Category Archives: Women’s

Angie’s Latest Work – A Soon to be Released “El Faro”

February 3, 2012

Finally the Video is ready, take a bit but we want to release all in a Package, this is my „promovideo“ and also a short Trailer for the Bikemovie „El Faro“.

Norco Rider Angie Hohenwarter has been hard at work recently working with Philip Ruopp and Oliver Henke from VG Mediastudio on a film called “El Faro” The video stems from a trip with Tobi W to a beautiful Island called La Palma. With beutiful scenery, great trails and some amazing editing this film is going to be worth picking up.

The full length film will launch Feb. 16th on www.mtb-news.de and the behind-the-scenes story will run in the next issue of 6undZwanzig Magazine

While we all anxiously await the release of El Faro here is a trailer for the film.

Angie Hohenwarter – La Palma / Canary Island from Angie Hohenwarter on Vimeo.

Posted in General, Mountain, Women's | Tagged angie hohenwarter, el faro, germany film, Norco, oliver henke, philip ruopp, vg mediastudio, Vixa | Leave a comment

The 2nd Annual See Jane Jump Festival

August 22, 2011

The second annual See Jane Jump women’s mountain bike festival took place this past weekend at Mt Washington Resort on Vancouver Island BC. Selling out nearly instantly, the weekend festival brought together 60 women from around North America for two days of freeride mountain biking. After each day of world class mountain biking, evening festivities included food, coaching, wine, yoga and even a daily recap slideshow from photographer Dan Barham. Event organizer Darcy Turenne also used this venue to premiere her video “The Eighth Parallel” to attendees.

Norco is a proud sponsor of the See Jane Jump women’s mountain bike festival and offered free tech support to all event attendees. Norco also donated a Norco Vixa frame to be given to one lucky lady.

Thank you to Darcy Turenne for putting on the event, Mt Washington Resort for hosting, Dan Barham for photogging, and all the event sponsors for supporting this amazing event.

Posted in Mountain, Women's | Tagged darcy turenne, mt washington, see jane jump, women's mountain bike festival | Leave a comment

2012 Norco – Canadian Cycling Magazine

August 16, 2011

Norco launches 2012 bike lineup

By Dan Dakin, Canadian Cycling Magazine – Published July 22, 2011

Canadian company Norco used Crankworx in Whistler, B.C. as a backdrop for its 2012 product launch. Fourteen of its bike platforms are either brand new or have seen significant upgrades from previous models. On the mountain bike side, there’s a continued push toward 29ers with a new value-based full-suspension bike line, as well as new 26” mountain bikes and a new downhill platform. On the road side, there’s a brand new endurance platform for long-distance riders, a new top-end race bike and a carbon cyclocross bike.

Read the full article at Canadian Cycling Magazine

Posted in Bikes, Mountain, Product Review, Road, Urban, Women's | Tagged 2012, Bikes, canadian cycling magazine, crankworx, Norco, product launch, whistler | Leave a comment

Flat 4X Racing Action with Angie H

May 6, 2011

Last weekend I decide to drive down to The Bike Festival in Riva del Garda, Italy. Every year at this event they hold a Night Sprint, it´s a flat 4x Race that resembles a BMX track. The builder Diddie Schneider did a great job on the course and made a great track that was a lot of fun despite it’s flat nature.

Then Qualification round went okay but was more a bit of a „Kudl Mudl“; nothing worked in this run. I was a bit out of breath through the round but I managed it qualify with the 3rd best time for the ladies. : ) All was good and I was clear for racing…

It was on the same day pretty late, we started at 21:00. First heat went great and I made it through to the finals. I was standing in the Gate and I felt like I was in a movie. Crazy but I knew what I had to do in this Moment! First out of the Gate, First in finish!

Yeeehaaa pretty happy and still have a big smile on a face : )

Scott NightSprint (4X) von Thomas auf MTB-News.de

The next day in the Morning I had to leave back home… short stay but defently worth it was just awesome to meet all the people/friends after a long winter and ride my bike : )

Next is – http://www.indiansummer.ch/bike_days_2011.php

Posted in Women's | Tagged 4x, angie hohenwarter, mtb news, Norco, race, team | Leave a comment

Angie’s Full Feature in 6undzwanzig

March 31, 2011

Recently we posted up an image of Angie’s recent cover in 6undzwanzig Magazine out of Germany. Well, the full copy just arrived with a great article on Angie. Check it out!

Posted in 2011 Norco Bikes, Bikes, Mountain, Women's | Tagged 6undzwanzig, angie hohenwarter, Norco, privateer, team, Vixa | Leave a comment

Darcy Turenne’s 19 Pages of Winter – A Season Update

March 23, 2011

Norco Factory Team rider Darcy Turenne stopped by the Norco Office yesterday and dropped off a stack of magazines from the past few months. Darcy’s face has been seen around the world in many top publications and we figured that it was worth sharing. Way to go Darcy in waving that Norco flag and getting the word out about women and mountain biking.

Posted in General, Women's | Tagged darcy turenne, magazines, media, Norco, Norco Factory Team | Leave a comment

Women Who Ride – Angie on Pinkbike

March 9, 2011

Norco Privateer Angie Hohenwarter has made an appearance on pinkbike.com. A short interview and some spectacular photos highlight Angie, her riding and what is to come.

Twenty something Angie Hohenwarter has been riding bikes since she was 4 years old, and racing since she was 9. Her results and riding style definitely reflect that, and she’s chalked up a pretty decent string of results in the last few years. 4th place at the Schladming World Cup 4X in 2008, Austrian 4X Champion, 4th at the Bromont World Cup, 5th at the European 4X Championships and a few more…

In case you missed it, This is A.R.T.

February 21, 2011

A little while back the industry magazine Bicycle Retailer, or BRAIN published an article on Norco’s A.R.T suspension platform. If you forgot about A.R.T. or wanted a bit of a refresh, check this out!

Posted in 2011 Norco Bikes, Bikes, Mountain, Women's | Tagged A.R.T., advanced ride technology, bicycle retailer, BRAIN, Norco, phaser, range, shinobi, Vixa | Leave a comment

Norco’s 2011 Vixa – Darcy’s Team Build

February 10, 2011

The 2011 event season is about to get rolling. As a result each rider on the Norco Factory Team is getting their arsenal of bikes ready to attack for whatever may come in their way. For Norco Factory Team Rider Darcy Turenne, one such bike is the Norco Vixa. As a women’s specific freeride bike, Darcy prefers a Shimano Saint Kit, Rockshox suspension and Kenda Tires. The rest of the build completes the bike with gear from FSA/Gravity, WTB, E-13 and DT Swiss.

Here are some photos of the new ride.

Posted in 2011 Norco Bikes, Bikes, Mountain, Women's | Tagged 2011 norco bikes, darcy turenne, dt swiss, e-13, forma, FSA, gravity, kenda, Norco Factory Team, norco vixa, rockshox, shimano, wtb | 2 Comments

Interviewing a Catherine “Hadley” Vipond from over the pond.

January 4, 2011

Although, in North America we refer to her with the name Vipond, it seems the UK alias Hadley has shone through in a recent interview with xcracer.com. Interested is reading about what it is like to being a rising star on the World Cup XC circuit? Check out this interview with Norco Factory Team rider Catherine Vipond.

Canada – home to amazing singletrack, cutting edge bike brands and a long history of world class riders. XCracer.com caught up with Norco Factory Team rider Catherine Hadley to find out more about her busy 2010 season and what the racing scene is like across the pond.

Hi Catherine, set the scene and tell us a little background of what you’ve done previously and how this influenced what you did this year?

I have been racing mountain bikes for close to ten years now. I started with local racing, then the Ontario Provincial Race Series, then the Canada Cup Series. For the last couple years the North American World Cups as well. This year I decided to head over to England and Belgium for the first two European World Cups, mostly for the experience of racing the higher calibre races. Racing the World Cup Series is definitely a goal so getting out and being able to do that was great.