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New Hampshire Trip, Ride Report and Video
This entry I am posting on behalf of two of our faithful ATV Magazine forum members. After they bragged about getting this trip together I asked them to write up a full report with pictures and video, send it to me and I would post it here for the ...
Baja 1000: Matlock Racing Does it Again
The Matlock Racing Honda team consisting of Wayne Matlock, Josh Caster, Harold Goodman and Wes Miller successfully defended their number 1A plate at this years Score Tecate Baja 1000. With almost an hour lead over 2nd place, Wayne Matlock cruised t...
Autumn Offers Year’s Best Riding
Good day, and a happy autumn to all of our ATVMagBlog readers. It’s the first official day of fall, and the leaves have just started turning here in Minneapolis. Tundra dwellers and mountain people, though, have all seen the end of summer comin...
The Maine Attraction
I’ve got nothing against cities, but I think rural areas usually make for a better vacation. Even though I grew up in the countryside and really enjoy the rural lifestyle, I live in a city and have been a resident of Minneapolis for nine years ...
Best ATV Hunting/Fishing Destinations
Our upcoming September issue of ATV Magazine (mails out July 14th, newsstands August 4th) is our annual hunting issue and it’s packed with great stories, including a hunting-type build project on our new camo Grizzly 550 with power steering. Pu...
Back to the old stomping grounds
As this holiday weekend approaches a lot of us will be celebrating our freedom to vacation when and where we choose by traveling to that hallowed riding spot that we have some eternal connection with. For many the reason may be because it is with i...
Pre-Ride check list, don’t forget!
I am writing this article well in advance as a reminder to all that have big plans for the up and coming holiday weekend, Independence Day (4th of July) weekend. Why so early? Planning ahead early makes the loading and leaving for that big wee...
Mind your manners, trail etiquette
No this is not trail riding for the rich and famous. It may seem obvious but most people (even seasoned riders) do not really know some of the basics of trail etiquette. Etiquette means “The practices and forms prescribed by social convent...
America’s Best ATV Riding
Some of the locations on our list include Southern California's Imperial Sand Dunes (of course!), New Mexico's Carson National Forest, Grand Lake, Colorado, Coal Creek in Tennessee and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan - among 20 others....
Cramming It All In
As promised, I’m back with a report from my California travels, and other random updates. First of all, riding the Jawbone OHV area in the Mojave Desert was incredible. As I said in a story (see the July issue of ATV Sport), this area should be...
Going To California
It's about time: our first big trip to start off the crazy-busy spring-summer-fall riding season....
Omnibus bill fails to pass……Excellent!
Well, we in the off-roading community won a battle today, but the war is still on as Dems voted to bring the bill back in some form or another. It was proof positive that letters, emails and phone calls to our representatives can still work in getti...
Youth ATV/Motorcycle ban, GET INVOLVED!
Show your disgust with the current law! Get involved by following the link below. With out going into great detail a couple of major forums have gotten together and are organizing demonstrations on the steps of every state capitols. Click the link be...
Hatfield-McCoy Trails: Wayne County Update
The Hatfield-McCoy Trails has announced that its officials have recently met with the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers to discuss a new trail system. The U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers controls the East Lynn Dam Area in Wayne County, W.Va. In 2008, both s...
Doomsday……again.
Just when things seemed like they couldn’t get any worst, the good ole Consumer Products Safety Commission is once again wreaking havok on the Off Road Industry. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 is a new law that prohibits th...
Redneck Yacht Club For Off-road Junkies
Whether you're from the Midwest, Pacific Northwest or Desert Southwest, Florida's all-new off-road facility could change the color of your neck - read on!...
A Diamond in the Rough: Christmas Valley Sand Dunes
MSRP on a Honda TRX 450R: $6,999. Enough gas to make it there and back: $200. 11,000 acres of windswept, untouched sand beneath your paddle tires: priceless! For one sleepy little town in central Oregon, Christmas lasts all year long. At leas...
Flipping Amazing!!!
Two wheels or four, the world of freestyle motocross has come a long way from the days of Jeremy McGrath and the nac nac. I realize this is an ATV Blog, but then again my area of expertise as they call it is “lifestyle” so I figure that encompass...
2008 Oregon Dune Fest Part 2
As promised, I have completed the second of the so called highlight reels from this years Oregon Dune Fest. Sadly, inclement weather made for a whole lost day of shooting so most of this action was from Saturday’s events. Please don’...
