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ICYMI | Catching Up with Liam O’Farrell | Atlas Brace

ICYMI | Catching Up with Liam O’Farrell | Atlas Brace I remember getting to know Liam O’Farrell while I was driving around in a 1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon broadcasting the Canadian MX Nationals live over Pirate Radio for MX Forum. I remember we went for a run together at Ryan Millar‘s farm in Manitoba. Liam is a friendly, hard-working rider who has the respect of his competitors and the industry. He’s

Kyle McCannell Talks about the Nationals Not Going West to His Prairie Hill MX Track

Kyle McCannell Talks about the Nationals Not Going West to His Prairie Hill MX Track By Billy Rainford Kyle McCannell owns the Prairie Hill MX track in Pilot Mound, Manitoba. He and his crew were set to host their first-ever Canadian Triple Crown Motocross National this season for Round 2, but COVID-19 has struck yet again. We got in touch with him to talk about the situation and to see

ICYMI | Catching Up with Cole Thompson | Presented by Gas Gas Canada

ICYMI | Catching Up with Cole Thompson | Presented by Gas Gas Canada By Billy Rainford #16 Cole Thompson is from Brigden, Ontario. When I first moved back to Ontario from Vancouver back in 2007, Cole and his family were the ones I saw the most. I was driving the 1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon then and it was, more often than not, parked in the Thompson’s pits from Florida to

ICYMI | Catching Up with Jess Pettis | Presented by KTM Canada

ICYMI | Catching Up with Jess Pettis | Presented by KTM Canada By Billy Rainford Career #15 Jess Pettis is currently working hard with his rehab after successful ACL surgery. He popped it at Walton Raceway last summer and raced the rest of the season without it, winning the 250 Canadian Triple Crown Series MX title. He was set to race the 250 East Supercross series and spent a couple

We Caught Up with Casey Keast after Arlington SX #2

We Caught Up with Casey Keast after Arlington SX #2 By Billy Rainford #300 Casey Keast from Kelowna, BC just raced his second-ever Monster Energy AMA Supercross at Arlington #2 at AT&T Stadium in Texas. He qualified 37th again, was 18th in Heat #2, and then 15th in the LCQ. They’ve been pitting out of a U-Haul box van and trailer but now have their Carlson Racing MX truck and

ICYMI | Catching Up with Keylan Meston

ICYMI | Catching Up with Keylan Meston By Billy Rainford In case you missed it, we caught up with #10 Keylan Meston this past Friday. Keylan Meston is the rider who holds onto the career #10. Keylan is the hard-working, fun-loving rider we’ve all gotten to know pretty well over his Pro racing career. He’s always easy to talk to and provides us with some of our favourite interviews around here.

Catching Up with Jake Piccolo | KTM Canada

Catching Up with Jake Piccolo | KTM Canada By Billy Rainford Jake Piccolo is the BC rider who’s been on everyone’s radar since he was on little bikes. He’s got blazing speed and is one of the most entertaining riders to watch whenever he’s on the track. He’s signed on with Al Dyck and the gang over at Sky Racing and he’s down at Club MX getting all the pre-season