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BIOGRAPHY
I am sure a lot of people are usually shocked to learn what I do when they first meet me. I do, however, understand where they are coming from. There aren't too many women who are into more than 1 or 2 two extreme sports, much less all of the ones that I am into. I guess I don't fit your average extreme sports profile. But I don't know what else I would do it I weren't falling, racing, jumping, flying, or luging. I think I might shrivel up and die if I weren't able to do what I love.

I think my passion for adventure and excitement began in early childhood. My Dad always had motorcycles and I remember jumping railroad tracks and whoops while riding on the back. My father lived and breathed motorcycles. But it was my mother who raised me and always taught me to go after anything that I wanted and that there were no limits. I feel that I inherited her strength and tenacity. Thank you, Mom!

I have pushed the limits for as long as I can remember. When I was 10 years old I used to ride my horses as fast as I could through the fields with no tack (saddle or bridle) whatsoever. We also used to gallop our horses towards a rope swing and then grab it as we passed. We held on for dear life as we were ripped from our running horses' backs. The kid who had the highest rebound without hitting the ground was the winner. Of course, I suppose my first real taste was when I was 4 and my pony took off down the street running through traffic with my grandparents screaming and running after me. A few blocks later, in tears, I proudly announced, "I stopped 'em Maw Maw, I stopped em!"

Whether it was jumping out in freefall from a huge oak tree from ship rope swings to jumping trains to ride over tall bridges, we were always up to something. Yet, I didn't start riding motorcycles until I was about 21 years old. I had never even operated a motorcycle, scooter, or dirtbike for that matter until I bought my first streetbike. I had ridden quads and three-wheelers (yes! three-wheelers, haha!) but never anything on two wheels other than a bicycle. I finally learned on my brand new Suzuki Katana 600 and believe me, this is NOT the way to go. I dropped it in the first few seconds and popped off a mirror. Oops. You live, you learn.

My life has not always been so straightforward. In fact, I sometimes wonder how I've made it through many of my life experiences, extreme sports aside. Yet, faced with adversity, I usually come out ahead, or at the very least learn a lesson I can apply to the next chapter in my life. If I had to describe myself in three words, I'd say that I am passionate, adaptable, and driven. I am a bit of a 'wild horse' which can never be tamed and sometimes (okay, most times) that works against me. But you are who you are. Embrace it and find people who accept you for who you really are--not what they want you to be. Because if you go that route, it will be a struggle forever.

Anyway, I have always found time to take that step over the edge just to see how far the fall happens to be. It can be an uncertain process, but for some reason I always find myself in these situations. I often wonder if I make enough serotonin on my own ;) I am always willing and ready to either step, speed, or dive off into the unknown.

Birthday: May 22, Gemini
Location: Southern California
Stats: Height: 5' 6" Weight: 122 lb Shoe: 6 1/2 - 7US
Hobbies & Interests: Roadracing, skydiving, wingsuits, freeflying, B.A.S.E. jumping,dirtbikes, ice riding, street luge, SCUBA diving, horseback riding, sprintkarts, snowsports (snowmobiles, snow dirtbiking, snowblading), fencing, trying to get better any of the aforementioned, painting in oils, piano, charity work, performing arts and art galleries, wine tasting, and traveling.
Favorite Feeling: Acceleration, whether on the ground or in freefall. Oh, and a perfect apex with considerable exit speed! And Zero G jumps are heavenly.
Quotes: "How hard can it be?" "What can possibly go wrong?" or "No good can come of this."
Dislikes & Pet Peeves: Rudeness, lack of empathy, narcissists, olives and raw tomatoes. Blech.
Fears: Zombies, Bears and Clowns
Addictions: Endorphins, high stress situations.
Bad Habits: Not drinking enough water. Not doing enough cardio. Oh and buying entirely too much gear.
Past Injuries:

Fractured C-5 - BASE or skydiving, I don't know because I did each within three days of each other, had hard openings in both and went to the doctor with a fractured C-5, yay! I am assuming it was the first hard opening with a Sabre1.
Fractured T-6 and T-7, torn rotator cuff, fractures to a few ribs, both collar bones, sternum, scapula - Motorcycle accident, hit at a stop light from behind.
Fractured Coccyx - Canopy collapse in BASE
Fractured Tibia - Horseback riding, got kicked by my mare while on my gelding. What are the odds?
Fractured Ulna - Long story
Fractured left hand - Another long story
Broken right second toe - Stupidity
Ground down patella (seriously), further injury to the neck and back - Motorcycle accident, got hit by a Geo Metro (Embarrassing)
Broken right thumb - Skydiving
Two compressed discs - Who EVEN knows, related to prior injuries
Hip injury with ongoing pain - Highside off a quad with no gear
Roadrash - You name it, whether fully protected in a set of leathers or not. It happens.
And a partridge in a pear treeeeee.

Aspirations: Living the dream
On Any Given Day...I have probably refreshed my email box about 200 times by noon (even though it refreshes on its own every 5 minutes).