After a 39th place finish in her 2023 Rookie Rebelle run, Amanda Walden, the Driver of Team 189: Fortune & Glory, signed up to compete again in 2024. In late May of 2024, Amanda found herself without a navigator. The Rebelle Community connected Amanda with Julia Bigwood, navigator and 2-time Rebelle Veteran, dying to compete again. The new duo connected to train together for the first time in Texas, in July, and are continuing to train together in preparation for 2024.
Warhorse Off-Road, Orafol Wraps, KMPF Wraps, Mickey Thompson Tires, RPG Off-Road, Rolling Rescue Tire & Wheel, Meraki Hammocks, Motley Industries, Liquid Draw, Bronco Outfitters Clothing, Mishimoto, Terry Brewster, Jatonne Burgess
Student
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Well behaved women rarely make history - Laurel Thatcher Ulriich
I have studied and played the trumpet for 15 years.
Why not?! I will never say no to an adventure!
My family and friends push me to be the best version of myself.
Favorite Book – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed
Favorite Show(s) – The Office, Psyche
Competing in the Rebelle has been my greatest adventure to date, but I am looking forward to more opportunities in the future.
2020 and 2022
Sales Executive
Giddings, TX, USA
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).
We did not podium... There's unfinished business.
I am most inspired watching others blaze trails into the unknown, over-coming fears and cultivating resiliency in the face of defeat.
Podcasts: Anything True Crime, Ted Talks Daily
Books: Love Steven King & George R.R. Martin, David Sedaris
Shows: Forged in Fire, All things Bravo, 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
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