Tuesday Practice Photos from Lake Elsinore SX By Billy Rainford After getting to Milestone too late to see any Pro riders on Monday, we stayed overnight in Lake Elsinore, California, and got over to the practice facility early enough to ensure we didn’t miss any of the action a second day. There were lots of riders taking advantage of the groomed Supercross track at Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park. Here are
Faces at the Races: Sand Diego SX By Billy Rainford It’s not always easy to find time to sit down and go through photos when you’re on one of these extended moto trips, so I apologize that some of these post-race columns area running a little later than we would like. We just got back from Milestone MX Park where we’d hope to catch Pro riders on the practice SX
Motoworld of El Cajon Friday Night Autographs By Billy Rainford On our way from Carlsbad to ‘Casa de Schmoke’ in Alpine, California, today, we stopped in at Motoworld of El Cajon for the autograph session. We thought it was only going to be the Yamaha riders but it was much more than that with several other team in attendance. We snagged a few shots of the guys as they met
A1 Tyler Spikman Photos By Billy Rainford Photos by Tyler Spikman (@spikman) By now, we all know who won the races last Saturday night in Anaheim for round 1 of the Monster Energy Supercross Series. Tyler Spikman was there shooting pics and, although he suffered a broken camera, he was able to grab a whole bunch of photos for us. We won’t bore you with captions that show results. Here
International Motorcycle Supershow and CMRC/AMO Awards Banquet Photos By Billy Rainford It’s bike show season across the continent. The first one on the list here in Southwestern Ontario is the International Motorcycle Supershow at the International Centre in Toronto. If you’re wondering if motorcycling is strong in the area, trying to find a parking spot for an hour should be enough to tell you it is. Seriously, getting forced to
Faces at the Races – Anaheim 1 By Billy Rainford Photos by Tyler Spikman (@spikman) It’s been too long since we’ve been able to get to one of these columns! The ‘Faces at the Races’ articles are always my most favourite to capture and pen. This week, we had Tyler Spikman in Anaheim, California, trackside getting all the shots at round 1 of the 2016 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series.
Canadian AX Championships Round 8 Photo Report By Billy Rainford The 2015 Future West Canadian AX Championships have now been decided. I didn’t make it out to any of the other rounds, but if the 8th and final was any indication of how the racing was the rest of the season, fans and riders were treated to an amazing series. The gates were full and so were the stands both
2015 Mini O’s Photo Report – Saturday By Billy Rainford Another year of the Thor Winter Olympics has come and gone. I wish more Canadian riders would take the opportunity to head down to this great week-long event to gain experience and see what it’s like to race at the highest amateur level. Yes, it’s expensive, and yes it’s a long way away from EVERY Canadian city, but you really
2015 Mini O’s Photo Report – Friday By Billy Rainford Photos by E. Nicholson and Bigwave It was another banger of a day here just west of Gainesville, Florida, at the 44th Annual Thor Winter Olympics. Most classes here have qualifiers and so today was all about getting yourself through to the second motos Saturday. Some classes (250C) had 4 qualifiers! There were over 130 riders trying to get in.
2015 Mini O’s Photo Report – Thursday By Billy Rainford All eyes have shifted over to the motocross track for the rest of the week here at the 2015 Thor Winter Olympics. Many new riders have come through the gates and there were actually 4 divisions of 250 C riders trying to make the final moto. We had a bunch of Canadians on the track again today so let’s get