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Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | February 2026

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | February 2026 Check out former Canadian WMX Champion Jacqueline Ross‘ ‘Off the Cuff’ motivational column for February 2026 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans, I recently read a line that stopped me in my tracks: “What burns the chaff refines the gold.” I realized I wasn’t entirely sure what chaff was, so I looked it up. Chaff is the outer husk of grain; light,

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | January 2026

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | January 2026 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans! Happy New Year, happy new day, happy new life! This month’s column is short and sweet; it won’t take up too much of your precious time, as we’ve all got a lot of living to do. I’m not sure if I will ever fully understand the hype and extravagance surrounding the New Year.  When you strip

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | December 2025

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | December 2025 Check out this month’s motivational ‘Off the Cuff’ column from former Canadian WMX champion Jacqueline Ross who just raced the 2025 Mini O’s. By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans, Pardon my absence over the past two months. I’m back at it, my cup overflowing, and my fingers are dancing across the keyboard so fast you’d think I was composing a fresh Baroque

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | September 2025

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | September 2025 By Jacqueline Ross It’s time for another ‘Off the Cuff‘ motivational column from former Canadian WMX Champion Jacqueline Ross down in Florida. Greetings, Humans! While researching Benjamin Disraeli — the U.K.’s two-time Prime Minister, I stumbled upon a quote that struck a deep chord within me. I immediately grabbed a pen and a sticky note: “Life is too short to be

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | August 2025

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | August 2025 Greetings, Humans, You know what they say—“Time flies when you’re having fun!” And lately, this season of life has been exactly that: full of joy, miracles, and adventure. Speaking of joy… is your journey filled with it, or do you find it along the way? It’s kind of like happiness. Do we have a happy day and life, or do we

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | July 2025

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | July 2025 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans, According to Dr. Edward Teller, one of the nation’s leading physicists, “A child does not need a lightning-fast mind to be a scientist, nor does he need a miraculous memory, nor is it necessary that he get very high grades in school. The only point that counts is that the child have a high degree of

Off the Cuff with Jacquline Ross | June 2025

Off the Cuff with Jacquline Ross | June 2025 Here’s the former Canadian WMX champion Jacqueline Ross’ motivational ‘Off the Cuff’ column for June 2025. By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans, Hope everyone’s summer is off to a great start! Speaking of starts, it looked like a bit of a mudder last weekend for the first East Coast round of the Nationals at Ste. Julie. I’m pretty sure Florida would gladly

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | May 2025

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | May 2025 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans! Charles Darwin taught us, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Oh, the quotes that make one ponder. The next photo from the Direct Motocross Vault is one I remember quite well. If I’m not mistaken,

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | April 2025

Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | April 2025 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans, Happy Summer! If you live in Florida it is already 90 degrees or 32 Celcius. After my column last month, Billy dug into the Direct Motocross vault, gathered a few photos and sent them my way. Drum roll please, as they are from 10 years ago! The time when I made a return to Canada  to