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Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford Well, if you’re only going to watch one football game all year, that was the one! Remember when the race at the LA Coliseum was called the ‘Superbowl of Motocross?’ Man, that was one you looked forward to every year and tried to find on TV if you could. Check out this Youtube video from a time when the top 3 or 4 riders
McThoughts | Oakland SX | 450 Class By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford The best 450 riders in the world looked pretty shaky at times on the tough Oakland track. Everyone but Eli Tomac. Eli was once again on a complete other level than the rest of the field. It’s almost like he didn’t realize that it was rutted and super sketchy. He caught and gapped Ryan Dungey after
McThoughts | Oakland SX | 250 Class By Jeff McConkey Photos by Billy Rainford Oakland was a man’s track on Saturday night. The wet conditions made for very scary sections, and almost everyone had issues. You were taking off in ruts and somehow hoping to land in a rut. Once again, our points leader was forced into the LCQ, and once again he somehow turned that into a good start
Frid’Eh Update # 5 Presented by Gamma Powersports By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford In 2017, #5 belongs to #800 Mike Alessi. Mike was back in action last summer and really seemed to enjoy his time north of the border. Mike could always be found hanging around the starting line before the MX2 motos chatting with riders and giving gate pick advise to those who asked. Mike has always been known
Photo Report | A Newby’s Trip to the Winter X Games | Presented by Shot Race Gear By Billy Rainford
TBT | 2012 DMX Weekly Wrap Up |Happy Birthday, Kyle Carruthers! By Billy Rainford We’ll kill two birds with one stone here this week. Happy Birthday to Kyle Carruthers who steered the ship here at Direct Motocross for years. For this week’s #TBT we’ll head back to 2012 when he and I hosted and James Lissimore was behind the lens for the ‘DMX Canadian MX Weekly Wrap Up‘ each week
Video: 2017 X Games Snow Bike | Presented by Shot Race Gear By Billy Rainford 2017 Snow Bike racing at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. We take a look at the event with a Canadian slant.
Out of the Blue | Chelsey Hennig | Presented by Schrader’s By Jeff McConkey Name: Chelsey Hennig Birthday: September 20, 1991 Hometown: Parry Sound, Ontario Occupation: I currently work at Law Office in Parry Sound. I hold my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Honours) and have been accepted to law school for fall 2017! Number: 12 Bike: 2017 Kawasaki KX250f Race Club: MMRS, CMRC, BRMX, CDNWMX Classes: Ladies Intermediate/ A
Geoff Gaskin | Front Flip | Kicker Arenacross By Billy Rainford Montreal, Quebec, FMX rider, Geoff Gaskin, lands a perfect front flip in Denver during the Kicker Arenacross intermission.
Tailgating with…Cody Matechuk | Presented by Scott Sports Canada By Billy Rainford We sit down with Winter X Games Bronze Medalist, #111 Cody Matechuk, right after his historic Snow BikeCross race at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado.