British MTB Marathon Champion 2013 and Topeak Ergon Racing Team rider Sally Bigham is an utter phenomenon on two wheels!

‘Iron Sally’ is a serious talent and a full time pro. In 2012 she achieved 10 victories and 3 second place finishes in 10 different countries.

2013 has been absolutely immense for Sal so far and she has recorded 1^st place at all of the following events:

• The Alpentour Trophy
• The Andalucia Bike Race
• The Club La Santa Four-Day MTB Race
• The aforementioned British Marathon Championships
• The Dolomoti Superbike
• UCI MTB Marathon Ornans
• The Transalp 2013
• The Leadville 100
• The Sellaronda Hero
• The Roc d’Azur Marathon

Way. To. Go Sal……

www.sallybigham.com

When it comes to talent across a range of disciplines, Andy Chatterton has it in abundance.

Triathlons – both on and off road, Duathlons, Enduro MTB, Trail Running….you name the event, the chances are this guy will be there and more than likely, stood on the podium at the finish.

With some amazing results under his belt so far this year, Andy is targeting a podium spot at next year’s Triathlon World Championships and we’re stoked to be on board to support him in his goal.

Follow his progress via his Facebook page, Twitter and Blog.

Ski Weekend provide tailor made, high quality short break ski holidays in hand picked hotels and chalets across the Alps and beyond.

Based in Chamonix, the team specialise in working with expert skiers who want to get the most out of a short trip and understand how to deliver a slick and quality product.

Ski Weekend have a team of highly qualified mountain guides & ski instructors who are integral to the experience and also offer a variety of adventure packages for freeriders looking for something a bit different. Heliskiing in Iceland or the Stura Valley anyone?

Check out their free e-mag for loads of great articles, features and gear reviews – and some stonky pics of Maloja gear in action!

Revolution Bike Park is a downhill MTB lovers dream – an incredible 110 acres of private woodland and quarry with a massive 300m vertical drop.

When you consider that Revolution is the Atherton Family’s local course of choice, it’s safe to say that the James and his crew have created something seriously special in North Wales.

With celebrity riders and amazing park comes loads of media coverage and in the past 6 months alone, Revolution has been all over screens and on the pages of MTB magazines all over the world.

If you haven’t ridden there yet, seriously….what are you waiting for?

http://www.revolutionbikepark.co.uk

Jake is the Midlands Downhill Mountain Biking Champion and is racing all around the UK.

If money was no object Jake would spend a year off travelling his way through North and South America, riding everything in his path.

Wise man.

A fine ambassador for Maloja and his employer Tweeks Cycles – one of our top  dealers in the UK.

Ellie Mahoney is a MTB journalist based in the action-sports capital of the French Alps, Chamonix.

This summer Ellie is living the dream as she is being paid to put together comprehensive MTB guides for the 13 Skinets sites. A life of travelling around the Alps, riding and writing? Lucky lass……

To see Ellie in action and learn more about awesome places to MTB in the Alps, visit:

Chamonet.com
Morznet.com
Verbinet.com
Lesarcsnet.com
Laplagnet.com

Justin Loretz is an avid cyclist and brand communication consultant from the UK.

Having spent years 20 years writing for leading cycling magazines in the UK, Justin is a pretty well networked-in kind of guy and one that MalojaUK are delighted to have on board.

Justin has taken part in countless events over the years and he rates finishing the Grand Raid Cristalp right up there as one of his most memorable achievements. He managed to complete the course despite the incredibly tough conditions and finished ahead of his infinitely better known teammate Tinker Juarez who pulled out….

As Justin says “‘Tougher than Tinker’ isn’t something everyone gets to say!”

Alex is a fully qualified MTB Instructor who has been riding bikes since he was 6 years old.

Fast forward several years and many gazillions of days in the saddle and Alex is now the owner of Chase Skills MTB School on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire.

Over the past 3.5 years Chase Skills have been running off road skills courses and delivering skills training to over 1,800 riders. In 2012 alone they hosted over 240,000 riders from all over the world.

Alex and the team at Chase Skills are dedicated to providing the highest possible standard of coaching and have a keen interest in developing MTB in the UK. No matter what your level of riding, you’ll find a mud-fest adventure that’s right for you at Chase Skills.

http://www.chaseskills.co.uk

A lover of the mountains from an early age, Greg spent his teenage years constantly longing for the next family holiday to North Wales, the Lakes, or the Alps where he’d revel in hiking, climbing, skiing and mountain biking.

Fast forward several years and unsurprisingly Greg has carved out a lifestyle that complements his passions and now he spends as much time in the mountains as is humanely possible: “Whether its ski touring in the depths of winter, mountain biking in far flung places or getting to remote destinations on my motorcycle, mountain time beats desk time, every time!”

His dedication to his passions have meant that he’s made some influential friends along the way. Regularly travelling and riding with renowned action sports photographer Dan Milner, Greg has modelled bikes and clothing, featured in calendars and magazines, and even scored a couple of front covers with UK magazines ‘What Mountain Bike’ and ‘Singletrack’.

Having spent many years at the forefront of rock climbing in Scotland, Duncan McCallum is now an established figure in the adventure sports media industry.

The early part of his career was spent travelling the world as an extreme sports camera operator but these days he spends more time on ‘the other side’ as a TV Presenter/Commentator for BBC Scotland’s BAFTA Award Winning The Adventure Show.

Duncan also contributes regular travel and action sports articles for The Scotsman and The Herald newspapers on a variety of topics including splitboarding, rock climbing and mountaineering.

Duncan is also the owner of Adventure Concepts Ltd – a global adventure sports design consultancy for the property market.

http://adventureconcepts.net

In addition to heading up the Maloja UK Marketing and Communications Team, Sophie is also a freelance adventure sports journalist/communications manager specialising in action sports.

Sophie writes for a variety of publications including The Scotsman Newspaper, Trek and Mountain, Fall Line Magazine, Adventure Travel Magazine and is also the Mountain Girl ‘blogger’ for Sportsister in the UK and Women’s Adventure Magazine in the US. She also works with EpicTV in Chamonix as the Marketing and Communications Manager for The Collective – a team of the best independent action sports athletes/filmmakers from around the globe.

Her passions include ski touring, road biking, climbing, hiking, and trail running. Basically anything that involves being outside and up high!

http://www.yodelcommunications.com