Somewhere along the way I stumbled upon an article titled, What type of cyclist are you? written by Irish Coach Paddy Doran. Although the article made very good points there were a few things that got my blood boiling. Firstly, it was written about male bike racers and secondly he claimed to be a coach to Irish women bicycle racers. So what was wrong with this picture?
I asked myself why would a coach who excelled in coaching women write an article about male bicycle racers? To satisfy my curiosity, I sent him an e-mail saying “I enjoyed your article and now I would suggest you re-do the article featuring women racers! Why are we always ignored?â€Â  … Details
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With a labor dispute threatening to keep some of the sport’s biggest stars on the sidelines and creating uncertainty surrounding the 2011 season, principals at the Dew Tour and Maloof Money Cup reaffirmed their commitment to street skating for next year.
“We’re putting the pedal on street skating, not letting up,” said Wade Martin, president of Alli, which runs the Dew Tour action sports series, where the competitive skate park season concludes in Las Vegas Friday night. “We want to invest more against it and will look to continue to improve it.”   … Details
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