Girl Skateboard Party+ACE 9am, Sunday, July 20, 2014 Joe+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Skatepark, 200 Armory Dr., Placerville, CA 95667 Join Few +ACY-amp+ADs Far and many other great girls and sponsors 9am to 1pm+ACY-nbsp+ADs-at the Placerville skatepark for a ladies skate jam and pancake breakfast while the Few and Far+ACY-nbsp+ADs-women paint … [Read more...]
August NYC GRO Session – Chelsea Piers
NYC GRO Crew Session August 2nd, 2014 +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs We asked the girls of NYC to suggest parks for upcoming GRO Sessions and we listened. GRO NYC is inviting all the girls to join us at the Chelsea+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Skatepark for a fun session. +ACY-nbsp+ADs Saturday, August+ACY-nbsp+ADs-2nd from 12:00 +ACY-ndash+ADs 2:00 pm … [Read more...]
Vote for Women’s Ski Jumping Pioneer Lindsey Van for U.S. Flag Bearer – Sochi Opening Ceremony
Vote for Women's Ski Jumping Pioneer Lindsey Van for U.S. Flag Bearer for the Sochi Opening Ceremony. VOTE HERE +ACY-nbsp+ADs-http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/vote-who-should-be-flag-bearer-united-states No athlete more deserving than this woman who risked her career and livelihood to take on the Olympic … [Read more...]
Olympics Still Closed for Women’s Canoe? ICF Says No Changes for Rio2016
Is the International Canoe Federation Open to Change? Article by Keith Lyons http://keithlyons.me/open-to-change/ His exhortation for the ICF to be much more pro-active in change: +ACI-I do think we have an important window of conscience available to us in canoeing. We should mind the gender gap as a … [Read more...]
Slalom Canoe World Champion Jessica Fox (AUS) Slams ICF Over Misleading Statements
Jessica Fox (AUS) Slams the International Canoe Federation over misleading statements in their recent press release about their proposal to add women's canoe events for Tokyo2020. +ACI-As a C1 woman, to know it will be in the Olympics is great news, however as a high level athlete, ready for Rio, I am … [Read more...]
Richard Fox Slams ICF for Delaying Women’s Canoe Inclusion Until Tokyo2020
Richard Fox slams the ICF over delaying inclusion of Women's Canoe until Tokyo 2020. +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs-http://www.sportscene.tv/news/fox-slams-icf-over-olympic-plan +ACI...high level female athletes continue to be significantly restricted in their access to canoeing events in the Olympic Games … [Read more...]
First-ever Women’s Canoe Events Proposed for Tokyo 2020
NEWS ALERT: +ACY-nbsp+ADs International Canoe Federation (ICF) announces they will propose C1 (singles canoe) Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Canoe Events for Tokyo 2020 Olympics - for the Sprint and Slalom disciplines. +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADsAIw-equalympics +ACY-nbsp+ADsAIw-womenscanoe Current Olympic Program has: Sprint: +ACY-nbsp+ADs 5 Men's Kayak, 4 … [Read more...]
The Lady Trainers
Earlier this week Sue Falsone announced via twitter that she was resigning from her position as the head athletic trainer (AT)+ACo of the LA Dodgers.+ACY-nbsp+ADs In 2011, Falsone had become the first female head AT of a major league male professional team in the United States.+ACY-nbsp+ADs It took until 2011 to … [Read more...]
My Athlete life by @emilyazevedo
My life as an athlete has been a small amount of luck, a hell of a lot of hard work and an indefinite amount of sacrifice.+ACY-nbsp+ADs I wish I could say that an Olympic athlete+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s life is as glamorous as society would assume, but our jobs are a bit unorthodox and often times leave us with no … [Read more...]
CBC Special – Women’s Canoeing Should Have Place in Olympics
Canoeing has one of the poorest gender equality ratios of any Summer Olympic sport, and although female kayakers are allowed to compete in both the sprint and slalom disciplines, female canoeists are kept out of the Games altogether. CBC Sports Special: +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Women's Canoeing Should Have Place in … [Read more...]