Throwback Thursday

#TBT 2012 Video Spotlight on #239 Ross Johnson

#TBT 2012 Video Spotlight on #239 Ross Johnson By Billy Rainford Remember when we didn’t know who the fast rider on the #239 Suzuki was? Well, we solved the mystery back at the Allison’s Farm in 2012 when we did a spotlight on a 24-year-old kid named Ross Johnson. Here’s a look back to a time before Ross was a multi-time Canadian Arenacross Champion.

#TBT: Riding at the Allisons|Circa 2012

#TBT: Riding at the Allisons|Circa 2012 By Billy Rainford Since it’s a video kind of day, and this is the time we should be congregating at The Allison’s Farm in Delburne, AB, I thought this video from four years ago at their farm was appropriate. Here’s a look back at an amazing time mid-way between Calgary and Edmonton from June of 2012. Riding at Allisons from Directmotocross.com on Vimeo.

#TBT 2011 DMX Canadian MX Weekly

#TBT 2011 DMX Canadian MX Weekly By Billy Rainford Wow, what can I say? This is funny to look back on! Back in 2011, Kyle Carruthers, James Lissimore, and I did weekly live video shows with pre-recorded interviews thrown in and many live guest appearances all across the country during the Pro Nationals. Our biggest battle was solid and reliable internet and I remember we spent a lot of our

#TBT Dusty Klatt|Walton National 2007

#TBT Dusty Klatt|Walton National 2007 By Billy Rainford #1 in 2007 was Campbell River, BC’s Dusty Klatt. It was the year Dusty headed south and rode for the Star Racing Yamaha team in Supercross and Motocross. He showed up to race Walton with his #1 plate from the year before on a Blackfoot Red Bull Yamaha 450. He looked extremely fast in practice but then a crash into a fence

#TBT Jeremy and Tyler Medaglia at Waldo MX 2011

#TBT Jeremy and Tyler Medaglia at Waldo MX 2011 By Billy Rainford Since it’s Tyler Medaglia‘s birthday, we had to dig out an old interview with him and his brother, Jeremy Medaglia, training at Waldo MX in Florida back in 2011 done by former DMX Head Cheese, Kyle Carruthers…”and all this kinda jazz.” Wait for it… Happy Birthday, Tyler.

#TBT – 2008 Steel City National Photo Report

#TBT – 2008 Steel City Photo Report By Billy Rainford For this one, we go back to the final AMA Outdoor National of the 2008 season at Steel City. Canadian MX1 champion Colton Facciotti and Tyler and Jeremy Medaglia made the drive to Pennsylvania to match up against the best in the world. This Photo Report is from www.mxforum.com. I used to put the captions above the photos… Well, I

#TBT 2009 Walton TransCan Golf Classic

#TBT 2009 Walton TransCan Golf Classic By Billy Rainford One of the most memorable events of the 2009 Canadian MX National Series was the Monster Energy Golf Classic for the Injured Riders Fund. The ‘tournament’ took place Friday afternoon and with Billy Whitley in charge of things people got behind it and raised a bunch of money. What became obvious at the golf course was how little the actual golf