During the late 1990s, mountain biking as a sport was coming into its own. And Missy Giove was one of the sport’s stars, signing million-dollar contracts while tearing her body to pieces.
Eventually, after the industry slowed and injuries and age caught up to her, the train came to a stop. Giove needed other ways to fuel her lifestyle. So she delved deeply into drug smuggling, transporting massive quantities of marijuana across the U.S. These days, many of the states she carried weed across have legalized the plant in some form, but at the time, she was at the forefront of a bold black-market operation. Solid piece from Vice Sports.
