Alexa Everson

(She/her)

DENVER, CO - Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, UTE, CHEYENNE LANDS

Connecting people with the outdoors is my love language. I’m a SoCal girl at heart with a background in geology and guiding outdoors on multi-day cycling/ hiking trips all over the U.S. I am now based in Colorado and I spend my days working in logistics & events for Thee Abundance Project p/b A Quick Brown Fox, and operations for The Black Foxes.

Being able to mesh my knowledge of the earth with my passion for being active outside in order to break barriers to this industry is my priority. Nature can make me feel so insignificant and yet so powerful at the same time. Being a Black woman can make me feel eerily the same way. I’m almost always an unlikely participant, but that doesn’t stop me from doing whatever the hell I want.

I push pedal and set foot to the dirt with pride, so that anyone else who feels they may be deemed ‘unlikely’ can be encouraged to do the same. Road, Gravel, Mountain. I strive each day for EVERY ONE to share these spaces in the most respectful, equitable, and sustainable manner.

SKILLS

Bikepacking, Gravel Racing, Backpacking, Logistics & Operations, Event Planning, Guiding, Soignauntie (Soigneur), Content Creation, Photography, Community Organizing, Advocacy & Education, Writing, Modeling, Speaking

AFFILIATIONS

Board Member of Grounded Nebraska

Soignauntie for Team Abundance

Follow me on Instagram @rockcognoscente

Alexa’s featured blog posts:

Stories

Low-Stakes Bikepacking: Catalunya

Alexa details how her plans for a 4-day remote, no frills bikepacking tour in Spain took a turn, forcing her to make compromises that would ultimately make for the lowest-stakes overnight trip she could have taken. She learns to appreciate the beauty of doing something just for fun without feeling obligated to “go hard or go home”. This is bikepacking.

The Black Foxes Present: Industry Talks - the making of a gravel race

With the support of Hammerhead, Liv Cycling, and Giant Bikes, I (Alexa) had the opportunity to chat with a few industry leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, about making a more inclusive and equitable gravel cycling event with Grounded Nebraska. For this episode of Industry Talks, I captured that very discussion while riding bikes on the rolling gravel roads outside of “Roca”-on Stolen land of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Pâri (Pawnee), and Jiwere-before the inaugural event took place.

The Black Foxes at Maryland Film Festival 2022

The Black Foxes go to Baltimore for the screening of their debut short film “The Black Foxes” at the 2022 Maryland Film Festival.

TBF on Mental Health

Prioritize your Mental Health

The Black Foxes Presents: Menstrual Talks Episode II

What kind of training we each do, what does that look like?

Explain how our cycle impacts our training
- Any preparation leading up to, diet, vitamins, etc?
- Methods for coping? Painkillers, CBD, Heating pad, Naps, etc?
- Do you map your training around your cycle? What changes?

Black Present: History in the Making with Preservation Side B

A series of conversations with remarkable Black individuals making their own history. In this episode, Alexa Everson speaks with Taylor Kabeary about the Preservation Side B project (@preservationsideb).

Black Fox Foods: Alexa's Better-than-Basic Avocado Toast

A SoCal girl obsessing over avocado toast is pretty cliché. I give you that, but you have got to admit that this basic combination of ingredients is awesome for a quick bite and even better if you can jazz it up a bit. I have had what seems to be an infinity of iterations of that smooth green fruit on different cuts of bread. With enough time in the kitchen during quarantine, I have finally mastered what I consider the ultimate breakfast toast that I could eat every day of the week. Check out the recipe to learn more about this better-than-basic meal that one could easily make tweaks to for different diets (vegan, vegetarian, paleo, gluten-free, etc.).

The Black Foxes Presents: Menstrual Talks

We discuss how we navigate being outside and menstruating. We're talking products, their pros/cons, trial and error, and how to pack for outdoor adventures. Hopefully, we can shed some light on an unnecessarily taboo topic.

Going Tubeless with Alexa

Follow along in the attached video as I set up tubeless gravel tires on my Liv Devote gravel bike. I provide the specs and all of my favorite tools that make this setup successful along with my own narration of the whole process. So turn that volume up!

Alexa Elaborates On Manifesto Point #4

“We aim to normalize Blackness in cycling and in outdoor spaces. We want to erase the white savior mentality that is ubiquitous in this industry.”

How to Plan a Route: On the Road with Alexa

Whether you are new to an area or just got a bike to explore the town you have been living in for years, you are definitely wondering where you should ride and you are not alone. Read further to learn how to plan your own route!