The Dirt Buzz

This episode's guest, Jessica Vorheis, is an artist, independent graphic designer, and founder of Factory V Dirt Bike Apparel. By combining her artistic talent with a love of dirt bike riding, Jessica has carved out a niche career helping powersports brands with graphic design and marketing collateral creation with her own signature style. Learn how Jessica's career path has led to her helping brands bring more riders to the sport of dirt bike riding.Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider be...

This episode's guest is someone who's worked for two legendary brands in the powersports industry—not once—but twice! Primo Marotto has worked for Dunlop Motorcycle Tires and Scott Sports and currently holds the position of Sales and General Manager of the Moto Division for Scott Sports USA. Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patron by following the "Support the show" link below. Your support will help with monthly hosting and recording software subscriptions. As always, than...

This week's guest, Matt Davis, is one-half of iconic dirt bike graphics brand Throttle Jockey and custom decal maker Graphics Lab. Matt and his brother Robert have been creating dirt bike graphics and custom decals for over 25 years, including as the official graphics supplier of the Factory Honda Motocross Team since 1998. Listen in as Matt talks about what it was like for "two kids with a dream, from Kokomo, Indiana," in this episode. Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patr...

This week's guest is Kenny Safford, a veteran moto industry designer and product manager who's created award-winning products for iconic brands such as AXO Sport, Alpinestars, Sinisalo, JT Racing, Gaerne, and many others. Today Kenny is Product Manager for Mechanix Wear, another iconic brand with moto-industry roots that's become a worldwide success in the work glove, tactical, and PPE markets. Enjoy the episode! Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patron by following the "Supp...

This episode's guest is a racer and moto industry entrepreneur who wears many hats. Johnny Lewis is a professional flat track racer and ambassador for the Moto Anatomy X Royal Enfield Race Team; he's the promotor of the Flat Track Futures youth race and runs his own training camp in Florida, Moto Anatomy. Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patron by following the "Support the show" link below. Your support will help with monthly hosting and recording software subscriptions. A...

Erick "Big E" Bartoldus is a powersports and bicycle industry insider who's worked at multiple iconic brands throughout the years and is currently the Marketing Manager for Yoshimura R & D of America. In this episode, Erick shares how he found his place in the industry after years of racing BMX, what it's like working for an iconic brand like Yoshimura, and his outlook on the industry since the pandemic.Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patron by following the "Support th...

This week's guest, Rob Fox, admits his current role as Amateur Motocross Support Manager for Dunlop Motorcycle Tires is his dream job and it means more to him than just a career choice. Listen in as Rob talks about his job with Dunlop and shares what it's like overseeing an elite motocross rider support program. Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patron by following the "Support the show" link below. Your support will help with monthly hosting and recording software subscripti...

This week my guest is Michael Antonovich, a Moto-Journalist, Editor, and Content Creator who got his start in the moto media world at now-defunct Transworld Motocross Magazine before moving on to a similar role at Donn Maeda's Swapmoto Live. Thanks for listening! Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patron by following the "Support the show" link below. Your support will help with monthly hosting and recording software subscriptions. As always, thanks for listening! Get out and...

In this episode, I'm joined by Brian Price, a former powersports industry product developer who helped create products for industry heavy hitters Fox Racing, Alpinestars, and Shift MX, before relocating to Bend, Oregon, and founding his own online retail shop, Atomic-Moto.com. Another fascinating history lesson and behind-the-scenes look at the powersports industry. Thanks for listening! Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patron by following the "Support the show" link below. ...

This week’s guest is Scott Boyer, a motorcycle and MTB industry product developer who helped create not one—but FOUR—game-changing, iconic motocross products, including the Scott USA plastic motocross boot, HRP Flak Jak chest protector, Smith Roll-Offs vision system, and ProTaper handlebar. Listen in as Scott provides a fascinating history lesson and behind-the-scenes look at the motorcycle industry product development cycle. Enjoying The Dirt Buzz? Please consider becoming a Patron by follow...