A New Direction for Canadian Off Road Racing

World Enduro Canada is an off road motorcycle race promoter that is pleased to announce their association as a sanctioning body and promotion partner under the umbrella of the Motorcycle Confederation of Canada.

WEC will be responsible for Enduro, Cross Country and Observed Trials competition across Canada.
CMRC is the partner responsible for Motocross and PMP for Roadracing.
A bright future for off-road competition in Canada is now more assured with the formation of the MCCís umbrella group uniting each facet of the sport of motorcycling.

It is the mandate of World Enduro Canada to bring professional off road racing to a national level consistent with what is realized at the World Championships.
In addition all WEC events will stress respect of the environment, sponsorship exposure, media and spectator friendly events and safety and fairness to competitors.

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**World Enduro Canada is very pleased to welcome Parts Canada as the presenting sponsor for the 2010 Royal Distributing Canadian Enduro Championship

**Women are becoming more involved with motorcycling and motorcycle racing. Last season we had 4 women compete in the Royal Distributing Canadian Enduro Championship with Victoria Hett winning the Women's Championship. She was so fast that this year she has decided to jump to the A class and mix it up wih the guys! Motoress is a beautiful motorcycle site dedicated to women. It is filled with stories of racing accomplishments, rides geared to women, riding techniqes, motorcyles tests and online shop for ladies apparel and gear. They have a write up on Victoria and over the course of the season will be documenting the accomplishments of the various women competing in all of the various WEC series.

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"Endurance" now available through World Enduro Canada

Many of you may already be familiar with the great book Endurance by Theresa Ortolani . She is a talented photographer from New York City who followed her good friend Nate Kanney around for three year as he raced in various GNCC and World Enduro Championship events. The book is a photographic essay of Nate and other riders efforts competing around the world. It would be a great addition to any motorcycle book collection and a beautiful gift. The books retail for $39.95 US including shipping. There are a limited number of signed copies available so Order Now!

2009 Season Review

The first season for the Royal Distributing Canadian Enduro Championship and the Wiesner Insurance Canadian Trials Championship is behind us and everyone involved from riders, sponsors, event organizers, media and spectators are all agree it was a stellar success. Enduro and Trials Amateur and Pro riders took up the challenge and travelled across the country to make both series true National Championships. In the Enduro Championships there were riders representing 5 provinces at all 8 rounds and in Quebec we had 7 provinces represented. Truly amazing for a first year series. On behalf of World Enduro Canada want to extend a special thank you to all these riders for travelling and making these series something special.

Dan Paris from Directmotocross.com summed it up very well in this email he sent us;

As a moto-journalist I’d like to say a few things about the 2009 Royal Distributing Canadian Enduro Series. For years, and I mean even as a little mid-70’s kid with a bowl cut, I’ve listened to people bemoaning the state of enduro and off-road racing in Canada. Hosting FIM World Enduro rounds in 2006 and 2007 gave the sport a shot in the arm in a big way. That shot of juice kicked in when the Royal Distributing Canadian Enduro Series was announced. I was stoked at the news! I mean, I’d guessed from hanging around the sidelines of off-road and motocross races for the better part of 40 years that Enduro was somehow marketable, and in some ways perhaps even more marketable than motocross. And like everyone else, I shrugged my shoulders and wished for something cool to happen.  

I scratch out my meager and unusual living by talking to racers. And the racers I talked to after the opening CEC rounds in Alberta and B.C were thrilled. At the same time as the ultra-cool website www.directmotocross.com (shameless plug there…) was really building steam the talent of Canadian Extreme riders like Shane Cuthbertson and Cory Graffunder was shocking the hell out of the European and U.S elite. After hanging out with the riders and promoters at the Quebec and Parry Sound CEC rounds I believe this series is the biggest thing to happen to dirt bike racing in Canada since the glory days of World Motocross GP racing at Copetown or St.Gabriel. Sure, everyone in the industry expected a baby step from the CEC. A little bump in the leg like a timid dog might do when it's deciding if you’re friendly or not. Instead the Royal Distributing series hit Canada like a pissed off Great White. BAM! Their full speed attack on the status quo could be just what the industry and the sport need so badly these days. But then again, what do I know?  

“Motocross is like the pointy tip of a massive iceberg,” Gopher Dunes owner Frank Schuster explained to me back when I first started writing. “Those few guys drive the sport and give the kids heroes to emulate. More and more of their used bikes pile up every year and new riders pile onto them. The further you go down the bigger that iceberg becomes. All of those weekend warriors are out there bombing around on beater bikes, just trail riding and having fun. And spending money.” With Frank’s comment in mind, what could possibly entertain a wider audience than CEC style enduro? 

Aside from the fact that sports these days are all about being ‘Extreme’, Enduro racing has mixed the traditional elements of motocross, woods racing and trials competition with a down to earth vibe. It’s sort of like a racing version of your average ‘On any Sunday’ trail ride with your buddies when you think about it. I overheard a disbeliever at Parry Sound saying, “Sure it’s cool and all, but I don’t think this series will really help sell bikes.” To that I say baloney. The Pros of the CEC Series are the new wave of two-wheeled rock stars, kicking out the jams and showing just what is possible on a dirt bike. Thanks to the team at World Enduro Canada, plus the racers, volunteers, media and sponsors that made the Royal Distributing CEC series such a success, Enduro racing is no longer something moto-marketing gurus can ignore. Three cheers to all of you guys who made it happen!

Dan Paris

www.directmotocross.com