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QUEENS OF DIRT he Queens of Dirt is a small group of women from New Zealand’s dirt biking community who share a passion for riding bikes. Their aim is to connect like-minded women and girls of all abilities and skill levels, and to support them to empower each other, build confidence and develop a sense of community for women in New Zealand’s dirt biking scene. Natasha Cairns, a committee member, said, “Our mission is to promote dirt biking to girls and women of all ages to encourage self-improvement and confidence in themselves and others. We want to facilitate the continued improvement of riding skills and confidence of all levels of participants by offering annual skills and maintenance clinics to improve knowledge of bike handling skills and equipment. We’ll be organising an inaugural event, which will hopefully become annual, to help form connections between like-minded women – good vibes, high energy an great people will join forces to make this day not to be missed!” Queens of Dirt will be hosting its first event on May 11, 2019. Head over to https://www.facebook.com/ queensofdirtnz/ to get involved. HUSKY HARD X POSTPONED Forest Trail Events has postponed the Husky Hard X Enduro and trail ride due to an extreme fire risk in the forests where the events were due to take place. The original dates for the events were on the weekend of March 30 but has been put back until December 14-15, which just means plenty more time to get fit... Head to foresttrailevents.net or facebook. com/foresttrailevents for more info. KIWI RIDER 79