Photo credits go to LUNA Pro Team – Rich Adams
December 2008 – The BC Bike Race – The Ultimate Singletrack Experience is proud to announce the LUNA Pro Teams participation in the 2009 event scheduled for June 28th– July 4th.
The LUNA Pro Teams’ motto, “We are dedicated to getting more women into sports and outside to play,” dovetails nicely into the overall vision of the BC Bike Race. As a seven-day epic mountain bike stage race that incorporates some of the World’s finest singletrack, we believe that health and well being are directly related to stress relief and self-actualization. The mountain bike is one of the best mediums to have fun and get outside and BC is one of the best places to do it.
Team LUNA’s Catharine Pendrel and Katarina Nash, both former Olympians, are slated to tackle the epic BC Bike Race. Both women are at the top of their game and will be looking to have fun while still using the event as a stepping stone to their overall 2009 season.
“Having these two amazing women and the LUNA Pro Team here at the BC Bike Race will hopefully inspire more women to undertake this exhilarating challenge” said President Dean Payne. “It’s hard, but fun, and there isn’t a better way out there to see this amazing countryside.”
A brief history of the LUNA Pro Team
Gary Erickson, co-owner of Clif Bar & Company, is the driving force behind the LUNA Pro Team. Gary’s epiphany to create the first LUNA Pro Team, the LUNA Women’s Mountain Bike Team, struck during the summer of 2001. On vacation in Greece, relaxing on the beach and watching his daughter Lydia play in the surf, Gary began to wonder what the future would hold for her as a woman and an athlete. Ignited by this moment, and encouraged by his wife Kit, Gary decided to create a professional women’s mountain bike team with support, resources and compensation on par with male counterparts.
This dynamic all-women’s program aspires to embolden and motivate women from diverse backgrounds to seek new challenges in their lives.
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Photo credits go to LUNA Pro Team – Rich Adams
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