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HELLO RIDERS!

It's getting near the end of the year. And what a year it was. More riders, more intense lines ridden and tricks pulled. The MBS team performed in front of over 100,000 people and every one of you helped push this great sport forward by just getting out and riding or taking someone riding. So congrats to all of you!

In the spirit of the Holidays we are offering a discount at MBS.COM to help you get that special piece of MBS gear for yourself or someone else. See below for the Discount Code. Also make sure to enter this month's Ride Tip contest.

Now read on to get the skinny on this month's Sweepstakes board, event reports and of course killer shots from people like you from around the world.

Keep it rollin' along and as always stay tuned to MBS.COM for all things "mountainboarding".

MBS - Always riding!



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10% HOLIDAY DISCOUNT - DISCOUNT CODE  FRESHDIRT
In the spirit of the Holidays we are offering a discount at MBS.COM to help you get that special piece of MBS gear for yourself or someone else.

Discount Code expires 12.31.06



December' Sweepstakes Board


Click here to register for this month's sweepstakes board.



November Sweepstakes Winner - Clarissa Jake, Albuquerque, NM

"Thanks for making my day and confirming that I won a new board! The day I receive it I'll take it out and shred down my usual places and work on steppin' it up a notch or two!"

Clarissa Jake



Cooler temperatures! Cool apparel!
- MBS Longsleeve Softgoods




KiteWorld - Issue #24 - Dan Maroni Ripping it UP!





Pro Kiter Alex Brown on SouthWest USA tour.
Llamas, crazed mechanics, stranded RVs and Awesome kiting all make for a really interesting and funny travel log.



VIDEO
Click here and select "RV Dries Out on Land" video. Or click here to download the Video.

TRAVEL LOG
"Today we woke up at, whoops sorry; I woke up at 8 am to prepare for our departure to South Padre Island. We left Corpus Christi around noon, a.k.a. "morning" for Alex. At around 3pm, we were about 25 miles from South Padre and about 8 miles outside of my hometown of Harlingen when catastrophy struck! We were just driving along when all of the sudden the LOUDEST bang I have ever heard occurred. Just then the ENTIRE windshield caved in from the top center...." Click here to read the whole story!

MBS MC Justin Dersham - Now breaking into fashion modeling?





Brazil Downhill Competition

"Last weekend happens a ATB competition in Brazil, good riders were there to drop the downhill track and make a best lap time. All riders got a real high speed on track and everyone needed so much skills to stay standing up on the board.

Fifteen riders and four girls included "Mana". All riders became a winner in this competition because the storm rain destroyed the track minutes before the begining. Dosen't matter !!! Everyone enjoy the last meeting riders in 2006."

Woodward Skatepark Competition - Colorado
"The week started early with riders coming in from all over the US to reap what Colorado has to offer. It started off with a day of snowboarding. There is nothing funnier than seeing a Californian and a Hawaiian on the ski slopes....."



Click here to see the entire wrap up report by Dave Stiefvater.

Open Division
1st Place - Mason Moore

2nd Place - Mathew Silva

3rd Place - Brandon Johanson

Women's Pro Division
1st Place - Tiffany Ecker
2nd Place - Emmy Smith-Zurowski

3rd Place - Ari

Men's Pro Division
1st Place - Devin Garland

2nd Place - Dave Stiefvater

3rd Place - Devin Fritz

Best Trick
Dave Stiefvater

Tiffany Ecker



Brazil Big - Air Competition



"The Association of Mountainboard in Rio made a great Big Air. ihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!   People are crazy right here, that will improve our skills and we are gonna improve the track too cause we are the "Caboclo Zelosos" - redneck shapers! I'm glad to make this project working lots of months with all the "Caboclo Zelosos" of Vargem Grande, Rio de Janeiro in a beatifull horse farm with a lot of coconuts, so nice vizoo!!"  Fernando Gazzola



Dragon Dirt - Round #5 - Japan



Click here for more pictures and results.



The Bluegrass Surfer - Bill Wurtz - Kentucky






Bernardo - Brazil (again)



Click here to check out Bernardo's BIO.




Jovan Brzak - Mount Zlatibor (small ski center in Serbia).



"One of my riders went to the mountain, but snow suprised him. So he didn't give up and showed us all that MBS goes over the snow too."
Pictures sent in by Marc



Fabio Lopes - Brazil (again)





Joe Oglesby and Ben Hall - Lancahire, England

Fritz The Cat - Ripping up the Half Pipe - SLC (Van DeWitt's backyard)


Photo by Emmy



Patrick Zimmer - Germany






Great Track Footage sent in from Marcelo Bronfren - Brazil



Click HERE to view the video.

DIRTBOARD RIDERS MOUNTAINBOARDING FORUM



This site is a must for mountainboarders looking for more information on races, riders, new products, events, places to ride, other people to ride with and just plain nutty mountainboard talk. I check this site every morning trying to take the pulse of the mountainboarding world.



Marc from Serbia.






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.

RIDE TIP CONTEST!

Send in your best Ride Tip. The sky's the limit! It can be a beginner trick or an advanced manuever. Attention to detail and helpful photos are key for accurate explanation. Check out our current Ride Tips and make sure not to duplicate something that we've already done. Unless of course it's way better than what we've done. The winner will receive 50 MBS Bucks.

Please submit your entry via email to jlee@mbs.com. Please put "MBS RIDE TIP Contest " in the subject line.

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Click here to view current Ride Tips



T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST! YOU PICK THE WINNER!
Over the last month we received some really great t-shirt designs. Great job to all of you who participated in this contest. As a Thank You each of you will receive a 10% Discount code sent to your email address. But the contest isn't quite over. We receive so many entries we were only able to narrow it down to the top 4. It's up to all of YOU now to vote for the FINAL winner.

Please submit your vote via email to jlee@mbs.com and pick your first choice. Please put "MBS T-Shirt Design Contest " in the subject line. To see a close up of the Top 4 designs click here.

To see more of the designs that were sent click here.

MOUNTAINBOARDING DVD "BIG AIR"

This DVD has some great riding and traces the U.K. history of the sport.


To check out a preview clip or to order one click here.

Envelope Art sent in by Orlando Gonzalez - Maryland






Dirt Duel II - 1998 - Snow Valley, CA

Mike Dodge blazing through the gates. What up Mike D!



MBS Revolution Series Mountainboard - 132cm - Circa 1996



Tubular steel frame - Ergobar binding up front - Stap Binding on back - Pre-Eggshock
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