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Nearly ten years ago, we left Canada and started over in Europe. Not because we had to. Because we wanted our kids to grow up believing there isn’t just one way to live life.

We traded comfort for possibility. A 6,000 sq ft home became a small flat in Malta. Five cars became none. We exchanged things for experiences, certainty for opportunity, and a familiar comfortable life for one filled with the unknown.

It wasn’t easy. We left family and friends 8,000 km away, navigated years of bureaucracy, and had to build an entirely new life, all from scratch. But we never once looked back.

Today, I look at these four and don’t just see an entrepreneur, a graduated film actress, and two race car drivers. I see four young adults who embraced the unconventional. They’re multilingual, resilient, curious, and unafraid to chase lives built around passion instead of expectation.

Even if none of them ended up in the careers they’re pursuing today, we’d make the same decision all over again.

The greatest gift wasn’t Europe. It was showing our kids that success isn’t about following someone else’s path. It’s about having the courage to create your own.

#lifeliveyourway #family #opportunity by @taylor_m4de

Last night was a pretty special moment. Ashlynn was on the red carpet at the Raindance Film Festival in London.

It was just this spring that she finished university, and now she’s going all-in on building a career in the film industry. She’s already working on two exciting film projects, including the lead role in one of them, and it’s super cool to watch it all starting to come together.

I’m looking forward to sharing more of her journey as she finds her place in this industry. It’s not an easy path, but she’s extremely passionate about it, and of course giving it everything she’s got.

Couldn’t be happier for you, Ashlynn. Love you! Keep going. ❤️🎬

#ProudDad #RaindanceFilmFestival #Film #London by @taylor_m4de

Some moments in racing tell you more than the weekend results are capable of. These were taken after Nic’s final TCR race in Barcelona. These moments captured more than the racing.

Motorsport always asks a lot of everyone involved. The driver carries the pressure to perform, while the people around them quietly make sacrifices, support the journey and share in the highs and lows.

As a dad, I can’t drive the car for him or guarantee the result. I can only help create the right environment, trust the people around him and be there when he comes back in.

That’s why these embraces and these smiling faces mean so much. They represent the work, setbacks, and sacrifices that rarely make it onto social media.

Nic’s third place in the TCR Europe championship closes an important chapter. But what stays with me most from Barcelona isn’t the classification. It’s these moments with the people who were there long before this weekend, and will continue to be there long after it.

To our family, the team, and everyone who has helped make this possible; thank you.

Mega thanks to @pier23francesco for being in the moment to crystallize it all for us ✨🩵 by @taylor_m4de

Four titles. Nine wins. One hell of a chapter. 📖

Nic arrived at PMA Motorsport in 2024 for his first ever season of car racing, coming off his 2023 karting ROK Cup Italia Shifter championship win.

What happened next changed the trajectory of his career.

🏆 2024 TCR Italy Champion
🏆 2024 TCR Italy Rookie Champion
🏆 2025 TCR Italy Champion
🏆 2025 TCR Italy Under-25 Champion

Four official TCR titles in two consecutive seasons.

The first driver in TCR history to do it.

Add two consecutive Caschi d’Oro awards, nine TCR wins, more than 50 career podiums, and the number one ranked Audi TCR driver in the world, the numbers tell a pretty clear story.

But the numbers don’t tell the whole story 😉

PMA Motorsport gave Nic his first opportunity in car racing. Together, they learned the Audi RS 3 LMS, won championships, developed the program and took the fight beyond Italy.

In 2025, that meant TCR Europe, racing across eight different countries. By 2026, Nic had won at Mugello and Paul Ricard, fought at the front of the championship with five podiums at the European level, finishing 3rd overall this year, and helped place PMA Motorsport among the leading race teams in Europe.

After three seasons, the TCR chapter is giving way to a new challenge, but the partnership with PMA is set to deepen further.

A huge thank you to Paolo, Matteo, the engineers, mechanics, and everyone at PMA who have played a part in this journey so far. The results speak for themselves, and so does the all work that has been delivered behind them.

For 2027, Nic and PMA are working to finalise an incredible opportunity for his move into the Porsche 911 Cup world. A new car, a new championship, and another opportunity to keep building on what we’ve achieved together. We will share details of what is being contemplated and mapped out, once final contracts are in place.

Three seasons of TCR. Next up, Porsche. 📈

#motorsportfamily #racingjourney
📸 @pier23francesco by @taylor_m4de

We finish the 2026 TCR Europe championship in 3rd overall.🥉

So much to be proud about this season, the guys at @pmamotorsport truly gave it everything, going above and beyond to give us a competitive package every time we get behind the wheel.

We were leading a good portion of the season as drivers and as a team, but motorsport plays its part and things didn’t always go our way.💔

The progress we have made as a team together, as well as myself as a driver is evident. Last season only one podium finish (🥈🇦🇹) and closing the season in 12th overall. To now achieving 4 podiums (🥇🇮🇹, 🥇🇫🇷, 🥈🇧🇪, 🥉🇪🇸) as well as constantly being in contention for the overall title has been monumental growth for only my third ever TCR season!

Also I would like to mention my incredible friend and teammate @nicolabaldanracer. It was truly a pleasure to work with you and share the time with you together this season. You have helped me grow immensely as a driver and as a person overall. I’m very proud to have had this opportunity to call you my teammate this season, and hope to work again with you in the future 🫂

I truly put my heart into this final race of the season, starting from pole, getting shuffled down the order to P5, and fighting my way back up to end the year off in 3rd position to defy the odds given against us.

Congratulations to @marcobuttimb on winning the title, it was a hard fought season, and well deserved 🏆

A heartfelt thanks to PMA Motorsport and the Ansaloni family for constantly believing in me, supporting me, and pushing me to become the best driver I can be. The sky is the limit.

And a special thanks to my family for being here with me this weekend to witness this special moment and to share it with me together. Forever grateful for you all.🫶🏼

“Per Aspera Ad Astra…”

Thank you to everyone involved for a truly unforgettable experience this season❤️

Looking forward to what’s next.

📸@pier23francesco

#tcreurope #audi #p3 by @taylor_m4de

Three photos, four years apart.

The first one was 2022, in Italy, during those first days of our racing journey. The three of us standing there looking out at a karting track, with absolutely no idea where this was going to take us.

I was in learn-mode. I knew we were in the right environment and that we had an opportunity to do something very cool. I just didn’t know how to do it yet.

A lot has happened since that photo. Podiums, wins, championships, new teams, new relationships, new countries, and a lot of learning along the way.

The 2024 photo was a big one for me. Nic had just won an Italian karting championship a few months earlier, and Zach was becoming a senior driver. For the first time, I really felt a step change in the journey. It was getting more serious, and I started to feel more comfortable beginning to build the infrastructure around the boys that would allow us to keep pushing.

That part has probably been the biggest challenge for me. Not the racing itself, but understanding what support was needed, when it was needed, and how to build it properly. The teams, the programs, the people around them, the media and communications, the business relationships, the partners, the contracts, the budgets, the opportunities. All the things that have to sit behind two young drivers if the goal is to give them a genuine opportunity to become professionals.

And now we’re here. Mugello, 2026. The boys are standing in front of a Porsche, having both earned multi-year Porsche 911 Cup contracts to race across Europe.

It’s a big step. If I’m honest, I have a feeling the next part of this journey may move faster than any of us currently realize.

Looking back at these three photos, I’m struck by how much has changed, but also by how little has changed. It’s still the same three of us. The boys have the same ambition. I have the same belief in where this can go. We now have a much better understanding of what it takes to get there.

There is no grand plan for where this ultimately ends. We’re just going to keep pushing towards the highest levels we can reach.

No deviation from that.

Where to next? by @taylor_m4de

Brianna. Entrepreneur. Creative. Independent. Boss.

I was at one of her markets today, and it was so cool watching her talking to customers, managing her products, creating new opportunities, and somehow keeping all the moving pieces together. She does all of it herself.

The designing. The fabrics. The sewing. The packaging. The website. The orders. The admin. The markets. The next idea.

What I love most is watching how much she has evolved in such a short time. Breezy keeps growing because Brianna keeps growing. More ideas, more products, more confidence, more of her own personality finding its way into what she creates.

She is fiercely independent and completely in control of the path she is building for herself.

As a dad, there is something pretty special about standing back and watching that happen. She’s building something of her own, and she’s doing it her way.

Couldn’t be more proud of this young woman. 🤍

#strongwoman #boss #entepreneur #textiles #design by @taylor_m4de

lucky number 21! Happy birthday buddy. A big year, your special day, and some good family time coming up to celebrate. The plans you’re building out in front of yourself are sure to deliver an even more exciting year coming up - if it’s even possible 😊. Keep the focus and your vision, Nic. Love you tons ♥️

#birthday #family #love by @taylor_m4de

this guy has had an outstanding 2026 season in @tcr_europe_official with Audi and PMA Motorsport.

Podiums, wins, epic battles, setbacks, and an unwavering vision to become the best. The championship decider is set for Barcelona in a couple weeks. Go get it Nic!

This has been a season we won’t forget 🏁🔥🔥🔥🔥

#racingfamily #professional #driver #champion by @taylor_m4de

from 2022 up until today -> from karts to GT and the momentum continues to build for @taylor_zachary_ . An amazing evolution in a very short period of time. Keep pushing buddy! 🔥🔥

#karttogt #porsche #karting #motorsport #italy by @taylor_m4de

Today, Ashy wrapped filming on Swan Song, the first film from Twin Cherry Productions, the film company she founded with her friend Fionn, who wrote and directed the film. Ashy produced it. And I couldn’t be prouder.

Not simply because she made a film, but because of what it took to get here. She took a risk. She backed herself. She stepped into an industry where nothing is guaranteed and decided that instead of waiting for an opportunity, she was going to create one. That takes guts.

Now the cameras have stopped rolling. The first film is in the can. And something that started as an idea has become real.

Swan Song is the beginning of Twin Cherry Productions. I have no idea where this road is going to take her. But I know this; she’s got the courage to find out. And as her dad, watching her take that first big swing is pretty damn special.

Proud of you, Ashy. This is just the beginning. ❤️🎬
@twincherryproductions #film #london by @taylor_m4de

Two days at Monza watching Zach continue developing in the Porsche GT3 Cup, and I came away super proud of the way he handled himself. Being coached by Mobile 1 SuperCup Champion @alessandro_ghiretti was especially cool as Zach’s Porsche program has been kicked up into high gear by @pmamotorsport

It was Zach’s first time at the circuit and the Porsche is a pretty serious race car at one of the fastest and most difficult tracks in Europe. Over the two days, there wasn’t a wheel dipped, a spin, or any self inflicted damage to the car. He approached every session like a professional and kept working through the program, learning, adapting and gradually pushing closer to the limit.

By the end, he was within 0.8s of Alessandro Ghiretti in the same car. For a 17-year-old with limited Porsche seat time, on a track he’d never driven before, that’s a pretty impressive place to be.

But honestly, the lap time wasn’t what stood out to me most. It was watching him become more comfortable with the car. The braking got better, the confidence grew and he started trusting the Porsche rather than trying to force it. This was a very cool step to watch materialize.

As a dad, you spend a lot of time watching the results. But every now and then you get to watch the driver develop right in front of you. This was definitely a moment in Monza.

Huge thanks to all the guys at PMA Motorsport and to Ale Ghiretti for the disciplined work and material gains we all saw happen this week.

#buildingchampions #porschecup

Pics : @pier23francesco

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