Kaia Clemente is a household name in MTB racing here in the Sunshine State. She's always loved riding her bike with friends to the beach. But when her dad, Raphael Clemente, took her and a cousin mountain biking at 12 years old she was hooked.

When she started getting serious about racing it wasn't fitness that was the biggest challenge but rather the racing itself. Her first race at Dyer Park here in Palm Beach County, Florida in the junior women's class she won.

Going into high school Kaia began racing NICA or the National Interscholastic Cycling Association. Then she began racing the Florida State Championships Series. In 2022 she won the entire series as the youngest competitor for women.

This season she's focusing on specific events instead of the entire series. This season she's going to target on college admissions.

Some day this young lady would like to race the MTB World Cup Series. But at the moment she's got to finish high school.