The Dignity Memorial Wall Experience

This past Saturday we took some time to visit a unique site that has some significance for our family. The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Experience is a traveling three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and it was recently installed at Resthaven Cemetery here in the Des Moines area. Since 1990, the [...]

Mike LaRocco Jason Lawrence Ron Lechien Jeff Leisk Victor Leloup Aigar Leok Tanel Leok Billy Liles

Rutted Corners

There are two obstacles you will always have to face on the track: ruts and corners.  Combine the two and traversing themcan be frustrating.  The power and torque that modern four strokes produce is pretty incredible and lines get dug out quickly.  Corners are the backbone of speed which makes it essential to be extremely [...]

Jason Lawrence Ron Lechien Jeff Leisk Victor Leloup Aigar Leok Tanel Leok Billy Liles Ove Lundell

The FIM Motocross of Nations and the MX Grand Prix returns to Maggiora, Italy

On February 3rd 2012 a historical agreement was made between Youthstream and Schava SRL. Schava is a company represented by Mr. Stefano Avandero and Mr. Paolo Schneider, which will organize the FIM Motocross World Championship Grand Prix of Italy and the FIM Motocross of Nations in Maggiora.

The Motocross of Nations is the most prestigious MX race in the world annually.

Billy Grossi Davide Guarneri Thomas Hahn Torsten Hallman Bob Hannah Donnie Hansen Torlief Hansen Marcus Hansson

RJ Says - Need a Supercross TIcket?

I wanted to explain, a little "tongue-in-cheek", what I go thru regarding event tickets. Specifically what I went thru regarding the recent San Diego Supercross. Hope you get a laugh out of my video blog below. If you'd like to see the results, points, photos and video from the 2012 Monster Energy San Diego Supercross - here's the link!

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Gold Coast Junior Motocross Club to re-open

After a forced closure by Gold Coast city council 2 years ago due to noise complaints. Mike Hatcher’s junior motorcycle club has been given the go ahead to re-open with an initial 6 month lease due to start later in December 2011. The club has been home to a number of well known champion racers [...]

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R4TC: 2010 Ride for the Cure at Cahuilla Motocross Park

I haven't hit the track much in 2010, but knowing that the 4th Annual Motocross Ride for the Cure Event was coming, I dusted off the KTM, dropped it off at Malcolm Motorsports for some fine tuning, hit Milestone Motocross Track for a handful of warm ups and I was ready to enjoy the funnest event of the year hosted by motocross enthusiast herself, Laurie Carey, who is constantly raising the bar for fundraising, support, education and interaction for Breast Cancer Awareness!

The morning started off amazing, perfect day to moto! The sky's were bright blue and littered with dark fluffy rain clouds! Dropping rain in perfect track watering patterns, the day was in full swing and the pits were packed! Tons of Factory support lined up for the event, they even had a never ending Freestyle show in the works! Mike Metzger, the God Father of FMX was doing his thing and dozens of other talented riders busting out tricks for the fans.

I pretty much settled into a pack rat of MXGirls, WMA Pro Rider Elizabeth Bash, Race Techs Michelle Marshall, and Mission Motorsports Brooklyn McClendon. We had a blast mixing it up on the main and vet tracks, sporting our decorated "Ride for the Cure" Bra's and having a blast spinning laps, saving boobies!

In the end I was amazed at the growth this event has accumulated over the years, by far the most impressive outcome I've seen. I'm looking forward to next year's event, but more importantly, it's touching to see all the work Laurie Carey puts into the Support and Awareness of Breast Cancer.

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John Dowd John Draper Doug Dubach Ryan Dungey Vic Eastwood Daryl Ecklund Erik Eggens Richard Eierstedt