SxSWeRide.com

Meet Our Ambassadors

Brian Gagne

Brian, the founder of SxSWeRide, has been passionate about off-roading for over three decades. His love for the sport began with dirtbikes, 3-wheelers, and swamp buggies in Southern Florida. His first vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee, was taken off-roading almost every weekend. Over the years, Brian's interest in off-roading expanded to include ATVs, gators, mules, and the current sport SXS that we see today. Currently, he travels with his 2021 Polaris Rzr Pro Xp 4 from park to park to collect content for followers. His preferred riding style includes fast trails, dunes, and tracks. Brian felt there was a need to provide the SXS community with better information at their fingertips, which led to the creation of SxSWeRide.com. He enjoys creating and editing offroad videos for followers and attends numerous side-by-side and UTV events throughout the year to provide great content.

Sergio & Ashlee Michel

Sergio grew up in Southern Arizona and has always been infatuated with anything with wheels, especially off road. Started with ATV’s and have progressed to UTV’s with first purchase of a 2017 Can Am X3 XRS Max 4 years ago. In the 4 years the machine has had a handful of upgrades with more to come soon.

Ashlee first began riding dirt bikes and ATV’s, has always enjoyed anything Offroad. Her husband purchased his first UTV and after riding along with him she decided she belonged in the driver seat as-well. So for her birthday in 2021 she was surprised with her own 2018 Can Am X3 Turbo R and has been pushing the limits of her machine and herself ever since.

Their passion for off roading has been passed on to their daughter Addison as well which at 7 years old pilots her own Rzr 170, great family experience for all.

Kendell Gaston

Kendell grew up in North Texas Hill country learning on atv's. Since the 90's he has admired and learned from some of the best hard core rock crawlers in the nation. Since returning to North Texas almost 15 years ago he began to expand into his own jeep and SxS’s. Following in the footsteps of his family and friends, he purchased a 2015 Polaris 900 RZR4 based on its ability to navigate technical terrain. Kendell enjoys the challenge of encountering new trails that provide the opportunity to use his skill set from his years of rock crawling.

Zach "Rzr" Morris

Zach grew up in central MN and began his riding career at the age of 2 years old. He started out riding a Skidoo snowmobile which he would crash within the first year. He was then gifted a Polaris snowmobile and has been riding Polaris ever since. Zach didn’t start riding side by sides until he returned from his second deployment. Needing a machine he could take his wife out on and soon their first child. They purchased a 2020 Polaris Turbo 2 seater in Idaho and used it every weekend they could to explore the amazing scenery. Zach would go to put over 3K miles within the first year. Needless to say, he was hooked. Zach would move his family down to AZ in the winter of 2021, 6 months later he purchased a 22 Pro XP 4. Within thw first year of ownership he layed down over 6k miles. Zach enjoys using his RZR not just for relaxing, but helping the community. Over the last few years, Zach has used his passion for offroading to help the Veteran Community. Zach has allied himself with the VA to take local Vets riding. “I have seen the results first hand how a RZR can take and change the whole outlook of a Vet”.

John Vernon

John began his journey in the off-roading world during the early 2000s with an ATC125, and he has been exploring ever since. Having traveled for over 20 years and ridden on trails spanning from California to the Greek island of Santorini, John has made it his life's goal to keep exploring. Due to his passion for the industry, John has joined the team, hoping to assist others in discovering new, thrilling places to ride with their friends and family. His current machine is a Polaris Rzr TurboS 4 Velocity.

Nate & Deanna Kitzke

Nate & Deanna lived in Washington state until May of 2022. They had a desire to change the way they were living, to get out of the daily grind and explore. They wanted to collect memories, instead of things. Now they live full-time in their 45-foot toy hauler documenting their travels and riding off-road across the country. Their goal is to ride in every state in the United States.

Nate has been riding ATVs in Eastern Washington his whole life, but after an injury to his wrist couldn’t ride them anymore. In 2019, he was introduced to the SXS world and hasn’t looked back. His first SXS was a 2021 CanAm Maverick X3 Turbo RR, which he loved, but they quickly realized they needed more seats for the kids in order to explore further and longer. So, they traded in their CanAm for a 2022 Polaris RZR XP PRO 4 Ultimate.

Deanna has been riding since she was a teenager and loves to go fast on her Suzuki LTR 450. One of their riding rules is to always ride in pairs, Deanna needed something to keep up with their SXS. Their children also ride a variety of ATVs and dirt bikes.

Their love for off-roading started in the sand dunes and trails of the Pacific Northwest. As they travel the country, they have explored various terrain and continue to expand their skills and love of riding.