leisurely bike ride through the park is not for the likes of stephanie mart the german mountain bikerprefers trails that are rated high in terms of technical difficulty and come with a guaranteed adrenaline kick the thirty two year old is one of germany's most successful female mountain bikers this extreme sport is mainly a male domain there are many women who can make a living from it mountain biking is nerve racking stuff. and games in a book is nothing i woman as a disadvantage because we reflect on things more and are a bit more careful with our bodies. if you do things with courage and energy and they tend to work out better as a man i like to do what i like and she jumps which is completely counterproductive and i approach things a bit cautiously but you can't do that with extreme things he will we have to get them full whack. and stephanie martin is certainly going full throttle at this pump track in munich's gazing district she started out riding b.m.x. bikes twenty years ago the mountain bike came later. five to six days a week of training is the. she pays to be a professiona