18/08/2026
🔥Enduro News🔥
Meet the coaches!
You might have heard but this year we’ve added an extra day to the Hope WMN Enduro weekend. Saturday will see all the stages taped and open to practice.
We are putting some very experienced coaches on the stages to offer top tips and advice if you want it as you practice. They will be on stages 2, 3, 4 & 5 from 10.00-12.00 and again from 13.30-15.30.
You will see them! They will be wearing a purple high vis vest!
Meet Hannah
I’ve been riding for 12 years now, mainly trail riding, I love steep tech. I used to coach at BikePark Wales before retraining to become a teacher. Now I coach at events and occasionally for WyeMtb. I have dipped in and out of racing over the years, always enduro racing, having done events such as the Welsh enduro series, Ard Rock and of course the HopeWmn enduro.
Meet Kath
I’ve been riding mountain bikes since the mid 90s ( yes, a looong time ago!).
I did my first race in 2010 - the mighty Megavalanche, didn’t go super-well to be honest! But, I loved it and it led me into a bit of a love affair with mass start DH racing. I completed two seasons of Maxiavanche races in Europe. I also really loved the wonderful all-women Red Bull Foxhunt races organised by Rachel Atherton, there’s no doubt, women’s races are something special. Enduro, both Welsh Enduro series and a few PMBA rounds in my favourite spots, rounded out my race experience along with a few DH races including Steel City DH which is bloody great fun! Nowadays, it’s all about the big, fun festival races like Ard Rock. Moments of glory? Errrm, not many but standing on a podium next to Rachael Atherton in the Welsh Enduro Champs was amazing… won’t mention the time gap from 1st to 2nd though, haha.
Top tip for racing your first enduro:
Get yourself perfectly set up at the start of the stage before dropping in. Don’t rush. Deep breath, place foot mindfully on pedal, push off, pedal and remember to smile!
Meet Ffion
I’ve been riding since I can remember, racing not long after (when I was around 6!), and coaching for around the last 6 years - not just in mountain biking but also track, road and BMX!
Top tip for your first enduro;
Practice makes perfect - practice a stage as much as you can and try to actually think about the trail as you go down it, as well as think or talk about it once you’ve practiced it. This will help you remember the trail and give you confidence that you know what’s coming on race day!
Meet Josie
I’ve grown up racing bikes and have been racing for nearly 20 years, the last 8 have been mountain bike focused. I was a coach for British Cycling, then moved onto my own coaching company, but after too many cold winters, I decided I need
