Kicking Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness, and Daring

by Fiolek, Ashley; Ryder, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9780061946486
• ISBN10: 0061946486
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-07
• Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary

At nineteen, Ashley Fiolek is already the top female competitor in a tough men's sport: motocross, one. of the most dangerous extreme sports in the world Since going pro in late 2007, Fiolek has taken gold at the X Games, twice won the American Women's Motocross Championship, and become the first woman in American motocross history to be signed to a factory team the highest echelon of industry backing These remarkable achievements seem even more extraordinary because Fiolek was born profoundly deaf, a handicap that makes everyday life difficult . . . and competition on the track downright treacherous.

Author Biography

Ashley Fiolek is the premier female motocross racer in the world. She writes a monthly column, "Silence," in Transworld magazine and has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Sports illustrated , ESPN The Magazine and other publications. Fiolek lives in Jacksonville, Florida, but travels the world to compete.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Steel City	p. ix
First Revs	p. 1
The Gate Drops	p. 17
Florida Dirt	p. 35
Rude Pea	p. 59
Acceleration	p. 83
Going Pro	p. 105
Hurry Up and Heal	p. 129
Factory Girl	p. 147
Summer of Reckoning	p. 159
Checkered Flag	p. 179
Epilogue: We've Only Just Begun	p. 189
Acknowledgments	p. 193
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