Helping More People
Find The Sport
BRAAP Scotland is an independent media platform covering Scottish enduro, motocross, trials and wider off-road motorcycle sport through video, photography, rider stories and practical riding information.
It started after one visit to an enduro at Tain in 2024 and a simple question: how can someone spend most of their adult life around motorcycles and still barely know this side of the sport exists?
How am I only seeing this now?
If someone who has ridden motorcycles for most of their adult life can miss Scottish off-road sport, how is someone completely outside motorcycling supposed to discover it?
From road bikes to discovering off-road
I first got into motorcycles while living in Glasgow. I was fed up relying on two trains to get to work, so I did my CBT, bought a 125 and eventually completed my direct access test.
For years my riding was almost entirely on the road: sports bikes, track days and big road KTMs. It was only much later, after buying a Yamaha Ténéré 700, that I started properly looking beyond tarmac.
I had always wanted a dirt bike as a kid, but it was never really an option. We could not afford one and, like plenty of families, my parents saw motorcycles through the usual stereotypes of bikers and danger.
One camera. One enduro at Tain.
I came across a Highland Enduro post on Facebook almost by accident. The club had clearly been there for years, but somehow I had barely been aware of it.
So in October 2024 I went over to an enduro at Tain simply to see what it was all about. I took one film camera with me and mostly just watched.
That visit became the starting point for BRAAP Scotland.
Motorcycle industry experience, professional media experience
Before BRAAP, motorcycles were already a major part of my working life. I have been involved in the motorcycle industry since my mid-twenties, alongside running a professional media business producing video, photography and drone content.
Over the years I have worked on productions and projects for organisations including the BBC, Discovery Channel and Netflix, as well as creating commercial content for businesses and organisations across Scotland.
BRAAP brought those two sides together: motorcycles and professional storytelling.
Make the sport easier to see, understand and join
At first I could see a practical opportunity to create motorcycle content while giving some visibility to a sport that seemed remarkably difficult to discover. The more events I attended and riders I spoke to, the more the second part became the important one.
Tell Rider Stories
Put real people at the centre of the coverage: beginners, club riders, families, volunteers and top-level competitors.
Show The Sport
Use video, photography and social content to show what enduro, motocross, trials and off-road riding actually look and feel like.
Help People Start
Create practical guides to tracks, clubs, events, training and legal riding so new people have somewhere useful to begin.
Support The People Doing It
Give clubs, organisers, venues and the wider Scottish off-road community more visibility beyond the people already inside the sport.
Grow visibility, not just views
The aim is not simply to make videos that get watched. It is to help more people discover Scottish off-road motorcycling, give riders and clubs a stronger platform, make useful information easier to find and help the sport reach beyond the people who already know where to look.
BRAAP now covers enduro, Hare & Hounds, motocross, trials and wider off-road riding, while continuing to build practical information around events, clubs, tracks, training and getting started.
Find your way into the sport
Watch the films, find an event, discover somewhere to ride or learn more about the people already involved.