When it comes to telling you about the athletic requirements of being a motocross rider, Red Bull’s Tarah Geiger will do you one better: She’ll show you. Like when she rode her dirtbike virtually naked—clad only in a pair of Tech 10 boots—for eight hours as the first motocross rider to be featured in ESPN’s prestigious Body Issue. Or perhaps when she became the first woman to race in the Motocross of Nations, or took home the gold medal at the X Games’ first women’s motocross event. Whether it’s rebounding from injuries, battling naysayers in a male-dominated sport, or mastering the mechanics of her bike, one thing’s for certain: Geiger is a woman of action.
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