Flock to the Rock: Inspiring and Empowering Women Riders

With Spring on the doorstep, Global Moto Adventures is celebrating women adventure riders with a female-centric motorcycle event, Flock to the Rock.

Flock to the Rock is all about inspiring women adventure riders to go further, both literally and figuratively: exploring roads less ridden, overcoming fears and challenges, and supporting each other as a community.

“FTTR was born from my everyday experience in speaking with women who ride - I really wanted to share the excitement that I feel every time I hear somebody share their story about riding, the first time they rode, their first epic adventure, and so on. I thought, what a perfect opportunity to inspire a group of women who ride!”, - says Ruth Belcher, owner of Global Moto Adventures and organizer of the Flock to the Rock event.

Flock to the Rock will take place on May 3-5, 2018, in Seaside, Oregon, and is open to all women riders. FTTR will have workshops, ride-outs, and guest speakers: ADV Woman Pat Jacques, an off-road riding instructor and mastermind behind the ADV Woman Rally, and Elspeth Beard, motorcyclist and author, the first British woman to have ridden around the world.

“What I love about the diversity of our speakers this year is that they each have such a passion and love for motorcycling, yet their paths are so different. Pat is an extraordinary off-road adventure rider and instructor. She has made it her life’s work to teach women how to ride and give them tools to become better riders, empowering them to stretch and grow in ways that change their lives.



As for Elspeth, she has been one of my Moto heroines for quite some time. She has an extraordinary story that is detailed in her new book, "Lone Rider”. As the first British woman to go around the world on her motorcycle, she is truly an inspiration to so many women (and men) and we are so grateful that she will be with us to share her story”, - Ruth explains.

Flock to the Rock isn’t just a rally: it’s an opportunity to build community, network, and get support from like-minded women riders.

“I'm looking forward to all of the women experiencing camaraderie, networking, meeting other women who ride, and really coming together as a community, sharing our love for motorcycling. We each have a story to tell and I'm excited to meet new riders and seasoned riders alike. I’m excited that FTTR can be a conduit to empowering them to live their dreams beyond their fears in motorcycling”, - says Ruth.

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Ruth Belcher is the Founder of Global Moto Adventures, LLC, an organization dedicated to empowering women to follow their dreams of motorcycle travel, inspiring one another to build a community of like-minded souls by creating opportunities for connection and promoting the annual Pacific Northwest female-centric event, Flock to the Rock.

About Global Moto Adventures: The mission of Global Moto Adventures is to provide inspirational resources for women on motorcycles around the world, empowering them to live their dreams beyond their fears. We are creating a network of women riders on a local and global scale. www.globalmotoadv.com

The Women’s Motorcyclist Foundation, Inc. (WMF) invites riders to develop and hone adventure riding skills at the female-focused 2019 DIRTY for GOOD dual-sport training camp at Rocky Gap State Park, MD, August 7 – 12, 2019. Everything is in place for a fantastic rider training experience designed to prepare participants to take on their own adventures in the future.

WMF, Inc., having previously hosted dual-sport rider training camps and tours in Colorado, California, Alaska plus the Yukon and Northwest Territories, now sees the need to provide such opportunities for dual sport and adventure riding camps East of the Mississippi. Not only has WMF discovered an array of dual sport and adventure riding opportunities in the East, its impetus has been further inspired by the completion of the Mid-Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route (MABDR) and the present construction of the North East Backcountry Discovery (NEBDR) scheduled to be completed in January 2020.



DIRTY for GOOD Dual Sport Camps are female focused, but not exclusively female targeting motorcycle licensed beginner, novice to intermediate level dual-sport riders. DIRTY for GOOD Camps’ moderate price with a fundraising element, helps to encourage the uninitiated to give off-road riding a try. WMF, Inc. wants the number of off-road riders in general to grow and sees female riders as key to this progression. WMF also encourages lifelong learning through continuous and advanced training with organizations such as BMW Rider Academy Off-Road, Dragoo Adventure Rider Training, Xplor-International and RawHyde Adventure Training Camps.

For DIRTY for GOOD 2019, Xplor-International and SheADV are partnering with WMF to provide four days of professional dual-sport training. Riders will learn motorcycle maintenance skills, environmental stewardship practices and experience four days of safe dual-sport rider training through closed range exercises before moving out to situational training on trails.



“My dirt riding skills improved substantially! I gained the confidence to maneuver all kinds of terrain,” says Robin Bova, who has attended similar WMF camps in the past. Interestingly, Robin represents just one of the 76.48% of road riders who went on to purchase and ride dual sport and adventure bikes having trained initially through a WMF hosted dual sport camp.

The registration cost is $800 which covers four days of training, meals, camping space, T-Shirt, and other goodies. The Women’s Motorcyclist Foundation is an IRS registered 501(c)(3) charitable/educational organization.



Thus, registrants also agree to raise a minimum of $300, every penny of which goes towards three charitable initiatives including Final Salute, Inc., a non-profit organization serving female Veterans with safe and suitable housing. Final Salute, Inc. founder, Jas Booth says, “All monies will directly go toward housing homeless women veterans and their children and provide emergency services financial assistance to prevent homelessness.”

Funds will also go towards the Women’s Coalition of Motorcyclists, a non-profit organization which will use funding from the DIRTY for GOOD funding towards training a female off-road rider to become an off-road riding instructor. The third area for funding is youth off-road rider training. WMF, Inc. welcomes inquiries from certified dirt bike training schools.



For more information, visit http://bit.ly/DirtyForGoodWMF. To register for the camp online, visit https://womensmotorcyclistfoundation.org/dirty-for-good-registration/.