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.
Last week Mick Kirkman gave us a video tutorial on doing super cool laid out backflips in the quarter pipe. Now Tom Read has shared his tips for doing his signature huge front flips. When we do demos all over the country with the MBS Pro Ramp this trick is always a crowd pleaser. Tom is also famous for his super smooth style and how easy he makes everything look.
Funsporting.com a German based online action sports magazine have profiled a bunch of top MBS mountainboarders over the last few months. Check out the interviews for:
A new video from MBS Pro Kite Team rider Mark Berry plus friends. The video was shot during June and July 2009 at Goring Gap in Worthing. Mark shows off his usual style with massive airs, lots of spins and some huge kite loops. This showcases exactly why our riders need the MBS Pro 90 kiteboard. Let us know what you think.
We have team riders all over Europe. The usual suspects tend to receive more exposure than many of our other riders but that is normally due to how often we get to see them and how popular the sport is in their country. We like to try and support all our riders though and give them all some exposure. Marcin Skubisz is a team rider from Poland. Check out this gallery for some great shots of him.
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:
We have team riders all over Europe. The usual suspects tend to receive more exposure than many of our other riders but that is normally due to how often we get to see them and how popular the sport is in their country. We like to try and support all our riders though and give them all some exposure. Marcin Skubisz is a team rider from Poland. 