Posts From Bigwave

450 SX Mid-Season Report Card

450 SX Mid-Season Report Card By Jeff McConkey The great Ricky Carmichael always said that the season “officially starts at Daytona.” Some riders start the series a little slow, and need time to peak. Others seem to start hot a fizzle out quickly. Let’s take a look at the top 20 in points and the grades that I have given them: 1st Ryan Dungey 199pts:  A+ I gave Ryan an A+,

GPF – On a Tuesday…

GPF – On a Tuesday… Photos and captions by Billy Rainford The weather…oh, the weather. It finally cooperated today and I have the near heat exhaustion to prove it. It hit 80 degrees/24 C here at the Georgia Practice Facility (GPF). That meant I figured I’d try to get all my sun in one day. That’s what I like about me…I never learn. Anyway, with the beautiful weather came the

5-Lap Sprint: 2015 Royal Distributing Fox KTM Canada

5-Lap Sprint – Team Royal Distributing Fox KTM Canada By Jeff McConkey This past weekend, I was lucky enough to get the invite to Montreal to hangout with the 2015 Royal Distributing Fox KTM Canada race team. After a great day of team meetings, we followed it up with a nice dinner and then some serious go-kart racing. We asked several team members a few of the same questions. Let’s hear

Faces at the Races: Atlanta 2 SX

Faces at the Races: Atlanta 2 SX By Billy Rainford The second of two Atlanta rounds of the 2015 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series took place in a packed Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta. This was the first Supercross I’ve been able to attend so I was pretty excited to get back behind the lens to shoot this race. Racing has been amazing and there are always a few riders

Dungey, Millsaps, Catanzaro on Pulpmx Show Tonight

Dungey, Millsaps, Catanzaro on Pulpmx Show Tonight Lots to talk after this weekend and the Pulpmx Show presented by BTOSports.com and Fly Racing comes in tonight to talk about Atlanta 2 SX and the opening round of the GP’s in Qatar. Hosts Steve Matthes, Kris Keefer and special guest David Vuillemin will break down all of this and take your calls as well. Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey took his

Monday Morning Coffee

Monday Morning Coffee By Billy Rainford What we’ve got here, folks, is an old-fashioned ROAD TRIP! I’m not going to lie, sometimes the thought of these trips is much more romantic than the reality of sitting behind the wheel for 14 ½ hours, but if hitting the road as often as we do has taught me to adhere to only one old adage, it’s this one: be sure to stop

McThoughts: Atlanta 2 SX

McThoughts: Atlanta 2 SX By Jeff McConkey The second of 2 rounds in Atlanta went off on Saturday night. The track looked pretty tricky and lap times were a little longer. The start bottled in big-time making a good start crucial. Atlanta 2 was a ‘retro race’ and some of the teams went all out with some great looking old-school graphics. To go along with the retro bikes, a few gear companies jumped