our athletes

Joanna Petterson is the woman to watch in the professional downhill and 4X scene, and she is looking to make 2008 her year. A native South African, Joanna has been involved in all sorts of sports from soccer to surfing to snowboarding, but biking is her greatest passion. She is hard-working, humble,and kind - a great ambassador of the sport. Watch out for Ms. Petterson on the trails and give her a proper Harlot woohoo to cheer her on! That means you, too, Brits and Slovenians - she's lining up for the complete World Cup Series this year.

Here is a partial list of Joanna's recent accomplishments:
2006 NORBA series 4X Champion!
2007 General awesomeness that is too lengthy to list
2008 NMBS Fontana: 3rd in 4X, 3rd in DH
2008 Sea Otter Classic: 6th DH
2008 MSC#2 Chalk Creek: 1st DS, 1st 4X !!!!

Jennifer Lee is a multi-sport athlete that dominates on the bicycle. She began her athletic career as a runner but began competing in cross-country mountain biking and cycle-cross events in 1994, consistently placing in the top 3 and winning the Southern Oregon cycle-cross championship 2 years in a row. After a move to Colorado and new interest in road cycling, she quickly qualified to represent Colorado State University in the collegiate road national championships in 2001 and 2002. Always looking to try new things, Jennifer next started to dabble in duathlons (like triathlons without the getting wet part). After winning many local and regional duathlon events, she qualified to represent the United States in the Duathlon World Championships in 2002 and 2003. She finished 3rd in her age group in 2002 and was the second American female finisher in 2003. A leg fracture slowed her down briefly in 2004, but she was up and running (and winning again) in 2005, ranking third in the Colorado Runners' Magazine running series open women's division. Most recently she has been focusing on ultimate frisbee, competing on a nationally ranked team. Read her own humble and funny sum up of her 2006 season here.

The Single Speed Outlaw Factory Team is a grassroots mountain bike team that promotes mountain biking and trail advocacy. Where most teams stick solely to racing, the Single Speed Factory Outlaw Team members also lead bike rides throughout Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington DC, as well as contribute volunteer hours to trail building, maintenance, and cycling advocacy. And, of course, they love to promote single speeds and good times.
Update: the SSO team has kept themselves busy all year long. Check out their fall 2007 newsletter to read about their activities. 6 members of the team competed in the 2007 Single Speed World Championships in Scotland. Below are some photos of them riding in the land of whiskey and kilts.

The Punk Rock Cycling Womens Team is an amazing group of Iowa women racing and riding their bikes, promoting their sport, leading clinics, hosting races, writing zines, teaching others, setting the example, getting involved, and just basically giving a damn. Like the punk music they are named after these women are passionate, fast, aggressive, and very much to the point.

While dedicated to road cycling the women of Punk Rock Cycling also show their grit at cyclocross, mountain biking, and multisport events. Keep your eye out for this amazing group of women! Team members include: Jennifer Greenberg, Kelli Mente, Ana Nelson, Jane Riessen, Maria Ruhtenberg, and Emily Schaapveld.

Keep up to date with the Punk Rock Cycling Women's Team at punkrockcycling.com

Meet the Lone Star Works Women's Cycling Team, a team of nice southern women with one mission: to kick some butt on their bikes. The team is made up of 2 moms, some single gals, a few married, all with different skills, training backgrounds and abilities - just a bunch of regular girls doing the extraordinary through hard work, drive, and friendship. What do we mean by extraordinary?
This year team member Christina Smith blasted through the finish as the fastest woman at Terlingua's Mas o Menos, breaking the course record....by 18 minutes.
Team members Christina Smith and Tammy Sporleder took 1st and 2nd at the 2007 Texas State Road Championships.
Team member Kim Jennings is currently ranked 15th in the Pro standings for the 2007 XTERRA series.
Yeah, these girls rock. Follow their successes at lonestarworks.com.
Update: Christina Smith did it again - winning the 2008 Mas o Menos 100K Open Woman division.

The Live Dirty Girls are a dedicated mountain bike race team consisting of sport riders to a nationally ranked pro. While being highly competitive they haven’t forgotten to have a lot of fun along the way! The Live Dirty Girls have finished on the podium at every 24-hour race that they have competed in. Sometimes it’s good to be dirty!!! Their goal is to liberate and empower women by promoting fitness, fun and health through the pure joy of riding a bike. They believe that cycling and racing builds confidence on and off the trail. In 2008 they will be traveling to 24 Hour Races all over the back roads and interstates of the east and mid-west regions of the United States. They’re bringing sexy back to the mountain bike world one race at a time!
Come cheer them on at the following races in 2008:
    12 Hours of Tsali, NC
    24 Hours of Conyers, GA
    24 Hours of Big Bear, WV
    24 Hours of Killington, VT
    24 Hours of Seven Springs, PA
    24 Hours of Mohican, OH

Starting out as a cross-country mountain biker, Addie Stewart first tried out the thrill of downhill competition in 2004. In 2005, she finished the season ranked 1st overall in Utah and nationally in Women's Downhill. She also started racing Mountain Cross/Dual Slalom in 2005 and won the US Women's National title. Addie made the jump in '06 from Expert to Pro in Downhill and Mountain Cross/Dual Slalom. At a petite 5'2", this hard-working athlete is quickly rising to the top of her sport. Watch out for great things to come from Addie!
Update: 2007 Bald Mountain Challenge, DH 2nd
2007 Flyin' Brian, DH 3rd, Super-D 2nd
Addie spent most of the 2007 season injured (side effect of being such a daredevil), but she plans on coming back strong for 2008. In fact, she's trying her hand at triathlons and just got 8th overall woman in her first tri after only learning to swim 1 year ago. Seriously.