By Billy Rainford Hello and welcome to Monday Morning Coffee #1 of 2021. Happy New Year. I’d like to say, “Let’s all just forget about what happened in 2020,” but I don’t think we should put that much pressure on the New Year. It’s a big ask to have things immediately go back to normal. It’s just not going to happen. It was a very strange year for us, wasn’t
“People’s Choice Canadian Pro Rider of the Year.” | Vote Now By Billy Rainford As we get closer to presenting our annual DMX Awards – The DMXies – we wanted to get your input, so we’re adding the “People’s Choice Canadian Pro Rider of the Year.“ We’ll let you choose your rider and we’ll tabulate the votes and present the People’s Choice award when we present the rest of the
The Story Behind the Photo | 1985 Hully Gully Newsletter By Billy Rainford Besides good looks, charm, and a dashing personalty, motocrossers all share another more unfortunate thing in common – we’ve all pretty much missed one season’s racing due to injury. It’s a sad but very real part of the sport we’ve all chosen. I’m not even sure why my name pops up in this little Hully Gully Newsletter
Podcast | Top Canadian Amateur Living in Colorado, Connor Stevenson By Billy Rainford Canadian-living-in-Colorado #11 Connor Stevenson is a fast 16-year-old rider who is quickly making a name for himself in the Centennial State’s amateur motocross scene. The 6’4″ teen is currently training in Oklahoma with Robbie Smith getting ready to race the Kicker Arenacross series. We grabbed his father, Craig Stevenson, and him for a podcast interview on New Year’s
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | December By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans! Happy Festivus! I’ve waited all year to use that line! I hope you’ve enjoyed the month of December. I’ve heard a lot of people broadcasting throughout the year that they ”just can’t wait for 2020 to be over!” Congratulations, you made it! 28 hours left (depending upon when this gets posted)! Since this column holds my thoughts and points
Out of the Blue | Krista Casselman | Presented by Schrader’s By Jensen Amyotte Name: Krista Casselman Date of Birth: September 13th, 1995 Hometown: Gatineau, QC School/Grade or Occupation: Sales Coordinator at Battlefield Equipment Rentals Race Number: 16 Bike: Yamaha YZ 250F Race Club: MX101 Sand Del Lee Classes: Ladies Who got you into the sport of motocross? My mom and dad, but I don’t think they ever thought I would ever end up racing. When I was
By Billy Rainford Welcome to what is usually my favourite non-moto week of the year – the week between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s always a week at home with my family that I spend visiting close friends and their families. I really enjoy driving around to different homes to visit and have some Christmas “cheer” with buddies and their parents who had to put up with me as a
Frid’Eh Update #52 | Blake Osatchuk Interview | Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada By Billy Rainford Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone out there. It’s Week #52 for the DMX Frid’Eh Update Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada. As you can probably guess, we’re going to keep this one short. It’s Christmas Day and I wasn’t going to bother anyone today or this past week. Fortunately, #52 Blake Osatchuk was
Podcast | Kyle Snelgrove Talks about His Racing History, OGs Goggles, and PRMX SX Team Sponsorship By Billy Rainford Ex-pro motocross racer, Kyle Snelgrove, has started his own goggle company called “OGs.” They are now the goggle sponsor for the Canadian PRMX Wossner Deep South Kawasaki Supercross race team for the 2021 season. We grabbed him for a chat to talk about his history as a racer and how he
Out of the Blue | Mia Barrett | Presented by Schrader’s By Jensen Amyotte Name: Mia Barrett Date of Birth: February 17, 2003 Hometown: Brampton, Ontario School/Grade: St. Edmund Campion Secondary School, Grade 12 Race Number: 971 Bike: Yamaha YZ 125 Race Club: AMO, OCMC, Triple Crown Series Classes: Ladies A Who got you into the sport of motocross? My dad had his own history of racing, so when I was