Robin Goomes is a New Zealand mountain biker. In 2024 she won the women's section of the

Red Bull Rampage The Red Bull Rampage is an invitation-only freeride mountain bike competition held near Zion National Park in Virgin, Utah, United States, just to the north of Gooseberry Mesa. From 2001 till 2004, it was held off the Kolob Terrace Road, on the ...

downhill mountain bike event.

Biography

Goomes was born in

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and grew up on the

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, where her mother was a Department of Conservation ranger. She attended high school in Christchurch, returning to the Chatham Islands for term holidays. Towards the end of her high school years the family moved to Auckland, where she attended Takapuna Grammar School. In 2021, Goomes won the Crankworx Innsbruck Whip-Off. In 2024, she competed in the

downhill mountain bike event in

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, USA. She performed two back-flips to win the Best Trick Award, and also won the women's section of the event.

References

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