Rideapart.com Team
Local Management Team
Jason Marker
Editorial Director
jason.marker@rideapart.com
- Jason loves motorcycles, especially Yamahas. The older, cheaper, and more Japanese the better.
- Jason is a Slav. Proceed with caution.
- Jason also likes coffee, whiskey, good food, good conversation, wrenching, airplanes, spaceships, giant robots, dad jokes, the navy, and writing.
- Jason is constantly judging you. Constantly.
Janaki Jitchotvisut
Daily News Writer
janaki.jitchotvisut@rideapart.com
- Has been riding for about 15 years, including during Chicago winters.
- Especially enjoys riding with a good food destination in mind at the end, whether it’s 30 miles or 300 miles away.
- Is probably shorter than you, and wishes more moto pants were available in short sizes.
- Strongly advises against balaclavas made of baklava.
Sabrina Giacomini
Managing Editor
sabrina.giacomini@rideapart.com
- Is from a galaxy far far away called Quebec, Canada.
- Has been a rider for over a decade, but a bike lover all her life.
- Her first bike was a 1993 Yamaha XJ 600 Seca II.
- Has mastered the Force.
Directors of international editions
Jason Marker
Editorial Director
jason.marker@rideapart.com
- Jason loves motorcycles, especially Yamahas. The older, cheaper, and more Japanese the better.
- Jason is a Slav. Proceed with caution.
- Jason also likes coffee, whiskey, good food, good conversation, wrenching, airplanes, spaceships, giant robots, dad jokes, the navy, and writing.
- Jason is constantly judging you. Constantly.
Writers
Sophia Vassiliadis
Contributor
sophia.vassiliadis@rideapart.com
- Sophia has been riding and researching motorcycles since 2011.
- Previous roles include Social Media and Content Manager for a global motorcycle app, the Media and Publicity Specialist for the Toronto Spring Motorcycle Show, and Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival.
- Her greatest moto-achievement to date was enjoying a scorching day in Baja riding a long, winding road that was under construction—without wiping out! She loves to go off-road.
Kate Murphy
Daily News Writer
kate.murphy@rideapart.com
- Has been riding motorcycles since 1999, and fixing motorcycles since a few months after that.
- Teaches motorcycle maintenance classes.
- Very favorite thing in the world is going motorcycle camping with a travel guitar strapped to the topcase.
- Twenty years of hunting for the perfect women's motorcycle overpants and still has not found them DO NOT GET HER STARTED.
Justin Hughes
Weekend Editor
justin.hughes@rideapart.com
- Connoisseur of weird old Japanese motorcycles
- Favorite place to ride: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- Part-time medieval re-enactor
- Still looking for his lost TARDIS
Janaki Jitchotvisut
Daily News Writer
janaki.jitchotvisut@rideapart.com
- Has been riding for about 15 years, including during Chicago winters.
- Especially enjoys riding with a good food destination in mind at the end, whether it’s 30 miles or 300 miles away.
- Is probably shorter than you, and wishes more moto pants were available in short sizes.
- Strongly advises against balaclavas made of baklava.