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No 2 | August/September 2014

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COVER PHOTO: COLIN WILSON

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CONTENT

4 • EDITOR’S NOTE7 • MEET KATE RAU12 • STARTING AT THE ROOTS: FEMALE ROLE MODELS16 • IT’S DIRTY WORK— BUT SOMEONE’S GOTTA DO IT22 • MOUNTAIN BIKING IS TO YOGA AS YANG IS TO YIN28 • OF CRASHED CARS AND SWEET TRAILS36 • THE SUGAR SHOWDOWN44 • THE SWEET PEAS OF SUGAR SHOWDOWN48 • THE LADIES OF SUGAR SHOWDOWN

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Jennifer Charrette is the creator of pedaladventures.com. She lives under the San Juan mountains of Colorado with her husband and two sons. Her family is also dedicated to getting young kids interested in biking and health through their non-profit, axelproject.com

Joh Rathbun is an Action Sports Writer and Shine MTB Coach & Ride Guide. To stay up to date on West Coast events, or ride with her, like her Facebook page, or contact her at johrathbun.wix.com/freelancewriter

Ash Kelly has been riding since 2006. She moved from Edmonton to Vancouver in 2007 to spend some time on the North Shore trails. When not on one of her four bikes, Ash can be found trail building, backcountry skiing, sledding, cooking or reading a book.

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Michelle Lambert is a cycling obsessed resident of the San Francisco Bay area. She loves being outside, training and exploring new trails. Michelle has been racing cross country mountain bikes off and on and 5 years ago she took up cyclocross as well.

Veda Gerasimek, most commonly known as Darth Veda, is a 15-year-old competitive mountain biker currently racing for the Whole Athlete / Specialized Team. She loves to write about her adventures in the sport and hopes to inspire more young girls to get involved. Visit theycallmedarthveda.weebly.com to follow her “off-road” to success!

Teresa Edgar is based in the Comox Valley in British Columbia, Canada. She can usually be found on one of her bikes, in a kayak, on her skis, or hiking in the backcountry. Teresa has been mountain biking since the ‘90s and founded Mountain Bike for Her in 2012.

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Mountain Bike for Her | P. 4

EDITOR’S NOTEThere are a lot of things that happen behind the scenes that we never hear about. It could be as simple as the story behind the name of a trail, to the people who are making the mountain bike scene what it is today. In this issue, we lift the curtain to give you a glimpse.

We also chat with the participants of Seattle’s Sugar Showdown to find out what motivated them to participate and/or race. If you’re sitting on the fence about whether to give downhill a try, this might be your motivation...

And for those of us who are finding that the hours on the bike are starting to catch up with our bodies, Dave McInnes from Bicycle Hub shares some of his favourite yoga moves to keep us limber!

Teresa EdgarPublisher