Photo Report|River Glade National|Presented by Toys for Big Boys By Billy Rainford We always know we’re in for a huge crowd when we make our annual trip out to Moncton, New Brunswick, for the River Glade National, however, this year exceeded even our usual high expectations. I’m not exactly sure what they did differently, but the track held up beautifully this year. They ripped and tilled it early and
Faces at the Races|Pleasant Valley Photo Gallery|Presented by Freedom Cycle By Billy Rainford There’s just never enough time in a week during racing season…even less so when you’re on the road. It’s already Thursday ad I haven’t posted ‘Faces at the Races‘ yet. Because it’s so late, we’ll just have to make do with a Faces Photo Gallery this week. My favourite part about doing these things is writing the
Photo Report|Pleasant Valley National|Presented by Freedom Cycle Photos and Captions by Billy Rainford The Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals returned to Pleasant Valley in Truro, Nova Scotia, for the first time since 2002. Trivia question: Who won the 125 and 250 class at the 2002 Pleasant Valley National? 125 Class 250 Class Source: www.mxnationals.ca The races returned for their first of two rounds in the Maritimes. The track looked beautiful
Saturday Afternoon at Pleasant Valley|A Few Photos|Freedom Cycle Photos and Captions by Billy Rainford After a short, leisurely drive from Ontario to Brookfield, Nova Scotia, I arrived at the track that last hosted a Canadian National in 2002. Pleasant Valley sits on the land owned by the Cooke’s and is just a 30-second drive from the Brookfield Bakery and Tyler Medaglia and Heidi Cooke‘s house – this is a family
Faces at the Races|Ulverton Round 6 By Billy Rainford Photos by Jeff McConkey and Bigwave Yikes, having Jeff shoot some photos at the races isn’t making these ‘Faces at the Races‘ columns any shorter! Once again, we set Jeff up with a camera and a general shooting setting to go along with it and off he went into the action. It’s time for our favourite column to write where we
Photo Report|Rockstar MX Nationals|Ulverton Round 6 By Billy Rainford The traveling circus that is the Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals brought its thrills and spills to the province of Quebec this past week and the small, picturesque town of Ulverton. Ulverton is just south of Drummondville which is about 45 minutes east of Montreal. Drummondville is one of three Quebec cities that lays claim to the invention of poutine. If
Faces at the Races|Gopher Dunes National Round #5 By Billy Rainford Photos by Tyler Spikman, Jeff McConkey, and Bigwave Round 5 of the Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals took place at the famed sand track called Gopher Dunes in Courtland, Ontario, just 50 minutes from London. If you’re wondering what noise a gopher makes, it’s not the dubbed dolphin sound from Caddyshack, it’s more of a collective inhale to searing
Photo Report|Women’s East Round 1 at Gopher Dunes By Billy Rainford Photos by Tyler Spikman @Spikman The Women’s East Nationals got underway at the famed sand track in Courtland, Ontario, this past Saturday under clear skies and warm temperatures. Historically, the weather, combined with the deep deep sand at Gopher Dunes, make this the toughest round of both the Women’s and Men’s circuit. This year, the weather was perfect for
Photo Gallery|2016 FXR Ride Day By Billy Rainford It was another great day of riding, eating, and bench racing at the 2016 FXR Ride Day at FXR Kingpin Milt Reimer‘s property southwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was my 3rd time at the casual day and it has grown consistently each time. Thanks for the invite, guys. Here are a bunch of photos from a great day in Manitoba. [envira-gallery id=”22364″]
Faces at the Races|2016 Red Bud National Photos and Captions by Jeff McConkey Red Bud is a bucket list item. If you’ve never been, plain and simple, you need to go. You can see great racing at each and every round of the AMA Nationals, but Red Bud is more. To start off, it’s the most beautiful track layout you could imagine. It has big jumps, elevation, sand, and a