Posts From Bigwave
Faces at the Races – Gopher Dunes National By Billy Rainford It felt great to be back at a Canadian National after a couple weeks off. As always, my favourite part of going to these things is the people who go to them. Here’s another installment of ‘Faces at the Races…’
Out of the Blue: Caro Sauvé By Jeff McConkey Name: Caro Sauvé Birthday: November 2nd, 1990 Hometown: Saint-Eustache, PQ School & Grade or Occupation: Graphic DesignerNumber: 11 Bike: Yamaha yz125 2004 Race Club: CMRC – Challenge Quebec 2.0 Classes: Women B (Junior) How did you get started in racing? After a whole year practicing at X-Town, my friends, Emilie-Jade Leveille (43) and Vanessa Paquette (54), motivated me to try at least
McThoughts: Women’s East Nationals Round 1 By Jeff McConkey Coming into Round 1 of the Women’s East National series, Defending champ, Eve Brodeur, was the clear favourite from day 1. The young French Canadian put in the work during the off season and left Gopher Dunes with 2 holeshots and 2 moto wins. She isn’t cocky or flashy, she’s just really, really, really good. She was never challenged and made
Sean Bowker Captures the Tyler Medaglia Gopher Dunes Launch Sequence! Sean Bowker photos We all heard the excitement in announcer Brian Koster‘s voice as Tyler Medaglia and Cole Thompson went wheel to wheel for 3rd place in the first MX1 moto at Gopher Dunes last week. We totally missed snagging a photo of the now-infamous launch but our old DMX friend, Sean Bowker, didn’t! Check out this great sequence that,
Gopher Dunes National Photo Report Photos and captions by Billy Rainford After a two-weekend break, the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals resumed at the famed Gopher Dunes sand track in Courtland, Ontario. Courtland sits about an hour east of London and shares its terrain with the nearby Lake Erie coast – it’s soft, deep sand. Royal Distributing Fox Racing KTM Canada rider #1 Kaven Benoit held the MX2 points
DMX Canadian MX Weekly Wrap-Up Show – Round 5 Gopher Dunes National Direct Motocross Round 5 Gopher Dunes Recap from Just Giver Productions on Vimeo.
McThoughts: Gopher Dunes National By Jeff McConkey We have a pretty stacked MX2 class this season, and most of the front-runners love the sand. Gopher Dunes has got to be one of the roughest tracks in the world. This year was no different; it was hot and nasty, but that didn’t slow the top dogs. We had a few new additions to our series starting at Round 5. South
Pro Ride Day at OCMC Tuesday, July 14th If you’re a Pro rider and are headed to the Ottawa National at Sand Del Lee this coming weekend, be sure to stop in at the OCMC Pro Ride Day just east of Toronto and north of the 401. The gate opens at 2:00pm and practice is at 3:30. This is a FREE ride to any local or traveling Pro rider. Directions:
Video: KTM East Supermini Nationals Round 1 – Tanner Ward VS Nicholas Cryer Short video highlighting the action between #184 Tanner Ward and #198 Nicholas Cryer at round 1 of the KTM East Supermini Nationals at Gopher Dunes Saturday, July 11th.
Albertson, Decotis, Keefer on Pulpmx Show Tonight Yeah it’s an off-week but that doesn’t stop us from having a Pulpmx Show presented by BTOSports.com and Fly Racing tonight! Hosts Steve Matthes and Kris Keefer will try their best to make you listen, laugh and learn about the great sport of motocross tonight. “Top” Jimmy Albertson will be on tonight to talk about the injury he suffered last week on his