Happy New Year!
Welcome to the January edition of the MBS Rider eNewsletter! We hope you had a great holiday season, got some good riding in and hopefully got some good mountainboard gear along the way.
We are incredibly psyched for the 2006 season and what it has in store for you. Stay tuned to MBS.COM for all things "mountainboarding".
And as one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time says...
"For those about to rock, we salute you!" and we do.
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NEW BOARD MODIFICATIONS FOR 2006
Vadim "OneStep" from Moscow, Russia has been working hard on the next generation of military assault boards. Coming to an army surplus store near you.
UPCOMING KITEBOARDING MAGAZINE AD FEATURES WES MATWEYEW
Photo by: Jason Wolcott - Ventura, CA
MODIFIED BOARD PROVING GOOD FOR DRYLAND WINDSURF TRAINING
"This setup makes a great windsurf rig because of it's large deck surface and big tires providing maximum flotation on softer sand."
Roy Massey - Ace Performer, Fort Myers, FL
Components: MBS Longboard deck, 15.5" All-Terrain Trucks, Tri Spoke Hubs and 9" T2 tires.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Febuary
Costa Rica Slopestyle 2
Febuary 18th - 26th, 2006
Location: Heredia Dirttrack / San Luis de Santa Domingo Heredia / airport: San Jose, Costa Rica
Events: Big Air, Slopestyle, and Dirt-Boardercross.
Notes: Nothing beats summer in Costa Rica, great weather, beautiful people, and cheap everything. Hotel is less than five minutes from the track. Flights are affordable and even cheaper if bought in advance. Check out Ride Costa Rica for updates and info.
For more information contact: Chad
EVENT REPORTS: Dec 24th, 2005
CHRISTMAS EVE TREE JUMPING AND PRESENT DELIVERY COMPETITION
Apparently Santa was the only one invited to this competiton.
Diego Anderson wishes everyone a Happy New Year from France
Ali Kanno from Lanai City, Hawaii
Argentinian Rider Diego Terranova shredding the Patagonia mountains
Rick Gaukel - Santa Cruz, CA
Brazilian Riders Fabio Lopes, Rodolpho Bazzeto and Bernardo Picarelli
doing the urban boardercross thing.
Location: sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
UK Rider Dom Moore - Indy Grab
Photo by: Vicky Collins Location: Skypark, UK
Japanese rider Yuya Nakayama riding at Dragon Dirt
Photo by: Makken
Canadian Rider Jeff Carrol - Suitcase grab
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.
CHANGING EGGSHOCKS ON MATRIX TRUCKS
For those of you who have complete boards and have never changed your eggshocks before here are a few helpful hints. The reason for changing your eggshocks can vary. Most people are advancing in their riding level and want a more stable position. These people are typically doing larger jumps and want more stable speed coming into the jump or are racers or freeride riders. In this case people will replace their yellow eggs for orange eggs. Some people have orange eggs and they want to carve more in which case they are changing from orange to yellow or taking the eggs out all together. Whatever the case here are the basic steps.
1. Remove bottom spring retainer bolt. Use a 3mm hex key. Make sure to change eggshocks one at a time. Take one out, replace it, tighten it back up and then move on to the next egg. Attempting to change all eggs at once is more difficult and not recommended.
2. Pressure deck on one side and remove spring, eggshock and spring retainers. Standing on one side of the deck is a great help to release the spring pressure which allows you to easily remove the springs, egss and spring retainers. Having a friend stand on the deck while you make the change is a great help. Not only can you concentrate more on the removal but he can apply more pressure on the deck allowing an easier change.
3. Insert new eggshock inside spring and reassemble parts. Again, having a friend pressuring the deck for you is a great help. Make sure that all components are being put back in. Sometimes people will forget to put the tophat washer on top of the upper tophat. Also remember that the upper tophat has no threads while the bottom tophat does.
4. Repeat steps for all 4 eggshocks. When you are finished you can adjust the pressure on the springs. If you are putting harder durometer eggshocks in you will probably need less pressure to acheive the same carving resistance as you originally had.
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! ! ! ! ADVANCED TRICK TIP ! ! ! !
CLIFF DROPS by Jason Lee
Step 1: Make sure you are an all-around strong rider with strong legs.
Step 2: Identify drops of about 5' + and work your way up. Don't think that you can drop cliffs like on a snowboard with powder landings. This is mountainboarding - you land on dirt. The largest rideable cliff drop will be about 20' vert and that is for baddass riders. Good candidates for jumpable cliffs are not only sheer drops but they have good and safe run-out areas. A good cliff drop will not only have a decent drop but a good angle to land on. The steeper the angle, the easier the drop. People can drop off anything but the key of course is to ride it out. In addition to a good landing angle the landing must be solid. The more hard-packed the landing is the easier it will be to stick the landing. The softer the landing the more you will sink and usually get thrown forward on your board.
Step 3: Make sure as you head into the drop you are confident. Basically don't chicken out at the last moment and just fall off the cliff. Just say to yourself "I'm gonna stick this sh_t! And do it."
Step 4: Now that you are committed to the drop make sure you have enough speed. Speed is your friend. Stay forward on your board and get ready for the impact. Absorb the impact, regain control and ride it out.
Step 5: Celebrate, bask in the glory, do it again and make sure to get the grab this time.
Send us your Tips or cool ways to tweak your board or if you have any questions let us know and we'll do our best to answer them. Send all questions or Tips to jlee@mbs.com
Q: "My kids want to get into the sport of mountainboarding. What are the best boards for them to start on? I don't want to spend too much money until they are sure they really want to get into it. My daughter is 9 and weighs about 65lbs and my son is 13 and weighs about 130lbs.
- Richard Dreshem, Murphreesboro, TN
A: I'd suggest the Jeep CJ-5 and Jeep Renegade. The CJ-5 is $129.00 and would be perfect for your daughter because of it smaller size. The Renegade is $199.95 and not only would be good for your son it would be fine for you to try the sport as well. Both boards come complete with hand-held V brakes. Once they really get into it they would move up to the Core, Comp or Pro line of boards. Have fun!
PICS FROM THE ARCHIVES - Having had one of our rooms flooded this last month I had to individually seperate over 1000 pics to help salvage them. The bright spot - seeing some nice old pics. Stay tuned for more archive shots from back in the early days.
June 1997 - Moving car jumping demo.
Top Row - Joel Lee, Greg Harris, Jason Lee, Patrick Thomas, Mark Shaw
Bottom Row - Bob Tate, Mike Dodge, Whitney Lewis and Patrick McConnell
TALK ABOUT CATCHING "BIG AIR"
Bob Corbo of Raven Soaring Trikes uses MBS trispoke wheels for his high-flying adventures.
DIRTBOARD RIDERS MOUNTAINBOARDING FORUM
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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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