AFTER more than 20 years of BMX racing, Harriet (“Haz”) Burbidge-Smith, 27, was invited to experience something new.

“I spent the first years of my professional career doing BMX, but I got invited to a mountain bike event about four years ago, and I kind of fell in love with it, I felt like it fit my vibe better,” she says.

“So, I made the decision to switch to mountain biking, leaving all my sponsors and support from BMX, and starting fresh.”