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Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford Even though I came home to a little bit of snow, it still feels great to finally be at home. In fact, I slept for 11 hours last night! As much as I love being on the road for extended periods of time, there’s still nothing like sleeping in your own bed. With so many events these past couple weeks, I’ve still got a bunch of photos

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford 26, 27, 28 and ☀️. That’s the extended forecast for Daytona next Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. The biannual trip down the I-75 looms on my travel calendar. The odometer on the #DMXVan just rolled over 300,000 kilometres, but a fresh oil change tomorrow morning and she’ll be ready for another sortie. I had to miss this past weekend’s Supercross in Arlington, Texas, but if I were to

Frid’Eh Update #8 | People’s Choice Winner Travis Barrette | Presented by Gas Gas Canada

Frid’Eh Update #8 | People’s Choice Winner Travis Barrette | Presented by Gas Gas Canada By Billy Rainford Welcome to Week #8 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update this week presented by Gas Gas Canada. Guess what? This is yet another week where we don’t have anyone with the corresponding number of the week. I don’t know why, but there never seems to be a rider running #8. Is there a

Off the Cuff | Jacqueline Ross – February

Off the Cuff | Jacqueline Ross – February By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, humans!  As Zora Hurston says, “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” Just when I think I have a semi-understanding of the current season that I am in, the universe sends another tribulation.  I wouldn’t expect anything less! As I sit here and type this, my knee is elevated and set up on a chair

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford Well, I finally made it back to London. It’s hard to believe that the trip that started over a month ago has ended up right back in my little home office where it started. I’m looking out the window at a snow-covered backyard instead of looking out to see which Pro rider was showing up to ride at Viney Ranch in Murrieta, California. But as some girl

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford It hurts me to say this but this will be my final Monday Morning Coffee from Viney Ranch in Murrieta, California. What an amazing stay this has been. I’d like to thank Ulf and Cheryl Viney for their hospitality. Letting me call their single-axle trailer home for the past couple weeks has been fantastic. Being able to make daily sortees to the practice tracks has been so

Glendale Supercross Brainstorm

Glendale Supercross Brainstorm By Billy Rainford (B-Rain…Brain…Brainstorm) Glendale was round 5 of the 2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series. State Farm Stadium was our first stop in an actual football stadium. It just feels and sounds different than the baseball parks we’ve been in up to this point. Even riders I spoke to said the same thing. It’s different to look around and it just has a much bigger feel

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford Had to wait until I could get to my fingernails before hitting the laptop this morning. Anyone else completely in awe of anyone who has those crazy long fingernails and can still type? Mine get like 1 millimetre long and it’s time for me to cut them down. I feel like I’m going to poke them right through the keyboard otherwise. But I digress… You think that

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford Hello again from the little single-axle trailer parked at Viney Ranch in Murrieta, California. It’s really amazing what Ulf and Cheryl have carved out for themselves right at the centre of USA Motocross. There’s always something going on here. We had a delicious BBQ last night that Cheryl cooked up with Michael Lindsay from Vital MX. I think I learned more about the inner workings of American

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford Photos by 🌊 This Monday Morning Coffee is coming to you from the Pacific Time in Ocean Beach, California. “OB” is a beach town next to San Diego and we love it here. If you’ve ever been to the coast of Southern California, you know what it’s like. Most places are completely white-washed and without flavour. It’s little pockets of beach life like OB and Venice Beach