Inclusion, Bikes and Hand-Drawn Heroes

If you can’t find a hero, create your own

Feature type Video

Read time 20 min read

Published Jun 09, 2020

Base editorial team
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If you can’t find a hero, create your own; for mountain biker, skier and artist Brooklyn Bell, that hand-drawn hero was a comic character named Ruby J. Using Ruby as a role model, Brooklyn set out to “live like her, breathe like her, be unapologetically black like her,” finding her own identity in a mix of dirt, snow, art and inclusion.

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