I'm somewhat perplexed by your comment. You state It's definitely dependant on your experiences and who you ride with and I completely agree, but then you go on to generalize women at the same time without having ridden with one? Living and riding the North Shore, I could introduce you to girls that go BIG all the time and even hit stunts some guys I know wouldn't. And trust me there are plenty of girls that are competitive out here! They're not competing against guys but other women while racing riding the trails, you name it. I think it all comes down to ones personal mtb community like you said. The best thing you could do is ride with a girl and maybe get her stoked on riding, show her what you've learned from riding with the boys. I learned how to ride with some very supportive guys before I started riding with other women so I can definitely understand why you have that view. I don't even disagree that boys are more naturally agressive, and that they do push each other to go bigger. Come ride Whistler or the North shore or anywhere that has a good population of women that ride, and at the sames skill level as you and you might actually be surprised :)

I feel sad for some of the boys that can't quite understand how exciting this is for women in the sport. I am lucky to live in a part of the world where there are tons of women on the trails and all the men I have met respect and support them. For the boys that just don't get it, they probably never will. Some (not all) women improve their skills ten fold when riding with other women, they trust each others lines more, the fear factor goes away when they see a peer doing big stunts/drops. It's one thing to see my boyfriend do a big stunt and say "you can do this" and another to see a female rider do the same. I think for the most part (and of course there are exceptions) Women take a slightly different approach to how they ride. That being said I have learned a ton from riding with my boys, but when I ride with the girls in my group I have a lot more of a "I can do that too attitude!"

So let me get this straight. The name of the questionnaire has been "fill in the holes" for weeks if not months, and now just because "girls" is in the title of the post it's hilarious? Sighhhh.....

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