guide segments and then put
her skills to good use by producing, writing, and hosting for the
broadband television action sports station "Rip TV." Darcy is now back
full circle becoming the main face of Ride Guide bike to compliment her
career as a one of the most progressive female freeride mountain bikers
in the industry.
Darcy first started cross country racing at 14, and later switched to
downhill. Riding for several years as a Norco grassroots rider, Darcy
was a two-time member of the Canadian national downhill mountain bike
team and has two top ten World Championship placings under her belt.
She recently stopped racing and began to dabble in the previously
man's-only world of jumping and freeriding where she competes in
slopestyles and throws down for cameras around the world.
When Darcy is not spending every free second she has on a sunny day
riding her BMX at the skatepark, or her dirt jump bike at the local six
pack, she also finds time to write and produce music. She also loves
surfing but says she is horrible at it. Darcy just graduated from the
University of Victoria with a degree in Geography and Enivronmental
Studies. When she is not riding her bike, she takes in her fair share
of powder days during the winter (by fair share, she means between 60
and 100 days).
Darcy is currently on a four week trip through Europe with stops in
Austria, Switzerland and Norway. During this June trip, Ride Guide will
be hitting all the major events including; the "Out of Bounds Weekend"
in Leogang, Austria, and the Ekstremsport Veko Festival in Voss, Norway.
For more info about Ride Guide and Darcy, check out: rideguide.ca
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