Hannah Steffens

Hey Everyone!

I’m sorry it has been soo long since I wrote.   We have been soo busy!  Traveling like crazy at the moment, but it’s been wonderful!

Life is great, Marriage is AWESOME, Riding is fun, God is good, our families are well, we are blessed!

We are in Australia at the moment hanging out with the fam, and the weather is perfect over here.  It’s winter for them right now, but it’s like summer for me!  I love it!  It’s been fun hanging out with everyone again.

Tracey Hannah is doing very well in the NORBA series.  If she wins tomorrow, she will be the NORBA Champion!  We are super proud of her!

Crankworx was a blast!  2 weeks of training at Whistler couldn’t have been funner.  I spent a lot of time getting to work with all the campers in the fome pit they just built.  I have to say that was the most fun I’ve ever had teaching and riding with campers before!  It reminds me of why I love to ride.  Helping people is the best part of it! These kids were great!  They learned soo fast.  3 kids learned backflips, and there were soo many other kids learning tricks, I can’t even keep track.  I got to work on a few things too.  Well, I atleast got to touch things up I guess you could say!

Thanks Whistler for giving me the opportunity to train and work with the young riders! It was a blessing!!!

Mick got 3rd in the Crankworx mt. cross!  It was such a good race!  The best one I’ve watched yet!  It was soo close! I’m very proud of him for that!

We are off to New Zeland next for the Championships!  Keep us in your prayers!  I know Mick can do it!  Thanks for all your support!

I have to say, marriage is the funnest thing ever!  It’s been 5 months, and it just keeps getting better!

Have a great day everyone, and I will try not to let it go soo long till next time!

RIDE’N ON AND ON!!!

HANNAH LEIGH HANNAH

Today is Micks and my 2nd anniversary!

It’s been a wonderful 3 years of being in love, and 2 years of a great marriage, and many more years to come!

Only, from now on, we won’t be living our married life out with just the 2 of us!  In November, we will be adding a new member to our family!

I have changed alot in the last year, and these changes have brought me more into a place of truly enjoying life!  My heart desires to be an excellent wife, and companion to my husband, and in both of our hearts is the desire to be loving parents!

We are extremely excited for this new step in our lifes, and I want to thank all of you who have supported us in our journey of riding, and life!

Riding to Mick is so much more then just a hobby, it’s in his blood!  So his riding will continue for as long as he so desires.  You’ll still see much of Mick, just in a bit of a different mind set!  Purely for the love of the sport!  Nothing less, and Nothing more!

As for me, riding has deffinently taken a back seat. Especially now that it’s not just my life I cary anymore!    I might ride now and again, but it’s just not in my heart the way it used to be!  Things like riding horses and skiing are the things that run in my blood, and now being a mommy. Riding was a huge journey, and I met alot of great people, and discovered alot of amazing places along the way! These people, places, and experiences, I will never forget!

It’s been a long time since I last wrote an update, and I hope this update finds you all very well!  To be honest I was a bit hessitant to write this letter. Didn’t want to let anyone down. But more I hope it inspires you to follow your hearts true desires.  But I wanted to let those of you who have been such wonderful supporters know where we are in life!  I’ve heard a few have been wondering where we are and what we are up to!  We are in Australia at the moment, embrassing, and very excited about the new addition to our family, and just about life in general!

Thank you all so much!  I’ll try to keep updates on any big news, or if Mick does any big races!  Have a Great Day!!!  THE HANNAH’S!

Well, today is the first day I have been able to sit down, and let you know how the weeks have gone.

This whole trip was dedicated to filming for a High Defenition T.V. show that will air all over the world called NOMADS.  Nate, Sasha, and Don Hampton were all the filmers for this trip, and they did an amazing job.

Everyday of the entire 2 weeks was spent filming, and riding some of the most amazing terrain ever!  It was awesome!!!

Mick and our friend Steven Foley from Australia filmed together alot, and I think that was really cool for them being how Steven and his dad are the one who got Mick into Mt. bikes in the first place.  They even got to race the mega avalanche.  There child hood dream!

First in LE D’ALPES.  There was an Avalanche race, and they both did very well.  It was the first time for either of them to race on snow, and against 100’s of riders all at once.  It was really hard, but a very good experience for them both. I was waiting at the bottome for them, and they both had the biggest smiles on there faces when they crossed the finish line!

There was a cut slopestyle contest there,that I was planning on competing in, but once I got there and rode the coarse, I was not feeling to confident on it.  So I decided not to compete last minuite.  It was more important to me to save myself for the rest of the trip, and for Mick,  then to get out there and do something stupid and hurt myself.  I havn’t ridden much this year, so I knew it would not be wise to try and push it.

I was pretty bumbed about how the slopestyle went for me, but when we arrived to ALPE D’HUEZ, it all changed for me.  I have not ridden down hill in over a year, but Cannondale loaned me a Perp., and I went filming with Don Hampton, Carlo Deikman, and Ameer.  I have never felt so good on a bike.  It was AWESOME!!!  Two days later, they talked me into racing the Mega Avalanche.  So I did!  It was crazy!!!

There were 60 girls in my class, which was the most girls I have ever seen riding at once.  First we had to do a mass start qualifier to determine where we would start for the Mega Race. I ended up getting 3rd.  It was pretty scary to start with 60 girls all at once. But it definently pushes you.

So the day of the Mega, we had to get up at 5 a.m., and make the treck up to the 14,000ft start on top of a glacier in 0?c wether.  Brrrrrrr!

Micks race was the first race off, and it was a mass start of 406 men.  It was so fun to watch.  Riders were crashing everywhere on the snow!  It is so hard to ride, especially when you are dodging stacked riders.  20 min. after they started, it was the girls turn to start, but they had to post pone the race due to a bad crash on the glacier.  The helicoptors came in, and airlifted him out, and as soon as they left, the girls got lined up again.

5min. before our race was to start, I noticed someone walking up the snow carrying there bike.  It was Mick.  He had tacoed his wheel after dodging falling riders. I was really bumbed for him, but then I found out that he was the one helping the injured rider, and then I knew he was meant to be there just for that guy.

So finally, we were off!

I never crashed on the snow, which put me in first for a bit, then I crashed super hard on the rock section.  I was feeling really good until I stacked.  I thought I broke my arm for a bit, but when I finally picked myself up, and got my bike back on coarse, 3 girls had passed me, but I kept on going.

Down fast grassy hills, traversing for miles, and pushing up switch backs, across single track, up and down hills, and finally to the best down hill ever, I made it to the finish in 4th place in 1hr and 14 min.

Deffinently the hardest but coolest thing I have done.  It was so fun!  I would deffinently be interested in training for one next year, and this time using a smaller bike.

We are home now, and Mick just raced the Maxxis cup back in France over the weekend and placed 2nd.  It was really good!  It was fun to go to a smaller race again, just to see the passion in the weekend warriors. It makes me remamber the good days of beginning in the sport.  It was cool!

We will be heading back to ALPE D’HUEZ this weekend for another smaller race.  It’s really great training for Mick.

The RUSH  H.D.T.V. show NOMADS will air sometime this year on the Discovery Chanel, and on the Rush netowork.  So check your local listings, and keep an eye out for the star of the show, Mick Hannah!

Have an AWESOME & BLESSED DAY!

THE HANNAH’S!!!

Today was absolutely AMAZING!

Mick and I have been doing alot of crosscountry riding, and a few days ago, we came across this little village with a very small street running through it.  Kind of like the Lisbon Downtown, but cooler.  So today, Mick and Alex Ranken from Earthed when up and filmed on this street! There was a gap that Mick did, that I have to say, made me feel sick watching.  I knew he could do it, it was just the fact that there were rails and poles sticking out everywhere.  So it was a bit nerve racking, but of course Mick pulled it with style.  I won’t give away too much of the good stuff, so you will just have to buy the video when it comes out.  But it is going to be very very Cool!

The crosscountry riding here is absolutely amazing!  I used to hate riding up hills, but my attitude has totally changed since we have been here.  I have seen some of the most majestic, beautiful views I have ever seen anywhere.  Not to mention how fun the downhills are too!

Some friends of ours here are starting a riding school and tour for advanced riders, and beginners, so when they get that up and running, I will highly recommend checking it out!

Our friend Foley is here from Australia, and him and Mick are going to be racing the Mega Avalanche in France in 2 weeks.  Eversince they were little kids, they dreamed about racing an Avalanche.  So they finally get the chance to do it.  Foley and his dad were a huge part in getting Mick into mt. bikes.  So it’s a pretty big deal to them to race the Mega together and fullfill their childhood dream.

I will be riding in a slopestyle also this weekend with THE CUT!  I am pretty excited about it!  I have really been enjoying JUST RIDING my bike.  No preassure.  So now my riding, and my confidence have really stepped up, and it allows me to have alot more fun with what I enjoy doing.

Well, I hope all of you have been enjoying your summer or winter, where ever that may be.  Thanks for checking in.  Have a Great Day!!

RIDE’N ON AND ON!!!

THE HANNAH’S!!!

Hey Everyone!!!

How is it going?

So we are in Florida at the mini O’s race.  Which is a race that has been going for like 35 years.

We left Colorado on the 6th and arrived at Arizonas coolest motorcross track on the night of the 7th.  Michael raced while we were there for fun, but our biggest reason was to support and be a part of MXers for Jesus!!!

It was Awesome!  Kevin Cozadd, his wife Casie, and his son Austin are some of the coolest most amazing people you will ever meet.  We have been blessed by them and there ministry, but also feel like a big happy family with them.

Mick raced the first two of his races, but wasn’t feeling to good about how his forearms were getting so pumped.  So for his last race, he let Brandon suit up and race on his bike.  You see, Brandon was planning on racing, but his bike started having major problems on his first lap.  So he pulled out of the race.  So when Mick gave him a chance to race, Brandon jumped all over it!

It was soo awesome to watch the man I love getting to do something he truly enjoys.  To all you girls who struggle with a control that would try and stop your husband or boyfriend from doing something he loves, your making a huge mistake.  I see a lot of that in the sports industry, and I see how it destroys relationships, and the men who are held back.  You love your man for who he is, so allow him to do the things that make in who he is!  A MAN!!!  Same for men.  Women need to do the things that make us feel like women, so give us the freedom to do the things that make us the woman you fell in love with.  I’m sorry to go off on this rant, but I just see too much of this!  I want to see relationships succeed, but these issues need to be addressed first.

So now we are in Florida for the Mini O’s race which is a moto-x race that has been going on for about 35 years.  It’s one of the most amazing set ups I have ever seen!  I am quite impressed!

Mick and I have our own RV thanks to supporters and friends of MXers for Jesus, so I just want to thank the people who donated that to us for this race.

So the race is 10 days long, then we will head to the Cozadds home in Alabama for about another week, then we will head back home to our new houses.  Just before we came over here, we closed on our first homes.  That was deffinently a gift from the Lord!  We have some work to do on them, but it will be fun work to do! It’s awesome to have your own home!  We are stoked!

Well, I better run, I just got done workint out, and Mick and the boys are heading to pick me up!  I pray you all are blessed and well!  Thanks for checking in!!!

RIDE’N ON AND ON!!!

H2