Kevin is from Linden Michigan, also near by the homebase of the Darkside Team. Kevin started riding when he was 8 years old on a 1972 Evinrude Trail Blazer and a 1974 Johnson Rampage in the Cheboygan area at his grandparents home on Mullett Lake.
A special memory of Kevin's was the Blizzaard of '78 when each his mother and father put Kevin, and his sister Kim, on the Evinrude and Rampage and rode down Dort Hwy from Flint to Grand Blanc to visit his Grandparents house and have dinner. This must have been when the hooks of the snowmobiling sport put him in the boat.
In 1998, Kevin bought a 1972 Ski-Doo Nordic for his family to put around the yard and fields of Linden. Pulling the kids on saucers and such, and letting the kids get a taste for the winter time sport.
In 1999 Kevin bought his first new sled, a Yamaha Venture. Most of his riding on the Venture was in Hulbert MI in the Upper Penninsula with his kids, one on the front and one on the back!
Today Kevin rides a 2017 Yamaha Sidewinder around the Luzerne area of the Lower Penninsula at his buddy Joe's place, as well as alot of riding out of the U.P. in the Raco area. That is where he met Craig Willour and Chris Boyle, his wingman on this trip around Quebec.
Following at home is his wife Laurie. Laurie is also an avid snowmobiler, having done a 1600 mile saddlebag ride with Kevin in February 2017. Snowmobiling is a family affair in the Brinch home!
Laurie Brinch in Copper Harbor in February 2017 during their 1600 mile saddlebag ride!
Kevin did his first saddlebag ride during Chris and Big Brians Loop The Yoop annual saddlebag ride 4 years ago. He has been hooked on saddlebag riding ever since, as he says "It's AWESOME".
Kevin says he will definitely be back on the Darkside Ride again! Thats great news, as he was MVP on the repair of Craig's sled yesterday in Baie Comuea. Back home on the trails of the U.P. his nickname is MacGyver due to his quick skills of fixing a problem on the trail. Thanks for jumping in and assisting in getting the Darkside Team back on the trail!