GRO X HOV NYC was just the beginning for GRO NYC 2013 and it is going to be a great year!

GRO is you, your voice and we want you to come be a part of the first NYC GRO Board Meeting on Sunday, April 28th, 2 pm at the South Street Seaport Food Court (89 South St). Great view, and if anyone wants to eat, they can!

This meeting will be an opportunity for you to learn more about GRO and be part of the planning for 2013 events and activities. Bring your ideas for NYC GRO. What would be your dream event? Perhaps it’s time to turn dreams to reality. The girls are gathering…

After the meeting, girls may either go session at the nearby LES Skatepark (62 Pike St) or take a cruise up the East River Promenade!

Skateboarders, Longboarders, Surfers, Snowboarders, Bike Riders. We want you! All girls welcome!

Any questions? Ask info@girlsriders.org or talk to us on Facebook!

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AGA Nation’s 5th annual Skateboard/BMX Championships will take place June 22nd! Part of the State Games of Michigan’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 encouraged to come out too! So save the date and look for more information coming soon!

Saturday, June 22, 2013
Skateboard and BMX contest and workshops at State Games – Grand Haven, MI

Sunday, June 23, 2013
Wakeboard event at cable wake park- Allendale, MI

AGA Nation is the grass roots connection to the action sports world. Since 2007, AGA Nation has focused on promoting the next generation of extreme sports athletes through successful competitions, community and online programs.

Learn more about the event at aganation.com

We need to get an idea of how many girls are interested in riding this event. If you are please email info@girlsriders.org with your name and what you are skate, wake, or BMX. Let’s fill the heats, if you know someone who might be interested, please share this with them.

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Yes they are back. San Jose has amazing women that truly keep the spark alive on the West Coast and are glad to announce the GRO Sessions for September, October, November and December.

And it is not just for skate. Our ladies of BMX. The park is open to BMX and we welcome everyone who rides to come together this Saturday and all the sessions after!

That’s right. What a great opportunity to really grow yourself with a inspiring bunch of females! Read the flyer for more info and enjoy! Remember, Lake Cunningham Skatepark cares about you and requires everyone to wear a helmet while riding!

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What a show this Interbike. GRO’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! Cannot wait to start sharing the 2013 Bike news with you but for now enjoy these photos from Interbike, Las Vegas.

Aurelie Tourlier traveled in from France, Lindsay Currier is a leader in Freeride Mtn Bikes, Tammy Donahugh is also a very active rider, and Courtney Payne-Taylor, founder of GRO.

Give ladies a place to come together and they will. Girls like other girls who ride. We share an existance not many can really relate to. We share a love and the struggle for that love. We are done waiting and ready to make things happen and it is by coming together the goals of women’s biking will be reached.

Natalie Nobel, Lindsay Hale, Aurelie Tourlier and Jessica Ausec are all down to ride and help build girls on bike. They travel often and are always willing to take the time to make a difference.

Thank you to the Kost Family and The Rio for feeding the ladies after a long event! Thank you to everyone who visited the booth and all the riders who volunteered to make it possible. Thank you to Interbike for showing your love of the ladies and putting on such an amazing show. Till 2013…

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Yeah! Trip DVD Trailer from Angie Marino on Vimeo.

If you took a BMX Workshop with GRO at X Games, it was these great ladies helping you learn to ride. Now you get to see them ride!

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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.

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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 teach girls to ride, raise awareness of female BMX and stoke little kids across the event.

All the ladies joined up with Natalie Wade and Chick Flick for an athlete signing at the event. The line for signatures was constant the entire signing. The part to note, the majority of the kids were the girls. Parents and their daughters are always so excited to see the female professional athletes.

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X Games returns to Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, from June 28 – July 31. This year marks the 10 year anniversary of X Games in Los Angeles!

X Fest & Gro Booth Hours – With giveaways, contests, athlete signings and more throughout the event. Visit the GRO Booth anytime during Festival Village hours…
Thursday 12:00p – 7:00p
Friday 12:00p – 7:00p
Saturday 10:00a – 7:00p
Sunday 10:00a – 7:00p

GRO Workshops – GRO is back with girls teaching girls how to ride at X Games. Learn to ride a skateboard or BMX with some of the top female riders, many in disciplines not represented in the contests. So visit GRO for the full Girls Xperience.
Thurs/Friday:
-Mini Ramp – 12:30 – 1:00 each day for Skate
-Street Course – 2:30 – 3:00 each day for BMX and Skate

Sat/Sunday:
-Mini Ramp – 12:30 – 1:00 each day for Skate
-Street Course – 4:00 – 4:30 each day for BMX and Skate

The Women’s Contests – The contests of 2011 Games are all back for 2012! The invited riders including…

Skateboard Street Women’s
Women’s Skateboard Street Final
Friday 1:00 p.m.
Event Deck at L.A. LIVE
Marisa Dal Santo (USA)
Lacey Baker (USA)
Evelien Bouilliart (BEL)
Leticia Bufoni (BRA)
Amy Caron (USA)
Jessica Florencio (BRA)
Candy Jacobs (USA)
Rachael Reinhard (USA)
Alexis Sablone (USA)
Elissa Steamer (USA)

“America’s professional female skateboarder Marisa Dal Santo will also be hoping to continue her excellent record at the X Games. The three-time X Games gold medallist and defending X Games Skateboard Street champion will definitely be looking to assert her domination over her rivals and add another gold medal to her collection.” -Bettor.com

Moto X Enduro X Women’s, Moto X Racing Women’s
Saturday 5:00 p.m. Women’s Moto X Racing Round 1 STAPLES Center
Saturday 6:00 p.m. Women’s Moto X Racing Final STAPLES Center
Sunday 8:30 p.m. Moto X Enduro X Women’s Final STAPLES Center

Moto X Racing – Women
Athlete Name Country
Elizabeth Bash USA
Ashley Fiolek USA
Tarah Gieger PUR
Vicki Golden USA
Jackie Ives USA
Sayaka Kaneshiro TBD
Livia Lancelot USA
Amanda Maheu USA
Jessica Patterson USA
Sara Price USA
Meghan Rutledge AUS
Tatum Sik USA

Moto X Enduro X – Women
Athlete Name Country
Maria Forsberg USA
Tarah Gieger PUR
Steffi Laier GER
Kacy Martinez TBD

Vicki Golden (USA) — Defending Moto X Racing gold medalist.

See the full competition schedule on ESPN

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The International News Magazine has a great story on Camila’s recent events.

With a huge back flip like she threw down fearlessly at the 2011 BMX Masters, Camila Harambour boosted her way to a major victory and a milestone for women in action sports at the 2012 Sister Session BMX at Simple Session March 30-April 1, 2012. Her runs were fluid and strong and she dialed in other trickery that included: a few tight turndowns, a double peg stall on the subbox, feeble grind on the ledge, tuck no-hander, lookback over the hip, and smith grind…

… Ladies BMX Gets a Big Boost

There has been a good bit of support within the larger BMX community for the ladies. Recently, Fat Tony of Ride BMX Magazine said, “It is extremely important to the BMX community and sport for female riders to have an outlet for their riding to not only show off their talents as athletes, but also to expose the sport to younger generations of up and coming girls in action sports.” (Girls BMX in X Games, Yeah! Zine. May 9, 2011) http://yeahzine.com/2011/05/09/girls-bmx-in-x-games/

One rider that has worked incredibly hard advocating for ladies BMX is Nina Buitrago, a huge influence in ladies BMX, who unfortunately was not able to compete at Sister Session. Buitrago won the Girls’ Park division at the 2010 BMX Masters (now more appropriately called BMX Worlds). BMX Masters also includes a girls’ flatland class. The Toronto BMX Jam features women’s divisions in BMX Park and Freestyle MTB; women are included in competing in AMFlat events, too but compete with the guys. In 2011, Rebecca Pergentile was the only female rider that competed in flatland at Toronto as part of the CFO Flatland Unlimited 8/ AMFLat Round One.

Nina, along with Angie Marino produce Yeah! Zine and they, along with the Girls Riders Organization (GRO), and many in the larger BMX community have been pushing hard for a ladies division in BMX at the X Games.

BMX Masters has had a girls’ class since 2004 and FISE (Festival International Sport Extreme) included a girls’ contest in 2011, and now with inclusion at Simple Session, BMX ladies are represented in the major contests. With any luck – and a good measure of hard work – the ladies will have a division in the X Games very soon.

See the full story on The International News Magazine

Learn more about the push for X Games here.

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