By Billy Rainford Welcome to another Monday Morning Coffee, opinion and yarn spinning column. As I sit here typing, I’m on the eve of another trip down the I-75 to Florida. Of all the intros I write before a road trip, the one that sees me preparing to do this drive is the one I do more often than any other. It’s only twice a year, but as the years
Frid’Eh Update #8 | Mitchell Harrison | Brought to You by GasGas Canada By Billy Rainford Welcome to Week #8 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update this week brought to you by GasGas Canada. It’s been a while since we’ve had anyone run the #8 in the Canadian Triple Crown Series. For some reason, the number is avoided. The last time I asked someone who used the number, they weren’t aware
Catching Up with Daniel Elmore | TLD Moto By Billy Rainford #25 Daniel Elmore is from Telkwa, BC and raced the Canadian Triple Crown Series the past year as a full-on privateer. He travelled to the races with his younger brother, Orrin Elmore. Orrin was an Intermediate and Daniel would help him with his races and Orrin would reciprocate for Daniel with his. Daniel just signed with Steve Simms and
By Jensen Amyotte Name: Shannatay Bergeron Date of Birth: May 26, 1992 Hometown: Phoenix, AZ Occupation: Healthcare executive leadership Race Number: 19 Bike: Honda 250f Race Club: Rocky Mountain Riders Association and Motoplayground Events Classes: Womens Pro (Women’s Allstar as they call it in Colorado), Womens 12+ for LL events, 250B, 25+B, 30+ B Who/what inspired you to get into the sport of motocross and how long have you been
Podcast | Julien Benek Makes His First-Ever Main at the 2023 Oakland Supercross By Billy Rainford Canadian Partzilla PRMX OGs Kawasaki Supercross rider #500 Julien Benek from Mission, BC made his first-ever SX Main when he qualified for the 2023 Oakland Supercross in Oakland, California, on Saturday, February 18th, 2023. We grabbed him to talk about it as he was getting ready to race the 450 class on his 250
By Billy Rainford Well, so begins my last Monday in Kamloops, BC. I’ll be heading home tomorrow to hopefully get out for some riding. Although, a quick look at the forecast tells me that we’re heading into a few days of cold weather in Southwestern Ontario, so I may not be able to dust off the #739 YZ250 until after another trip down the I-75 to the Daytona Supercross. This
Bigwave’s Briefs | 2023 Oakland Supercross – The Canadians By Billy Rainford We finally made it to Oakland, California, on Saturday for what was supposed to be Round 2 of the 2023 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series at Ringcentral Stadium. Unfortunately, while I was out there the weather was so bad and they got so much rain that they were actually under a state of emergency and were unable to
Frid’Eh Update #7 | Nathan Ayles | Brought to You by Husqvarna Canada By Billy Rainford Welcome to Week #7 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update this week brought to you by Husqvarna Motorcycles Canada. It turns out, we don’t have a rider with the number 7 in 2023. Daniel Elmore actually finished 7th in the 450 Canadian Triple Crown Series points, but he’s chosen #13 as a career number, so
Out of the Blue | Anna Thiessen | Brought to You by Schrader’s By Jensen Amyotte Name: Anna Thiessen Date of Birth: Dec 01, 1998 Hometown: Cuauhtemoc, Mexico Occupation: Apprentice Motorcycle Technician Race Number: 747 Bike: Honda CRF 250 R Race Club: Future West Moto Classes: Ladies, 250 C Who/what inspired you to get into the sport of motocross and how long have you been racing/riding? It all started when
Podcast | Trystan Hart Talks about AMA Athlete of the Year Award and More By Billy Rainford Invermere, BC off-road racer #84 Trystan Hart rides for the FMX KTM Factory Racing team and was just awarded the AMA Athlete of the Year Award as well as the CMA White Memorial Trophy. We grabbed him on his way to ride outside of Phoenix, Arizona, to talk about these accomplishments as well