Now on a flight to the most prestigious Off-Road awards in the World (FIM Off-Road Awards) Prumm can enjoy the lifestyle of the rich and famous.

Here is a report from last weekends action.

The weather was chilly but Kiwi hero Katherine Prumm was hot stuff in Texas at the weekend. The Kawasaki ace from Bombay, South Auckland, won both races at the Women's Motocross Association (WMA) Women's Cup in Floresville, Texas, at the weekend, stamping her authority on the talent packed field of international stars.

Just a week after wrapping up the New Zealand championships, women’s world champion Prumm (Kawasaki KX250F) showed just why she is the No.1 woman on the planet as she overcame freezing temperatures, a slick starting surface and some of the best motocross women in the world.

“I flew from California to Texas last Tuesday and slept most of the afternoon as I was pretty tired from the flying and the previous weekend’s racing (at the final round of the New Zealand Motocross Championships near New Plymouth),” said Prumm.

“On Wednesday I had a ride on my bike and got everything set up. It was about 25 degrees Celsius and very humid at the track. But, by Wednesday night, the weather began deteriorating and there was a cool breeze blowing through the air. It was freezing on Thursday morning (Thanksgiving) and it didn’t get warmer than about 8 degrees Celsius all day Thursday and Friday.

“On Friday night it poured down with rain and we woke to a very cold Saturday morning. On the drive to the track there were even patches of snow that had fallen during the night. This is some of the coldest weather that has hit Texas and it was going to be a very cold day at the track with temperatures not exceeding 7 degrees Celsius and going as low at 2 to 3 degrees.

“The start area was concrete and I spun up on the line really badly in the first race, but I pushed my way in to the first turn and didn’t back off at all.”

She was soon through to the lead and, even with visibility problems; the New Zealand champion built a solid seven-second margin over the next rider.

“I ran out of goggle tear-offs halfway through the race and had to use my thumb as a windscreen wiper so that I could see. “I felt a bit stiff on the bike for the majority of the race but, for the last three laps, I felt more relaxed and pulled a much larger gap over Sheri Cruise (Yamaha).”

With visibility problems again in the second race, Prumm struggled but was again quickly in front, until a small mistake saw her crash.

“I was back in second by the time I got going. I quickly caught back up to Tatum Sik (Kawasaki) who was then leading. I had no tear-offs left, though, after getting roosted with dirt for a lap and I had to take my goggles off. I couldn’t see anything and the mud was all in my eyes.”

But, with three laps to go, Prumm saw her chance and took it, snatching the lead and again stretching out to a seven-second lead. She won easily.

“At the end of the race I was absolutely covered in mud and my eyes where stinging from the dirt in them.”

Prumm’s next international assignment is to attend the FIM world championship prizegiving ceremony in Monaco this weekend, where she will receive her winner’s medal from the 2007 women’s world championships. She will be joined there by fellow Kiwi world champion Tony Cooksley (Yamaha), the Veterans’ Motocross World Champion. Aucklander Cooksley wrapped up the world title with outstanding performances at Namur (Belgium) and Donington Park (England) earlier this year