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ICYMI | Catching Up with Jamie Powell | Yamaha Motor Canada By Billy Rainford In case you missed it, we caught up with Jamie Powell: Sand Del Lee is the home of the MX101 FXR Yamaha team and also 19-year-old #24 Jamie Powell from Richmond, Ontario. The more we get to know Jamie, the more we learn about his sense of humour, and I think we can all agree that he’s
CATCHING UP WITH PAULS JONASS GET THE INSIDE LINE FROM THE FORMER MX2 WORLD CHAMP AS HE LEADS GASGAS FACTORY RACING INTO THEIR SECOND SEASON OF MXGP Fired up and 100% healthy, former MX2 World Champ Pauls Jonass is ready to lead GASGAS into the 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship! Since moving up to the premier class in 2019, the Latvian has climbed onto the MXGP podium multiple times, proving
ICYMI | Catching Up with Tyler Gibbs | Fox Racing Canada By Billy Rainford #22 Tyler Gibbs from out in Mission, BC. Tyler is another one of the fast riders who cut his teeth on the indoor tracks of the Future West Arenacross series in BC, so he definitely excels on the tight tracks. In fact, he went through the Supercross Futures series a couple years ago and is ready to his the Monster Energy AMA
ICYMI | Catching Up with Liam O’Farrell | Atlas Brace I remember getting to know Liam O’Farrell while I was driving around in a 1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon broadcasting the Canadian MX Nationals live over Pirate Radio for MX Forum. I remember we went for a run together at Ryan Millar‘s farm in Manitoba. Liam is a friendly, hard-working rider who has the respect of his competitors and the industry. He’s
Kyle McCannell Talks about the Nationals Not Going West to His Prairie Hill MX Track By Billy Rainford Kyle McCannell owns the Prairie Hill MX track in Pilot Mound, Manitoba. He and his crew were set to host their first-ever Canadian Triple Crown Motocross National this season for Round 2, but COVID-19 has struck yet again. We got in touch with him to talk about the situation and to see
ICYMI | Catching Up with Ryder McNabb | Fox Racing Canada By Billy Rainford In case you missed it, we caught up with #18 Ryder Mcnabb. Ryder McNabb is the young Manitoba rider who makes his move to the Pro ranks official for 2021. It was easy to forget he was an Intermediate last season because of his graphics kit, but he was only 14 and a yellow-plater at heart
ICYMI | Catching Up with Cheyenne Harmon | Yamaha Motor Canada By Billy Rainford One of my favourite parts of the job is meeting riders and families involved in our sport. But nothing beats finding out a rider has risked everything and made the trip to Canada on his or her own to roll the dice and race our series. We’ve seen it a few times over the years, and
ICYMI | Catching Up with Cole Thompson | Presented by Gas Gas Canada By Billy Rainford #16 Cole Thompson is from Brigden, Ontario. When I first moved back to Ontario from Vancouver back in 2007, Cole and his family were the ones I saw the most. I was driving the 1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon then and it was, more often than not, parked in the Thompson’s pits from Florida to
ICYMI | Catching Up with Jess Pettis | Presented by KTM Canada By Billy Rainford Career #15 Jess Pettis is currently working hard with his rehab after successful ACL surgery. He popped it at Walton Raceway last summer and raced the rest of the season without it, winning the 250 Canadian Triple Crown Series MX title. He was set to race the 250 East Supercross series and spent a couple
ICYMI | Catching Up with Ryan Dowd | Presented by Race Tech By Billy Rainford Ryan Dowd is the rider who holds the #14 for the 2021 season. We didn’t see him in 2020 due to the COVID-19 border situation and because of the fact he went in a different direction last year, and we’ll talk to him about that. Last time we saw Ryan, the 2019 season, he was #46.