Posts From Bigwave

Cole Thompson – Oakland Conversation

Cole Thompson – Oakland Conversation By Billy Rainford Canadian #127 Cole Thompson had his best weekend of the year this past Saturday in Oakland, California, for round 4 of the Monster Energy 250 West SX Series. After a couple falls took him out of round 3 in Anaheim, Cole and the Slaton Racing YP.com Nuclear Blast Fox KTM Canada Team were looking to rebound last week after doctors gave Cole

Catching Up with…Josh Penner

Catching Up with…Josh Penner By Billy Rainford Manitoba’s Josh Penner has been around the sport of motocross for almost as long as he’s been alive. He’s come up all the way to the Pro level and traveled the circuit chasing his dream. However, lately he’s had his eye even higher in the sky and has made the move to the freestyle side of our extreme sport. Not only that, he’s

Storytime – Team Canada | 2006 MXON at Matterly Basin

Storytime – Team Canada | 2006 MXON at Matterly Basin Here is another story that Carl Bastedo was kind enough to send our way for all of us to enjoy. We’ve posted a few of these stories here on the site and everyone seems to enjoy the trips down memory lane. Here is the latest from Carl that takes us back to Team Canada‘s trip to the MXON in England

McThoughts – Oakland SX

McThoughts – Oakland SX By Billy Rainford McThoughts – Oakland SX 250 West By Billy Rainford “Batting for Jeff McConkey today will be #45 Billy Rainford.” That’s right, Jeff is away on holidays, somewhere in the Caribbean, so I will have to step in and give one of these ‘McThoughts’ columns a shot. Round 4 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series headed north up the PCH to Oakland, California,

Monday Morning Coffee

Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford Call it ‘Global Warming’ or ‘Climate Change,’ it doesn’t make any difference. The bottom line is that we’re seeing much warmer winter temperatures in these parts. To that point, there’s a good chance I’ll be getting together with a few buddies and going for a road cycle this afternoon – unheard of in London, Ontario, at the beginning of February! Yes, there are those

McThoughts – Oakland SX 250 West

McThoughts – Oakland SX 250 West By Billy Rainford “Batting for Jeff McConkey today will be #45 Billy Rainford.” That’s right, Jeff is away on holidays, somewhere in the Caribbean, so I will have to step in and give one of these ‘McThoughts’ columns a shot. Round 4 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series headed north up the PCH to Oakland, California, Saturday night. As the old Mark Twain

Win a 4-Pack of Tickets to the Toronto Supercross

Win a 4-Pack of Tickets to the Toronto Supercross Would you like to WIN A 4-PACK of tickets for FREE? Here’s what you need to do: Send us an email at info@directmotocross.com telling us why you think you should be the one to win these 4 tickets. If you can bring Jeff to tears, that’s a plus. If it’s an interesting story, that helps. If it’s the most ridiculous story