Nobody has more fun during a NICA Event Weekend than these girls!

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What is GRiT? NICA’s vision is that every youth is empowered to be part of a thriving and engaged cycling community. NICA’s Girls Riding Together (GRiT) initiative exists to give girls and women equitable access to the transformative power of mountain biking. Through GRiT, we create the safe spaces and opportunities necessary for women and girls to engage, build confidence, belong, and thrive as riders and humans.

GRiT Rides:  Activities are focused on increasing girls’ awareness of NICA programs by offering girls-only riding opportunities for student athletes, moms, friends and female coaches. This year we had our largest GRiT rides EVER! GRiT rides provide the girls with an opportunity to pre-ride the course, ask questions and session obstacles on the trails and have fun chatting along the way! 

GRiT Ambassadors: GRiT Ambassadors play a critical role in getting #MoreGirlsOnBikes by helping to implement the GRiT initiative on their teams and in their leagues. They are leaders in their NICA community, role models for other student-athletes, and, most importantly, they embody NICA’s core values. This year we had 10 ambassadors across five teams, 30% more than last year!!

Special thank you to the 2024 GRiT Ambassadors: Grace, Charis, Layla, Lola, Ayla, Claire, Ava, Ivy, Alana and Elli!

GRiT Activities: At each event weekend, GRiT hosts activities to build community across the GRiT program and across the league. This year, GRiT hosted a Cheeseball competition (a crowd favorite), donut fishing, tye-dye, scavenger hunt and bead making with the GRiT Ambassadors. 

GRiT Coaches: GRiT Coaches enable the GRiT program at the team level – creating team GRiT rides, GRiT events and recruiting efforts to get #moreGirlsOnBikes. Next year, we hope to continue to establish more GRiT coaches per team. 

Special thank you to GRiT Coach Steph from Lost in the Woods for all her incredible work for her team and the league. YOU ROCK! 

Interested in helping with the GRiT program? Contact Allison Kiefer at allison@ohiomtb.org. 

Allison Kiefer 

Ohio GRiT Coordinator

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