SeeMe Soar Hear Me Roar featuring Kari Schroeder

Presented by SeeMe Beauty, WomenRidersNow, and ADVWoman.  Twenty women in the prime of their lives tackle the Colorado Backcountry.

SeeMe SOAR Hear Me ROAR!

KARI SCHROEDER

SeeMe Soar Hear Me Roar featuring Carla Cavanagh

Presented by SeeMe Beauty, WomenRidersNow, and ADVWoman.  Twenty women in the prime of their lives tackle the Colorado Backcountry.

SeeMe SOAR Hear Me ROAR!

CARLA CAVANAGH

SeeMe Soar Hear Me Roar featuring Lisa Taylor

Presented by SeeMe Beauty, WomenRidersNow, and ADVWoman.  Twenty women in the prime of their lives tackle the Colorado Backcountry.

SeeMe SOAR Hear Me ROAR!

LISA TAYLOR

SeeMe Soar Hear Me Roar featuring Joanne Donn

Presented by SeeMe Beauty, WomenRidersNow, and ADVWoman.  Twenty women in the prime of their lives tackle the Colorado Backcountry.

SeeMe SOAR Hear Me ROAR!

JOANNE DONN

SeeMe Soar Hear Me Roar featuring Shalmarie Wilson

Presented by SeeMe Beauty, WomenRidersNow, and ADVWoman.  Twenty women in the prime of their lives tackle the Colorado Backcountry.

SeeMe SOAR Hear Me ROAR!

SHALMARIE WILSON

SeeMe Soar Hear Me Roar featuring Catherine Meade

Presented by SeeMe Beauty, WomenRidersNow, and ADVWoman.  Twenty women in the prime of their lives tackle the Colorado Backcountry.

SeeMe SOAR Hear Me ROAR!

CATHERINE MEADE

SeeMe Soar Hear Me Roar featuring Kathy Gallagher

Presented by SeeMe Beauty, WomenRidersNow, and ADVWoman.  Twenty women in the prime of their lives tackle the Colorado Backcountry.

SeeMe SOAR Hear Me ROAR!

KATHY GALLAGHER

SeeMe Soar Hear Me Roar featuring Kelly Roberts

Presented by SeeMe Beauty, WomenRidersNow, and ADVWoman.  Twenty women in the prime of their lives tackle the Colorado Backcountry.

SeeMe SOAR Hear Me ROAR!

KELLY ROBERTS

How to Move Through Fear & Anxiety


All of us experience fear and anxiety.  What frightens you?  How do you respond?  We share several easy ways to move through so you can make better choices.  Here’s a recording of our free Zoom Training Call.

Body Armor By Women For Women

Colorado Backcountry Discovery Training Tours


All Woman.  All Inclusive. 8 nights. 7 days.  Rider Coaches Pat Jacques, Shalmarie Wilson, & BJ Hessler. Fully Supported. Limited to 10 riders on each tour.  July 2-9 features celebrity guest Elspeth Beard.  July 23-=309 features celebrity guest Lisa Taylor. 

Colorado Backcountry Discovery Training Tours

Colorado Backcountry Discovery Training Tours


All Woman.  All Inclusive. 8 nights. 7 days.  Rider Coaches Pat Jacques, Shalmarie Wilson, & BJ Hessler. Fully Supported. Limited to 10 riders on each tour.  July 2-9 features celebrity guest Elspeth Beard.  July 23-=309 features celebrity guest Lisa Taylor. 

Colorado Backcountry Discovery Training Tours

ONLINE TRAINING: The problem with “When in doubt, throttle out!”


We teach PLAN, EXECUTE, FOLLOW THROUGH.  If  “When in doubt, throttle out” is your plan, perhaps it’s time to consider a new one.

ONLINE TRAINING: Tips for Riding Sand

ONLINE TRAINING: Backcountry Discovery Tour Prep


Tips to prepare for a Backcountry Discovery Route Tour.

ONLINE TRAINING: Tips for Riding Sand

ONLINE TRAINING: Tips for Riding Sand


Many riders are challenged riding sand.  Once you know how, it’s quite fun! Pat shares essential tips to create confidence and skill riding sand.  She also shares what NOT to do!

ONLINE TRAINING: Tips for Riding Sand

ONLINE TRAINING: What’s so different for women riders?


ADVWoman’s mission is to empower women through off road motorcycling.  We coined the term BY WOMEN, FOR WOMEN because everything we do is designed by and for women. Women learn differently, communicate differently, build confidence differently and we are physically different from men.  Different is different.  One is not better than the other.  Our methods are designed to create the optimal learning environment for women.  Pat discusses some of those differences, women’s injuries, confidence, and capabilities.

ONLINE TRAINING: What’s Different for Women Riders?

Toyota presents Makeup 2 Mud


I am honored to be a Toyota Make Up To Mud featured athlete!  Toyota #makeup2mud is a movement focused on spotlighting the many ways women are impacting the world of motocross both on and off the bike. From weekend warriors to professional racers, everyone has a unique story to share. This year we feature female riders who go beyond riding and give back to the sport.

Makeup 2 Mud Episode 16 aired at Las Vegas Supercross Finals.

Clutch Control: Rock It, Crawl It, Walk It!


Off road riding requires a high degree of clutch control. Street riders are acustomed to simply releasing the clutch. Feathering and slipping the clutch is ESSENTIAL to off road riding.  This drill is safe, easy, isolates the clutch, and great to practice after you’ve had a break from riding.

Splish! Splash! Water Crossings!

Water crossings can be intimidating.  Reading the terrain and water helps prepare riders for the unexpected.  Ride standing, balanced over the pegs, with one or two fingers covering the clutch.  Riders must have great throttle and clutch control to “drive through” the resistance of the water.

Line Choice with Slo Mo


SMOOTH IS GOOD!

Line choice is a critical skill for off road riding.  My first choice in lines is usually “smooth.”  It’s imperative for riders to look ahead, evaluate terrain options, and choose the best line.  It’s also imperative for riders to “manage the front end.”  Even in difficult terrain, if the front end is balanced and on track, the back end will usually follow.  I frequently see riders simply following the main line.  Often, just a couple inches to the side, is a smoother, better line.

In this video I approach a small 10″ drop off.  Looking ahead I see sizable loose rocks.  In slow motion you will see me ride slightly to the right, keeping the edge of the tire in contact with the rock while riding gently down.  This allows me to navigate the front wheel back and forth avoiding loose rocks.  Slow motion is running at 30% of speed.  Great line choice is complimented with good balance and quick reflexes.

And yes, some might just blast straight through this section careening over and bouncing off rocks.  But, no matter how good and strong a rider is, eventually poor line choice results in a crash.

To learn more about this, check out my blog post “Line Choice is Critical to Off Road Riding.”

Between a Rock & Hard Place


MADE THE LEDGE, NOT THE TURN!

It’s important to ride efficiently and conserve energy.  While riding can feel effortless, picking the bike up and renogotiating a section after a fall quickly saps my energy. This video was shot at Rabbit Valley Colorado’s Trail 8.  I made the two foot ledge, but fell on the sharp left turn.  I left the bike in gear and picked it up.

The video shows me balancing the bike, one handed, on the edge of the ledge while I make my way to the left side of the bike.  Using the clutch, I gently back the bike down the ledge and onto solid ground.  Then I put the bike in neutral.  This allowed me to easily move the bike to a flat section with a better angle and a bit of run up, before cleaning the ledge and hard left turn.

Some might leave the bike on the ledge and wrestle the front wheel around.  Plain and simple, I’m not strong enough.  I prefer to conserve my energy, let gravity help me and then use the power of the motor to negotiate this section.

Wolford Mountain OHV Gully


SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

While I was out exploring Wolford Mountain OHV area, I discovered this sweet little single track hidden in a gully.  I was aware that I did not know the trail and that riders could be coming from the opposing direction.  With this in mind, I carefully approach blind corners.  Only when I can see beyond the corner do I accelerate though a high banked turn.  At the 1 minute 20 second and 1 minute 45 second marks, I approach two blind hilltops.  Close to the top, I back off the throttle.  This technique of accelearating hard into and up the hill, but rolling the top is safer and keeps me from looping the bike at the top.
Less obvious situational awareness is the trail itself.  Notice that water travels the path of least resistence, and where the water flows is where the loose rocks are.  This awareness is key.  When traversing a double track on a hillside, water often pools in the lower track.  That means the upper line may have fewer loose rocks.  When I encounter big muddy puddles, this situational awareness helps me to choose my line.  Deep holes might be located where the water pools.  And when negotiating dark stream crossings, I use my situational awareness evaluating where ruts, holes, and rocks are most likely to be. By being aware and ready, I am able to react more quickly.

Riding Along Shore Wolford Reservoir


FOR SALE: OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY!

Living in land locked Colorado means I don’t get to enjoy beach riding…or do I?  The only thing special about this video is what you cannot see- the size of the grin on my face.  For just a few seconds I was transported to Baja Mexico!!!  Yee!  Haw!

COBDR North to South Section 5


Scouting COBDR for first ever ALL WOMAN Colorado Backcountry Tour July 23-30, 2017.

COBDR North to South Section 4


Scouting COBDR for first ever ALL WOMAN Colorado Backcountry Tour July 23-30, 2017.

COBDR North to South Section 4 Weston Pass & 4 Mile OHV


Scouting COBDR for first ever ALL WOMAN Colorado Backcountry Tour July 23-30, 2017.

COBDR North to South Section 4 ALTERNATE EASY ROUTE


Scouting COBDR for first ever ALL WOMAN Colorado Backcountry Tour July 23-30, 2017.

COBDR North to South Section 3 – 2017 Reroute

Old Monarch Pass to Los Pinos Pass to Slumgullion Gulch


Scouting COBDR for first ever ALL WOMAN Colorado Backcountry Tour July 23-30, 2017.

COBDR North to South Section 2 – California Gulch, Hurricane Pass, Corkscrew Pass, to Ironton


Scouting COBDR for first ever ALL WOMAN Colorado Backcountry Tour July 23-30, 2017.

COBDR North to South Section 2 – ALTERNATE EASIER ROUTE Owl Creek Pass to Last Dollar Road


Scouting COBDR for first ever ALL WOMAN Colorado Backcountry Tour July 23-30, 2017.

COBDR North to South Section 1 – to Cortez


Scouting COBDR for first ever ALL WOMAN Colorado Backcountry Tour July 23-30, 2017.