What is BCORMA and why purchase a BCORMA Trail Supporter?
The British Columbia Off Road Motorcycle Association (BCORMA) is our Provincial Off-Road Motorcycle advocacy group for Off Road Motorcycle (ORM) recreation in BC. Over 30 ORM clubs from all across BC make up the Federation. BCORMA’s primary role is to advocate and work with our Provincial Government to make sure the BC ORM community continues to have access to world class trail networks and the ability to participate in the sport we all cherish.
In recent years, BCORMA had received a Sustaining Grant from the Motorcycle and Moped Industry Council (MMIC, now called Moto Canada) of $35,000. This provided basic core operating funding for an Executive Director to work 2-3 days per week on behalf of the ORM community, supplemented by BCORMA Trail Supporter sales. In 2024, this grant was cut by 25%. For 2025, we understand this grant will be cut entirely, leaving BCORMA to only be supported through the BCORMA Trail Supporter sales.
BMMC asks that all riders purchase a club membership to help support the club – the monies from the membership sales go directly towards trail work – to keep the trails in good condition. We also ask that you purchase a BCORMA Trail Supporter with your membership to ensure that dirt bikers have representation with the government via BCORMA.
Without BCORMA, dirt bikers won’t have a ‘voice’ with the government. We wouldn’t have the ORV fund. We wouldn’t have received National Trails Coalition (NTC) funds (over $2 million across BC for ORM) in 2009-2010. BMMC specifically got our ~$120,000 “Hydrological Report” funded that is used to this day to get more trail funding and guides our trail works. That was topped up with another $100,000 for trail works over the years. All this due to BCORMA advocacy and hard work on behalf of the ORM community.
We have very broad spectrum of issues BCORMA currently advocates on that directly effect the ORM community in BC, including:
- First Nations co-management of lands Policy/Regulation/Legislation
- 30×30 Conservation Zones and where ORM fits
- Chapter 10 Regulations rewrite that will define all ORM trail design, skill ratings, construction and maintenance in BC for the next 20+ years
- Working with Government to fix across Province and sectors systemic problems with trail maintenance and construction authorizations not being approved in any sort of timely manner for our volunteer trail stewards
- Safety and education programming to reach new/re-entering riders
- Electric two wheel, aka higher powered class 2 & 3 E-bikes and E-ORM policy between the ORM & MTB sectors, plus within BC Provincial Government Regulations
- Interfacing with all of our other BC back-country recreation communities, particularly single-track recreation, either through the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC( ORCBC) or directly
- Continue working with Rec Sites and Trails BC (RSTBC) , ATVBC and the BC Snowmobile Federation to deliver the $400,000 per year Off Road Vehicle (ORV) Trails Fund program out to trail stewards all across BC to make sure we all have great places to ride
- Building up rider and dealer supported sustainable funding for our trails, clubs, BCORMA and our National body Moto Canada . This is particularly important as Moto Canada has completely dissolved the former MMIC Sustaining Grant Program for all two wheeled motorized Provincial Federations across Canada for 2025. This program was funded by a levy on new bike sales, i.e. the riders.
BCORMA has a number of programs they are directly involved in for the betterment of dirt biking in BC. These include:
BCORMA was instrumental in the RSTBC managed BC ORV Trails Fund being created over eight years ago. Last year, $400,000 was made available through the ORV fund to powersports (Dirt bike, ATV and Snowmobile) clubs in BC. For 2024 trail works Blue Mountain received $24,900 in funds. BMMC has been a recipient of ORV Funds since it started. When you register an ORV a portion (~$12) of that registration fee comes back to powersports clubs in BC.
BCORMA has offered the BCORMA Trail Supporter Insured program with Oasis Insurance to provide riders with rider-based liability insurance for a number of years. This liability insurance differs from what ICBC (and others) offer, where it covers the rider (no matter what you’re riding) and not the bike. So, if you have multiple bikes, you only need to purchase liability insurance once. This will continue in 2025, with riders purchasing their Trail Supporter decal through clubs, and then getting the BCORMA discounted insurance. The discount and rider-based coverage are only available from Oasis with the decal purchase. https://secure.insuretoys.ca/bcorma/