Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | December By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans! Happy Festivus! I’ve waited all year to use that line! I hope you’ve enjoyed the month of December. I’ve heard a lot of people broadcasting throughout the year that they ”just can’t wait for 2020 to be over!” Congratulations, you made it! 28 hours left (depending upon when this gets posted)! Since this column holds my thoughts and points
Best Christmas Movie of All Time? | We Ask Riders and Industry Folk By Billy Rainford Photos by Bigwave (except where noted) I’m starting to worry because if I ask myself this question I may answer Bad Santa or Krampus. I’ll just say Elf so people don’t send the authorities over to check on me. With that in mind, we fired the question out to a bunch of riders and
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | September By Jacqueline Ross Greetings humans! More than half of my life has been spent on a dirt bike at a motocross track. In case you were wondering, I’m 32 years young and I started riding/racing at the age of 12. Just so you know, I’ll be 33 in November and I’m in the process of planning Flow With J-Ro’s 2nd Annual Birthday Motocross School at Mesa Motocross Park! I give
Things to Watch for at Round 5 |The Final Round By Billy Rainford It’s hard to believe but we’re heading in to our final weekend of racing to decide the champions in the 2020 Rockstar Triple Crown Tour MX Nationals. We’re back at Sand Del Lee just outside Ottawa, Ontario. There are two clearcut favourites in Jess Pettis (250) and Dylan Wright (450), but there are other stories to keep
2020 Leatt Gear Review By Billy Rainford Photos by Emily Nicholson OK, nobody is fooling anyone here…Jeff McConkey was the biggest gear nerd in the history of gear nerds. He lived for new gear to try out. He was the guy for the job of trying out new stuff, no doubt. You may have heard me say this before, but I could be looking at a random photo from 12
What It’s Like to Go to the Races in These Strange Times | Gopher Dunes AMO Provincial By Billy Rainford Normal? No, not really, but what are our choices when it comes to getting our racing season off the ground? With so many different areas allowed to do different things, racing in southwestern Ontario has been happening with a few restrictions. COVID-19 has affected every aspect of our lives and
Derek Schuster Talks about this Weekend’s OPC and Hosting National Round 1 During COVID-19 By Billy Rainford We’re now less than 3 weeks away from Round 1 of the 2020 Rockstar Triple Crown Tour MX Nationals that will be hosted at Gopher Dunes on July 25-26. Derek Schuster is the man in charge of things over there in Courtland, Ontario. They will also be hosting Round 2 of the AMO
Tips for MX Beginners by Carl Bastedo Carl Bastedo has pretty much seen it all in the sport of Motocross. In fact, he probably HAS seen it all and seen it from its inception! We agreed that it would be a good idea to put together a short list of the many pratfalls we, as new riders, will likely encounter. With this list, maybe some beginners can avoid the mistakes
The Importance of Mental Toughness By Billy Rainford Alan Goldberg writes in his ‘8 Qualities of a Mentally Tough Athlete‘ article on the Competitive Edge website that there are a few characteristics successful athletes all share. Here’s the list shortened down: Calm under pressure Unfazed Amazing powers of concentration Laser focussed Winning attitude Does the work Confident Setbacks do not shake their belief in abilities When you skimmed over that
Motocrosser Making a Difference | Ryan Langille Gives…and Gives By Billy Rainford When I dug into the archives and posted an old photo of Nico Izzi, Mike Alessi, and Chad Reed from Press Day for Sick Kids Hospital at the 2009 Toronto Supercross, I had no idea I had uncovered a really nice, feel-good story. Chase Langille is the one on the right of the photo with the mohawk and