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Re: Pets, post pics if you got 'em posted on 2006-09-20 13:26:09

my baby: Arrakis
[img]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/carobmx/Arrakis2.jpg[/img]

corn snake, snow white

 

Milkshake Series posted on 2006-09-18 11:13:50

first report and video are up on www.board-ladies.com new website, unfortunately in French mainly
direct link for the vid: http://www.b-ladies.com/bmx/videos/milkshake_series_19869_41_29.htm

also keep an eye on www.cakemx.com as I'm working on updates

 

Re: girl rider posted on 2006-09-15 16:18:41

don't bother, girls can't ride

 

Re: Moving to Australia posted on 2006-08-06 03:43:29

moving to another country requires planning ahead, especially when it comes to study.
check out this website http://studyinaustralia.gov.au/Sia/Splash.aspx lots of info on it you'll need to know and course/college/uni listing to help you choose where to go.
An advice, if you're going for school, don't choose the place because it looks nicer, there are more riders etc, choose the place because the school is good, because it offers the course you want.
Remember for Australia you need to apply for a student visa, check if that allows you to get a part-time job as well or if you need an additionnal visa.

As for accomodation, I'll just complete what has already been said before: living on campus is usually more expensive, there is often different options, like food included or there can be a shared kitchen and you cook your own meal. As said before, living on campus is more expensive, you have less flexibility in term of managing your money.
The cheapest option is to share a flat or a house with others. You got to meet people that way.
However, sharing a flat, unless bills are included in the rent, you'll have to manage the bills etc, and you might not feel easy with that as it's often the case with people leaving home for the first time. Check for flats that provide a room with all utility bills included as this might be an easier option for you. Check http://au.easyroommate.com/ to find a place to rent.

But yeah, the main thing when moving to another country is to do your homework, use internet to find the info, and plan well ahead so you don't arrive and get nowhere to go and no money. Check out the cost of life, many college/uni website give some indication on that, you need to know roughly what you gonna have to pay and how much you could earn with a part-time job, check if you can get a scholarship, check with colleges in the US if they have an exchange program and what are the terms. See if you can get in touch with students that have done the same and that could advise you, there are plenty of messageboards for international exchanges to look up for them.

I'm thinking about doing the same, moving to Australia or New Zealand, but I guess we don't have the same experience as I'm planning on studying a PhD. It would be starting up in march 2008 but I need to start planning right now as I have to find a suitable university (My 2 first choices for now are  UNSW in Sidney and University of Waikato in New Zealand) where they carry out research I'm interested in, I need to contact them to check if they would be interested in getting a PhD student and discuss a research subject for my thesis. I also need to check on research sponsorship and on scholarships and apply to all as PhD students usually don't have time for a part-time job. And I need to apply to student visa, work out the cost of living, and save money. So 1 year and half planning is needed.

I've seen Sidney is well expensive indeed, but at the same time I've already moved from france to England, and I've managed to keep my finances and England is way more expensive than Australia!

Anyway, take your time, gather info and get organised. Good luck, it's really worth it to move out and see a different country and culture!

 

Re: Milkshake Series-girl event posted on 2006-07-19 05:13:00

[quote author=DuncanPark link=topic=18654.msg202485#msg202485 date=1153281065]
where is the girl for bmx who can step it up to the mens level of riding?

i have yet to see a girl get beyond the basics of flatland, and have yet to see any girl riding street or trails.

I have seen a few amount of girls skateboarding get to a level where they can compete with AM guy riders ,let alone pro.

I have seen no pro girl snowboarders keep up with pro male riders.

Whats the fuss about girl riders?

show me something that proves me wrong if you wanna try and discredit this.
[/quote]


why do girls need to prove something? why can't you just accept we also like riding, whatever our level?
What do we care about how good others are? why when it comes to girl riding, level is so important?
why so little girls riding? maybe because each time we pick up a bike, we have to prove something to other.
How intolerant are you?
Do you also have high expectations to every of your mates, or every kids starting up?
What's wrong with you?

I just posted to give some info on an initiative we have, something to develop the feminine scene and the BMX scene in general: more girls riding, more BMX riders in general, and more variety...
VARIETY! this is what makes things interesting! why can't you tolerate people that are not as you, not same gender, not same level of riding, not the same point of view regarding riding and how they live it...

1 post for info on an event, 4 stupid irrelevant replies.
Many girls are skilled, not as good as guys, true, but think! Not same metabolism, this is a sport, physical, think about the difference of morphology and metabolism between the two genders.
Think as well that girl riding is only starting to developp while BMX has been around for a while, things are fresh for most of us.
Think also that the kind of comments received is not very supportive, many girls have already issues with their confidence when it comes to riding, because it's male-orientated sport, sometimes close-minded as you've just proved, and it can be difficult to find a place in it, because you have to PROVE you deserve it. I don't agree, if anyone is interested in bmx riding and pick up a bike to give it a try, then he/she deserves to be supported and doesn't have to prove anything.

Accept that we are different.

As for the "especially if shes hot and all tatted up and watnot"
so when you're not good-looking, then you don't really deserve to be supported either. Fucking society where image is so important when you're a girl...contradictory, when a girl is a bit too "good-looking", or too girly, then she cannot be a rider either.
Sad.

Yeah, this is feminism, because each time girls want to do something they enjoy and if this something has so far been reserved to guys, then we have to fight for being accepted as we are, we have always to prove something, as if riding wasn't hard enough to learn...don't you think you tend to make things even a bit harder for us?

Oh, and the "you" does not necessarily mean you in particular, it's for a general purpose of close-minded people like you.

And by the way, apart from sitting in front of your computer and asking girls to prove themselves while we are currently trying to do something for the BMX scene, what are YOU doing for it?