Texas shows off its renowned mud at the season opener. High Lifter Mud Nationals roared into action this year providing fans the biggest mud party of the season. Offroad enthusiasts from across the country converged for five days of adrenaline-pumping excitement, camaraderie, and fierce competition at Sabine ATV Park in Burkeville, Texas. “High Lifter Mud […] More »

Because someone ha to go first. Let’s face it – in every riding group someone has to be the first to try out the sketchy bits. Sometimes we call this bravery, other times foolishness. This week’s clip is proof of this age-old process in action. Some puddles are deeper than they look!

The fairer sex showing us all that off-roading is universal. We so often think of the allure of the mud pit as a male-oriented hobby, but this gal reminds us that riding dirty knows no gender. We’re not sure where in the world buried semi backs are converted into mountain tunnels that dump the rider […] More »

6-wheel drive. Generally speaking, 3-wheelers didn’t make for excellent mud machines because that single wheel up front was difficult to drive. Here’s an interesting workaround! Sure the front wheel isn’t supplying power still, but the rear wheels, thanks to some cleverly placed tie downs, now has enough surface area to float atop the surface like […] More »

It wasn’t designed for this! The Bombardier (Can-Am) DS 650 is known for many things but deep mudding isn’t generally one of them. Its water-cooled 653cc Rotax high output engine mated to a manual clutch, 5-speed transmission, rear drive only platform made it one of the earlier performance 4-strokes that would come to dominate race […] More »

That’s one way to increase your machine’s ground clearance. There was a time in the ATV world where sitting on 20″ wheels was considered ridiculously over-exuberant. This guy went ahead and more than doubled such madness on his Honda Fourtrax. An interesting side-effect to introducing what are in essence massive circular rafts to the equation, […] More »

We don’t mean to suggest the hot setup for the mud pit is abundant bottom end but as this week’s vid demonstrates – it certainly doesn’t hurt! After conquering this pit, this guy decided to take the opportunity to showboat a bit by walking his Honda Rancher to greener pastures.