Meet Leah Petersen Hot

Leah Petersen, Stunter and AllAboutBikes Writer and Stunter

Growing up, I never stopped asking for a dirt bike. We always had quads on the farm, but I dreamed of zipping around the desert on two wheels, not four. Thanks to my serious involvement with showing and training horses, I really never had time to ride dirt bikes seriously. Then when I went to college and was not able to ride horses as much; I was totally ready for my two-wheeled machine.

I bought my first motorcycle about six years ago, a hulking second generation Suzuki GSX-R. That blue dinosaur and I commuted to Columbia University in New York City, explored every inch of upstate New York and finally sped coast to coast before we parted ways before I moved out of the country.  After my year abroad I returned to Los Angeles raring to buy another motorcycle, which ended up being a Kawasaki 636 and as fate would have it, I bought it from a stunt motorcycle shop.

Being the new girl in town, they invited me out to their bike night and I was introduced to technical stunting and instantly hooked! I ended up buying another bike strictly for stunting a few weeks later and started practicing. Since then I have fallen in love with the sport and the community.

I am excited to be contributing to All About Bikes since I get to rant about my two favorite subjects, female motorcyclists and stunting.