Frid’Eh Update #17 | Cheyenne Harmon Interview | Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada By Billy Rainford Welcome to Week #17 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update this week presented by Yamaha Motor Canada. Texas racer Cheyenne Harmon is the rider who earned career #17. One of my favourite parts of the job is meeting riders and families involved in our sport. But nothing beats finding out a rider has risked everything
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | April By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, humans! I started writing this from 35,000 feet altitude. Shout out to Delta for the safe flight and Biscoff cookies. Gluten is something I usually avoid, but I’ll take the inflammation for two of those scrumptious things. Happy that my fingers didn’t swell up, I picked up my pen, grabbed my notebook and started writing about the last 72 hours.
Throwback Thursday | Stories from Bigwave’s Vault By Billy Rainford Since it’s Thursday, I thought I’d dust off a memory and see if I can’t make an enjoyable and maybe even informative story out of it. Sometimes, I like to unlock the old racing memories vault and see what I can find. Let’s see how it goes. As any racer knows, it’s extremely important to get to the races early
Out of the Blue | Jamie Secord Abate | Presented by Schrader’s By Jensen Amyotte Name: Jamie Secord Abate Date of Birth: March 18, 1985 Hometown: Currently living in Beeton, Ontario School/Grade or Occupation: Landscape Forman, RMT (pending registration opening up), Mom! Race Number: 18 Bike: YZ250f Race Club: AMO Classes: Open Beginner, Ladies A Who got you into the sport? I’ve always liked bikes. I started off riding more
Podcast | Kade Walker Talks 2021 Italian Enduro, World Enduro, and Team Canada ISDE | Race Tech By Billy Rainford Kade Walker is from Quebec, Canada but has been calling all parts of Europe home for the past several years. He landed on the podium last year in the the European 2-Stroke Championships and is now competing in the Italian Enduro Championships. He’ll turn his attention to the 2021 World
ICYMI | Catching Up with Cole Thompson | Presented by Gas Gas Canada By Billy Rainford #16 Cole Thompson is from Brigden, Ontario. When I first moved back to Ontario from Vancouver back in 2007, Cole and his family were the ones I saw the most. I was driving the 1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon then and it was, more often than not, parked in the Thompson’s pits from Florida to
Podcast | Shelby Turner Wins Kenda AMA National Enduro in Louisiana | KTM Canada By Billy Rainford Photo by Shan Moore Shelby Turner from Barons, Alberta, is now 2 for 2 in the 2021 Kenda AMA National Enduro Series after winning again at the Cajon National in Louisiana over the weekend. She’s racing nearly every weekend down south until the Canadian WMX series starts this summer. We got in touch
By Billy Rainford Here we are on another Monday following a rather boring weekend here in my neck of the woods, Southwestern Ontario. Even with the strict lockdowns in place, people have been able to get out to some private tracks in the area, but pay-to-ride public spots have been closed for the past couple weeks until restrictions weaken. Fortunately, this time off has given my soft, photographer’s hands time
Canadian Team PRMX Sees All 4 Riders Make Mains at SLC SX #1 By Billy Rainford It was a historic night for Canadian Julien Perrier and his PRMX Wossner Deep South Kawasaki Team as all 4 of his riders made their Mains at Round 16 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross series. Julien and his team have been making improvements over the past few seasons and it all came together
SLC SX #1 | Bigwave’s Thoughts on Round 16 By Billy Rainford With only two rounds left to settle the championships in the 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series, there was a lot on the line at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. It’s amazing how small the track looked after all the outdoor SX races we’ve gotten used to the past few weeks. It was a normal