Gopher Dunes Emotion through the Lens of Allison Kennedy By Billy Rainford Photos by Allison Kennedy If you’ve been around Canadian Motocross for an extended period of time, you know two things: motocross is the toughest sport in the world and nobody captures that fact better than Allison Kennedy. The action on the track is one thing, but when the riders come off the track and bare their emotions, that’s
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
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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
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.
Women’s East Nationals – Round 1 Photo Report Photos and captions by Billy Rainford Round 1 of the Canada’s Motorcycle FXR Women’s East Nationals took place Saturday at Gopher Dunes. With 32 riders signed up to race the difficult track, it’s a good sign for the 3-round series that will hit Sand Del Lee and Ulverton next. The weather is always a concern when you talk bout a mid-summer race