World Downhill Championships in Bardonecchia 3-4th July 2010

Posted on June 25, 2010 by admin

Bardonecchia is the place to be if you love a bit of downhill mountainboarding. There will be both brake and no brake disciplines and there will also be a freestyle competition. Last year was a great event and this year looks to be bigger and better. Tom Kirkman will be heading over to see if he can beat Pete Tatham (without using a brake and on normal 8″ tyres) after their closely fought race in France last year.

RSVP to the event on Facebook

Event Poster

Here is the official wording and loads more information:

Hi guys,

HI-TEXT MOUNTAINBOARDWORLD DOWNHILL CHAMPIONSHIPS
this year will take place in Bardonnecchia (Italy) on July the 3rd and 4th!

Bardonecchia is in north west Piemonte on the border with France.
It is well connected by road, train (both national and international connections) and airport (Milan, Turin, Chambery and Geneva are all within easy reach of Bardonecchia). It’s about 50 minutes away from Turin by motorway and 2,30 hours from Lyon, 1 hour from Turin and 2 hours from Milan and Lyon by train. The international airport of Turin Caselle is about 1 hour away.

I encourage riders from all world coming to compete on a beautiful mountain track with a great atmosphere! We would like this race was the first truly international event in the history of European mountainboard, with riders from all world!

We have chairlift open from friday afternoon and for the weekend, nice residence accomodation in front of finish line, sponsor village and many party, barbeque and much more on friday and saturday night!!!

——-

SCHEDULE

JULY, 02 FRIDAY
Morning…………….Riders arriving
14.00 – 17.00…….Training (chairlift open)
Evening……………..Appetizer/Dinner @ The Dream Cafè

JULY, 03 SATURDAY
09.30………………. Riders Meeting at the START LANE
(Pian del Sole, arrival of the Chairlift)
10.00 – 13.00…….Downhill World Champs
15.00………………..LandKite Demo
& Free mountainboard test for public
17.00………………..Longboard test by Dirtcorner.com
19.00………………..BBQ @ Cipo’s Bar
23.30 – 03.00…….Official MWDC Party @ Garage Pub

JULY, 04 SUNDAY
10.00………………. Riders Meeting at the START LANE
(Pian del Sole, arrival of the Chairlift)
10.00 – 14.00……..Italian Champs/European Series
15.00…………………Free mountainboard test
17.00…………………Prize living

——-

ACCOMODATION

RESIDENCE VILLAGGIO CAMPO SMITH/Best Western is the selected hotel for overnight, a 4 stars residence in front of the race finish line. Riders and public will stay in 2/3/4 beds apartments with kitchen.

For the accomodation we prepared some packages, for RIDERS and for PUBLIC. You can buy on pre registration with a special prize BEFORE JUNE, 27 or normal prize after this date:

A) ALL INCLUSIVE for riders. € 140 on pre registration BEFORE June, 27 (€ 155 on place), including:
2 nights bed in 4 stars residence in front of the race finish line, 2 breakfast, friday dinner & saturday night BBQ
world dowhill & italian downhill fee
3 days lift (friday from 14.00) for all Bardonecchia’s open lift.

B) ALL INCLUSIVE for public. € 100 on pre registration BEFORE June, 27 (€ 115 on place), including:
same things but without lift and races fee

C) NO BED for riders. € 90 on pre registration BEFORE June, 27 (€ 105 on place):
like A pack without overnight stay

D) BBQ: € 20 Only saturday night barbecue.

E) ONLY RACE: World Downhill Champs registration OR Italian Downhill Champ registration € 20 BEFORE June, 27 (30€ on place), including one day lift pass and one race fee.

The package fees can be paid cash at the race office near residence reception on your arrival.

You can ask for personal solutions.

——

HI-TEXT MOUNTAINBOARDWORLD DOWNHILL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, July 3, 2010

About 2,5 km track, 300 mts drop, for expert riders.

Categories:
1.Male Overall (With and Without Brakes)
2.Female Overall (With and Without Brakes)

——

IMA European downhill series:
FIBRACOLOR ITALIAN MOUNTAINBOARD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sunday, July 4, 2010

About 1,5 km track, 200 mts drop, for all riders

Categories:
1.Male Overall (With and Without Brakes)
2.Female Overall (With and Without Brakes)
3.Under 16 Male and Female Overall (gender and use of brakes)

——

For Info & Booking:
Davide – mountainboard@youridecamp.com
Karin – +39.339.355.21.99

Skating at Joe Dickson’s and riding at Court Farm

Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

Whilst en route to the ATBA round at Court Farm the Cornish contingent of the MBS Pro Team stopped off at fellow team rider Joe Dickson’s house for a skate on his mini ramp. This is a bit of a masterpiece and is kept dry year round as it is in a barn. After that it was up to Court Farm for some practice and filming before leaving Mick to do his thing at the competition.

A Day at Out To Grass Mountainboard Centre

Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

Tom Kirkman, Tuai Lovejoy, Mick Kirkman and Jamie Johnstone headed over to Out To Grass mountainboard centre. It is fellow MBS Pro Team rider Tom Reads local spot but one they had not managed to visit in a while. Unfortunately it was really windy on the day meaning it was hard to do anything amazing. The riding is still pretty smooth though and much fun was had.

Joe Dickson Wins Cream Teas and Jam Round 1

Posted on June 17, 2010 by admin

Fresh from his winter down under Joe headed down to Knockhill in the MBS love bus. This is the first event he has entered this year due to a combination of traveling and an ankle injury. His experience and skill obviously paid off as he managed to win the event by doing a lot of moves in switch and busting 7s off the jumps. Well done Joe!

You can read the complete Cream Teas and Jam round one write up at Yum Yum BFC.

The Next events will be at Bugs Boarding on the 17th July and Surf the Turf on the 17th September.

Joe Dickson was riding the MBS Pro 95.

MBS Team Having Fun At Bugs

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin

It has been a while since the team got to ride with Joe Dickson. He was away the whole winter, then came back in May with a swollen ankle. Now he is back and riding again. Tom Kirkman, Ollie Morrison, Jamie Johnstone, Tuai Lovejoy and Joe Dickson all rode Bugsboarding on the bank holiday weekend. To mix it up the team hit all kinds of features including everything from the rails and jib stuff, to the boardercross track to the pond gap. Enjoy the video.

After the weekend we all headed out to Suffolk for the Suffolk Show with the MBS Pro Ramp – taking mountainboarding to the masses!

Nicky Geerse Spring Edit

Posted on June 10, 2010 by admin

Nicky is a super talented mountainboarder. He has unfortunately been suffering from a knee injury on and off for a couple of years. Now though it all seems to be going good and if anything the time out had improved his riding! Funnily enough Tom Kirkman said a similar thing about his time out. Nicky is about to head off on an epic mountainboarding road trip round the world this summer so I am sure we will be seeing a lot more from him. Part of the European tour will involve stops in the UK for the Worlds and a couple of other events.

Mountainboarding World Freestyle Championship 2009 video

Posted on June 10, 2010 by admin

The Battle of Bugs event last year hosted the mountainboarding world freestyle championship. This year the rain held off and the competition happened in glorious sunshine as opposed to the dark. The riding was at a very high standard with Tom Kirkman competing for the first time in 2 years after spending time out due to injury. He won the competition by some margin showing exactly why he was worthy of his own board – the MBS Pro 100 Tom Kirkman.

Bugsboarding was as always immaculately groomed and everything was set up perfectly for the event. We hope this years event will be bigger and better!

Thanks a lot to Jack Johnson of BFC fame for the edit!

MBS Pro Team Rider Dave Ursell latest kite video

Posted on June 9, 2010 by admin

Push Kiting is a kite school owned and run by MBS Pro Team Rider Dave Ursell down in Frinton on Sea. Video editing is a side thing but Push Kiting have been responsible for releasing some of the most progressive riding videos ever seen. It has been a bit quiet recently as things tend to slow down over winter but now Dave and friends are back with a new video for the summer. As always the riding is top notch and features a number of guest riders including fellow MBS Team Riders Lewis Wilby and AJ Philipsen.

Mountainboarding at the Suffolk Show – The Return of Young Silver

Posted on June 9, 2010 by admin

Young Silver can mountainboard like no other. In his silver suit he is streamlined and cuts through head winds like a hot knife through butter. This is his first appearance this year but I am sure there will be many more. It was not a bad event to appear at either – the Suffolk show was hectic. Being in the school holidays it was full of kids who screamed like we have never heard screams before. At one point the crowd took a particular shine to Ollie Morrison and began to chant “Ollie Ollie Ollie” as well as the usual “do a backflip!”. The MBS Pro mountainboarding team did not disappoint and performed well with Ollie pulling off a corked 7 in every demo.

Mick Kirkman teaches you board slides

Posted on June 8, 2010 by admin

We have already had Mick teach you laid out backflips in the quarter pipe and now we have him showing you how to do boardslides. The whole rail and board slide aspect of mountainboarding is really growing and we love that. Once you have watched this video head down to your local centre or this weekends Cream Teas and Jam event.