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LET'S FLY !
Whether you're hitting a hand-carved dirt jump in the forest, launching down a flight of stairs in the city or boosting off a wooden ramp in your backyard, it's all that same beautiful feeling. CATCHING AIR! Momentarily defying gravity, pulling a nice grab and coming back to Earth with a nice smooth transition. There's no better feeling right?
This month's underlying theme and Contest is all about getting air-born!
Read on to get the skinny on this month's Sweepstakes board, Contest rules, 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".
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February's Sweepstakes Board - VIXEN
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BRAZIL BOARDERCROSS - JAN 20-21
WORDS BY: RODOLPHO BAZETTO
PHOTOS BY: RODRIGO ROVERI
"The friendly spirit was awesome! We had a big party on competition, without troubles or accidents. All races were amazing! Everyone was a champion at this here....."
Click HERE to see some great photos, complete report and results.
Click HERE to check out video from the event!
JOSH KNEPPER STILL HANGING OUT WITH CRASH TEST DUMMIES?
I'm not sure about his sexual orientation but check out some hilarious videos on his myspace page.
WES MATWEYEW'S KITE ADDICTION - IT'S ALL IN THE NUMBERS
312 Days kited last year 15 hours a day spent in C Street parking lot 8 career opportunities passed up 2 meals a day cooked on Coleman camp stove 8 different kiteable vehicles in van (kiteboards, surfboard, skateboard, mountainboard, buggy, snowboard, snowskate, boogieboard, skimboard) 2010 peanut-butter sandwiches consumed 319 kite lessons taught 42 lessons canceled due to high winds or large surf 33 days kiting and teaching with a homemade hook to compensate for a broken hand (hand broken kiting) 13 surfboards destroyed 11 average times people call him per day for wind and weather reports 9 ruined relationships 318 visits to the 99-cent store 43 items of kite equipment found at beach 30 lost items returned to their rightful owners 211 days a year living in the van 22 photos published in kiteboarding publications 78 average days a control bar lasts him 3 kite injuries that required time off the water to heal 2 average days a year working jobs other than kiteboarding-related 11 weeks the van has smelled of dead seal after rolling on dead seal carcass during kite-buggy crash 1 day with no wind before he gets grumpy 0 family members who still support his choice of lifestyle 2 days ice stays ice in his cooler 32,089 miles driven for kiteboarding 83 dollars in his pocket 87 self-rescues 3 showers taken per week 4 average days spent wearing the same pair of shorts 0 chance of recovery from kite addiction
Excerpt from "Kite Addiction Article" in Kiteboarding Magazine Nov 2006
ALI KANNO - HAWAII
FABIO MICHALSKI - GERMANY
PAUL JOHNS - SLC - INDOOR TRAMP CAMP TRAINING
VICTORIA LE - VICTORY PARK - RUSSIA
Photo by: Andrew Yenin
2 NETZ - VICTORY PARK - RUSSIA
Photo by: Andrew Yenin
2 NETZ - VICTORY PARK - RUSSIA
Photo by: Andrew Yenin
AMAZING!!! KITE VIDEO - DAVE ULMANN AND AJ RIPPING IT UP
Dave Ursell - Photo by: Sean Andrews
Click HERE to check it out.
Hi,
We're 3 brothers from Belgium, oost-vlaanderen. I'm 16 years old, Joost is 20 years old and Wouter is 23 years old. Wouter has been riding for 3 years already, me and Joost about 2 years and a bit. I got a MBS Pro 16 with some changes, Joost a MBS Comp 16 and Wouter a MBS Pro 12.
We ride at our home, a track we built with our very own hands, we’ve got a ramp where we start from (it’s about 5m high) then we have a big air and then several smaller jumps and a rail. We also ride anywhere / everywhere we can! You can’t stop us!
We really do it for fun and to get the adrenaline kick. We have amazing times when we meet and ride and build our jumps.
Click HERE to see some of their videos.
KITE TEAM RIDER WES MATWEYEW - CALIFORNIA KITE SPOTS
"There are few good places depending on tides. On negative tides in the afternoons (when the wind is blowin) Oxnard Shores / Mandalay Beach is a good bet. Zuma Beach can also get good under similiar minus tides. Also the park next to the Oxnard airport is pretty good with wind info from iwindsurf.com or just call the airport for wind info. It's grass. There is also a few parks and schools in the Camarillo area ( left side of the 101 to the beach with wide areas). I'm in Costa Rica till Feb 1. Then I'll be back in Ventura.
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.
"AIR-BORN" PHOTO CONTEST!
OK. Here's the deal. Send in your best photos of you or you friends catching air. Style, amplitude, and creativitity count equally.
RULES: Photo must be taken in 2007 and using an MBS board. All entries must be emailed to jlee@mbs.com no later than Feb 25th.
PRIZE: 1st Place - 50 MBS Bucks
Runner Up - 25 MBS Bucks
DISCLAIMER: All decisions are final.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY DOG!!!!
EVIL KEG MOVIE TRAILER
For all you B movie horror enthusiasts out there you might want to check this out. Apparently Brian Southard from HillBilly Protective Gear gets an Axe to the back of the head! A movie about an evil beer keg? I mean, come on! That's gotta be cool.
Patrick Thomas - Circa 1997 - Killer set up. We actually jumped the car as it was moving too. Those were the days. Check out the grass laden landing! What were we thinking?
 For more Archive Shots click here.
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.
art by Karl-Erik Bennion
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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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