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Sarah Kashyap

Sarah Kashyap
Sarah Kashyap

Sarah Kashyap is India's first female off-road racer. She has accomplished several feats, including being the first Indian woman to finish the Raid-de-Himalaya rally in the extreme two-wheeler category and the only woman ever to participate in the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally. She works as an Assistant Manager at Royal Enfield, where she helps organize national rides and events. Sarah enjoys pushing her limits through motorsports and has competed in several rallies and races across India.

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SARAH KASHYAP Indias first female off road racer! Sarah is Indias first female off road racer, has to her credits of being the 1st Indian woman to finish Raid-de-himalaya in Extreme category 2W (on a Royal Enfield) and the only woman EVER to participate in Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally (on a KTM Duke 200) Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarahkashyap006 Twitter: @sarahkashyap Instagram: @sarahkashyap Email: sarahkashyap@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9884836307
There were 31 participants (from Indian & abroad) in the 14th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm this year in the Extreme Moto 2W category. And out of those 31, there was 1 woman Sarah Kashyap. Fourteen years of Desert Storm and NO Indian or even foreign woman has even attempted it on a motorcycle, leave aside finishing a day of it! Sarah not only survived for the 3 days of the rally but also became the first woman ever to do so, not to forget won hearts! She has to her credit being the only Indian woman ever to finish Raid-de-himalaya again in the extreme Moto category. Along with the above rallies, shes also the only woman motorcyclist to participate in SJOBA Rally, Indian National Rally championships (INRC) and her upcoming event includes Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare among many others. Shes a promising name in Indian motorsports and with more experience day-by-day is also proving to be a woman rider whos capable of giving the boys a run-for-their-money! Scroll down to read more about her:
ABOUT SARAH: Aged 30 years, Sarah is a corporate professional currently working with Royal Enfield as Assistant Manager in the Department of Rides & Community. Its the core rides team that organizes the national rides and events across the country and are behind training the dealers on these aspects. I joined Royal Enfield in 2014. Being a traveller and a blogger (read: https://indiasflipside.wordpress.com/) before that, I have been actively involved with the motorcycling community all these years. Apart from that, my work experience includes varied roles from being a bartender in London to a social support worker in Wales (caring for children with learning disabilities); and from being a professor in Chandigarh to working for now Royal Enfield in Chennai (my current position), riding different motorcycles all this while. I am the first woman rider to be hired by the company as part of their rides team, says Sarah, proudly. Her big moment was when she decided to come back to India for good in 2013 and decided to embark on a journey to discover what she called as Indias Flipside. She travelled solo from Bangalore Ladakh and back till Chandigarh, covering around 6000 kms and 8 mountain passes in 20 days and became Indias first woman to do so on a Royal Enfield. Though never behind awards or records, she believes travelling is her biggest calling! Always a fan of pushing limits and discovering newer areas to test her adventure spirit, she got introduced to racing in 2014 when she attempted her first dirt track race at Royal Enfield Rider Mania, Goa and finished 4th in her first attempt (out of 10 participants). Royal Enfield Dirt Track Race, Goa 2014 SJOBA Rally (one of the oldest rally races in India), 2015
She also finished MRF MoGrip INRC Rally of Hyderabad in the Bullet Class (Read 3rd paragraph)
The big win was the 17th Raid-de-Himalaya 2015. 17 years of Raid-de-Himalaya, the highest and toughest motorsport event in India and considered to be the second toughest after Dakar; and there was never an Indian woman who finished all six days of Extreme 2W category. Before me, only 2 women had attempted raid and they got out on the 1st day itself. I rode a modified Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 in the Extreme 2W category and became the first Indian woman to finish Raid-de-Himalaya at 20th position out of 75 riders who started the raid. Here are a few clips of some video coverage shot during raid-de-Himalaya: 1. Raid de Himalaya a short film on the greatest rally in the Himalaya YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39fdNFmgny0&feature=share (byte, 04:04 onwards) 2. Overdrive IBN Live 17th Raid de Himalaya Web link: https://www.facebook.com/Indiasflipside/videos/622736804532680/ (byte, 0:53 & 05:10)
I had a fall on the last day of the rally on black ice, in the first stage, and cracked my collar bone. With the cracked collar bone, I rode 226kms till Srinagar, finally finishing the rally and thereafter becoming the first woman biker to win Coupe- de-dames trophy and also John Mark James trophy for bravery.
More print coverage of the above accomplishment can be found here: 1. India Today: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rider-of-the-storm-motorcyclist-sarah-kashyap-raid-de- himalaya/1/558021.html 2. Deccan Chronicle: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/151103/lifestyle-offbeat/article/raid-mountains
3. Overdrive: http://overdrive.in/news/2015-raid-de-himalaya-raj-singh-rathore-wins-xtreme-4x4-category/ 4. Royal Enfield: on.fb.me/1PiBuRh 5. Local Coverage: A Kannada Newspaper:
14th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm Media Coverage about the 14th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 1. The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/motorcyclist-sarah-kashyap-braves-the-desert- storm/article8437847.ece
2. PRWeb http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/03/prweb13299553.htm 3. Big FM https://www.facebook.com/RJAnkushRedFM/videos/1162524453759326/ The video garnered more than 2.5 thousand views! 4. Video coverage by AutoCar India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeL0XnkaROg
Apart from being a motorsport enthusiast, I have also been a long distance motorcycle traveller. There have been several articles written on my journeys, some of them are by: 1. Hindustan Times 2. Wego - http://www.wego.com/news/google-solo-motorbike-rider-india/
3. Inspiria - http://inspiria.edu.in/sarah-kashyap-an-inspiration-india/ 4. Motorcycle Travellers Meet - http://motorcycle.travellersmeet.in/mtm-minis/north-delhi/
5. The Optimist Diary - http://laxmitodiwan.blogspot.in/2015/08/people-i-am-glad-to-have-met-bikers-and.html 6. Bangalore Mirror http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/sunday-read/Girls-just-want-to-go-solo/articleshow/47398576.cms 7. Times of India 8. I was also the cover story of Glimpse Magazine, September 2014 issue.
9. Ride Build Drive: 10. I am also the first woman in Royal Enfield who has been a co-lead for one of their biggest rides The Himalayan Odyssey.

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  • 1. SARAH KASHYAP Indias first female off road racer! Sarah is Indias first female off road racer, has to her credits of being the 1st Indian woman to finish Raid-de-himalaya in Extreme category 2W (on a Royal Enfield) and the only woman EVER to participate in Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally (on a KTM Duke 200) Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarahkashyap006 Twitter: @sarahkashyap Instagram: @sarahkashyap Email: sarahkashyap@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9884836307
  • 2. There were 31 participants (from Indian & abroad) in the 14th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm this year in the Extreme Moto 2W category. And out of those 31, there was 1 woman Sarah Kashyap. Fourteen years of Desert Storm and NO Indian or even foreign woman has even attempted it on a motorcycle, leave aside finishing a day of it! Sarah not only survived for the 3 days of the rally but also became the first woman ever to do so, not to forget won hearts! She has to her credit being the only Indian woman ever to finish Raid-de-himalaya again in the extreme Moto category. Along with the above rallies, shes also the only woman motorcyclist to participate in SJOBA Rally, Indian National Rally championships (INRC) and her upcoming event includes Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare among many others. Shes a promising name in Indian motorsports and with more experience day-by-day is also proving to be a woman rider whos capable of giving the boys a run-for-their-money! Scroll down to read more about her:
  • 3. ABOUT SARAH: Aged 30 years, Sarah is a corporate professional currently working with Royal Enfield as Assistant Manager in the Department of Rides & Community. Its the core rides team that organizes the national rides and events across the country and are behind training the dealers on these aspects. I joined Royal Enfield in 2014. Being a traveller and a blogger (read: https://indiasflipside.wordpress.com/) before that, I have been actively involved with the motorcycling community all these years. Apart from that, my work experience includes varied roles from being a bartender in London to a social support worker in Wales (caring for children with learning disabilities); and from being a professor in Chandigarh to working for now Royal Enfield in Chennai (my current position), riding different motorcycles all this while. I am the first woman rider to be hired by the company as part of their rides team, says Sarah, proudly. Her big moment was when she decided to come back to India for good in 2013 and decided to embark on a journey to discover what she called as Indias Flipside. She travelled solo from Bangalore Ladakh and back till Chandigarh, covering around 6000 kms and 8 mountain passes in 20 days and became Indias first woman to do so on a Royal Enfield. Though never behind awards or records, she believes travelling is her biggest calling! Always a fan of pushing limits and discovering newer areas to test her adventure spirit, she got introduced to racing in 2014 when she attempted her first dirt track race at Royal Enfield Rider Mania, Goa and finished 4th in her first attempt (out of 10 participants). Royal Enfield Dirt Track Race, Goa 2014 SJOBA Rally (one of the oldest rally races in India), 2015
  • 4. She also finished MRF MoGrip INRC Rally of Hyderabad in the Bullet Class (Read 3rd paragraph)
  • 5. The big win was the 17th Raid-de-Himalaya 2015. 17 years of Raid-de-Himalaya, the highest and toughest motorsport event in India and considered to be the second toughest after Dakar; and there was never an Indian woman who finished all six days of Extreme 2W category. Before me, only 2 women had attempted raid and they got out on the 1st day itself. I rode a modified Royal Enfield Thunderbird 350 in the Extreme 2W category and became the first Indian woman to finish Raid-de-Himalaya at 20th position out of 75 riders who started the raid. Here are a few clips of some video coverage shot during raid-de-Himalaya: 1. Raid de Himalaya a short film on the greatest rally in the Himalaya YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39fdNFmgny0&feature=share (byte, 04:04 onwards) 2. Overdrive IBN Live 17th Raid de Himalaya Web link: https://www.facebook.com/Indiasflipside/videos/622736804532680/ (byte, 0:53 & 05:10)
  • 6. I had a fall on the last day of the rally on black ice, in the first stage, and cracked my collar bone. With the cracked collar bone, I rode 226kms till Srinagar, finally finishing the rally and thereafter becoming the first woman biker to win Coupe- de-dames trophy and also John Mark James trophy for bravery.
  • 7. More print coverage of the above accomplishment can be found here: 1. India Today: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rider-of-the-storm-motorcyclist-sarah-kashyap-raid-de- himalaya/1/558021.html 2. Deccan Chronicle: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/151103/lifestyle-offbeat/article/raid-mountains
  • 8. 3. Overdrive: http://overdrive.in/news/2015-raid-de-himalaya-raj-singh-rathore-wins-xtreme-4x4-category/ 4. Royal Enfield: on.fb.me/1PiBuRh 5. Local Coverage: A Kannada Newspaper:
  • 9. 14th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm Media Coverage about the 14th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 1. The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/motorcyclist-sarah-kashyap-braves-the-desert- storm/article8437847.ece
  • 10. 2. PRWeb http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/03/prweb13299553.htm 3. Big FM https://www.facebook.com/RJAnkushRedFM/videos/1162524453759326/ The video garnered more than 2.5 thousand views! 4. Video coverage by AutoCar India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeL0XnkaROg
  • 11. Apart from being a motorsport enthusiast, I have also been a long distance motorcycle traveller. There have been several articles written on my journeys, some of them are by: 1. Hindustan Times 2. Wego - http://www.wego.com/news/google-solo-motorbike-rider-india/
  • 12. 3. Inspiria - http://inspiria.edu.in/sarah-kashyap-an-inspiration-india/ 4. Motorcycle Travellers Meet - http://motorcycle.travellersmeet.in/mtm-minis/north-delhi/
  • 13. 5. The Optimist Diary - http://laxmitodiwan.blogspot.in/2015/08/people-i-am-glad-to-have-met-bikers-and.html 6. Bangalore Mirror http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/sunday-read/Girls-just-want-to-go-solo/articleshow/47398576.cms 7. Times of India 8. I was also the cover story of Glimpse Magazine, September 2014 issue.
  • 14. 9. Ride Build Drive: 10. I am also the first woman in Royal Enfield who has been a co-lead for one of their biggest rides The Himalayan Odyssey.