PIC via Caley Reece FacebookWhen is enough? How do you decided it???s time to end the love affair with competitive sport?+ACY-nbsp+ADs One of my favourite MuayThai fighters took that huge decision this weekend.Australian Caley Reece was one of the most successful and inspiring MuayThai fighters around, … [Read more...]
May is National Bike Month
National Bike Month is probably not a+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Hallmark+ACY-nbsp+ADs-event. For those of us that are cyclists, that+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s too bad+ACE If oil prices continue to climb, however, every month might become Bike Month. Despite what+ACY-nbsp+ADs temperatures may indicate (we+ACY-rsquo+ADs-re having a heat wave in Los Angeles and it … [Read more...]
AGA Calling Girls of Skate, Wake and BMX To Michigan
AGA Nation+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s 5th annual Skateboard/BMX Championships will take place June 22nd+ACE Part of the State Games of Michigan+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s annual festival, this event will host both learn to ride workshops and contests for female riders. Skateboarding and BMX on Saturday, all the ladies of longboard are … [Read more...]
GRO Bike Gathers The Girls At Interbike
What a show this Interbike. GRO+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s beginnings in bike are with BMX. But as this show showed, BMX is a small portion of the options for what bike you ride, where you ride it and how you ride it. And guess what. Women are riding in all of them+ACE Cannot wait to start sharing the 2013 Bike news … [Read more...]
Helmets ready, it’s BMX time
The slopes on a BMX track don't look too steep until you stand on top of one. Maybe that's why most riders are in their teens and early twenties - no fear. Pic credit: Stephen Kane Thirteen year old Katie O'Neill certainly doesn't show any fear tearing round the track in Rathoath, Co Meath. … [Read more...]
Julia Belk Will Be In Chick Flick
Julia met up with Natalie Wade for a full session of filming for the upcoming women’s BMX video, Chick Flick! Although that video is not quite here yet, you can check out Julia’s newest video. … [Read more...]
BMX Women Still Advocate To Ride At X
Women BMX has never been represented in X Games. These girls and thousands of others think it is time to change. Why? Women inspire girls and there are a lot of girls attending X Games. Nina Buitrago, Lindsay Hale, Jessica Ausec, Mini Park and Angie Marino all ended their tour at X Games to … [Read more...]
More Support For Girls BMX Rolling In
As you have probably heard, GRO is working with the women of BMX to get a Women's Division added for 2012 at X Games 18. More people sign the petition, post the news and send their thoughts and support of the female side. So here is a reminder to take a second and help out all the ladies out there … [Read more...]
SLC Dew Tour…that’s a Wrap
My overall impression of the Salt Lake Dew Tour was awesome. I witnessed crazy people, young and old throwing themselves through the air in a variety of sports. Truly amazing talent on display. The Dew Tour does a great job of keeping each day different and interesting and the village has stuff for … [Read more...]
BMX Games - The Other Side
There has been a lot of talk recently about how horrible it was to have the women's vert cut from X Games Seventeen. There have been blogs, petitions, movies and more to rally along the girls of skate to reclaim the event. Although this year was absent the vert, next year will see the addition of … [Read more...]