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Aimed at capturing the lifestyle of female riders in the testosterone-ridden world of mountain biking, the makers of a new film, Awesome Land: Women of Dirt, hope to shed light on what drives these women athletes.

“The inspiration for Women Of Dirt starts first with the women who make up an important part of our sport and yet get overlooked,” said film producer Mark Brent. “We felt that our lifestyle gets overlooked, and that the women in our sport get overlooked. By focusing on two elements that we don’t see in DVDs, we are telling a story that hasn’t been told.”

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Via Bikemagazine, Photo Wil Smith

2008 World Champion Downhill rider Gee Atherton gets his gear off for British Cosmopolitan magazine to help raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer with all proceeds going to Everyman Charity.

Via Bike Radar

I had a great Bike Weekend at Bike Park Livigno. It was my first time there and I do really like this Park. It’s full of flow and jumps. They have this Swatch Bike Park – Big AIR Bag. That was my first time I ever jumped on that Bag. It’s really easy, but I have to confess that I was really scared – I almost didn’t do it… On Sunday, it was a little bit wet and I couldn’t get the curve after a woody North Shore, so I just drove strait a head between two Trees, fell front flip over my Bike and my really hard but stylish saddle cut my leg off (I guess it’s time for a new saddle)…

see my Swatch Big Air Bag Jump video here:
http://www.swatch.com/zz_en/shootmyride/smr_videoplayer.id-59604.html

see more Pictures of my Weekend here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karinchristen/tags/livigno/

go to my page here:
http://kairin.ch/blog/2009/09/bike-weekend-in-livigno-it/

Meet Karin, she’s a totally rad downhill / freeride biker from Switzerland. She’s also Candy Cranks newest author. You can check out her blog/bikes and her favourite trails here. Welcome Karin!