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09/26/2026

Our next club ride is coming up next Saturday Oct 3. Smokey Hills trails, also this is a bring your own lunch. Falls colors should be pretty good!

09/25/2026

Looking for the winner of the winch at Saturday’s Fall Ride and Rally.

We are looking for the lucky winner of this Motoalliance 4500 # winch. There is a second box that goes with it that we need to get to you so if you were the winner or no, who the winner was, please send us a message here on Facebook. Happy riding and thanks so much for your support at ride and rally!

09/25/2026

ATV event alert! The NWRATA Annual Ride-In to Axtell Technical Riding Area is this Saturday, 9/26. Ride on your own to the Axtell Technical Riding Area in the McGregor area of the Soo Line and enjoy the camraderie of your fellow ATV enthusiasts. Hot dogs, potato salad, and chips will be served at 1pm! See you there.

09/25/2026

Something fun to check out this weekend in Hackensack.

🪵 CHAINSAW WEEKEND IS ALMOST HERE! 🪚

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There’s just something special about Chainsaw Weekend in Hackensack. For more than two decades, this event has brought people into our little town to watch incredibly talented carvers turn ordinary logs into works of art. This year, 12 carvers from around the country will be here, along with the Lumberjack Shows, auctions, vendors, food and plenty happening all around town September 25–27.

For a small town like Hackensack, weekends like this mean so much. ❤️ They bring our streets to life, support our local businesses and organizations, and give us a chance to show visitors just what makes our community so special. Last year’s event drew more than 2,200 people, with auction proceeds helping support local organizations and community projects.

And while you’re in town, come hungry and stop at Birchwood Char House And Bar!

🐟 FRIDAY — All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry
🥩 SATURDAY — Our “Best in the Upper Midwest” Prime Rib, starting at 4 PM until gone!

Come for the chainsaws, stay for the food, visit our local businesses, bid on a carving and make a weekend of it.

This is Hackensack at its best — people coming together, supporting our town and having a whole lot of fun doing it. ❤️

🪚 September 25–27 • Hackensack, Minnesota
See the full Chainsaw Weekend schedule⁠

09/24/2026

Members of our club attended the Fall Ride and Rally in Park Rapids Saturday. We all signed up for ride #2 to Wolf Lake via Forest Riders and Smokey Hills trails. Was a great time, weather was good, had rained day or night before eliminating the dust.

09/16/2026

Good opportunity to support our local fire responders.

Mark your calendars to join our brothers and sisters in Hackensack!

06/29/2026

Join us Saturday July 4th in Longville. We will be riding in the 4th of July Parade.

06/26/2026

David Halsey, Our first and founding club president is retiring, thank you for all you have done for the powersports community and atv/snowmobile riding in Minnesota. Well deserved, Congratulations Dave!

DOWNSHIFTING
After 14 years with Polaris, working on the Ride Command trails program from its launch, it’s time to turn in my contractor badge and my Polaris General and retire.

Back in ’87, when I became self-employed, freelancing was something you did between real jobs. Today it’s an industry unto itself.

Forty years later, what a ride it’s been. Among many companies I was honored to write for — in powersports, shooting sports, boating, and more — Polaris stands out. Amazing vehicles, industry-leading technology, incredible teams of people.

Prior to my Ride Command work was another 15 years with Polaris — riding its products, writing ad copy, launching new vehicles in all divisions — working directly with Polaris marketing managers, or through its many ad agencies, freelance graphic designers, and TV/video production companies.

I’m not running out of words. At 72, just running low on fuel. But not hitting the “kill switch” quite yet. Downshifting. The ATV industry is too much fun. I’ll continue my work as communications director for ATV Minnesota (non-profit State Association representing 73 ATV Clubs), putting together its “Minnesota Wheelin” magazine, newsletters, websites, social media and other member communications.

Thanks to everyone who was on the ride with me, gave me incredible off-road, motorcycle and snowmobile adventures, opportunities and work, and supported me through it all.
Regards,
Dave Halsey
“Live to write. Write to live.”

06/17/2026

Our next club ride is this Saturday June 20th on the UPM Blandin & Rabey Line trails. There may be a detour though as there was a deep hole on the Rabey Line east of Hill City.