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RISE OF THE YOUTH!
You know the sport is alive and well when you have riders as young as 6 years old charging down one of the nation's most challenging boardercross tracks like witnessed this past weekend in Aspen. These kids either have no fear or now human DNA has a mountainboarding gene permanentley affixed. Whatever the case, it was an awesome sight to see riders of all ages rising to the challenge of a challenging track and showing it who's boss.

The 6th annual US Open Mountainboarding Championships had riders from California, Hawaii, Alaska, New Jersey, Vermont, Utah, Georgia, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado and Canada which all came together for a fun weekend and to challenge each other's riding skills and themselves.

Read on for results, write-up and pictures from this epic weekend.

And as usual.... new places..... new videos..... new pictures and new events. Read on to check it all out!

There's a lot going on at MBS and we're psyched that you're always a big part of it.

PRODUCTS - EVENTS - NEWS - PHOTOS - VIDEO - SWEEPSTAKES - CONTESTS - ARCHIVES



In case you missed an incredible issue of the MBS eNews this year click HERE to see each month and get up to date on all the things MBS!





For more European content check out WWW.MBSEUROPE.COM

Click HERE for the whole pre-event story by the Snowmass Sun and click HERE for the US Open Wrap Up.




USA MOUNTAINBOARD EVENTS - CLICK HERE





ALTITUDE CUP MOUNTAINBOARD CHALLENGE!
at Colorado's newest mountainboard park! The guys and girls from Altitude Sickness in the the heart of the Rocky Mountains are promising to build one of the best mountainboard tracks in the United States. Can't wait!

Sept 12th (Practice) and 13th (Competition)
Boardercross and Freestyle

Empire, CO  209 Main Street - Minton Park

altitudesickness@msn.com

303-489-7699



Shralpdown! - Official Video Premiere at Wahoos Fish Tacos!


Shralpdown! - Official Premiere at Wahoos Fish Tacos in Downtown Denver. Also this is the official fundraiser for the International Mountainboard Freestyle Invitational.

One Five Media needs your support to get the best mountainboarders in the world to Colorado for the IMFI in Oct. Just for coming to hang out with us you get:
-Free Video Premiere
-Happy Hour till close
-Product Giveaways
-DJ Matty K spinning beats until closing time

It's a Friday, it will be a party and you will have fun....lots of it. Bring all your friends!

TRIPLE CROWN STOP #3 - October 4th and 5th
The MBS Fall Classic & International Mountainboard Freestyle Invitational
Ultimate Downhill / Ultimate Freestyle / Rail Jam
Colorado Springs, Colorado
October 4th & 5th
www.mbs.com/triplecrown.html
www.infi-usa.com
Contact Jason Lee at jlee@mbs.com or
Evan Carlson at info@imfi-usa.com for more information.




MONTHLY RIDE SESSIONS AT THE "MBS BACKYARD"

Lots of new things happening at the "Backyard" and by "New" we mean "Big"! And by "things" we mean "jumps and hits".

The Next FIRST Saturday Event is Sept 6th! Come out and rock out!



Click HERE for pics from April's Smackdown!




SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - "LEARN TO RIDE" ALL SUMMER



The next Salt Lake LTR is August 9th at Sugar House Park.

Contact Van DeWitt for more information.




UK MOUNTAINBOARD EVENTS  - CLICK HERE

ATBA UK NATIONAL SERIES

FAT FACE NIGHT AIR AT BUGS BOARDING - Aug 16th

ITALIAN MOUNTAINBOARD EVENTS - CLICK HERE



For more information contact Guido at info@4wr-mountainboards.com

23-24 August:                Castel di Sangrio: Boardercross

23-24 September:        Gromo Spiazza: Boardercross



FRENCH MOUNTAINBOARD EVENTS - CLICK HERE

30 August 2008


31 August 2008

For more information on both these events click HERE

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13-14 September/re 2008: Woody Wood Rider (Fécamp - 76)



GERMAN MOUNTAINBOARD EVENTS - CLICK HERE

 

15.08.-17.08.2008 ATB German Open Race, BoarderCross und Freestyle in Willingen

05.09.-06.09.2008 'German Outsport Challenge 2008' in Neuenrade / Sauerland.

Click HERE for more details on the German Event Series




US OPEN - TRIPLE CROWN #2 - RESULTS & PICS

Riders from across North America converged once again on Snowmass Village (Aspen) for the 6th annual US OPEN MOUNTAINBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS.



Click HERE for the lowdown on this epic showdown!

KANSAS - TRIPLE CROWN #1- RESULTS & PICS

Boardercross / Big Air / Slopestyle
South Haven, Kansas
Click HERE for results and pics.



SLALOM SPECTACULAR RACE - Click HERE for results and pics!


This was one of the funnest events in a long time! Anytime the words pylon, cone, asphalt and race are mentioned in reference to a race make sure you are in attendance! Too fun to miss out on.

IRELAND MOUNTAINBOARD EVENTS



"SURFIN DIRT" IRISH OPEN VIDEO



AIMBA Irish Open Results:
U18 BoarderX: 1st Dean Patterson, 2nd Sam Gorman, 3rd Leo Gorman.
Open BoarderX: 1st David Wylie, 2nd John McGuckin, 3rd Ryan Slater.
Freestyle: 1st John McGuckin, 2nd Ryan Slater, 3rd Leo Gorman.




ITALIAN MOUNTAINBOARD EVENTS - CLICK HERE



Bardonecchia Downhill






DBX - Mountainboard Forum - The Original Dirt - USA

Talk to other riders around the country and around the world!



MOUNTAINBOARD.NET - GREAT RESOURCE FOR ALL THINGS DIRTY

2NETZ - Russia

Photo by: Max Sham



BEN RYE - UK


Photo by: Theo Acworth - Cool video by these guys HERE.



DON BAKER- California


Photo by: Jumbo



KAZUYA - Japan






KENNY KERKES - Cherry Hill, Idaho

SUPER SONIKA - Romania


Photo sent in from Marcu with Team W.T.F in Romania - Contact Marcu at dan.marcu@gmail.com




CONOR AND KURT WOLTMAN - Colorado

Photo by: Patricia Keilbach

TIM - Belgium



Photo by: Jan Steyaert. Click HERE for more shots.

SERBIAN TRACK RIDER - Ireland


Photo sent in by: Marc

BRANDON GOODE - HOLLY POND, ALABAMA



Filmed by Travis Huskey




NEW RIDER PATRICIA KEILBACH GIVES US HER TAKE ON MOUNTAINBOARDING AND THE US OPENS

"Admittedly, I'm brand new to this sport but it seems the learning curve is not too steep, and the skills I developed from years of surfing, skiing, skating and snowboarding are translating over to my mountainboard pretty well. Needless to say, I'm having a blast on dirt and pavement alike, and I'm already starting to get a taste of the rushes from the sport. It was really exhilarating to do my first powerslide in the dirt, and a rush to experience a good, carving turn through a slalom course.

So stoked on the sport (and given that I live in Colorado), last weekend I decided to check out the boardercross event at the 2008 US Open in  Snowmass. In boardercross, 4 racers compete head-to-head for the fastest time................................

Click HERE for her whole story!




ROCKET BOARD!
With the help of engineer Chris Parr, Jason Lee tries to get a little extra boost! Note to self: Need more rockets!


Click HERE for video.



SUPER STEALH PAVEMENT BOARD WITH 20" TRUCKS

Photo sent in by the "Bluegrass Surfer".



DIRTY BOARD


Board Owner: Brian Hoffman



DIRTY BOARD


Board Owner: Jake Snyder





GIVE US YOUR DIRT FOR FUTURE ENEWS!

We want your team pictures, artwork, photos, news, craziness, 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.

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***RIDING DISCLAIMER*** Mountainboarding / Kiteboarding is an inherently dangerous sport. Always use protective gear while riding including a helmet, elbow pads, knee pads and wristguards. Always ride within your ability and use common sense.



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