REVIEWS DEALS BIKESHOPS TRAILS

Official Juli Furtado Picture Thread

14660 Views 57 Replies 25 Participants Last post by blog hogs, Jun 3, 2013

djmuff

Discussion Starter · Jun 12, 2009

5

I've been meaning to start this thread for a while. Juliana Furtado is arguably the greatest mountain bike racer ever, and is definitely deserving of her own thread. When I started mountain biking in the early 90s, she was so dominant you had to take notice. I think she was the first female athlete that I really paid attention to. I've got some photos from catalogs and magazines to start the thread. Please share whatever Juli photos you have!

Here's her racing record- as listed in the September 2003 copy of Mountain Bike.

1990 XC World Champion
1991 NORBA XC Champion
1992 NORBA XC Champion, DH World Champion
1993 NORBA XC Champion, World Cup XC Champion (perfect season- Juli won every NORBA and World Cup XC event she entered), inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
1994 NORBA XC Champion, World Cup XC Champion
1995 NORBA XC Champion, World Cup XC Champion
1996 Olympian
OVERALL: Winningest XC World Cup rider with 28 wins

Bicycle frame Tire Wheel Bicycle wheel Bicycle tire

Tire Wheel Bicycle wheel Bicycle jersey Bicycle helmet

Clothing Eyewear Sports uniform Arm Jersey

Bicycle handlebar Bicycles--Equipment and supplies Helmet Bicycle wheel Bicycle

Hat Headgear Sitting Vintage clothing Monochrome

See less See more

1 - 20 of 58 Posts

djmuff

Discussion Starter · #2 · Jun 12, 2009

5

and some more...

Sports uniform Jersey Social group Sportswear Community

Sports uniform Jersey Bicycles--Equipment and supplies Sportswear Sports equipment

Clothing Wheel Tire Bicycle frame Bicycle tire

Tire Wheel Bicycle frame Bicycle wheel Bicycle tire

Bicycle frame Tire Bicycle wheel Bicycle tire Wheel

See less See more

djmuff

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jun 12, 2009

4

and some more...

Tire Bicycle frame Wheel Bicycle wheel Helmet

Tire Wheel Bicycle frame Bicycle tire Bicycle wheel

Tire Wheel Bicycle wheel Helmet Bicycle wheel rim

Clothing Eyewear Helmet Sports uniform Bicycle jersey

See less See more

colker1

· #4 · Jun 12, 2009

the ad in the saloon.. awesome.
Tomac, Furtado, Ned, Missy and ..?
Great idea, great picture. Tomac seems to be enjoying it: perfect analogy for that period of mountain biking

KDXdog

· #5 · Jun 12, 2009

Tomac, Furtado, Ned, Missy and ..?

Travis Brown

KDXdog

· #6 · Jun 12, 2009

Missy looks pissed...

Fillet-brazed

· #7 · Jun 12, 2009

KDXdog said:
Travis Brown

yes.

Cool thread. Did you guys see the recent interview in bikeradar?

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/interview-juliana-furtado-queen-of-the-dirt-21775

djmuff

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jun 13, 2009

That interview is awesome FB! Much thanks for sharing.

I'm ganking the videos from it- they definitely belong in here.

And I'm hoping some people out there have some more photos of Juli, especially from her Yeti days.

rollercam

· #9 · Jun 16, 2009

KDXdog said:
Missy looks pissed...

when doesn't Missy look pissed?

sandmangts

· #10 · Jun 16, 2009

The picture in front of the dam is right by my house. Lake Hodges San Diego. Must have been taken before all the good singletrack got wasted. Thanks for the thread, always enjoy seeing a pretty girl kickin ass on a bike.

Surestick Malone

· #11 · Jun 16, 2009

KDXdog said:
Missy looks pissed...

...and Ned Overend is giving me the stare-down!

byknuts

· #12 · Jun 16, 2009

thing I remember most about JF, never met her msyelf obviously, but I distinctly remember her as being happy.
all pics I can remember she was riding hard and smiling... that makes an impression on those who are looking into the sport, and it doesn't portray mtb racing as some serious TdF type "angry-man's race" where everyone's bonkers intense and can't have more than 0.7% body fat or they lose their sponsorship... which road racing has looked like since the 70's
:madman:

I may've been a tad too young to race when she was on the tracks, but I miss the fact that mtb racing just seemed like fun back then, and she was always grinning more than most.

EBasil

· #13 · Jun 19, 2009

I watched Juli race in Big Bear and Scottsdale, and met her twice out at the '93 Cactus Cup when she stopped to chat with us on the trail the night before when we were all pre-running the course, then later when she approached my GF to congratulate her for winning her class. We took a shot of the two champions together and it's pretty cool. Juli was/is very friendly, cool and funny.

That's a cool interview linked to, above.

Linoleum

· #14 · Jun 22, 2009

From GT marketing material.....

See less See more

blog hogs

· #15 · Nov 14, 2011

2

Does anyone know for sure the year these pictures were taken?

I have a 9/96 GT ad from mba showing her in the blue,yellow helment,and her and the rest of the team have similar helments in the 97 catalog.
If I remember right,she retired in 97 and did one farewell lap wearing the helment in the first picture.

See less See more

TheMachinist

· #16 · Nov 14, 2011

colker1 said:
the ad in the saloon.. awesome.
Tomac, Furtado, Ned, Missy and ..?
Great idea, great picture. Tomac seems to be enjoying it: perfect analogy for that period of mountain biking

Don't forget Greg Herbold at the bar.

ameybrook

· #17 · Nov 14, 2011

No sht. Never noticed that.

Fillet-brazed

· #18 · Nov 14, 2011

ameybrook said:
No sht. Never noticed that.

Is that Greg??

My favorite has to be Juli on the Yeti crossing the finish at the 90 Worlds.

Rumpfy

· #19 · Nov 14, 2011

Fillet-brazed said:
Is that Greg??
My favorite has to be Juli on the Yeti crossing the finish at the 90 Worlds.

Looks more like Henrik Djernis.

Vlad

· #20 · Nov 14, 2011

Those were the days. The story I read is, she called John Parker on the phone to ask for sponsorship, and he hooked her up partly based on the storm she cursed up. How can you not love a woman like that?

1 - 20 of 58 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.