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About a year after their first introduction in 2009 Trista talked a naive Karisa into signing up for her first triathlon, without her fully understanding what a half-iron distance really meant, and especially the Wildflower triathlon, which just so happens to be the hardest half iron in the United States. After months of training both completed and rocked it and went on the complete many triathlons after that!
Trista also talked Karisa into a 24hr mountain bike race, Karisa agreed, even though she had never ridden one before. Once again both ladies rocked it and after making it to the finish line Karisa never picked up a mountain bike again.
Then Trista and family bought and kitted out a new Toyota 4Runner. After many successful off-road trips and even a few reconnaissance missions to fuel hungry cyclists with charcuterie on logging roads they fell in love with off-roading!
Trista invited Karisa to attend the 2018 Northwest Overland Rally where they were introduced to amazing vendors and companies involved with off-roading. That’s where they first learned about Rebelle Rally. From then on they were convinced that they would one day be a team ready to run the Rebelle!
They signed up for 2022 and had a fantastic experience and they knew that they had to come back and do it again!
In 2023 they were fully sponsored by Ford Performance and jumped head first into the 4×4 field! They had another great rally and are coming back for more in 2024!
2022 Rebelle Rally X-Cross Rookies of the Year (Bronco Sport, 1st Edition)
2023 Rebelle Rally 4×4 6th place finishers , Ford Performance Racing (Bronco Wildtrak)
Ford Performance
Stay at home mom!
Port Orchard, Washington, USA
Born and raised in Alaska, I grew up commercial salmon fishing every summer on a remote set net site on the Kodiak bear refuge.
After competing in the Rebelle for the first time in 2022, I knew that it was something that I had to do again! Now we are going on our third year and are so excited to make it another where we are pushing ourselves to do our very best and not letting anything hold us back! We have been working very hard to improve on the things that were challenging for us last year and are feeling really great! This year is going to be fantastic and I am so excited to be a part of it!
I am most inspired by the people who have made me who I am! From my parents, grandparents, my husband, my two daughters, and all of the people amazing in my life. Having incredible people who have shown me what it means to be strong, resilient, and brave has been super inspiring and impactful for me!
Big fan of CellarCars and the Avants Podcasts! I love adventure game shows, like Survivor and Amazing Race!
After graduating college, I lived in Madagascar for three months working for a nonprofit. We planted trees, built a well and built a school! We camped in the jungle the entire trip, played with lemurs and chameleons, avoided boas, swam in amazing waters, and fully embraced the experience. It was a fantastic adventure that I will never forget!
2022, 2023
Rookie of the year xcross 2022, stage 7 win 2022, Bone Stock 2023
I work for the Hearing, Speech and Deaf Center in Seattle, WA in the ASL Interpreting Services Department as a Continuing Education Specialist.
I am a 5th generation Washingtonian who since 2022 lives 100% on the road with my family of 3 in a converted Amazon Cargo Delivery Van, who we have lovingly dubbed “Tsu” for Tsunami
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go” – Dr. Seuss
My family owned and operated a Go-Kart Track in Tacoma, WA for 30 years
Why the Rebelle? This all started for us back in 2018! My teammate, Karisa and I have had a long and funny history of challenging ourselves with seemingly out-of-reach events, including 24 hour mountain bike races, half-ironman triathlons, and other sorts of endurance-related nonsense. On a whim, we had attended the NW Overland Rally in Plain, Washington in 2018 together and decided to attend a Rebelle Info Session. Karisa declared we would do the Rebelle one day. I assumed it was a half-hearted declaration, but it turns out I was wrong! Since the declaration, she proceeded to have a couple babies, but as soon as they were old enough, she found a renewed sense of interest for the event, and we challenged ourselves to sign up for the 2022 edition. Our vehicle broke down on the way and made it to the start with only 2 hours to spare! Since that moment the Rebelle Rally has become a gift to us and our lives. In 2022, we were X-Cross Rookies of the Year. In 2023, we were given the amazing opportunity to represent and compete for Ford Performance in the 4x4 category. Now we are excited to see what the 2024 Rebelle holds for us!o Why now? As wives and mothers, I don’t know if I believe there is such a thing as “the right timing”, as each year brings its own challenges and 2021 certainly brought us ours. For starters, Karisa delivered a healthy baby girl the first week of May. Ironically, that same week, I found myself in a mountain bike accident that seriously broke my right leg and landed me at the Trauma Center for a week. After several surgeries and physical therapy that lasted the whole summer, I started to walk on my own in October – just in time for my teammate to register us for the 2022 Rebelle (even though she had a new 5 month old!). As it turns out, there’s never a great time to lean into something hard and new, but it’s always worth it! The Rebelle has truly been a life-changing event. We now simply cannot imagine our lives without it.
I love to read, specifically Historical Fiction, Biographical Memoir, and Social Justice. It is in the stories of hardship, war, and adversity that I find inspiration in what people are capable of and challenge myself to grow into the person the world, my family, and I need.
Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me
Anything written by Tim Egan: The Big Burn, The Immortal Irishman, Breaking Blue, The Worst Hard Time, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, Fever in the Heartland, etc.
Holy Post Podcast
Navigating Adulthood, Taxes, Medical Insurance, Homeownership, Raising a Child, and beginning our 3rd year of Van Life alongside my Partner for Life, Tyler.
2022, 2023
Rookie of the Year xcross 2022, stage 7 win 2022, bone stock 2023