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TLD Thursday Wallpapers

TLD Thursday Wallpapers By Billy Rainford There’s a corner at every national track that you get used to shooting at certain points in the day. With the sun climbing the sky and pointing down at this sharp corner after the finish line at Gopher Dunes, the best time to shoot it is during practice. It actually looked better for the MX2 practice but we’ll save those for another day. I

Gopher Dunes Emotion through the Lens of Allison Kennedy

Gopher Dunes Emotion through the Lens of Allison Kennedy By Billy Rainford Photos by Allison Kennedy If you’ve been around Canadian Motocross for an extended period of time, you know two things: motocross is the toughest sport in the world and nobody captures that fact better than Allison Kennedy. The action on the track is one thing, but when the riders come off the track and bare their emotions, that’s

Out of the Blue: Caro Sauvé

Out of the Blue: Caro Sauvé By Jeff McConkey Name: Caro Sauvé Birthday: November 2nd, 1990 Hometown: Saint-Eustache, PQ School & Grade or Occupation: Graphic DesignerNumber: 11 Bike: Yamaha yz125 2004 Race Club: CMRC – Challenge Quebec 2.0 Classes: Women B (Junior) How did you get started in racing? After a whole year practicing at X-Town, my friends, Emilie-Jade Leveille (43) and Vanessa Paquette (54), motivated me to try at least

McThoughts: Women’s East Nationals Round 1

McThoughts: Women’s East Nationals Round 1 By Jeff McConkey Coming into Round 1 of the Women’s East National series, Defending champ, Eve Brodeur, was the clear favourite from day 1. The young French Canadian put in the work during the off season and left Gopher Dunes with 2 holeshots and 2 moto wins. She isn’t cocky or flashy, she’s just really, really, really good. She was never challenged and made

Sean Bowker Captures the Tyler Medaglia Gopher Dunes Launch Sequence!

Sean Bowker Captures the Tyler Medaglia Gopher Dunes Launch Sequence! Sean Bowker photos We all heard the excitement in announcer Brian Koster‘s voice as Tyler Medaglia and Cole Thompson went wheel to wheel for 3rd place in the first MX1 moto at Gopher Dunes last week. We totally missed snagging a photo of the now-infamous launch but our old DMX friend, Sean Bowker, didn’t! Check out this great sequence that,

Gopher Dunes National Photo Report

Gopher Dunes National Photo Report Photos and captions by Billy Rainford After a two-weekend break, the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals resumed at the famed Gopher Dunes sand track in Courtland, Ontario. Courtland sits about an hour east of London and shares its terrain with the nearby Lake Erie coast – it’s soft, deep sand. Royal Distributing Fox Racing KTM Canada rider #1 Kaven Benoit held the MX2 points