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READY TO ROCK!
Are you ready to rock? Well.....are ya? We are.
It's gonna be an amazing summer for soooooo many reasons. New boards, new events, new videos, new places to ride, the list goes on. We are especially excited about the Upcoming Triple Crown of Mountainboarding Point Series featuring the US Slopestyle Championship in June, the US Open Mountainboarding Championship in July and the Pikes Peak Mountainboard Championship in August. The is should be an amazing event series!
Read on to get the skinny on this month's Sweepstakes board, New Products, the amazing NEW video from the MBS/Vegas trip 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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June's Sweepstakes Board - CORE 95 - MSRP $299.95
The Core 95 is an excellent advanced level board for freestyle riders and kiteboarders utilizing brand new 2007 MBS trucks and tires. This board makes a fantastic choice for anybody looking for all-around performance at a price that won’t break the bank.
Click here to register for this month's sweepstakes board.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T ALREADY CHECKED OUT THE ENTIRE LINE UP OF NEW MBS PRODUCTS CLICK HERE!
ALL ITEMS AVAILBLE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT
BOLDER BOULDER RAIL JAM!
This jam was jammin'. The weather was great, the riders were just plain goin' off, the distance jump was hilarious, the kids were excited and the after-jam riding was off the hook. Hope to see you there next year.
Click here for results and pics from this awesome event!
TRIPLE CROWN OF MOUNTAINBOARDING!
The race is on! MBS is proud to announce the the Triple Crown of Mountainboarding Points Series. Three awesome events with an underlying points series to find out the finest riders in the nation. At the end we will crown the Kings and Queens of US mountainboarding.
Click here for details on each event!
U.S. SLOPESTYLE MOUNTAINBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS - June 30th
Echo Mountain, Colorado
Epic dirt slopestyle event being held within 30 minutes of Denver Colorado. A must for all you slopestyle riders!
Click here for event information, directions and lodging specials.
U.S. OPEN MOUNTAINBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIPS - July 26-28th
Snowmass Village, Colorado
MBS Mountainboards and Snowmass Village are proud to present the 2007 US Open Mountainboarding Championships returning to Snowmass Village, Colorado on July 26-28 for the fifth consecutive year.
The nations largest mountainboard competition and the sport's 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 Mass Start Downhill, DirtBoarderCross and DirtSlopestyle events.
Click here for event information, directions and lodging specials.
PIKES PEAK MOUNTAINBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Aug 11-12th
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The final showdown! Saturday at the newly re-design BMX track in Colorado Springs which is currently getting a complete makeover and will be a replica of the 2008 Bejing Olympic BMX track. Sunday will be the ultimate ULTIMATE downhill at the world famous High Drive. Speed trials and a mass downhill race. Waht a way to end the series and crown the Triple Crown Winners. A lot more to follow. Stay tuned!
DISNEY MOUNTAINBOARD MOVIE DEBUTS FRIDAY THE 8th!!!!
Click HERE for the trailer and all kinds of cool stuff from the movie including behinds the scenes footage, a mountainboarding video game and much more!
ROADKILL SUPERSTARS "THE VEGAS TRIP" VIDEO EXCLUSIVE!
An amazing mountainboard road trip featuring epic riding, kiting and general shenanigans captured in brilliant style by the notorious One Five Crew and set to a brain tingling song by Junior Senior. Prepare to be amazed!
Click HERE to check it out!
EVAN CARLSON BIO FEATURE
Born & Raised in North East Kingdom, Vermont
Transplanted to Boulder, Colorado
INTERESTS: mountainboarding, snowboarding, skateboarding, Art, Music
SPONSORS: MBS mountainboards, Defiant Snowboards
LIKES: Good Food, Good Beer, Whiskey, West Coast Girls, big drops, Hips, and Powder days.
DISLIKES: Rain, Boston Winters, Country, Fox News, ignorance, Flat tires, bills
MUSIC: Reggae, Rock, Metal, hip-hop, anything as long as it gets me amped up, recently its been WolfMother and Mobb Deep.
FAVORITE PLACES TO RIDE: The Butte, The Holler, and golf courses
FAVORITE TRICKS: Crails and Slow front 3’s
FAVORITE SETUP: Mbs Comp 16 Pro, F3 Bindings, Rockstar Hubs (so sick) and T1 Tires
SHAUN ANDERSON - Tacoma, WA
Photo By: Andrew Boardash
ALI KANNO- Hawaii
MARKUS LUBITZ - Australia
Photo By: Brother Lubitz
BROTHER STEYAERT - Wayni Mountainboard Venue, Belgium
Photo By: Jan and Pieter Steyaert
For more info on these riders click here.
CONNER, MARK & Will - Cows Skatepark, Isle of Wight, England
MARC AND KIDS - Serbia
I am a gym teacher in primary school, and first I've built few boulders for sport climbing in our gym, and now I've brought a few ramps, kickers and spines to my school yard so kids could ride bikes, skateboards, and of course - mountainboards!!!
So now we are like extreme sports school... :) Best regards, Marc from Serbia
YUYA NAKAYAMA - Dragon Dirt, Japan
Photo By: Makken
TYLER MORK - BOARD SLIDING THE KANSAS RAIL
Click on Morky to see this sick boardslide.
Video courtesy of www.dirtheads.com
DBX - 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.
BONESHAKER WEBSITE - Czech Republic
RIDE SPOTS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO HIGHLIGHTED BY ALTITUDE SICKNESS IN EMPIRE, CO
To download this flyer click HERE.
OUT TO GRASS MOUNTAINBOARD CENTRE - England
For more information on Out To Grass click HERE.
MBS CONTEST!!!! AND THE WINNER IS
KEVIN HARDER
Kevin was the first to name the State in which the topographic map was taken from - Alaska.
MBS' new Comp series deck graphics feature a progressive take on an existing topographic map littered with the names of some of the most influential people in mountainboarding and MBS.
Click HERE for a Close Up of this great new graphic.
by Peter Bucknell
MOUNTAINBOARDER FRISBEES!!
Available at your local toy store or drug store like Wal Mart, Walgreens, Toys R Us, K Mart, Target, Fred Meyer or KB Toys. Available in many different colors. Get one and throw it around.
J Lee carving the local drainage ditch in C Springs - circa 1994
 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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