Dirt, Sweat and Tears!
Welcome to the June issue of the MBS eNews. There's so much going on I don't know where to start. Ok, how about with our historic marathon stunt show kicking off at Branson's Celebration City Theme Park? 87 days in a row, 3 shows a day that's 261 shows, each rider jumps about 6 times per show X 3 riders = 4,698 jumps. These guys are gonna be good at the end of the summer. Wait. They're already good. OK, so they'll be even better.
Read on for more info on Branson, other events and pictures from around the country and around the world.
As always stay tuned to MBS.COM for all things "mountainboarding".
MBS - Always riding!
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BOULDER'S CAMPUS NEWSPAPER - "CURE YOUR MELTED SNOW BLUES"
Check out this great article on MBS Pro Rider Tiffany Ecker. She's one tough girl.
Brazillian Mountainboard Website - check it out here.
Italian Mountainboard Website - check it out here.
Scandinavian Mountainboard Website - check it out here.
JON DIURBA'S REDESIGNED WEBSITE - check it out here.
- - UPCOMING EVENTS - -
The Dog Day of Summer
June 3rd, 2006 Sat
locality: "The Trailer Park" 1389 Sargent ave Atlanta, GA 30316 map#1 , map#2
events: getting a bobcat this weekend to tweak the old stuff and build some new stuff. Adding the 'Sewer Gap', at least 3 new hips (one left, two right), a couple of more tables. Also we're reconstructing the big landing to make it steeper and faster, to help you boys and girls hit all this wonderful new stuff.
Expect: beer, bands and peeps. The format will be very-relaxed Slopestyle. Maybe we'll have winners. The only losers are those who don't come! (damn those bastards who skip cool events)
contact: tedladue@gmail.com - Hillbillydirtgear.com/trailerpark
Ride your pants off at the Holler
"The Holler"
June 10th, 2005 Sat
locality: Fletcher, North Carolina south of Asheville north of Hendersonville highway 26
events: Learn to Rides, Pro demos, Group DirtboardX competitions, Jam style Big Air comp and Orphanage Emmanuel promotion. This is going to be more spectator friendly than our events in the past. No dead time btwn racing heats or big air jumps. Straight up action. Learn to rides and demos in the morning. Competitions in the afternoon and Live Music in the evening. I hope to draw a bigger crowed for the sake of the charity and mountainboarding. Some are gonna loose their pants one way or another. Details to come.
note : Purpose: Raise awareness, pants(clothes) and money for Orphanage Emmanuel in Honduras through the excitement and joy of mountainboarding. Qualifying AM's and Pro's is on Friday!
contact: info@mountainboardshop.com or mountainboardshop.com
JAPAN TOUR Round #1
Japan MBA(Mountain Board Association)
Jun.11th sun 2006 Fujiten Resort
contact: CAUTION mountainboard homepage or Ken Yamamoto
Dirtheads Surf & Dirt Session
June 29th-July 2nd, 2006
locality: West Lower Sunset Dist San Francisco, Ca
events: Cold water surfing and free ride mountainboarding
headline sponsor: ?why would anyone
notes: Much more info to follow so stay tuned. Don and I will fine-tune this session as the months count down. This is “not” a event but you will have fun more than you mid-west and east coast riders could every imagine. We do have some local surf shops that rent equipment. I will locate some local hotels that are very close to my house and the beach.
contact: Don or Kevin
Info compiled by Dirtheads.
Get ready for the event of the SUMMER! The US Open!
Snowmass Village, Paul Mitchell, and MBS Mountainboards are proud to announce the 2006 US Open Mountainboarding Championships returning to Snowmass Village, Colorado on July 20-22 for the fourth consecutive year. The nations largest mountainboard competition and longest running championships is celebrating a “DECADE OF DIRT” and features the best dirt riders from across the nation and around the world competing for cash and prizes in epic DirtBoarderCross and DirtSlopestyle events. The Eric Smith Cup will be awarded to the overall champion in the mens pro division along with the sport's largest cash purse going to the top three finishers in each discipline in the mens pro and womens divisions. The 2005 event was filmed by JSP TV in association with Paul Mitchell for a 30 minute show that was televised on Altitude network, and plans are in the works once again to produce a top notch televised event in 2006 featuring the best riders in the sport including 7 time national champion Jason Lee, 2 time US Open Champion Jereme Leafe and world renowned dirt rippers Leon Robbins and Akoni Kama, along with many others.
Get your hotel reservations soon.
US Open Mountainboarding Championships official lodging sponsor:
Snowmass Mountain Chalet
$89 a night + tax, room with 2 queen beds, up to 4 people, includes free continental breakfast. Save $60.00 off regular price! Closest lodging to DirtSlopestyle and Snowmass Village Mall.
Must mention US Open Mountainboarding Championships when booking.
Call Toll free 1-800-843-1579 for reservations.
Online reservations may not be able to offer discount so it is best to call direct.
Information provided by www.usopenmountainboarding.com
Visitors magazine pumping up the event at Snowmass. Nice backflip tail grab by MBS Pro Leon Robbins, hailing from Edison, WA
MBS BIG AIR DEMO TEAM SET TO PERFORM ENTIRE SUMMER!
7 Days down, 80 more to go. Click here to see more shots from setup and the first week.
Location: Celebration City Theme Park - Branson, Missouri
Dates: May 26th - Aug 20th - 3 shows a day - EVERY DAY!!!
Salty Peaks "Learn To Ride" Sessions - Salt Lake City, UT
If you're new to the sport and want to see what it's all about let some dedicated Salt Lake locals (Van DeWitt and Casey Thomas) show you how it's done.
SLC "Learn to Rides" scheduled in June
June 11th
Location: Lindsey Gardens - 9th Ave and M St. - SW Corner
Time: Sunday at 4pm
June 25th
Location: Sugar House Park - 1300 E. 2200 S. - Grass Hill West Side
Time: Sunday at 4pm
MBS Base Camp - France - Click here for more information.
The 2006 European Cup
Upcoming Dates:
June 23rd - Cyprus
July 27th - Italy
Sept 15th - England
Oct 27th - Isle of Wight
Check out www.mountainboardeuropeancup.info for more details.
- - PAST EVENTS - -
Bolder Boulder - Learn To Ride
Back for our 5th straight year! Since most pros were in Branson we ran a Learn To Ride on the grass hill next to our normal performance area. It was a huge hit. Hundreds of people got to ride boards for the first time. A BIG thanks goes out to our awesome volunteers Rufus, JD, Fritz, Tiff and her friend.
Ali Kanno - Hawaii
As usual, Thanks Ali!
Photo by friend Travis Turqueza - See this photo larger click here.
Travis - China Boardslide - What's up China? Ready for mountainboarding?
Fabio Lopes - Brazil
Tyler Mork - One Footer at "Chaos" - The sun only came out for a few hours at this event but long enough for Tyler's girlfriend to snap this nice pic.
Marco Rothman and Friends in Brazil - Moving dirt at their future dream park. There's nothing better than a dream park in your area. Can't we all have a dream park?
South African kid checking it out.
Sand Hill Girls Club
Team Irie - Colorado Springs
Paul Johns, Steve Riviera, JD
Ukranian Rider Eugene
Nico Maldanado and Friends - France
GIVE US YOUR DIRT! We want your team pictures, artwork, photos, news, crazyness, strangeness, local events, stickers in odd places, local riding spots, you name it. If it has anything to do with mountainboarding or MBS we'd love to post it. Please send anything cool to Jason Lee for possible inclusion in future Rider eNews.
Disassembling Stubborn MBS Rock Star Hardware - By Joel Lee
If you've ever had a rockstar nut spin within the hub housing that holds it in place, you know that this can be a frustrating experience - until now! An easy solution to this problem is to put the hub in the fridge or freezer for an hour or so, then try to disassemble the hardware again. This will do two things. First, it will make the nylon hub material stiffer which will give it more resistance to the spinning nut. Second, it shrinks the material around nut, increasing the grip even more. Nine times out of ten, this will give your hub the extra strength it needs to stop the nut from spinning.
When re-assembling your hubs, we suggest that you move the nuts to the opposite side of the hub. For instance, if your rock star nuts were originally in the inside rim, you would remove them then press them into the outside rim. This makes sure that you are not putting the nut back into the same housing that was potentially damaged by the spinning nut.
Giving a whole new meaning to the term "On the Rocks"...
Click here to view other Trick Tips
MBS PRO X TEAM TRADING CARDS - Collectors Edition. Get 'em in Branson or at the US Open.
WINNER OF THE MAY ENVELOPE DESIGN CONTEST! DAN DWORKIN, CA
Congratulations Dan! You know where our roots are.
ONGOING!! ENVELOPE DESIGN CONTEST Do a killer drawing, painting or collage on a letter and send it in. Rules: The art must be MBS or mountainboard related and it must make it through the mail. The winner will receive 50 MBS Bucks and their art will be posted in the following month's eNews! Good Luck!
Please send your entries to:
MBS
C/O Jason Lee
5939 Delmonico Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
IMRA - INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAINBOARD RIDERS ASSOCIATION
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Ripley's Beleive It Or Not - Alligator Flipping Segment - click here.
See Jason Lee flip some gators.
PICS FROM THE ARCHIVES - Old School....Represent!
Joel Lee - 1996 - Riding an original MBS "Meltdown" series 132cm board.
Location: Del Mar, CA.
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