English
DARCY
TURENNE
TURENNE
Birthday: Mar 22, 1984
Discipline: Ride Guide Host, BMX, Slopestyle, Downhill
Bikes: Vixa, Empire SE, 4 Hun, Phena
Years with Norco: 4
Website: hellodarcy.com
Sponsors: Norco Bikes, Oakley, Dakine, Shimano, Gravity, Skullcandy, etnies, WTB, Kenda, RockShox
Discipline: Ride Guide Host, BMX, Slopestyle, Downhill
Bikes: Vixa, Empire SE, 4 Hun, Phena
Years with Norco: 4
Website: hellodarcy.com
Sponsors: Norco Bikes, Oakley, Dakine, Shimano, Gravity, Skullcandy, etnies, WTB, Kenda, RockShox
RIDER
NEWS
NEWS
Hi everyone! I just want to let you know how excited I am to be putting the See Jane Jump festival together. With the help of Mount Washington and my team of awesome friends and sponsors I've been able to pull it all together and let it happen..
See Jane Jump Women's Mountain Bike Festival is an event that aims to bring women riders of all skill levels to Mountain Washington Alpine Resort for a weekend of riding, coaching, eating, drinking, and relaxing.
The goal of the event is to provide a fun, non-threatening environment that encourages beginner riders to progress their skills, and pro riders to strut their stuff on some of the most fun trails that Vancouver Island offers, including slopestyle features built specifically for the event.
All participants will have access to professional coaching, free bike set-up and maintenance tips from Norco bikes, and walk away with prizes from our amazing sponsors as well as a DVD of professionally shot images from the event.
If you want to participate or learn more about the event, you are only a mouse click away from seeing Jane Jump at: seejanejumpfest.com
Darcy
See Jane Jump Women's Mountain Bike Festival is an event that aims to bring women riders of all skill levels to Mountain Washington Alpine Resort for a weekend of riding, coaching, eating, drinking, and relaxing.
The goal of the event is to provide a fun, non-threatening environment that encourages beginner riders to progress their skills, and pro riders to strut their stuff on some of the most fun trails that Vancouver Island offers, including slopestyle features built specifically for the event.
All participants will have access to professional coaching, free bike set-up and maintenance tips from Norco bikes, and walk away with prizes from our amazing sponsors as well as a DVD of professionally shot images from the event.
If you want to participate or learn more about the event, you are only a mouse click away from seeing Jane Jump at: seejanejumpfest.com
Darcy
RIDER
BIO
BIO
Who are some of the most important and influential people in your life and career?
My family. The people who believed in me and gave me a shot when I was just starting out - Harookz, Hylands, Steve Blick, Aaron Lutze, and the fellas at Bike magazine were instrumental in the growth of my career. All the guys who dragged me down mountainsides as a teenager and said "jump this", particularly Brant and Curtis. All of my sponsors throughout the years - you know who you are. Thank-you. One of my all-time best friends Annie who I first started mountain biking with and still love riding with more than anyone to this day (even though she's almost a doctor and gets mad at me for all my bruises). Amy for motivating me to ride my bike to school everyday when we were fat kids - you made biking fun and still do. My dad for taking me trail riding whenever I wanted to go. My good amigo Ruben for showing me what style is, working so hard with me to get some, and teaching me some of the most important lessons I've ever learned about biking. Anne Caroline Chausson for being so f-ing good it blows my mind. Everyone I meet influences me in some way, so I guess this list could go on indefinitely...
Do you have any hobbies outside of cycling? If so what?
Skiing, music (piano and guitar mostly), surfing, painting, reading, looking at other people's good photography (because mine is so bad), making mini movies, traveling, eating, dancing.
If you weren't a pro mountain biker, what would you be?
Who knows!? I'd probably push to be a pro skier. Most likely though, I'd be in university getting my PhD or traveling around the world without rhyme or reason.
Where is your favorite Place to Ride?
Silverstar, Whistler, Woodward, and anywhere with nice jumps and t-shirt weather.
Where's your favorite place to travel?
Anywhere warm! I like to go to a new place every time I travel, but it seems like I keep going back to Spain and California because of good friends and great riding.
What would you list as a career highlight?
Being able to develop the Vixa bike. That was a dream come true.
What has been your best riding experience?
Too many to count! Sunny days in Whistler are hard to beat, but doing a dirt jump demo on the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel makes for a pretty unforgettable memory.
And the worst?
Well, all bad riding days usually have to do with injuries. Even those aren't too bad.
What band or song have you been listening to the most lately?
Today it's going a little something like: "Shempi" by Ratatat, "Cross the Fader" by Poney Poney, the new Kings of Leon CD, "Sleepyhead" by Passionpit, anything by Beirut, and quite a bit of Cassius.
What are your biggest strengths on the bike?
Flow and wallrides
Do you have any advice to beginners?
If you're not having fun, do something else. It's riding bikes, not going to the dentist - it should always be fun.
What's your best idea of having good time?
Sun is shining and it's warm out (first and foremost), with my best friends and family, ride perfect hero dirt trails, ride both the mtb and bmx, go for a swim in the ocean, be able to surf without a wetsuit, go on a rollercoaster, eat good vegetarian food, eat some chocolate, play music for hours, dance in a humid Costa Rican open-air bar, then do it all again the next day.
Why do you ride?
Because it puts a smile on my face and for the feeling you get immediately after you do something that scares you.
Do you remember what your first Bike was?
It was a blue bike with white splatter paint from Canadian Tire called the "all terrain" and I thought that was rad because "terrain" sounded a bit like Turenne. My first real mountain bike was a Norco Bushpilot. It was black with pink and purple splatters. Maybe I'll bring that design back on the '10 Vixa!
What first got you into riding?
As a teenager I wanted to try EVERYTHING! Biking was one of those everythings and I got hooked. The people I met immediately were so cool and the freedom of mountain biking was just as great, if not better than skiing (my other passion). I thought tacky jerseys, spandex, and clipless pedals were the coolest things going.
What do you enjoy most about riding for Norco?
The people behind the product. I know if I up and quit biking tomorrow they'd be there to support me in anything I did. They're that good. Norco really gives their athletes a say in everything from product development to media initiatives and everything in between. It's such a great thing for an athlete to feel needed like that!
Key goals for 2009?
Go bigger, film a lot a lot, do stuff that hasn't been done before, and land that damn 360 without annihilating my body in the process!
Sponsor Shout out:
Norco
Oakley
Shimano
Dakine
Gravity
Skullcandy
Etnies
WTB
Kenda
Marazochhi.
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you.
My family. The people who believed in me and gave me a shot when I was just starting out - Harookz, Hylands, Steve Blick, Aaron Lutze, and the fellas at Bike magazine were instrumental in the growth of my career. All the guys who dragged me down mountainsides as a teenager and said "jump this", particularly Brant and Curtis. All of my sponsors throughout the years - you know who you are. Thank-you. One of my all-time best friends Annie who I first started mountain biking with and still love riding with more than anyone to this day (even though she's almost a doctor and gets mad at me for all my bruises). Amy for motivating me to ride my bike to school everyday when we were fat kids - you made biking fun and still do. My dad for taking me trail riding whenever I wanted to go. My good amigo Ruben for showing me what style is, working so hard with me to get some, and teaching me some of the most important lessons I've ever learned about biking. Anne Caroline Chausson for being so f-ing good it blows my mind. Everyone I meet influences me in some way, so I guess this list could go on indefinitely...
Do you have any hobbies outside of cycling? If so what?
Skiing, music (piano and guitar mostly), surfing, painting, reading, looking at other people's good photography (because mine is so bad), making mini movies, traveling, eating, dancing.
If you weren't a pro mountain biker, what would you be?
Who knows!? I'd probably push to be a pro skier. Most likely though, I'd be in university getting my PhD or traveling around the world without rhyme or reason.
Where is your favorite Place to Ride?
Silverstar, Whistler, Woodward, and anywhere with nice jumps and t-shirt weather.
Where's your favorite place to travel?
Anywhere warm! I like to go to a new place every time I travel, but it seems like I keep going back to Spain and California because of good friends and great riding.
What would you list as a career highlight?
Being able to develop the Vixa bike. That was a dream come true.
What has been your best riding experience?
Too many to count! Sunny days in Whistler are hard to beat, but doing a dirt jump demo on the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel makes for a pretty unforgettable memory.
And the worst?
Well, all bad riding days usually have to do with injuries. Even those aren't too bad.
What band or song have you been listening to the most lately?
Today it's going a little something like: "Shempi" by Ratatat, "Cross the Fader" by Poney Poney, the new Kings of Leon CD, "Sleepyhead" by Passionpit, anything by Beirut, and quite a bit of Cassius.
What are your biggest strengths on the bike?
Flow and wallrides
Do you have any advice to beginners?
If you're not having fun, do something else. It's riding bikes, not going to the dentist - it should always be fun.
What's your best idea of having good time?
Sun is shining and it's warm out (first and foremost), with my best friends and family, ride perfect hero dirt trails, ride both the mtb and bmx, go for a swim in the ocean, be able to surf without a wetsuit, go on a rollercoaster, eat good vegetarian food, eat some chocolate, play music for hours, dance in a humid Costa Rican open-air bar, then do it all again the next day.
Why do you ride?
Because it puts a smile on my face and for the feeling you get immediately after you do something that scares you.
Do you remember what your first Bike was?
It was a blue bike with white splatter paint from Canadian Tire called the "all terrain" and I thought that was rad because "terrain" sounded a bit like Turenne. My first real mountain bike was a Norco Bushpilot. It was black with pink and purple splatters. Maybe I'll bring that design back on the '10 Vixa!
What first got you into riding?
As a teenager I wanted to try EVERYTHING! Biking was one of those everythings and I got hooked. The people I met immediately were so cool and the freedom of mountain biking was just as great, if not better than skiing (my other passion). I thought tacky jerseys, spandex, and clipless pedals were the coolest things going.
What do you enjoy most about riding for Norco?
The people behind the product. I know if I up and quit biking tomorrow they'd be there to support me in anything I did. They're that good. Norco really gives their athletes a say in everything from product development to media initiatives and everything in between. It's such a great thing for an athlete to feel needed like that!
Key goals for 2009?
Go bigger, film a lot a lot, do stuff that hasn't been done before, and land that damn 360 without annihilating my body in the process!
Sponsor Shout out:
Norco
Oakley
Shimano
Dakine
Gravity
Skullcandy
Etnies
WTB
Kenda
Marazochhi.
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you.
RIDER
PHOTOS
PHOTOS
