Dylan Warren, Tuai Lovejoy, Joe Dickson, Josh Maddocks, Jamie Johnstone, Nicky Geerse, and more went on a European road trip this summer. The groups split off and re met at various points. Andrey Yenin was there to capture loads of it in stills. There are street shots from Holland, big air shots from Winterberg and shots from the Belgium open in Wanyi Park.
The latest issue of Powerkite Magazine is out and it is none other than our latest team rider Emmanuel Norman on the cover. There is a full interview with him inside too. Emmanuel came third at the recent German KLB Masters event which Lewis won! He is of course riding an MBS Pro 90.
Lewis Wilby is well known around the world these days as the top kite landboard athlete out there. He is all over the latest powerkite magazine and has also been interviewed by Ex Elements – an online magazine by the Extreme TV channel. Read the full interview with Lewis Wilby.
Adventure Activities Cornwall is a guide to all kinds of adventure activities in Cornwall. They have just written a full feature article on World Mountainboarding Champion Tom Kirkman.
Mountain boarding, also known as all terrain boarding or off road skateboarding is one of the world’s fastest growing sports but still small enough to be super friendly and have a great sense of community. Mountain boarding takes aspects of so many different sports; skateboarding, mountain biking, BMXing, surfing, snowboarding and rolls them into one to create one of the most diverse and adaptable sports out there.
Although not technically riding an MBS board he is still our rider! Lewis has proved his skills on land and water and now he is taking on the snow. Equipped with a top of the range Never Summer SL-R and his trusty Flexifoil kites. Kite photographer Richard Boudia is also out there so we are expecting some great shots to make their way back to us very soon.
Photo by Bertrand Boone
Follow Lewis’ progress on his website: Lewis Wilby
It seems to be the place to go this winter. Both Joe Dickson and fellow Pro Team Rider but on the kite side of things Mark Berry have headed out there to get away from the cold. Here is what he has to say:
So I’m out in Australia getting away from the UK winter.. I was staying with the legendary Ryan Slater for a while in Melbourne. Had great times with that crazy cat. Now I have moved to stay with Dylan “Radface” Warren in the suburb of Beaconsfield. Hes got an empty house plot next door so we have been making some sort of ghetto board park. These shots are testing some of the new stuff. It is quite dodgy as you can see, made of rubbish from the building site next door, pallets from here there and everywhere around. Someone had crashed a car into a lamp post and that then became a up rail/pole jam. An old trampoline frame became a down rail and a wall ride. A vert wall and jump were made of random bits of wood and ply from someones bonfire. It all works and we will be having a session with local riders soon.
We took Jamie on just over a year ago. He was one of those riders we never saw much but impressed us every time we did. He is by far one of the most stylish riders out there and is really talented. His style is heavily influenced by his skateboarding background. In the last year we have started taking Jamie along to some of our MBS Pro Ramp demos where he has shown he has the ability to perform when needed and play up to the crowd too. This is a difficult transition for many riders who are used to riding by themselves or in small groups. The pressure created by a crowd can be truly immense, and conditions are frequently not ideal. Only the top riders stand a chance.
Jamie has also been performing well at competitions coming 4th overall in Elites and 1st in U18 in the UK series in 2009. His local newspaper the Carmarthen Journal have recently interviewed him on his views of mountainboarding. Read the article here.
The guys over at myCornwall.tv have done a really nice interview with Cornishman and Mountainboard World Freestyle Champion Tom Kirkman. They talk to him in his back yard and show some footage from the summer when he was riding at his best. Tom tells us a little about himself, his love for mountainboarding and his aspirations.
Lewis has run his own Lewis Wilby dot com website for a couple of years now. He has kept all his media information updated and a bunch of cool pictures and videos. He has just done a big update getting loads of videos of him from over the last few years together. The videos range from the early Blade and Sabre days to the more recent videos by KiteFreeStyle and PushKiting.
It seems to be the place to go this winter. Both Joe Dickson and fellow Pro Team Rider but on the kite side of things Mark Berry have headed out there to get away from the cold. Here is what he has to say:
