Anyone do any mountainboarding?

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject: Anyone do any mountainboarding?

I have been watching them on Ebay, and if I can get one cheap enough, I will give it a try.

beasoldierprstn · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 5:17 pm Post subject:

no not been. ive only seen mountains like 3 times. i live in Fl. mountain boarding looks fun but what if you hit a rock or something.

AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

Ya i've done that but it didn't turn out to great it was fine but then i hit this huge asphalt hill and i took off so i tried to just ride it out but towards the end i was goin about 35mph i got speed wobble and lost control the board went into a spin and sence ur feet r connected it slammed me on the ground and i slid 25ft on my stomach and then slid another 10-15ft on my back, i was only wearin a t-shirt shorts and vans slip on shoes, my whole stomach was torn up and bleeding my knees, my shoulders and my whole arms were skinless and a few cuts on my lower back but its really fun in the dirt just makesure theres no asphalt near by.

savage3221 · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 5:50 pm Post subject:

AccidentProne, lol..you sure do live up to your name Laughing

FOOL! haha jk Razz

AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

Ya Its tru the name chose me

Elevation · Posted: Oct 06, 2004 8:21 pm Post subject:

mountain boarding looks really cool and i have wanted to try it but never have because there arent many moountains in IL. Laughing

AccidentProne, that sounds like a pretty bad accident.

michaelkontor · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 120 City: Knoxville

I mountainboard. I have a hill in my back yard and then it goes flat for about 20 feet then goes downhill again. I built a 5 foot tall 10 feet long ramp and put it on the flat part. It was alot of fun but I had to retire it after a concusion and a badly broken wrist.

michaelkontor · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 120 City: Knoxville

Oh yeah and instead of using those gay one strap bindings, I took the the high backs off of my snowboard bindings and used them.

AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

whats fun to do if u dont have any hills is to be towed around by a bike and u can ollie it up side walks and over peoples recycling bins and stuff like that its pretty fun.

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 10, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject:

AccidentProne, you sound like your name Laughing

I do have some decent hills and access to a small launch ramp. Just need a board now.

beasoldierprstn, Most mountainboards have pneumatic tires about 8-10 inches in diameter, so unless it was a big rock, I wouldn't worry much.

wakerider07 · Posted: Oct 10, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:

i have one.. here in houston there arnt that many hills but the ones that we go to are just grass and are somewhat steep, so you can carve alot and still go fast. we just put out those black plastic kiker ramps halfway down the hill and do airs and put rails next to them and hit rails. its tight

wakerider07 · Posted: Oct 10, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:

o yeah and dont get one with a handle brake those are sissy Wink

Jensen · Posted: Oct 10, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject:

why the hell would i want to be strapped into one of those. Just fall and you will face plant dirt. count me out, it would be better just to use it like a skateboard

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 10, 2004 6:42 pm Post subject:

wakerider07,

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 10, 2004 6:44 pm Post subject:

Here are a couple pics.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

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AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

flukdfilms · Posted: Oct 11, 2004 4:00 pm Post subject:

doesn't that really hurt tyo fall on? i used to freeride and dual slalom bike all the time and those falls were harsh, but the crashes on one of these would be more frequent especially on a rocky mountain, and probably just as hard. are they?

michaelkontor · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 120 City: Knoxville

You can always take the brake off.

It'll be less weight and and less of a pain in the ass.

Plus you'll learn how to stop the right way.

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 11, 2004 5:26 pm Post subject:

flukdfilms, couldn't say how hard the falls are, yet. If the guy gets on it with the shipping, I should have my board in a couple of days. I will only be on the local hills. No rocky areas. I get hurt bad enough between martial arts and snowboarding.

AccidentProne, so the kind of board I bought is not the style you ride? Minus the brake, of course, cuz those are for wusses. Laughing

Do you ride the kind with the urethane wheels?

AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

Ya the urethane wheels

dumassonwheels89 · Posted: Oct 11, 2004 7:24 pm Post subject:

AccidentProne, and myself have to stick up for our names. Lol its not our faults we cant ride anything out of water.

AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

HAHA ya

markymarc · Posted: Oct 11, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject:

the way I look at it is...

Boarding on cement= way to many variables against you and the hardest/roughest surface you could fall on.... so = falling is unaceptable and = not falling while learning=unavoidable.....

AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

practice on grass or put on a whole bunch of sweaters and jeans and a helmet and go for it

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 12, 2004 3:34 am Post subject:

I will be grass and dirt riding only. Probably wear a helmet though.

Nick Broadwell · Outlaw Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 146

You Definitiley want to get one with out the skateboard trucks! u want to get one with springs and shocks! get a brake or else you going to be doing small hills!

AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

U dont need a brake to do big hills u just need to learn how to stop or slow down or get on a hill where u can ride it out until u stop.

CHiLi DaWg · Posted: Oct 12, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject:

Nick Broadwell, Tell me about the shocks. The ones I've seen look like they are more for stiffening up the steering, rather than shock absorbsion.

Se7en · Posted: Oct 13, 2004 9:44 am Post subject:

If I felt the desire to get skin grafts, I'd set myself on fire, not ride a big skateboard down a rocky mountain...

but thats just me Smile

Victor · Outlaw Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 182 City: Växjö

haha mountainboarding looks dangerous! how do ya slow them things down?

beasoldierprstn · Posted: Oct 13, 2004 11:59 am Post subject:

michaelkontor · Outlaw Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 120 City: Knoxville

The falls on grass and dirt on that bad if your hittin a ramp. About the same as screwin up a rmp on a snowboard. The springs arn't shock absorbers. They are there to act like bushings on a skateboard truck.

Brakes are for pussys.

AccidentProne · Outlaw Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 City: Portland

VICTER, to slow down u just carve hard and if u want to stop u do a sliding stop like on a snowboard its the same thing or u can always just turn up a hill.

Victor · Outlaw Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 182 City: Växjö

haha you you ride with a handle to controll the brakes? that's just ridiculous