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 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 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 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
Out of the Blue | Kassi Simpson | Presented by Schrader’s By Jeff McConkey Name: Kassi Simpson Birthday: November 2, 1989 Hometown: Prince George, BC School and Occupation: I work for a lawyer and am in college taking a bookkeeping program. Number: 222 Bike: 2014 Suzuki RM 85 Race Club: PNWMA Classes: Ladies How did you get started in racing? I decided to go to my first off-road race for
Happy Camper Podcasts | Episode 7 | Catching Up with Daniel Blair Check out the latest episode of Kieran Doherty‘s ‘Happy Camper Podcasts‘ On this episode of the podcast, I speak with former Pro SX and AX racer, and current commentator for Arenacross’s TV Series, Daniel Blair. We get to know Daniel a little bit better for the first half of the podcast, and then after the break, we start
CineLux Media Video | 2016 FMX World Tour | London By Billy Rainford Matt Hutchinson from CineLux Media sent over this short edit of the FMX action at the London, Ontario, stop of the FMX World Tour. Check it out.
PODCAST | Colton Facciotti | 1985 Honda CR500 By Billy Rainford I’ll admit I was pretty disappointed I didn’t make the drive over to Gopher Dunes this past Saturday afternoon for their Vintage racing when I found out 4-time Canadian national champion, Colton Facciotti, was lining up on a borrowed 1985 Honda CR500 2-stroke. GDR’s Derek Schuster posted a short video on Instagram, so if you haven’t had a chance
2017 KTM Off-Road Ride Day | Cochrane’s MX Park By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford We were invited out to Cochrane’s MX Park east of Toronto to ride the new line-up of 2017 KTM 250cc Off-Road bikes. The guys at KTM Canada got there the day before and marked out a great course that would take us ‘gently’ through most of the terrain riders would experience when they purchased one
Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford Well, there goes another Halloween weekend. Yes, tonight is actually the big night for the door-to-door portion of the festivities, but it’s always the Saturday night before the 31st that is ‘grown up Halloween.’ If you’re from the Ontario region of Canada, you may be familiar with a motocross track that everyone seems to list at or near their top of favourites – Auburn.