Photo Report | 2016 MXON | Maggiora Italy By Billy Rainford Photos by James Lissimore Wow! That’s pretty much all you can say after being at a MXON in Europe. I woke up in a cold sweat last night having nightmares of bladeless chainsaws revving out at 12000rpms, and megaphones, and horns, and anything you could modify to make an already loud machine even louder. I forgot to put in
2016 MXON | Free Practice Photos | Maggiora Italy By Billy Rainford Here are just a few photos from free practice this morning from Maggiora, Italy, and the 2016 Monster Energy MXON to get you through a cup of coffee back home in North America.
2016 MXON| Friday Photos | Shot Race Gear By Billy Rainford Finally, the internet seems to be loading photos at a decent pace. Not really, but it was OK to wait for my camera batteries to charge with only 1 adapter to use. Things just seem to take a little longer to do over in Italy…except the driving. I love the driving here. They really seem to have a
Team Canada MXON | Thursday Photos | Shot Race Gear By Billy Rainford Well, after almost a week of trying, we were finally able to find the elusive Team Canada MXON today. It was the final day of testing for the team at the track directly next to the Milan Airport at Malpensa MX. When we pulled into the facility, we were pleased to see a flurry of activity, with
Arenacross Practice | Friday Afternoon | Gopher Dunes By Billy Rainford As if Fridays aren’t busy enough around Direct Motocross, when we heard Rockstar OTSFF Yamaha rider, Matt Goerke, was going to be testing at the newly-built Arenacross track at Gopher Dunes, we had to be there to check it out. Yes, that’s why the Update was a tad on the ‘brief’ side this week. Not only was Matt there
A Few Photos from Gully Mor Today with Shawn Maffenbeier and Josh Snider By Billy Rainford It’s that time of year when the Rockstar Energy MX Nationals are finished and I find myself looking for some racing or riding to cover. By random chance, I bumped into Josh Snider and Shawn Maffenbeier at a burrito shop last night and they told me they were heading to Gully Mor for a
Faces at the Races | MMRS Madoc National By Jeff McConkey Photos by Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford It’s time for our favourite column – Faces at the Races! Last weekend we made it over to the 6th Annual (man, time flies!) MMRS Madoc National. These events are always a great time. With 654 entries Sunday, there were lots of people and faces to snap photos of. Here’s our look
Photo Report | MMRS Madoc National By Billy Rainford The 6th Annual MMRS Madoc National took place in the small town northeast of Toronto over the weekend. This is one of the rare events on the calendar that sees the township actually get behind it because they understand how great the sport is and how much business it brings to them. Entries on Sunday were 654 (I added up the
Faces at the Races | Ironman MX AMA National By Jeff McConkey This past Saturday I made the 10-hour drive down to Ironman MX in Crawfordsville, Indiana. I was pretty bummed out last season when I heard from everyone how great this round was. I decided early that I was all in for Ironman, and I’m glad I did. I was a huge fan of the town, the track, and