Trek: as soon as one search ends, the next begins.

The search for the new "Gravity Girls" at Trek has come to an end and Katja Rupf and Steffi Marth have two new colleagues. While this search for new talent is over, René Wildhaber, the Swiss flagship marathon downhiller, is on the trail of the origins of his sport.

Four of them again
It was a casting by every trick in the book: after four rounds with over 40 applicants, two candidates remained. During the first three casting stages "10 out of 30" at the Dakine Freeride Festival Saalbach, "5 out of 10" at the Ridecamp in Flims and "3 out of 5" at the Bike Attack Lenzerheide, the jury narrowed down the field of suitable team members. In the end, Michèle Quint (30, Saarbrücken, DE) and Kathi Kuypers (23, Irschenberg, DE) were selected to be part of the Gravity Girl Team at the final in Kaltern as part of the Women Freeride Days. The winners were announced during the MountainBIKE Testival in Brixen from October 3rd to 7th. "Finally four of us again," said Steffi Marth, as Quint and Kuypers replace the former team riders Solveig Lindgren and Jess Stone.
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In search of the origin
In addition to the downhill ladies, another Trek gravity athlete is currently making a name for himself. World-class marathon downhiller René Wildhaber from Flums is on a quest to discover the origins of off-road cycling. Under the motto "Buffalo Soldiers", Wildhaber follows the paths of US soldiers who made their first attempts at cycling on single trails around 120 years ago. As a former cyclist in the Swiss army, Wildhaber was immediately drawn to this story and did not hesitate to saddle up the Ordonanzrad.
In addition to this historic adventure, Wildhaber, accompanied by a film crew, also ends up on the Rampage in Utah or on the Whole Enchilada Trail in Colorado.
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