RUST magazine: RUST #44

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Jocelin
Jocelin Snow, an International
GS Trophy finalist in 2018, riding in
Mongolia with Team Ausamerica,
will be joint-hosting BMW Motorrad’s
tele-broadcasts from the 2020
Oceania edition in February. Settled
in California, although originally from
Maine on the USA’s North East coast,
the 48-year-old five-feet-one-anda-half
(the half is important) motophenomenon
has become – not for the
first time – an inspiration to others in
motorcycling.
Being short – and female – has
meant Jocelin has faced physical and
prejudicial barriers throughout her
motorcycling career. She’s overcome
not only these but serious injuries too.
She ascended to a professional road
racer career in the US before a crash
at Daytona left her needing major
reconstructive surgery to her left hand.
This did not stop her. Sadly running
into a concrete wall (at Willow Springs
Raceway) did, but even months in a
wheelchair did not quench her thirst
for motorcycling. And now, having
only comparatively recently discovered
adventure motorcycling, she’s again
blazing a trail, not on the race tracks but
on the trails into the backcountry and
wild lands around the world.
Only this is no solo mission. For these
days Jocelin’s riding is about sharing
and encouraging others to discover
the joy and the freedom in adventure
motorcycling. So we caught up with
Jocelin at the recent International
Female Team Qualifier in Spain
– where she was mentoring the next
wave of top-performing female GS
riders. We wanted to know more about
how she got here.
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