Photos by James Lissimore, Allison Kennedy and Dan Stenning 

Like it or not, Canada isn't exactly a supercross nation. While the WSXGP rounds in Toronto and Vancouver have fostered a love for the sport here in Canada, our own local riders don't have many opportunities to become supercross specialists. For that reason, there aren't that many Canadian riders willing to line up with the likes of Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart. This report shines the spotlight on those Canadians who signed their name on the dotted line and rolled up to the gate for this year's WSXGP rounds. Congrats to all of them for being a part of it and a big congrats to Kyle Beaton and Tyler Medaglia who were the top Canadians in Vancouver and Toronto, respectively.

Justin Thompson finished 14th in the Lites Main in Toronto.  

The Vancouver LCQ leaves the line. Kyle Beaton (33) won the LCQ with a big lead and went on to finish fifth in the Lites main.

Nova Scotia's Davey Fraser finished 18th in the Lites Main in Toronto.  

Trevor Middleton picked up the Asterisk Medic Card for finishing fifth in the Toronto Lites LCQ.  

Brady Sheren (611) and Scotty Maidman (571) leave the line during a Lites heat race in Toronto. Sheren finished 11th in Toronto and 12th in Vancouver.  

Scotty Maidman finished 20th in the Lites Main on his Edge Kawasaki.  

BC riders Kris Foster and Kyle Beaton chat on the line. Foster missed the main in Vancouver after sliding out in the first corner in the LCQ.

Brock Hoyer finished 15th in the Lites Main in Vancouver.  

MotoPark's Zeb Dennis raced both Toronto and Vancouver in the Lites class. He finished 12th in the Toronto main and did not qualify in Vancouver.  

Ryan Gauld, Beaton, Maidman and mini-Maidman check the results in Toronto.  

Machine Racing's Kyle Keast was happy to conquer the triple but a crash in the Supercross LCQ ended his night.

Kyle Snelgrove gave it his all but missed the Lites main in Toronto.  

OTSFF Suzuki's Tyler Medaglia was the top Canadian in Toronto with a sixth in the Lites main. He finished 11th in Vancouver.

BTO Sports/ Butler Brothers Honda's Doug DeHaan lined up with the big boys. He didn't qualify in Toronto but won the Vancouver LCQ and finished 15th in the main event.  

The Canadian contingent share a laugh during the Toronto track walk.  

Clearbrook Yamaha's Ryan Peters.  

Snowcrosser/motocrosser Steve Taylor.  

Lee Coutts (54) and Kevin Urqhart (246) battle it out in the Vancouver Lites LCQ. 

BC's Eric Clegg.  

BC up and comer Shane Wiebe rode his first pro race in the Vancouver Lites class but missed the night show.