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Monday Morning Coffee

Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford Lots of racing took place around the world over the weekend. If you’re a Pro rider with some indoor skills and experience, there are a ton of options throughout the winter, if you make some calls or drop some hints to the right people. But we’ll get to all that… When I was a kid, my buddy had a brother who was 4 years

Frid’Eh Update #46 Presented by CANADA, EH!

Frid’Eh Update #46 Presented by CANADA, EH! By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Welcome to week 46 of the calendar year here at Direct Motocross. When we see the big #46, I think most of our minds go straight to multi-time world Moto GP champion, Valentino Rossi, or perhaps even up and coming Canadian amateur riders, Marco Cannella and Tyler Gibbs. However, although we never got to see him run it,

On the Radar | Keegan Frederikse

On the Radar | Keegan Frederikse By Jeff McConkey Name:  Keegan Frederikse Age: 16 Hometown: Toronto, Ontario School and Grade: Richview Collegiate, Grade 11 Number: 295 Bike: 2012 KTM 150xc, 2016 KTM 250 sx-f Race Club: MMRS, Off Road Ontario, OCMC Classes: MMRS: Open and 250 Junior, Off Road Ontario: Intermediate, OCMC: Intermediate  How did you get started in racing? Well, it definitely took a while before I started getting into racing. When

Out of the Blue | Alex Lord | Presented by Schrader’s

Out of the Blue | Alex Lord | Presented by Schrader’s By Jeff McConkey Name: Alex Lord Birthday: January 11, 2000 Hometown: Claremont, Ontario  School & Grade: Uxbridge Secondary School, grade 11  Number: 127 Bike: KTM 150 sx Race Club: OCMC, MMRS, BRMXS Classes: Ladies   How did you get started in racing? A few years ago, one of our friends invited me over to ride a dirtbike which was my first time on

Photo Report | Calgary Arenacross | Agrium Western Event Centre | Final Round

Photo Report | Calgary Arenacross | Agrium Western Event Centre | Final Round By Billy Rainford Photos by John Meaney meandawg.smugmug.com The final two rounds of the 2016 Canadian National Arenacross Tour took place Friday and Saturday nights at the Agrium Western Event Centre in Stampede Park in downtown Calgary, Alberta. With #2 Colton Facciotti and #12 Steven Mages not making the trip west, who would (or could) step up to

Monday Morning Coffee

Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford Good morning. There were lots of things that happened over the weekend so let’s get to it. We had an unseasonably warm couple days here (and it’s going to be 18 degrees Celsius again today) so I’m sure most people with bikes were out at a track or trail somewhere! Chris Blose is Your Canadian National AX Tour Champion #101 Rockstar Energy OTSFF Yamaha

Frid’Eh Update #45 Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada

Frid’Eh Update #45 Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Welcome to week #45 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update this week presented by Yamaha Motor Canada. 45 means we’ve only got a week’s worth (7) Updates left in 2016. If you’re young and looking forward to getting older so you can either get to high school or finish high school or get to university or finish

Catching Up with… Hayden Halstead | Yamaha Canada

Catching Up with… Hayden Halstead | Yamaha Canada By Billy Rainford 2017 #19 Hayden Halstead has shown his skills on a motorcycle on and off the track — he’s one you want to keep an eye on for trick riding and generally having a good time on a dirt bike. Last week, he decided to put those skills (and his fitness) to the test and entered the final round of the

On the Radar | Kobi Cox

On the Radar | Kobi Cox By Jeff McConkey Name: Kobi Cox Age: 14 Hometown: Brantford, Ontario School & Grade: Last year I was home schooled for grade 8 because I spent the year living and training full-time at JWTF – Jimmy Weinert Training Facility in Maysville, North Carolina. This year I started grade 9 at Assumption College School in Brantford. Number: 81 and it has been my number since I started racing at five years old.

SDI Visits the 2017 WP Offroad Media Day

SDI Visits the 2017 WP Offroad Media Day By Billy Rainford Cody Haggerty from Suspension Direct (SDI) attended the WP Media Day at Cahuilla Creek MX last week and sent over this short video edit of the day: As a WP Authorized Center, we recently went out to Cahuilla Creek MX park to check our what WP has to offer for 2017. We were able to check out the new Xplor