What a year that was! It was 2005 and Belgian legend Stefan Everts and Kiwi riders Josh Coppins and Ben Townley battled throughout for the MX1 crown.

Fifty five years can be a lifetime in the sporting world.

The wins just keep coming for Bay of Plenty motocross ace Cody Cooper.

It’s tough when you have a big No.1 plastered over the front and sides of your motorcycle – everyone has you in their gun sights and wants to take that title away from you.

This season’s New Zealand Motocross Championships was always going to be a hotly-contested affair, but the temperatures now being forecast have just gone off the chart.

Taihape’s Sarah Elwin is almost always smiling whenever she can ride her Yamaha YZ250F, but those smiles have certainly become wider in recent months as her form reaches new highs.

A busy but invigorating period of transition has marked the autumn and winter phases of 2015 for Team Suzuki World MXGP but its riders – New Zealand’s Ben Townley and Belgium’s Kevin Strijbos – are now ready to go.