Posts From Bigwave

Out of the Blue: Caro Sauvé

Out of the Blue: Caro Sauvé By Jeff McConkey Name: Caro Sauvé Birthday: November 2nd, 1990 Hometown: Saint-Eustache, PQ School & Grade or Occupation: Graphic DesignerNumber: 11 Bike: Yamaha yz125 2004 Race Club: CMRC – Challenge Quebec 2.0 Classes: Women B (Junior) How did you get started in racing? After a whole year practicing at X-Town, my friends, Emilie-Jade Leveille (43) and Vanessa Paquette (54), motivated me to try at least

McThoughts: Women’s East Nationals Round 1

McThoughts: Women’s East Nationals Round 1 By Jeff McConkey Coming into Round 1 of the Women’s East National series, Defending champ, Eve Brodeur, was the clear favourite from day 1. The young French Canadian put in the work during the off season and left Gopher Dunes with 2 holeshots and 2 moto wins. She isn’t cocky or flashy, she’s just really, really, really good. She was never challenged and made

Sean Bowker Captures the Tyler Medaglia Gopher Dunes Launch Sequence!

Sean Bowker Captures the Tyler Medaglia Gopher Dunes Launch Sequence! Sean Bowker photos We all heard the excitement in announcer Brian Koster‘s voice as Tyler Medaglia and Cole Thompson went wheel to wheel for 3rd place in the first MX1 moto at Gopher Dunes last week. We totally missed snagging a photo of the now-infamous launch but our old DMX friend, Sean Bowker, didn’t! Check out this great sequence that,

Gopher Dunes National Photo Report

Gopher Dunes National Photo Report Photos and captions by Billy Rainford After a two-weekend break, the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals resumed at the famed Gopher Dunes sand track in Courtland, Ontario. Courtland sits about an hour east of London and shares its terrain with the nearby Lake Erie coast – it’s soft, deep sand. Royal Distributing Fox Racing KTM Canada rider #1 Kaven Benoit held the MX2 points

McThoughts: Gopher Dunes National

McThoughts: Gopher Dunes National By Jeff McConkey   We have a pretty stacked MX2 class this season, and most of the front-runners love the sand. Gopher Dunes has got to be one of the roughest tracks in the world. This year was no different; it was hot and nasty, but that didn’t slow the top dogs. We had a few new additions to our series starting at Round 5. South

Pro Ride Day at OCMC Tuesday, July 14th

Pro Ride Day at OCMC Tuesday, July 14th If you’re a Pro rider and are headed to the Ottawa National at Sand Del Lee this coming weekend, be sure to stop in at the OCMC Pro Ride Day just east of Toronto and north of the 401. The gate opens at 2:00pm and practice is at 3:30. This is a FREE ride to any local or traveling Pro rider. Directions: