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
Faces at the Races|Regina National Round 4 By Billy Rainford “You’ll have to forgive my tardiness, I had to kill a man…” If you can tell me where that quote is from, you get a free sticker. It’s time for our weekly look at the people under the helmets and around the race track. I had to leave Regina, eventually, so this week’s ‘Faces’ is a little later than we
Photo Report|Rockstar MX Nationals|Regina Round 4 By Billy Rainford We finished of the western swing of the 2016 Rockstar MX Nationals at Moto Valley MX Park in Regina, Saskatchewan, this past Sunday. The sky in the province is referred to as “living” and you can see why. There were cloud formations threatening to make the event a repeat of a couple years ago when the rains came and shortened the
Photo Report|Women’s West Nationals|Regina Round 4 By Billy Rainford The 2016 Women’s West MX Nationals raced its final round Saturday at Moto Valley Raceway in Regina, Saskatchewan. #50 Shelby Turner came into the weekend with a 9-point lead over defending champion, #1W Sara King. To add to the excitement of the fourth and final round, Yorkton, SK’s #44 Kennedy Lutz showed up on a borrowed bike to see how she
Photo Report: Rockstar MX Nationals|Calgary Round 3 By Billy Rainford Round 3 of the Rockstar Energy MX Nationals headed back to Wild Rose MX Park in downtown Calgary this past weekend. They call this round the ‘Crown Jewel’ of the series and the action Sunday lived up to the billing. They ran the track backwards and incorporated a ton of changes since last June. There were mixed feelings about the