This Texas-based rally raid team is stoked to be competing in the 2025 Rebelle Rally. While this will be both competitors’ third year of competition in the rally, this will be their first year as a team. We met during training at Rebelle U in 2023, but started training together almost a year ago, when we found themselves prepping for our third years solo. It worked out nicely that Amanda lives close to Kirstin’s office in Austin, and they auditioned each other with a weekend of local training on the country roads before deciding to commit to the year’s rally.
COBB Tuning, BOOSTane, Pro Eagle, Exodus 4×4, BuiltRight Industries, Motley Industries, Mickey Thompson Tires, Texas Shock Works, Factor 55, Triple-R Lighting, Seat Time Syndicate, RaptorStrike Podcast
I work for Accenture, as a Global Strategy & Consulting Sales Excellence Advisor, driving winning sales behaviors for our global practice.
Giddings, Texas
The University of Texas at Austin - English BA , Lon Morris College - Biology AS
“Don’t be a lady, be a legend” – Stevie Nicks
I am a former collegiate softball and trumpet player and in my 30's played 2 seasons of full contact football as an outside and inside linebacker for the Carolina Phoenix in the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) and Independent Women's Football League (IWFL).
The first year I answered this question, it was simply because I could. The following years have been a bit more meaningful. During my rookie year, the greatest gift I received from the Rebelle Rally was not what I expected – I experienced 10 days void of PTSD symptoms. I truly believe that is largely due to the technology disconnect we have while competing.
I am most inspired by trail blazers, cutting new paths and lighting the way for those coming behind them.
Podcasts: Cold, The Sappy Hour, Ted Talks Daily
Books: Love all things Steven King, Art of Racing in the Rain, Daring Greatly
Shows: Ted Lasso, Love on the Spectrum, Texas Longhorn College Football
Driving my 2024 Ranger Raptor up Hell's Gate this summer on Hell's Revenge Trail in Moab, Utah with my husband, Steve, cheering me on and good friends guiding me through to help me conquer my fear of fins and steep ledges.
2023, 2024
We are here to shoot our shot! Why?? Because we can… and for “Fortune & Glory kid…”
Outside of the office, you will likely find me outdoors with my two dogs, Ranger & Remi, fishing, camping, hiking, off-roading or at the gun range. I love making and listening to music – play both the trumpet and the piano. I am happiest when I am learning and/or competing. I’ve recently learned how to do some basic automotive wiring and have been growing that skill in the shop this year.
My venture into motorsports is fairly recent and started with the family purchase of a’21 Ford Bronco Badlands.
I am a former collegiate softball and trumpet player and in my 30's played 2 seasons of full contact football as an outside and inside linebacker for the Carolina Phoenix in the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) and Independent Women's Football League (IWFL).
I love it all and for different reasons. The sand dunes are my favorite because they are so technically challenging and consequences for mistakes are that much bigger.
Riding the middle…
The rally has taught me way more than I ever expected and can write here. The most compelling – two things – 1. Trust Yourself. That intuition is so good. 2. A world with zero hypervigilance exists and I can find my way back there.
Had the opportunity to ride in a friend’s Ariel Atom Time Trial car at Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, TX – loved every minute of it. Speed hits different when you’re that low to the ground and exposed to the elements and really enjoyed learning a bit about the racing line.
I work in sales and marketing in the automotive aftermarket, specifically in the truck and offroad market. In short, that means that ~99.9% of my life is spent thinking about trucks, talking about trucks, working on trucks, or driving trucks. Work/life balance is almost impossible to square in my life, because this is the thing that I love, whether I'm on the clock or not.
Moscow, TN
University of California, Davis - Communications, University of Redlands, MBA - Marketing Emphasis
There are 2! "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "Life is a daring adventure, or it is nothing at all." — Helen Keller
My first "overland" trip was the Mojave Road...on horseback, for a week.
Why Rebelle?! What a silly question! Year one was for exploring and learning how much I didn't know. Year two was for building, and going into year 3, Rebelle is about going hard - giving it everything we've got, and aiming for the top of the pack.
My Grandma Joan, she's smart, well-travelled, and has the kind of stories I can only aspire to in my life.
Podcast: This American Life
Book: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Show: Parks and Recreation
Moving to Tennessee alone, and then tricking my now-husband Josh into marrying me and moving here, too.
2023, 2024
Seeing beautiful things and having a great experience are amazing goals, but there are far less expensive and stressful ways to do those things. We're doing Rebelle this year because we want to perform better than we ever have, and we're training this year like there's a chance at the podium. Even if that's not true for us this year, we're approaching it from that competitive of a head space.
I've really gotten dangerous when it comes to home renovation - there's pretty much no task I won't go after with enough "research" - see also: YouTube. It's not exactly a sport, but at the end of the day, you'll still feel like you've been working out. It forces the combination of creativity, strategy, and sweat to come together in a way that's pretty well unmatched in this world.
I was into drag racing for years, and non-competitive off-roading for the purpose of adventure more recently (the last 10 years or so). Until the Rebelle, offroading was basically hiking in trucks for me - a way to explore and see beautiful things. The competitor in me loves that I can use the drive from racing, and the beauty of offroading and blend it into this adventure.
I've climbed mountains, and run marathons, done triathlon...nothing is as hard and fun as the Rebelle.
The dunes are the easiest to measure in, but I think my favorite parts of the course is up around Mammoth - I love the elevation and the scenery.
The hardest part of the Rebelle bouncing back after a bad day (hour, checkpoint, etc).
The rally has made me re-engage with the things in life that are hard. Long hours at work, a crazy workout, even having hard conversations - those are the kinds of things you're training when you're on the rally, even when you don't realize it. The rally is physically demanding, mentally taxing, and requires nothing short of your full focus for 10 days. It's a blessing to be able to compete in this event, and that's not lost on me. When we have the opportunity to to incredible things, I think we're obligated to do them to the absolute best of our abilities. When you max out, don't step back - grow your ability.
All of my best moments have involved vehicles, but the easiest here has to be my wedding - we off roaded to the place we first camped, and conned about 20 of our nearest and dearest into joining us.
