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Welcome to the March edition of the MBS Rider eNewsletter and a SNEAK PEAK at the NEW 2006 PRODUCTS!!!! Sick sick NEW Pro boards, our first women's graphic board and the amazing NEW RockStar Pro Aluminum Hubs.

As subscribers to the MBS eNews YOU get to see the newest gear first! It's been hard to keep these products under wraps and now they can see the light of the mountainboarding world. Check MBS.COM soon to see all the dirty details.

Join us in celebrating our 13th year in the sport and our 8th generation of mountainboards. Without you, we could not have made it this far. Thank you!

As always stay tuned to MBS.COM for all things "mountainboarding".

MBS - Always riding!

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NEW!  MBS PRO 12 - Jereme Leafe Pro Model

Measuring in at 112cm this amazing NEW addition to the MBS Pro Line is the ideal length for the advanced freestyler. Short enough to spin effortlessly but long enough to give you the stability you need to handle big landings and boardercross tracks. With design input from 2-time US Open Freestyle Champion Jereme Leafe this board will take your riding to new heights.





NEW!  MBS PRO 6 - Alex Brown Pro Model

Working with one of the world’s top land kiters, MBS pro rider Alex Brown (UK), MBS is finally taking this board off the drawing table and into the hands of dedicated kiters around the world. Coming standard with NEW RockStar Pro aluminum hubs, NEW F3 Cam-Lock bindings and stainless steel hardware and wheel bearings, the Pro 6 has everything kiters demand (good wind sold separately.)




NEW!  MBS VIXEN 108cm - Women's All-Around

Hey ladies! The board you ordered is in. Super sturdy and weighing in at only 12 lbs., this sister to the popular Core 8 has all the features of a true mountainboard at a great price.  The Vixen is fully upgradable to high-end MBS components such as Matrix channel trucks and F3 bindings.

NEW!  MBS ROCK STAR PRO ALUMINUM HUBS

NEW!  MBS ROCK STAR HUBS - WHITE

NEW!  MBS T1 TREAD - ROYAL BLUE

NEW!  MBS PROTECTIVE GEAR

MBS Protective Gear. It just makes sense. Comfortable, durable and affordable - this gear, like all MBS products, are made with quality materials and attention to detail.

REGISTER TO WIN THE NEW PRO 12 MOUNTAINBOARD

- Retail Value $499.95 / £350 / €525       
      
Fill out our online sweepstakes form for your chance to be this month's winner.

For a detailed explanation of the sweepstakes rules click here.**

FEBRUARY'S SWEEPSTAKES WINNER - CASEY CARDWELL, Lamoni, IA

"No Freakin' Way! That is the most amazing thing, ever. You guys rock! Never in a million years did I figure I would win one of the sweepstakes. I don't think I've ever been so stoked. How often do you win a sweepstakes? And how often do you win a sweepstakes for something as sweet as a mountainboard?! You guys just made me the happiest dude around!
Thanks MBS!"

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MBS AD IN MARCH SNOWBOARD MAGAZINE - KITE CROSSOVER!



Rider: Wes Matweyew   Photo By: Jason Wolcott



MBS AD IN FEB / MARCH KITEBOARDING MAGAZINE


Rider: Wes Matweyew   Photo By: Jason Wolcott

- - UPCOMING EVENTS - -

2006 FRENCH LAND KITEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 25th - 26th - Berck Sur Mar, North France

Coming to the north shore of France on the last weekend of March is the third annual French Championships of Land Kiteboarding. This is going to be a sick event, consisting of Europe's best boarders throwing it down for the French title on a long and sandy beach. The event consists of Freestyle and a timed race around a circuit with a short cut if you're willing to jump the inflatable buoy on the beach. This event is not to be missed and is certainly going to be a break-through kite event for all the land boarders out there!!! The location is on the long hard packed beaches of Berck Sur Mer about 1.5hrs west from Calais and is a kiters haven.
For more information go to www.mbseurope.com

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2006 NABX - March 27th - April 3rd



The North American Buggy eXpo - NABX - is an internationally renown kite traction race and recreation event held at Ivanpah Dry Lake, California USA since 1994. Using powerful, multi-line kites, buggy and ATBs riders speed across the desert and perform amazing freestyle maneuvers in a relaxed, fun oriented venue. This website provides official event information, dates and accommodations, online registration, race results, photo gallery and a complete news and articles section.

Photo by: Rob Vreeland




- - PAST EVENTS - -

Irish Winter Downhill Series - Round 1 - Report by John McGuckin

Rider: Chris McCann

Over here in Ireland at the moment while Surfin' Dirt is closed for the winter we are doing a winter downhill series consisting of 4 freeride events. The first of the four events was held in Tollymore Forest Co. Down. In the Seniors category Matt Shaw took 3rd, then Gary Parr scraped 2nd by a mear one second and Brenton English came first. In the Juniors Joel Fox took 3rd, Leo Gorman 2nd and Simon Graham took 1st. In the Ladies Lee Parr took 3rd, Briege Shaw took second and Ally Shaw took 1st.

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Irish Winter Downhill Series - Round 2 - Report by John McGuckin

Rider: James Carson

The 2nd event of the four Irish Winter Series events kicked off on the 5th of February at Yellow Water, Rostrevor. With over 25 competitors the event was sure to be a good one. The planned route for the timed runs proved to be too extreme for most people (as it was almost vertical and had 2" gravel most of the way down) so it was decided that we were to pick a less challenging track for the timed runs. After we got the route sorted out we started the timed runs. In the Ladies category Lee Parr came 1st with Briege Shaw closely following. In the Juniors Simon Graham came 1st, Leo Gorman came 2nd and Henry Aiken came 3rd. In the Seniors category (which had 17 competitors, it was the biggest of the 3 categories) Matt Shaw came 1st by a whole 9 seconds, Brenton English came 2nd and Gary Parr came 3rd.

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Costa Rica Slopestyle - Feb 25th - A rainout but everyone had fun.

"Well Saturday came and things couldn't have gone better(or could they?) Unfortunately due to an unexpected climate change (actually by now we have learn to expect the unexpected) the Contest was postponed due to rain. The day was not without hope though as just around the time the radio station along with a decent amount of people decided to abandon hope, the sky cleared and the core riders began to "Get it on".

Although a few people were dissappointed that there would be no races, balls were abundant since we had a decent size audience for a killer session in the dirt. Among those in attendance were people representing Adrenalina from Fox Sports, Local TV Station Canal 13, Eco-sport Aventura Magazine, and local English newspaper "The Tico Times".

Riders rode hard not for prizes, but for the pure love of the sport which was our main goal of the day and one of our primary goals in life."

Chad

You can view images at this website. www.ecosportaventura.netfirms.com

Ali Kanno - Hawaii...Represent!
This guy never stops riding, and never stops sending in sick shots. Thanks Ali.






Chris Jordan - Utah...Represent! - Chris doing some soulful street carving. Get a helmet man.

Meditative Dream Rider Brian Cynkar - Colorado...Represent!

Brian has always been a bit on the odd side. The guy likes WEEN, what do you expect.



Kiter Marcio Gantner - Brazil...Represent!


Photo by: Mariana Oliveira



Kazuya - Japan...Represent! This has got to be the sickest, most tweaked one-footer ever done. Right? If you have a more tweaked one footer shot than this please send it to me at jlee@mbs.com


Photo by: Maaken




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.

CURB STALL WITH TAIL GRAB - Beginner to Intermediate Trick Tip

For all you flatland tricksters out there here's a relatively easy one to do.

Step 1: Approch a standard sized curb with about 3-5mph of speed. The slower you go the harder it will be to start the endo process but the faster you go the more chances you're just going to flip over. Basically a few mellow pushes into the curb should be good.

Step 2 & 3: Once you make contact with the curb throw your weight forward enough to lift the back wheels off the ground.

Step 3 & 4: As your back end goes higher you will need to level off the endo and stall the board. The idea is to be close to vertical but not quite. At your farthest stall point go for the tail grab. Grab it. Smile and then let the rear end of the board go back to the ground. When you land try to keep some of this backward momentum in order to roll back out from the curb.

Click here to view other Trick Tips

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: "I'm thinking of getting a board for my son but wanted something that we could both ride. I'm 6' and weigh 170lbs and my son is 5' and weighs about 115lbs. What do you suggest?"

- Mick Kittlesven, Bracketville, TX

A: A great board to start with that can accomodate both your sizes is the Core 8. It's a great board and a great value. What you'll need to do is adjust the bindings a bit for each of your foot sizes and adjust the tension on the trucks for your weight. Both these adjustments are easy to do. Good luck and good riding!

NEW!! ENVELOPE DESIGN CONTEST OK. Just do a killer drawing, painting or collage on a letter and send it in. Rules: The art must be MBS or mountainboard related and it must make it through the mail. The winner will receive 50 MBS Bucks and their art will be posted in April's eNews! Good Luck!

Please send your entries to:
MBS

C/O Jason Lee
5939 Delmonico Dr.

Colorado Springs, CO 80919



WINNER OF FEBRUARY'S "NAME THAT TATTOO" CONTEST - Erik Griffen, CA
Erik replied within 8 minutes of getting the eNews. The answer was Ben Livingston is the RIDER who's image was used for the tattoo. Sick shot of Ben pulling a nice Palmer Method coming down the Grand Junction 12-pack run.


Photo by: Rob Gracie

PICS FROM THE ARCHIVES - Old School....Represent!

Joel Lee riding a 132cm Maroon series frame board down 14,110 foot Pikes Peak with no brakes. All in a day's work. June 1994

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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