Durango bike star crashes with marijuana bust in N.Y (For you die hard mountain bikers out there)

denverpost.com ^

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Missy Giove lived her life astounding those around her.

The iconic mountain biker, who resided in Durango for more than a decade, won 14 national titles and was the world champion downhill racer in 1994. She screamed down slopes on the edge of control, landing in either an ambulance or on the podium.

Her persona — she dangled a dried piranha around her neck and tucked her dead dog's ashes in her bra when she raced — and talent made her mountain biking's highest-paid athlete, earning her well over $2 million.

Then last month, six years after she formally retired from racing, federal agents busted the 37-year-old and an accomplice with 400 pounds of marijuana and $1 million in cash.

[FlyVet]

Yeah, those pro bikers are a fearless sort, they don't seem to mind breaking a lot of bones. When I get up over 40 mph on my road bike, I get nervous. Things can go wrong when you only have skinny little 130 psi tires under you.

If I remember right, wasn't she formerly a downhill skier (another fearless bunch), but tore up her knees so badly she had to switch sports?