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@trialsracer: I would wholeheartedly challenge that. As someone who's grown up adjacent to mountain biking, and has been involved in this event since year 1, that perception is rapidly changing. The amount of girls that now have role models to watch, vs people like me who had next to none... it takes time, and it's happening. "Studies" like you mention are incapable of capturing an accurate representation of this, when boys have grown up knowing they can do something, and girls for the most part have not had the visual. This event and others like it have had a direct impact. I have friends who's daughters have witnessed this event and it's changed their interest level with bikes. There are girls who have grown up attending this event who attribute it to completely changing their life trajectory. This kind of thing IS for the community.

@brianpark: yup that.

Exactly