After joining the Dirt Rider team in 2005 as Editor for the brand's then-bimonthly Mini Rider title, Chris Denison served as Associate Editor for several years before being named Editor In Chief of Dirt Rider Magazine in October of 2011. Drawing on a lifetime around dirt bikes that included a brief stint as a pro freestyle motocross rider, Denison now enjoys anything and everything on two wheels including off-road, motocross, trials, FMX, hard enduro and adventure riding.
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Are you a glutton for punishment? If so, you’re going to love this: A new extreme enduro is headed to North America, and it’s going to be hard. Really hard. With a little luck, it will be hard enough to draw the top extreme enduro stars, as well as the attention of the new World [...]
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Are you a GPS-enabled rider? If so, you’re going to love this: In our February 2009 issue, I authored a story about GPS basics that covered everything I learned about satellite navigation during my brutal 5-day riding experience at the 2009 Red Bull Romaniacs. Since that issue went to print, we’ve received several comments and [...]
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On January 8th, Malcolm Smith Motorsports will host a Supercross Fan Appreciation Night at their location in Riverside, CA. Top Supercross and Supercross Lites riders from Factory Suzuki, Factory KTM, Joe Gibbs Racing as well as various other riders will be on hand for pictures and autographs. “I always enjoy our Fan Appreciation nights.” says [...]
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I just received the following scary letter from a buddy at the COHVCO in Colorado. Apparently, some anti-motorcycle hippies are trying to raid our own OHV registration funds and use them to SHUT DOWN TRAILS! The best way we can fight this at the moment is with a flood of letters, so please take a [...]
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Interested in catching a glimpse of pure motorcycling history? Here’s your chance! Off-road legend Malcolm Smith has a great event coming up in Southern California that offers a rare chance to view an amazing private motorcycle collection, personally shown to you by Malcolm himself! Check out the press release below and don’t miss this incredible [...]
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To say that we here at Dirt Rider are a competitive bunch would be a complete understatement. Whether in an all-out battle at the motocross track or just some silly office challenge, we take things pretty seriously. The latest battle for interoffice dominance involves the 2009 Fantasy Motocross League over at www.fantasyracer.com. This online series [...]
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The 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship is about to kick off, and the hype is reaching that familiar fever pitch. With James Stewart a question mark and Chad Reed still uncommitted to racing the series, it’s anyone’s ballgame coming in to the new season. In anticipation of the battle that is undoubtedly going [...]
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If the rest of the world were progressing as quickly as freestyle motocross, we’d all be flying around in jet packs right now. The curve in FMX competition today is ridiculous, and the bar is constantly being raised to even scarier new heights. Of these heights, the latest scary standard has been set by French [...]
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Check out this leaked info I got from a secret informer at Suzuki: Just days after posting a blog last week with sneak photos of the 2010 CRF250R, I received the following email from an inside source at Suzuki: “Dear Chris, I just finished reading your blog about Honda’s 2010 model. Just so you know, [...]
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It’s that time of year again, and the MiniMoto SX has taken the Orleans Arena by storm. The racing in Las Vegas is already underway, and with qualifiers nearly through it’s anyone’s ballgame coming into the night show. Look for the full report later this evening on www.dirtrider.com, and in the meantime check out the [...]
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Today, I took a picture of a 2010 Honda CRF. It wasn’t easy, as I had to not only drive to Torrance in thick traffic to infiltrate the Honda command center, but I also had to slide my way past many a locked door in the very heart of the Red Rider’s stronghold. My cover [...]
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Many of you know Associate Editor Pete Peterson from his witty stories and clever product captions in Dirt Rider, but have you ever wondered what his office looks like? Follow me as I take you on an exclusive tour of PP’s bat cave of journalism…. This is Pete’s desk. Is it what you expected? [...]
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Red Bull is awesome. Each time the energy drink giant sends a package to my office, I know it is going to be something cool. From chunks of foam out of their pit to one-off pieces of artwork, the contents of these packages are always a mystery, but usually tie into some huge upcoming Red [...]
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Here at DR, we’re always cooking up something. Be it a new bike test, hair-brained feature or just a few simple photos, it’s a fact that those on our staff are rarely bored. But out of everything we do here, the days of testing at the track are without a doubt some of the [...]
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For those of you who don’t know him, Jiri Dostal is one of the nicest guys in motocross. A purebred racer with loads of natural talent, Dostal has also got to be one of the most humble people in the sport. Recently, Jiri had a hard practice crash that left him with a broken [...]
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Two wins and a second earns him
The most dominant performance by a motorcycle
