Call it a soft spot. Call it getting older. Call it a disconnect even. I’ve felt like getting back into writing lately. Just like when you talk out loud and it pops up on your Facebook, my phone rang the other day and boom an opportunity pops up. I’ve been down this road before for MXP (2002-2012) and under my umbrella with Guaranteedmx.com (2013-2019). I always enjoyed it, created some fun content, rubbed some noses the wrong way, but I always stayed the same: honest. I will once again bring that similar attribute to this new, sort of old, addition to MXP. The FLOOD is back!!
So A1 this weekend. It’s a great time to be a fan. An even better time to refire a blog full of shit talk and opinions, eh? Truly though, this sport tugs my berries so passionately that excitement is high. I play Pulpmx Fantasy which makes it even more fun. Though, yelling at the screen where only I can hear myself might lead to some thinking I’m insane at times. I made my kids cry a couple of times last year while watching because of this screaming at riders I don’t know at all. Building solid moments with my kids, priceless. My weekend looks a little different now that Kyle Thompson and I are going to be announcing the Kicker AMA series LIVE on Ryde TV Friday and Saturday. This means I will not be able to watch A1 live so I guess my screaming will be mute this coming Saturday. It’s funny how this game turns me into a total idiot while watching the sport I love. Thank you, Pulpmx Fantasy!!
From the last time, I was doing these blogs a lot has changed for me. New home, new dog, more kids, less racing, less anger, less hair, but all in all life is rolling along pretty good. It’s funny, we grew up knowing nothing would be simple, hard work would pay off, life is hard, etc. I was an only child so spoiled was a given. My talent in moto brought me factory rides, free gear, some decent money, some great party stories, and put a solid number/notch in the bedpost (that was a contest when I was racing. Things have changed). I’m living the life of, “I wish I knew then what I know now.” For the past 6 years, I have worked my bag off to now have AMO doing well. When I took over from running CMRC in 2015 I was scared, I was inexperienced, and I didn’t have a clue what to do. But I knew my passion for moto would exceed expectations. Or I hoped it would at least. Now, entering 2022, the CMRC is long gone (I’m still sad I’m no longer able to chat with my former friend and semi-father figure, Mark Stallybrass), we buried the MMRS goof (yet he still pops his head from the grave as seen last year when he got the bid for Madoc track shut down), the sport is growing again, and hard work has paid off. None of this has come easily. I have said and done some seriously dumb things and gotten slapped out of positions where I was confident. With hard work comes ego. Because, no matter how humble you are, hard work that pays off warrants a change in attitude (in certain situations). For those that know me to know, I never hold back with honesty and opinion. I don’t plan on changing but I’m smarter on how I go about it. I have this list in my mind of people who I believe are parasites in our industry. They haven’t left but my thoughts towards them have changed because I have changed. No longer do I wish them to be loaded in a burning van and pushed off a cliff. Pretty deep, eh? I was very imaginative but my hate and disgust ran bottomless. I now see them, nod, or kill them with kindness because what was the point of me thinking or feeling that way. This anger was built off silliness, jealousy, or whatever, basically. The lesson in all this blather is: do you, not for someone or against someone. Just you. So that’s where I will be in this article and the way I have been for a few years now. Doing me and knowing the goals I have for family and work are what matter, nothing else.
The first 100 members list. The names on the list are in the next photo below. these will be in the first LIVE draw of 2022 on our AMO Facebook page. We will go LIVE Thursday, Jan 6th at 8 PM.
To be drawn: 1O AMO race day/Event codes for $100. This can be used at any AMO event in 2022 toward entry fees to the event.
I’m sure like most of you right now, you wish you could get a couple of minutes alone with our so-called Canadian leaders and how this COVID has been dealt with. I’m not political nor do I wish to rant too much about it. I will say this, people die, it sucks but that’s real. We can’t end that. My heart goes out to those that lost someone to this or had it crush their spirit in some way. That’s horrible. The way they are handling this with our kids is something that can end. The world preaches about Mental Health and what comes with that battle. For these leaders, they cannot grasp what they are doing to the youth group of today and their mental state is truly astonishing. Do these folks sit at the table with their experts, smash the gavel at the end, and truly feel they’ve done the right thing? For me, I could care less. I’m going to do what I want and choose what I want. That’s being an adult, right? But how they’re handling school right now makes my blood boil. My kid’s school has not had one case since COVID became a thing. Why should they be punished for what’s happening in Toronto or any region with huge case counts? We are all getting this new variant most likely at some point. Why punish our kids? That’s all I have for that. Hopefully, people who read this are finding ways to keep up the good fight and pushing past for your kids or family. Oh, masks don’t really do anything. I think that’s proven right now. That is all!!
I woke up with so many ideas in my head to kick this off with MXP. I don’t think I got any of them in here, Haha. It was harder to put them to paper than I thought. Guess I need to get my groove back.
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