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Our friends at Twisted Throttle recently put out the call for brand ambassadors to share adventures, build stories, and product experience. Meet the nine folks who made the cut and will be representing Twisted Throttle this year.
Tony Prust – Analog Motorcycles
Tony Prust, owner of Analog Motorcycles, started the brand in 2008 out of passion, principal, and necessity. Combining skills from his past careers and interests including audio engineering, and carpentry, he focused his interests and imagination into creating motorcycles and components that were complex in thought and design, yet simple and pure in execution just like analog music, thus the monster was born. Tony works with all makes and models of motorcycles from BMW and BSA, to Yamaha and Zundapp. He specializes in the unloved orphans. The land of forgotten toys is his asylum, the misfits are the residents and Tony is the surgeon. To say that he loves a challenge is an understatement.
Social Media: IG - @analogmotorcycles; FB - /analogmotorcycles; TW - @analogmoto
Pat Trahan
Patrick Trahan is considered an adventurer more than a racer. Everything started in 1998, when he bought his first motorcycle, a KLR650, and shipped it to Morocco to participate in his first rally. But he had never ridden before. So it was quite the challenge, but he finished the rally. The road ahead of him would be one filled with adventure. He become the first Canadian to participate in Dakar on a motorcycle only 1.5 years after his debut. In the 12 years since, he has completed 15 rallies around the world, participated in 3 Dakar rallies and finished 55th in 2010. He now organizes rallies in Quebec, works with Honda Canada has ambassador, fabricates rally kits, etc. He lives his passion and has multiple more projects to come.
Social Media: IG - @CRF250L_Rally; @Pat_Trahan; @LeChallengeblanc
Bree Molitor – 4×4
Bree Molitor has been involved in off-road racing since 2012, and she currently drives the rock racing buggy the Avenger. She has also been a media representative in various forms within the off-road industry for many years. Bree currently travels with the Southern Rock Racing Series for the 2020 season and co-hosts the live coverage of their events, and often competes with that series and others. She also enjoys trail riding off-road vehicles on her family farm in Tennessee whenever possible.
Social Media: FB - @BreeMolitor and “Hillside Live” shows on Southern Rock Racing Series
Anna Baklund
Anna Baklund has been chasing adventure on motorcycles since 2015. Whether she’s camping off her dual sport or riding remote enduro, it’s the beauty of the wilderness that keeps her coming back for more. She enjoys sharing her adventures and hopes that by sharing, it encourages others to find what they’re passionate about. With trail stewardship at the forefront of her message, she hopes to promote responsible riding so that future generations can enjoy access to our public lands.
Social Media: IG - @annabaklund
Andrew Salter – Baffle Culture
Salts began his obsession of motorcycling after watching David Beckham and his mates tackle South America on custom Bonnies and wanted a bit of the action. He started an Instagram page called Baffle Culture where he posted builds and everything that captivated the motorcycle culture he found infectious, this mainly being cafe racer and retro inspired stripped back builds. Four years later, Salts has ridden around some of the world’s best riding routes whilst growing Baffle Culture (BC). BC is now an established company based at Baffle Haus which is being used this year for ride outs and various events based in Wales near Cardiff. Salts rides his custom BMW R nineT which has been at the forefront of Baffle’s Instagram page.
Social Media: IG - @baffleculture
Jim Pruner
Jim Pruner is a detail-oriented, motorcycle-obsessed adventure seeker who blogs, vlogs and reviews everything bike related. An average Joe when it comes to riding ability, this Father of three teens is married to a very patient wife of 20 years named Jenna. Based out of Airdrie, Alberta, Canada which sits in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies, Jim is never idle and always looking for a chance to travel somewhere new then share all about it on social media. His day job as a Heavy Duty Technician for Caterpillar gets in the way of his leisure time, but lucky for him only for half the year. Jim’s fleet of bikes changes frequently, because he’s all about sampling the latest and greatest thing on two or even three wheels.
Social Media: IG - @webbikeworld.jim; FB - /webBikeWorld; YT - /wbwvids
Julie Nordskog
Julie’s first love was a Harley-Davidson 1972 Sportser Ironhead. Over the past five years, she has learned to ride dual sport on her KLR 650 and excelled as a long distance touring rider on her 2019 H-D Road Glide. She qualified as a member of the Iron Butt Association (2015), completed the New Mexico Backcountry Discovery Route (2018), and became one of the few female Finishers of the 10,000-mile Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge (2018). Through riding and writing (blogs, print magazines), Julie strives to support and promote women in the motorcycling community. Julie’s next motorcycle challenge is the ten-year anniversary ride of the Hoka Hey in August 2020.
Social Media: IG - @womenridetheirown; and FB - /hokaheyrider942
Skylar Weaver
Skylar started his motorcycle career with an unplanned motorbike trek through Vietnam on his trusty 1967 110cc motorbike. He hasn’t looked back since, and in August 2019 Skylar kicked off a grand Pan-American motorcycle adventure from Washington DC to Patagonia to raise awareness of Alopecia. As of the March 2020, he has made it to El Salvador and will plan on reaching Patagonia over the next year.
Social Media: IG - @sky_earth_water
Nipun Srivastava – Image Drivers & The Nirvana Team
At 14, Nipun commandeered his Dad’s motorcycle and fell hard, on the ground and also in love with two wheeled motor machines. He’s been racing in the dirt, fooling around off-road and shooting photos everywhere he tours ever since! He currently rides the BMW R1250GS HP, amongst a few other motorcycles he’s accumulated over the years. An avid 4×4 enthusiast, his daily driver is a tastefully modded Jeep. His passion is now his work as he leads a creative team for Image Drivers LLP (India).
Social Media: IG - @Imagedrivers
Corey Lofton
Corey has been riding motorcycles since age 8 and is the content creator and owner of Dual Sport ADV. He is an avid enthusiast for the Adventure bike segment and enjoys showing people how adventurous we can be through the Dual Sport and Adventure segment of bikes. He currently rides a KTM 1290 Super Adventure R, and explores all areas of the Southeast US. Corey plans to travel the eastern segment of the Trans Am Trail this year from North Carolina to Northwestern Arkansas.
Social Media: IG - @Dual_Sport_ADV
Read interviews with each of the ambassadors at blog.twistedthrottle.com