Posts From Bigwave

Team Canada MXON – A Trip Down Memory Lane

Team Canada MXON – A Trip Down Memory Lane By Carl Bastedo Intro by Billy Rainford With the MXON coming up in less than two weeks, Carl Bastedo wanted to tell a story about the last time the team went over to ErnĂ©e, France. This is the first installment in what we’ll call “MXON Storytime.” The year was 2005 and we remember it like it was yesterday (insert blurred-out fade

On the Radar: Brandon Caplar

On the Radar: Brandon Caplar By Jeff McConkey Name: Brandon Caplar Age: 21 Hometown: Ajax, Ontario School & Grade: Fourth year student at Wilfrid Laurier University Occupation: Off road Specialist at GP Bikes Number: 997 Bike: 2015 KTM 250 SX-F Race Club: MMRS Classes: Open C, 250 C, Youth C How did you get started in racing? It was actually right around when I planned on going to Team Ontario

5 Minutes with…John Dowd

5 Minutes with…John Dowd By Billy Rainford Way back in Ulverton, we grabbed #160 John Dowd for a quick chat as he and his son Ryan were trying to drive out of there and head back to Connecticut. He raced 3 of our Rockstar Energy MX Nationals – Gopher Dunes, Ottawa, and Ulverton – and finished 17-10-8, finished 23rd in the MX1 standings, and earned national #43 for 2016. Yes,

Out of the Blue: Robin Hutchinson

Out of the Blue: Robin Hutchinson By Jeff McConkey Name: Robin Hutchinson Birthday: December 19, 1996 Hometown: Oakville School & Grade or Occupation: York University, BHsc Number: 927 Bike: Yamaha Race Club: CMRC, TVR Classes: Ladies How did you get started in racing? I started riding when I was very young, mainly because I have two older brothers who did it. We would go down south every winter and I

Catching Up with…KTM Canada’s Claudie Lapointe

Catching Up with…KTM Canada’s Claudie Lapointe By Jeff McConkey Intro by Billy Rainford If you wondered who the new person running around under the Royal Distributing Fox Racing KTM Canada tent was this past summer, it was Claudie Lapointe. Sometimes with a clipboard in hand, she was in charge of the KTM Canada side of things in the pits. She is also the one you’ll get when you call KTM