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NATALIE JOY JACKSON
SAY HELLO TO
ALIEIT ALL STARTED AS A FUN WEEKEND
AWAY WITH A FRIEND, BUT A COUPLE OF CHANCE ENCOUNTERS AND HER NATURAL CHARISMA EARNED HER AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD SHAPE HER LIFE FOREVER
ITis very rare that you find someone in the motorcycle industry that does it all. Normally there are those that specialize in riding the motorcycle, working on
the motorcycle, testing the motorcycle, supporting the team, or presenting the sport to the masses. At the dawn of the new millennium, Natalie Joy Jackson embarked on a journey that would provide her with the opportunity to do all those aforementioned things, and then some. It all started as a fun weekend away with a friend, but a couple of chance encounters and her natural charisma earned her
an opportunity that would shape her life forever. One of Jackson’s first major contributions to the motorcycle industry came in the form of Umbrella Girls USA, the first modeling agency specifically designed for motorsports. It was heavily popular overseas on the European circuit, but Jackson was one of the first women to pioneer the trend in the States. After working as an umbrella girl and a spokesperson for the Formula USA series in the early 2000’s, she found a new home on the media side of the sport as she began working as a presenter for American Thunder among other successful programs. That provided her countless opportunities to
test bikes, ride famous tracks, and fall even deeper in love with the sport and the culture.
In addition to all of her accolades as a spokesperson, model, and presenter, she’s also experienced her fair share of competition -- most notably winning the Southern Supermotard- USA Lightweight Championship in 2005. Jackson is constantly trying to challenge herself
and broaden her horizons, a mindset that she has instilled in her son Colton who has been sharing her love of the sport through amateur motocross racing. We picked her brain about her original vision with Umbrella Girls USA, her passion for racing, and one of her current gigs as a spokesperson for LS2 Helmets.
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