Tekrider

STEVE BRAND

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STEVE BRAND

In 1996, Steve Brand, then a 20-year veteran of the snowmobile and motorcycle industry, launched Tekrider to meet the specialty demands of the snowmobile enthusiast both on and off the track. Brand, an avid snowmobiler and former racer, has competed in XC races such as the I 500 and Harricana.

steve@tekrider.com

He is perhaps best known as the architect of Team Ski Doo’s 1993 return to XC racing and, as the coach, was responsible for much of Ski Doo’s early success with the MXZ. After 16 years of service at Bombardier he left to start Tekrider. While at Bombardier he was employed in various sales, marketing and technical capacities for Moto Ski, Can Am and Ski Doo. Prior to this, he had worked for an after-market wholesaler, as well as Scorpion snowmobiles. His idea of a good sledding season has been the yearly pursuit of the 5000 mile mark and in doing so has identified many areas of driver comfort and control not addressed by the current clothing manufacturers. In recent years he has led the development of off-road versions of the Tekvest for the growing ATV and dirt bike market.

Although Steve's retired from formal racing he now
works on his son's race sleds most weekends, as
they chase points titles on the CSRA circuit.

Steve rides year round and tries to keep up with some
very fast and interesting company.

Steve's "advisory board" in action after a hard day's
ride - no shortage of opinions with this gang!

Here's a shot of Steve coaching a bunch of keen
RSLAF officers on the conduct of a heavy weapons
shoot. Our peace and freedom comes at a price! Steve recently completed a 6-month tour of duty in Africa.

Steve is a LCol in the Canadian Army reserve and look a break from Tekrider in 03/04 to do his part in the "Global War on Terrorism". Here he is about to launch an RPG down-range in Sierra Leone, West Africa, during a training exercise.

Can you spot Steve? He's been out for a run with
members of the Sierra Leonian Army whom he was
there to help train after a brutal civil war.

Steve's still learning how to make ATV's go fast but has concluded they need more power, suspenders, etc, etc, etc.

Steve rides his "Big Vee" whenever he can and
still manages to keep up with the go-fast crowd!