Jett Lawrence Will Become the Latest ,Most-Copied Rider Opinion Piece By Billy Rainford Australian rider Jett Lawrence is the latest, most copied rider in the world of Supercross and Motocross in a long list before him. As far back as our sport goes, there has been a rider who has changed the game forever. My introduction to the sport was way back when Europeans were still dominating at the races
Frid’Eh Update #1 | Top Stories of 2023 | Brought to You by Race Tech By Billy Rainford Welcome to the first DMX Frid’Eh Update of 2024 this week brought to you by Race Tech. As we head into a new season of moto, it’s always fun to look back over the year and talk about the things that happened in our sport. With both of our #1 riders in
By Billy Rainford OK, what did I miss the past 2 weeks? I’ve finally made it back to my home office and it feels good to be able to sit at my own desk in my own house and get back to business as usual. As i’m sure you’re very bored of hearing about, I was out in Kamloops, BC for the past 16 days looking after my mom with
By Billy Rainford Dominating the news this morning is the return to Honda Canada GDR Fox Racing for #5 Tyler Medaglia. Tyler rode for the team back in 2012 as the defending 250 champion on the #11 Honda 450 back then. Tyler won the 250 title in 2010 and 2011 for the Blackfoot team and then moved up to the 450 class. In 2024, he’ll drop back down to the
By Billy Rainford That’s another Mini O’s at Gatorback Cycle Park in the books. If you’ve never been to this event, I’m not sure I can even describe it in words. 6000 entries over the course of 7 days in both Supercross and Motocross. It’s a living, breathing entity, this thing! They’ve added a couple days to it over the past few years and I have to say it’s been
By Billy Rainford As I sit here this Monday Morning, I’m starting to think about making yet another drive south down the I-75 to Gainesville, Florida, for the 2023 Mini O’s at Gatorback Cycle Park. When I was a kid, reading the words “Mini Olympics”, “Ponca City“, or “World Mini’s” always gave me goosebumps. Looking back, it was actually Ponca City that I remember having the most affect on my
Frid’Eh Update #45 | Brock Kelly | Brought to You by Yamaha Motor Canada By Billy Rainford Welcome to Week #45 of the DMX Frid’Eh Udpate this week brought to you by Yamaha Motor Canada. I’m not at a race this weekend but I woke up to the power being out here at the house. I don’t know what it is about Riverside Drive here in London, but people drive
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | October 2023 By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans, Someone that I used to know once told me, “You can’t build a house without a few splinters.” And here I thought, as long as we focused on constructing a solid foundation we’d be all right! Well played, universe, well played… Patch work and minor adjustments can be beneficial, but sometimes you need a demolition! Get
By Billy Rainford The recent passing of Wally Levy got me thinking about some of what’s really important in life. Although Wally left way too early, he had a very positive impact on everyone who knew him or even just met him once. And it’s definitely not just because he’s gone that people are saying nice things about him; he was genuinely a good dude. What a nice legacy to
Frid’EH Update #43 | Clayton Schmucki | Brought to You by Fox Racing Canada By Billy Rainford View this post on Instagram A post shared by DIRECT MOTOCROSS (@directmotocross) Welcome to Week #43 of the DMX Frid’EH Update this week brought to you by Fox Racing Canada. Here in London, we’ve been experiencing some near record-breaking warm weather the past week. Early on, there was a bit of rain that