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Aug 6, 2009

Mountainboard ?

Posted by Dejan under France, Summer activities, Videos

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Mountainboarding, also called offroad boarding, dirtboarding, grass boarding or all-terrain boarding is a quite recent sport (which might explain why enthusiasts have not agreed on how to call it yet). Let’s put it like that: mountainboarding a hybrid mountain summer sport, halfway between snowboarding and skateboarding, where sportsmen and women ride a device comprised of a board with bindings and wheels. They can go downhill or on jumps and quarter-pipes and so-on Here’s what it looks like:

Mountainboarders already have their magazine: MountainBoard.net and although you can now mountain board in many ski resorts, only a few mountainboard schools are found. The most reputable is the one found in Les Saisies, France, where is also held The World Mountainbord Downhill Championship. I think I’m gonna give it a try!

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