XBRAND Goggles on the Podium

January 25, 2012, 9:25am

What a weekend for EKS BRAND goggles!
Congratulations to Zach Osbourne, Michael Leib, Kyle Chisolm, Beau Barron and the rest of the EKS BRAND team!

Zach Osbourne 2nd
After spending the past couple of years in Europe fighting for the MX-2 World Championship, Zach decided to stay home for the month of January and race some Supercross. At the 1st round in Anaheim, Zach proved he belonged on the SX track buy posting a very impressive 9th place finish. At the next round in Phoenix Zach's confidence started to build as he raced hard to a very impressive 6th at the end of the night. Then this past weekend at the LA SX, Zach ran up front all night posting the 2nd fastest lap in practice and then racing hard to a 3rd place, podium finish. A 9th a 6th and a 3rd, lets hope his results continue in 3's..... He would look very good on the top of that podium!
This link is a great short interview with Zach http://www.mxlarge.com/news/5997-zach-osborne-interview-the-video

Michael Leib 7th
Not to get lost in the hype of Zach's podium finish, Michael Leib also had a very impressive night in LA. Like Zach, Leib has also spent the past couple of years racing in Europe and is just now learning the Supercross game. He also rode hard all night finishing a very impressive 7th overall. Look for Michael to be on the podium before years end.

Kyle Chisolm 12th
Riding for the newly formed Jeff Ward race team aboard a Kawasaki 450, Kyle is still adapting to the new bike. Plagued with bad starts all night, and actually throughout the first three rounds, Kyle has battled from the back of the pack to have some great finishes. In LA it was the same. Kyle raced hard from the back of the pack to a very respectable 12th place finish against the best riders in the world! Look for Kyle in the top 5 very soon!

Obermeyer Yamaha/Raines Riding University/Offroadviking.com race team.
The National Hare Scramble Series. The pro row was stacked with most of the top regulars from the GNCC series. The Obermeyer Yamaha/Raines Riding University/Offroadviking.com team put on a good showing with Brad Bakken finishing 4th, Jason Raines finishing 5th and Jed Haines finishing 10th . Also Leeann Bange captured the win in the women’s class on her YZ250F! The team is showing great potential early on in the year.

Beau Barron 1st and 1st....
Round 1 of WORCS at Glen Helen and at the SOBOBA GP.

At the SOBOBA GP Beau took home the big check and won the ATV Pro class. His teammate and EKS BRAND's Davi Haagsma saw his way clear to the finish and ended up 2nd for the day.
At Glen Helen WORCS race series #1 again Beau won in dominating fashion while making a statement to the rest of the field that he is the guy to beat in 2012.
After getting the holeshot at Glen Helen and leading for a while, Davi Haagsma finished a solid 3rd for the day.

Bobby Garrison, 4th place WORCS round 1, Glen Helen raceway .
Bobby Garrison the newest member of the Monster Energy Kawasaki team, remained consistent all weekend to take fourth overall, after going 4-4. bobby will be a factor in the overall championships this year.

Thank you to all of the EKS (X) BRAND athletes! Its going to be a great year!