DIRT CAMP 2018 @ GREENFIELD DIRT TRACK

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We came, we saw, we rode dirt with some of the UKs best dirt track riders & racers, learned a few MX skills, jumped dirt jumps, camped out , hung out around a bonfire, met old friends & met a few new ones as well, all at the amazing Greenfield Dirt Track facility in Lincolnshire...... This was DIRT CAMP 2018!

Started in 2015 by The Dirt Track Rider Association as an initiative to get more women into flat track & ultimately racing in the DTRA series, DIRT CAMP has now grown into a weekend full of everything from complete learners jumping on a bike for the first time, advice & lessons from some of the UKs leading flat track racers (including the Incredible Leah Tokelove) about how to go fast & turn left, MX skills & enduro riding.

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A massive thanks to all the people who work hard to make this event a real highlight of the summer! From the ,DTRA, Greenfield Dirt track (and all who run this incredible grass roots facility), Leah Tokelove & all the instructors who donate their time & bikes to the cause,  and of course the amazing ladies who came along & got dirty with us! 

LONG LIVE DIRT CAMP!

All photos by  TOM BING

IMAGE: TOM BING

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And this is how the pros do it.....

For more images of the event & for info on how to get into flat track go to the DTRA Facebook page & Greenfield Dirt Track & shoot them a follow 

VC X VICE - The Motorcycle Collective Getting Hundreds of Women Into Extreme Sports

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A massive thanks to VICE for coming along to our Dirt Camp event in collaboration with the DTRA and Greenfield Dirt Track and getting dirty with us!

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VC LONDON - The Motorcycle Collective Getting Hundreds of Women Into Extreme Sports - By Giulia Aliverti

VC London is an all-women motorbike collective founded by designers Gemma Harrison, Maite Storni and Namin Cho. Fuelled by their passion for motorbikes and a desire to encourage women to start riding, the three friends originally set out in 2015 to document their adventures on social media, while offering free riding lessons for beginners in an abandoned car park in east London. 

Since then, VC has introduced over 200 women to motorcycling, with the overall aim of "creating a judgment and jealousy-free positive space for women to come and try something new". The founders hope that, through the collective, their riders will not only be able to hold their own on any race track, but will also have the confidence to step into any male-dominated space.

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Despite the inevitable complaints by men on social media that women-only spaces are sexist – including one guy who threatened to sue them – VC has expanded over the past three years to include regular talks and panels with professional extreme sportswomen, skateboarding and surfing lessons, a weekend camping festival, an apparel line and collaborations with brands like Red Bull and Vans.

To read the rest of the article at VICE.com click HERE

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