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How I Grew Up Riding Dirt Bikes
OutdoorUAE
|April 2018
An interview with Dana Miskulnig and what she was telling people about in during the inspiring women’s talk
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I’m originally Austrian but was born and raised in Dubai and yes… I’ve seen the place change A LOT!
To give you a bit of a background I grew up riding dirt bikes in the desert, wake boarding, waterskiing, surfing, skating (basically avoiding ball sports) and recently picked up kitesurfing and am lucky enough to be supported by Naish here in Dubai.
How I Got Started
Well the way I got started is that I was lucky enough to have a dad who got me into it at just the right time. One Christmas when I was 16 years he got my mom and me a dirt bike as a gift and together we learnt how to ride this motorcycle. So if anyone thinks you can only learn these things at a young age my mom was around 40 at the time (sorry mom) and trust me when I say, if she can do it there’s no reason you can’t!
My Struggle and How it Gave me Confidence
This story is from the April 2018 edition of OutdoorUAE.
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