Rec UTVs: We Test, You Decide
After the release of Can-Am’s much-anticipated and outrageously powerful Commander 1000, the idea to test it against the fastest, coolest looking, most off-road capable UTVs on the market was a natural one. Needless to say, we were all pretty excited about it. Testing the UTVs with weight in the... [Read more]
Load Up The Trucks!
Good Friday to you all. I hope you’re all planning to take advantage of the great late-season temperatures and do some riding this weekend. After all, the play weekends are few and far between now that school is starting up. The weather will soon start to turn south and we all get wrapped up in... [Read more]
Stalking Bill Gates
Washington State, the 42nd admitted to our beautiful union, is home to a lot of notable people, places and things. One of them is Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, who is the world’s second richest person with a net worth just north of $53 billion. He lives on a 66,000 square foot Pacific lodge-style... [Read more]
Going To Extremes
There are a lot of spectacular places to go riding on our lovely, varied planet – especially when you include dirt bikes, side-by-sides, ATVs and snowmobiles that can cover some surprisingly difficult terrain. Sometimes you can ride in a place with such extreme terrain that it’s like the... [Read more]
Ride With A Guide – Take An ATV Tour
Saddling up for a backcountry adventure in unfamiliar territory can be a bit nerve-wracking, especially if you’re planning to be your own guide. Sure, you may be fine with directions and thoroughly prepared, but being your own guide to the unknown can be a recipe for frustration, back-tracking... [Read more]
Putting Utility Quads To The Test
While I realize it’s only July, October is a big month here at ATV Magazine, as it’s the month we hold our annual ATV Trials testing event. Like everything else in the magazine business, we’re always working several months into the future. It makes for some fun situations — sweaty... [Read more]
Big-Time Testing
I’m no farmer, but I’ve always been around it in my life. My Great-grandparents Jack and Stella Morrison owned a farm where they mostly grew hay and raised majestic Clydesdale horses. On my father’s side of the family, my Grandma Mildred Kaiser has a farm that is also mostly used... [Read more]
Nevada, But Not Vegas
If one is speaking of Nevada, but not Las Vegas, the list of possible locations is astonishingly short: Henderson? Reno? Winnemucca? Other than the gambling colossus to the south and Reno-Carson City on the western border with California, there’s very little human life happening within Nevada’s... [Read more]
The Remaining States
Good day, and happy Forth of July! Sitting in traffic is not on the agenda this weekend, but sometimes it's the price one must pay for adventure. Hopefully you’ve got plans you’re looking forward to over this holiday weekend. Maybe you’re feeling like I do, excited to be lazy,... [Read more]
Far Off The Grid In Arizona
Fifty miles into our three-day ride from Mesquite, Nevada to Arizona’s Grand Canyon, our dusty group of 16 riders stopped for lunch under a shade-tree near a lonely cow pasture in northwestern Arizona. We had gained some elevation and lost a few degrees on our climb, but it was still desert-in-the-summer... [Read more]
