The DMXies – Individual Awards and Words Here’s another look at the 2020 Direct Motocross Awards – The DMXies. By Billy Rainford Most Dominant Pro Rider Billy: I can’t believe I’m picking a rookie in the 450 class, but Dylan Wright is my choice for Most Dominant. Especially in the MX portion of the series, it never seemed to matter where he started, he was making his way to the
2020 Direct Motocross Awards – The DMXies By Billy Rainford Greg Poisson and Billy Rainford hand out the 2020 Direct Motocross Awards – The DMXies. Categories include Amateur Rider of the Year, WMX Rider of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Pro Rider of the Year, and the new People’s Choice Rider of the Year, among others.
DMX Stories | Tales from the Vault | Mark Perrin Races in Edmonton By Billy Rainford By Billy Rainford Back in 2009, I agreed to the very lofty goal of driving across the country in a 1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon that Darren “Pillow” Pilling had purchased for either this project in particular or for some other reason as yet unknown to me. The goal of this project was to
Catching Up with Kade Walker in Europe The globetrotting Canadian would love to race the 2021 season back at home By Billy Rainford Kade Walker is the Canadian rider who hails from Quebec but has spent the last number of years crisscrossing Europe racing and living in some different and exciting places. He made a brief visit back to Canada to line up for a couple races and is now
The Story Behind the Photo | 1985 Hully Gully Newsletter By Billy Rainford Besides good looks, charm, and a dashing personalty, motocrossers all share another more unfortunate thing in common – we’ve all pretty much missed one season’s racing due to injury. It’s a sad but very real part of the sport we’ve all chosen. I’m not even sure why my name pops up in this little Hully Gully Newsletter
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | December By Jacqueline Ross Greetings, Humans! Happy Festivus! I’ve waited all year to use that line! I hope you’ve enjoyed the month of December. I’ve heard a lot of people broadcasting throughout the year that they ”just can’t wait for 2020 to be over!” Congratulations, you made it! 28 hours left (depending upon when this gets posted)! Since this column holds my thoughts and points
Best Christmas Movie of All Time? | We Ask Riders and Industry Folk By Billy Rainford Photos by Bigwave (except where noted) I’m starting to worry because if I ask myself this question I may answer Bad Santa or Krampus. I’ll just say Elf so people don’t send the authorities over to check on me. With that in mind, we fired the question out to a bunch of riders and
Off the Cuff with Jacqueline Ross | September By Jacqueline Ross Greetings humans! More than half of my life has been spent on a dirt bike at a motocross track. In case you were wondering, I’m 32 years young and I started riding/racing at the age of 12. Just so you know, I’ll be 33 in November and I’m in the process of planning Flow With J-Ro’s 2nd Annual Birthday Motocross School at Mesa Motocross Park! I give
Things to Watch for at Round 5 |The Final Round By Billy Rainford It’s hard to believe but we’re heading in to our final weekend of racing to decide the champions in the 2020 Rockstar Triple Crown Tour MX Nationals. We’re back at Sand Del Lee just outside Ottawa, Ontario. There are two clearcut favourites in Jess Pettis (250) and Dylan Wright (450), but there are other stories to keep
2020 Leatt Gear Review By Billy Rainford Photos by Emily Nicholson OK, nobody is fooling anyone here…Jeff McConkey was the biggest gear nerd in the history of gear nerds. He lived for new gear to try out. He was the guy for the job of trying out new stuff, no doubt. You may have heard me say this before, but I could be looking at a random photo from 12