Here’s your official introductory message from Rayne Longboards:

“In this episode our three a’gringos come to a fork in the road at the base of a large Peruvian mountain. One way says fifteen miles to the next destination–the other says five. Upon asking the locals which way to go, our gringos are encouraged to eat hot peppers and have a traditional meal with the locals… later resulting in gasket-blowing Diarrhea. Not listening to the directions that the locals give them, they take the shorter route, also known as the Peruvian Death Hill # 1. The going is rough, the pavement awful–their life expectancy is grim. Enjoy.”

This is episode two of a video documentation made by Rayne Longboards. Three longboarders (slightly distant and partially untwisted cousins of mountainboarders) have embarked on a 1500 mile journey by longboard. It’s good to see our fellow boardsport brothers engaging in strange and uncommon activities. It seems that this kind of strangeness is what makes life awesome.

Here’s the introductory word straight from the mouth of Rayne Mountainboards:
“Our three dirty amigos continue on down the desert-coast of Peru, feverishly battling mirages, heat stroke, and sunburns; all the while fueling themselves with savory cookies and watery watermelons. Struggling to keep spirits high and save energy, they resort to communication in simple hand signals and primitive noises. Unfortunately, bad-timing causes them to become trapped in a city at night with no place to sleep, and they are forced to bed-down in the crops of a local farmers field.”

Rayne Longboards, is a company based out of British Columbia, Canada that specializes in quality longboards. Recently Rayne has commenced a 1500 mile skate trip and has been keeping tabs on the crew through videos. As longboarders are a slightly more tamed cousin of ours, I thought it would be fun to join them, in spirit, by including their video documentory on Mountainboard.net.

Here’s Rayne’s into to their first video:

“The Episodes get more gnarly. Look into the dirty, filthy, hilarious lifestyle of our 3 beloved long-distance skateboarders. Adam Colton, Paul Kent, and Aaron Enevoldsen begin their 1500mile journey from Lima, Peru to skate across one of the driest deserts in the world, all the way to the highest-altitude city in the world Potosi, Bolivia.”

Don’t forget about World Mountainboard Day on June 19th. That’s in just two days if you haven’t noticed so make plans now if you haven’t already done so.

What an awesome opportunity for us as mountainboarders to unite and do our thing- however it is we do it. Please use the comment form below to throw down what you plan to do for World Mountainboard Day. If you dont have plans yet, maybe you can use these comments to gather inspiration.

Here are ten ideas in case you don’t have your own yet:

1. Hit up your favorite park/centre with your crew.
2. Ride the entire day and film it (and if you’re really cool, submit it to Mountainboard.net for posting).
3. Pack a bag full of food, water, and perhaps a few energy drinks and pull a wicked awesome 24 hour session.
4. Throw your own mountainboard film festival.
5. Ride somewhere new- explore.
6. Park hop, hit up as many parks or centers as you can in a single day.
7. Raid a skate park.
8. Start the morning off with a deep clean and tune up of your mountainboard.
9. Invite local crews to ride with your crew (total spirt of unity here).
10. Shred the gnar like you mean it!