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Tyler Gibbs Takes Us through His Crash and What’s Next for Him

Tyler Gibbs Takes Us through His Crash and What’s Next for Him By Billy Rainford #221 Tyler Gibbs from Mission, BC was racing the 250 East class in the 2024 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series on the CREO KTM team. While training at Robbie Reynard‘s place in Oklahoma, Tyler suffered a broken collarbone that will sideline him for the rest of the SX season. We gave him a call to

Catching Up with Tommy Dallaire

Catching Up with Tommy Dallaire By Billy Rainford It was Week #40 for the Frid’Eh Update a few weeks ago, but we were unable to get in our interview done with #40 Tommy Dallaire that week, so we tracked him down and spoke with him after his official week. Direct Motocross: Hello, Tommy. Thank you for taking some time with us this week. For starters, can you tell everyone how

Quinn Amyotte 2023 Tampa SX Interview | Typed

Quinn Amyotte 2023 Tampa SX Interview | Typed By Billy Rainford I decided to try a piece of online transcription software called Descript to do the heavy lifting of the podcast interview with #614 Quinn Amyotte after the 2023 Tampa Supercross. It was Quinn’s first AMA Supercross so I wanted to make sure we documented it sufficiently. Here’s our interview from the Monday after the race: Direct Motocross: Well, like

Catching Up with Daniel Elmore | Brought to You By Atlas Brace

Catching Up with Daniel Elmore | Brought to You by Atlas Brace By Billy Rainford #13 Daniel Elmore from Telkwa, BC finished 7th overall in the 2022 Canadian Triple Crown 450 MX Nationals and ended the season with a 4th place in the final moto at Walton Raceway. And yet, the quiet-but-fast rider finds himself on the outside looking in when it comes to a ride for the upcoming season.

Alex Martin and John Wessling Interview | We Speak with the Men behind Troll Training

Alex Martin and John Wessling Interview | We Speak with the Men behind Troll Training By Greg Poisson A troll and a cyclist walk into a bar… If you’ve followed Supercross and Motocross at all for the past decade, you’re familiar with Alex “Troll Train” Martin. Alex started off as a privateer but has had stints on teams like Eleven 10 Mods, TLD KTM, Star Racing Yamaha, JGR and most

ICYMI | Catching Up with Logan Leitzel

ICYMI | Catching Up with Logan Leitzel By Billy Rainford Logan Leitzel from Pennsylvania is the rider who owns the #20. I saw a lot of Logan over the winter months as he was in and out of Supercross competition the entire 2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series. He had to deal with a few issues but made the most of his time on the various tracks. We got to know the friendly

ICYMI | Catching Up with Yanick Boucher | Husqvarna

ICYMI | Catching Up with Yanick Boucher | Husqvarna By Billy Rainford Yanick Boucher is the hard-working rider from the fairly remote town of Hearst, Ontario. Whenever I mention Yanick, I always make sure to point out where he lives because it’s just so impressive to me that someone can make it as far in our sport and be from somewhere so removed from high level racing. Growing up, any time

ICYMI | Catching Up with Quinn Amyotte | Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada

ICYMI | Catching Up with Quinn Amyotte | Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada By Billy Rainford In case you missed it, we caught up with #14 Quinn Amyotte in our Frid’Eh Update: Quinn Amyotte is the rider who earned #14 for 2022. We’ve known Quinn for a long, long time as the brother of Bennet Amyotte, Mitch Amyotte, and ‘Out of the Blue‘ contributor Jensen Amyotte. We’ve got a close relationship to the Amyotte

Catching Up with Jake Piccolo | Presented by KTM Canada

Catching Up with Jake Piccolo | Presented by KTM Canada By Billy Rainford It was Week #4 for the DMX Frid’Eh Update last week and that means it was time to catch up with Jake Piccolo. Jake chose #4 as his career number after winning the 2021 Canadian Triple Crown Series 250 MX title. Things happened and we weren’t able to actually post up an Update the past couple Fridays,