The youngest ever Two-time WMA champion.

Two-Time X Games gold medalist in Super X.

The first woman to be signed by the Red Bull Racing Team

First girl to be featured on the cover of Transworld Motocross magazine.

Welcome to Ashley’s World.  The World of Red Bull.

Ashley Fiolek has overcome broken bones and total deafness to succeed in the traditionally male sport of motocross. Up next, another championship – if only she can stop the boys from texting and wild boars messing up her track.

Most of us spend our lives moving in a horizontal plane: walking from house to car, driving from home to work, maybe pedalling a bit on the bike after a day’s work at the office. But twice women’s motocross champion and double X Games Super X gold medallist Ashley Fiolek prefers life on the vertical.

Give her a 250cc motorbike and she’ll climb on and set about finding the biggest dirt hill around to fling herself up and over. Give her a unicycle and she immediately wheels off and starts stunting with confident bunny hops. Give her a bowling ball and just before she hucks it down the lane, she finishes her approach with a quick, bouncy skip.

Fiolek turns and smiles at the crowd who’ve assembled to watch her bowl at Florida’s Anastasia Lanes in St Augustine, USA. Deaf since birth, she attended the nearby Florida School for The Deaf & The Blind and is something of a local celebrity. “That’s the secret!” she signs. “Jumping!”

Admittedly, Fiolek’s bowling technique sends her mobile phone skittering out of her pocket into one gutter and the ball into the opposite one. Her goal on the day is to break a score of 100 – an aim-low target that makes her mother, Roni, a former league bowler, sigh disconsolately. But catching air is where the 20-year-old is most comfortable.

There are other rivals besides gravity that Fiolek must vanquish en route to attempting to regain her title when the motocross season starts in May. First and foremost, there’s six-time women’s motocross champ Jessica Patterson, who took the title back from Fiolek during the 2010 season. But a day spent with Fiolek as she trains reveals an array of foes: ghosts, robots and lovelorn boys. Also, at night the wild boars come…

For the full story, pick up the April Red Bulletin Magazine online at redbulletin.com (page 66 – 72)

Red Bull Ride Day will put you up close to your MX heroes. Expected at the event are Red Bull athletes and team riders Ashley Fiolek, James Stewart, Andrew Short, Mike Alessi, Ken Roczen, Ronnie Renner, Kyle Regal, Cole Seely, Travis Baker, Christian Craig, Steve Haugelstein, Lance Coury and Jessie Nelson.

They will be hanging out and riding at Milestone MX Park this Sunday, February 20th. Also in attendance will be industry icons Ricky Johnson and Troy Lee. Throughout the day, there will be open practice by class, autograph signings and athlete hot laps. The first 1,000 through the door will receive a free Red Bull Ride Day t-shirt.

To gain entry to this FREE event, visit your hometown Stater Bros. supermarket and grab an Entry Coupon near the Red Bull display or at any checkout stand. If all the Entry Coupons are gone, no worries just bring a Stater Bros. receipt to the gate and it will also get you in for free.

Date & Time:  Sunday, February 20, 2011 from 9:00am – 4:00pm

Location:  Milestone MX Park, 12685 Holly Street, Riverside, CA 92509

Admission: Bring an exclusive Stater Bros. Entry Coupon or Stater Bros. receipt to gain free entry. Entries are limited to venue capacity and are granted on a first come, first served basis.

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Ashley Fiolek brought the 2010 Women’s Motocross Championship series to a close on Saturday with a victory in San Diego, finishing the series in second overall.

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Bid on Ashley Fiolek’s autographed helmet and signed copy of her autobiography to help raise money to improve the conditions of schools in the developing world.

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Defending champ Ashley Fiolek goes 1-2 at Steel City for another second overall performance, keeping her within 22 points of series leader Jessica Patterson.

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