By Billy Rainford So, we got the news last week that Doug Ford saw his shadow and we’ve been ordered back into our houses for at least another two weeks of lockdown here in Ontario. We’ve been told that they’ll re-evaluate the situation on Wednesday, June 2nd. Hopefully, on that day we’ll get some good news regarding outdoor activity. You know, like MOTOCROSS! I was a little surprised when Ford
By Billy Rainford Well, it’s Monday and I’ve got the yard work blister on the palm of my right hand to prove that I did my fair share. You know you’re not riding enough when you feel the blister beginning to form just 5 minutes into pulling dandelions. Too much time behind the camera the past bunch of years and not enough time in front of it! Hopefully, I’ll be
By Billy Rainford It’s the first Monday after the final round of 2021 Monster Energy AMA Supercross from Rice Eccles Stadium on the campus of the University of Utah (Go, Utes! “Did you say, Utes?“) in Salt Lake City, Utah. That night of racing was up there with any we’ve seen in quite a long time with the action and the stories that unfolded out there on the track. Qualifying:
By Billy Rainford Here we are on another Monday following a rather boring weekend here in my neck of the woods, Southwestern Ontario. Even with the strict lockdowns in place, people have been able to get out to some private tracks in the area, but pay-to-ride public spots have been closed for the past couple weeks until restrictions weaken. Fortunately, this time off has given my soft, photographer’s hands time
By Billy Rainford Well, we’re shut down here in Ontario. That’s right, we’re on to our 3rd full lockdown all across the province for the next little while. Even tracks that tried to stay open through the last one have decided to close this time. Who would have thought that I’d finally get back on a bike and look forward to hitting a bunch of local tracks and a global
By Billy Rainford As a racer, you know it usually works the other way…you leave the track on a Sunday after a day of mud races and the sun comes out to start the work or school week. Well, this week it finally did the opposite. We woke up to rain and crappy weather here in the DMX World HQ city of London, ON, after a weekend of mid 20’s
By Billy Rainford Happy Holiday Easter Monday, everyone. I’m sure many of you are waking up and trying to decide if you should go ride again today or if it would be wiser to let those blistered hands heal a bit before they get any worse. I think we all know the answer. I was planning on dusting off the Jeff McConkey YZ250 2-stroke DMX test bike today, but the
By Billy Rainford I’m not going to lie, I’m starting to get a little stir crazy. Usually, at this time of year, I’m happy to spend some time at home because I’ve been out in California for 5 or 6 weeks, I’ve been to a few Supercross races, I’ve spent time at my friend Brendan’s (KDEAM) place in Palm Coast, Florida, driven back and forth from the Daytona SX, the
By Billy Rainford Another Monday rears its ugly….nope, I can’t say that. We’re heading into a Monday here in London, Ontario, where we’re predicted to reach a blue-bird sky high of 16 or 17 degrees Celsius. This is the kind of day that helps you make it through the cold months here in Canada. I managed to get over to Gopher Dunes on Saturday for a couple hours before I
By Billy Rainford It’s been a long time since I woke up on a Monday after having been at an actual track on the weekend! Like, in over a year (that’s not entirely true, but you get the point). My coffee tastes just a little bit better this morning. I managed to get over to Gopher Dunes for their Opening Day on Friday. Ontario is so weird, weather-wise. Last year,