It obviously depends on where you are in the world, but many of us are finally pulling our boards for the start of another awesome season of riding. Hopefully you are all putting the old WD-40 to work as your boards have been in storage are in need of a little lube. Also on that note, many of us are currently finding the trails and hillsides rather wet if not still partially or mostly covered in snow, this makes for another obvious reason to keep an eye out for rust and squeaks.
A couple updates about Mountainboard.net:
First, due to lack of participation by manufacturers, our annual mountainboard product guide for 2010 will not be produced this year making it a very not-annual product guide. We apologize for this but at the same time would like to make a point concerning the matter.
The idea behind the annual product guide was to allow riders the opportunity to see what’s available for our sport. The more riders who downloaded the guide, the harder manufacturers have to work to make us quality products. It promotes competition at their level which results in better more innovative products for us. Great idea right? Thanks Mountainboard.net for caring about this sport, your passion is inspiring-OF COURSE IT IS! (Now you can see we are slightly irritated) Unfortunately our passion for the sport does nothing to change the minds of manufacturers. So thank you to all of you who supported us in 2009 by purchasing the product guide (which is still available), and once more we apologize not being able to make a 2010 issue. Perhaps hearts and minds will change in the years to come.
Know this, however, nosno stood strong and supplied us with the needed rights and images for 2010. So big, awesome, props and figurative fruit baskets to nosno for being the one and only! Obviously a product guide with only one manufacturer’s products defeats the purpose but props and fruit baskets are deserved just the same!
Also, while we’re handing out props, hope everyone has had a look at our current sponsors (links are in the boxes in the right column). Kitewing.com and PrimalTwitch.com.
Kitewing.com is a good site, very informative if you are considering a kitewing. Awesome videos also. I would love to give one those things a try. Anyone used one or own one?
PrimalTwitch.com is a new site. “T-shirts inspired by awesomeness,” they say. It’s a site dedicated to extreme sports and designs t-shirts inspired by the “primal twitch” of such sports. It’s just starting out so check it out and help support our supporters.
So there’s the recent rundown- Now get riding. Send us your comments, your ride adventure logs, awesome weekends, videos, pics- whatever, this is Mountainboard.net- help make it even better!
It’s here! The 2009 Product Guide, a Mountainboard.net Creation is ready to be shipped to your door. Use the link below to see more details and to get your copy now.
“Here is what I ride in, a pair of Nike Zooms, white leather, red shiny. They offer good ankle support, and are the perfect size for a good firm fit in the bindings. Also, the basketball style soles offer a great grip on the deck. I haven’t tried any other basketball shoes, but because they offer similar needs to what a mount boarder may desire, I think it may be worth looking into.”
I used to ride in old leather Saucony Jazz trainers till they let mud in and fell apart so invested in my Vans ico snowskate trainers.. They totally rock with high top, good grip, toughened sides, lace protection ( perfect for my f3 bindings) and an interior gaiter with drawstring to stop mud/dirt getting in! and totally waterproof. They embody Radness. With added odour eaters they don’t even stink either 
Wholly recommended and way cooler than anything else designed for fashion, basketball etc!
Oh man! Nothing helps me rock the ride more than lacing up my US Issued Marine boots. My buddy (X-Marine) gave me a pair of these hardcore kicks. There’s just something about having your ankles laced up tight in some ultra-tuff boots that makes you feel invincible. Speed wobbles? What speed wobbles!
