After an exhaustive host talent search, Ride Guide Productions Ltd. is pleased to announce today  that Darcy Turenne is joining Ride Guide TV as the new Host for the Ride Guide BIKE Series.

At only 23 years of age, Darcy is at the top of her game as a professional mountain bike rider. As a team rider for both the Oakley and Dakine international MTB Teams, Darcy has proven that she more than just a pretty face, she also rips.

Growing up in Comox,  BC on Vancouver Island, Darcy first fell into broadcasting when the Vancouver Island division of Global Television offered her a position as host of a weekly segment called "Go Biking", after seeing her on-camera charisma while being interviewed about her role on the Canadian national downhill mountain bike team. Soon after she began guest-hosting bike and snow Ride Guide segments and then put her skills to good use by producing, writing, and hosting for the broadband television action sports station "Rip TV." Darcy is now back full circle becoming the main face of Ride Guide bike to compliment her career as a one of the most progressive female freeride mountain bikers in the industry.

Darcy first started cross country racing at 14, and later switched to downhill and has been a two time member of the Canadian national downhill mountain bike team and has two top ten World Championship placings under her belt. She recently stopped racing and began to dabble in the previously man's-only world of jumping and freeriding where she competes in slopestyles and throws down for cameras around the world.

When Darcy is not spending every free second she has on a sunny day riding her BMX bike at the skatepark, or her dirt jump bike at the local six pack,  she also finds time to write and produce music. She also  loves surfing but says she is horrible at it. Darcy just graduated from the University of Victoria with a degree in Geography and Enivronmental Studies. When she is not riding her bike, she takes in her fair share of powder days during the winter (by fair share, she means between 60 and 100 days).

When asked about the opportunity to join the Ride Guide Team, Darcy said; "The Ride Guide has been a big supporter of mine since I first started mountain biking and it feels amazing to have the opportunity to travel around the world, film it all, and ride my bike full time with them backing me. The crew has seen me grow as a rider and person and it's great knowing that I'm going to be in the travel trenches next to people that always have me laughing non-stop!"

Starting on June 10, Darcy will board an SAS flight to Europe, to join Ride Guide cameraman, Cory Horton, on a four week trip through Europe with stops in Austria, Switzerland and Norway. During this June trip, Ride Guide will be hitting all the major events including;  the “Out of Bounds Weekend” in Leogang, Austria, and the Ekstremsport Veko  Festival in Voss, Norway.