Casey Brown in an interview: "Mountain bikes are modern horses."

Casey Brown grew up as the youngest of five children on a 300-hectare farm in New Zealand and quickly took a liking to the outdoor lifestyle. For better or for worse, herding sheep, riding, working - it was all part of farm life.
When Casey was eleven years old, her family moved to Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada. Here she saw higher mountains for the first time. No wonder she quickly took a liking to skiing and snowboarding competitions. Mountain biking was more of a hobby at first, but Casey Brown's brother Sam - a successful professional MTB rider in the early 2000s - inspired Casey and she fell in love with mountain biking too.

Casey Brown 2014 Queen of Crankworx for the first time

Her breakthrough came in 2011: she came second in the Canadian championships. In 2014, Casey was crowned Queen of Crankworx, a very prestigious title in the MTB freeride scene. Casey took second place in 2015 and 2016.
But her heart beats strongest for freeride mountain biking. Casey was one of the first women to take part in the legendary Whip-off championships. The aim here is to position the bike as diagonally as possible in the air. Every freerider is keen to become Whip World Champion, because the Whip is considered the king move among style tricks. Casey has been Whip Off World Champion five times (!) so far.

Until now, freeriding has been firmly in the hands of men, but in recent years the women's movement has really gained momentum. The best examples are the Red Bull Formation competitions (a kind of Red Bull Rampage for women with high drops and steep descents) and the big mountain slopestyle Proving Grounds with a women's classification. Casey Brown is one of the favourites for both events. Casey has been in a relationship with Canadian Brett Rheeder for some time now. Rheeder is one of the best freeride bikers in the world, X Games winner and two-time Red Bull Rampage winner. This makes Casey and Brett the most successful MTB gravity couple in the world.

Casey Brown in a short FREERIDE interview

Babies crying on aeroplanes ... I can't listen to it any more. There should be separate aeroplanes just for crying babies.

I would really like to go biking in North Korea.

I enjoy watering my flowers after a hard day on the bike. It somehow brings me down.

Night rides are not for me. I'm afraid of the dark and the monsters that hide in it.

Socks are just gloves for the feet.

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.

Sometimes I wear a T-shirt for a week - and still smell good.

Wind is my worst enemy!

Mountain bikes are modern horses.