It's hard to belive that we have been online for a month already, it only feels like yesterday that the site was launched but herer we are. The MX season is now under way and the first major event for the year, Round 1 the QRCV's Tri State Series in on this weekend and the beginning of the big off road events are just weeks away with the Condo 750 and Thumbpump 300 coming up in April so it is all go around Thumbpump.com HQ getting prepared to head to these events. Also to throw a spanner in the works entirely one of our Pro Offroad riders, Paul "Smitty" Smith has up and decided to change brands, leaving the Can Am X-Team to work on a new offroad project which will hopefully be announced soon, all this means however that I get to have a busy couple of months building up a new offroad race quad (although it should give me plenty to write about).

Every month we are planning to have a major content update like this, with maybe a few liitle ones in between if we have time, and as the site grows the updates will get bigger and better but we need you guys and girls to spread the word and tell all you quad riding friends about us. You can also follow Thumbpump.com on Facebook if you are into that sort of thing, we will be letting all our Facebook friends know about new content as we post it.

So enough waffle, here is what is new for this month......

In the ATV Features Section we have an article from this opinionated sort of fella I've come to know over the years from my racing connections, he goes by the name of El Capitano Sharpie or just Sharpie for short and while he may have some strong opinions he also has some good points to make so we've given him a go here with his first artice being part one of a two part story called Sponsorship and the art of getting free stuff

Also in the ATV Features section is a story for anyone who want to get into MX racing which is the first in a series of similar stories about getting involved in various racing disciplines and one off events. And speaking of one off events there is also a piece on the Australasian Safari in the events category and we will be keeping you posted on all the Safari action in the lead up to the event with Thumbpump.com crew being involved in more than one Safari Quad build.

There are some promo video clips that Mick has done for Can Am over the last couple of years that feature some well known Aussie riders with some spectacular stuff from Smitty and Bullet, particularly on the Renegade Video and a spectacular crash by Mick Roycroft on the DS450X Video and something which you don't often see in a 47 Clip which is a very practical use of a winch in the Outlander Video. All three videos are availble to watch in the Promo Videos category.

Also in the Video section we have an interview with one of the top ATV Speedway racers in SA, Dr Z aka James Kolecki as well as part 2 of 12 of the Thumbpump adventure series video Quads to the Cape and also part 2 of 8 of the antics of one Darrell Knight as he attempts to do the Finke Desert race on a TRX90 in One Crazy Jumbo.....To top it off there are also videos from the recently held SA Speedway State Title with the Juniors video up now to be followed shortly by the Womens and Mens Senior races.

So there it is folks, the March update of Thumbpump.com, don't forget that our own offroad events the Thumbpump 300 and Highbeam 100 are on next month so get your entries in for a great weekend of enduro racing. Entry forms are available in the multimedia/dowloads category.

Petey

Thumbpump.com Editor