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South West
The South West region includes Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Places to ride in the South West Check out some places to ride across the South West region. View Mountainboard Ride Guide – South West in a larger map Find out more about mountainboarding in the South West Get in touch with the Regional Representative…
Chairman’s Report – 2012
Introduction This report sets out the achievements of this year’s committee. Events This year we had 126 Competitors over 11 competitions with 390 entries (3.7% increase, compared to 376 last year). Average number of competitions entered: 3.09 The Novice/Grom’s category was continued to make it easier for first time riders to enter. This year we…
West Midlands Mountainboarding Champion
James Wanklyn, 20, from Whitecross, competed with fifty other mountainboarders from across the country in Round 1 of the International Mountainboard Series held at Ironsides Court Farm Mountainboard Centre, near Hereford, last weekend. James, who has been mountainboarding for nine years, fought off Matt Brind, three times UK champion, and Pete Tatham, World Downhill Champion,…
ATBA-UK Health and Safety Policy
HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY and PROCEDURES INDEX Section Title Page No Section 1 Aims 1 Section 2 Statement 3 Section 3 Organisation 4 Section 4 Arrangements 6 Section 5 Reporting 12 Section 6 Reviewing 15 Section 7 Working Conditions and Welfare Guidelines 16 Section 8 Equipment and Machinery Guidelines 17 Section 9 Work Method Guidelines…
ATBA-UK Constitution
THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND NOT HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF ALL TERRAIN BOARDING ASSOCIATION LTD Company Number 04599854 Incorporated 25 November 2002 Aug 2011 Contents Title Objects Board of Directors Proceedings of Directors Powers of the Board Trustees Non-Executive Committee Executive Committee Duties of Trustees Chairman Vice-Chairman…
Volunteering
The ATBA-UK is run entirely by volunteers. From the Chairman of the committee, to marshals at competitions, and everyone in between. The more people that help with things like running competitions, better those competitions will be. You can help the ATBA-UK. Become a Volunteer [xyz-cfm-form id=3]
Disciplines
Mountainboarding is very varied and can be done in lots of different ways. Some people are are into going fast down mountains, others like doing tricks over jumps, and some enjoy sliding around in the woods. Here’s a brief overview of the types of mountainboarding: BoarderX (Boarder Cross) Competitive BoarderX racing involves four riders racing…
Safety
Mountainboarding can be as “extreme” as you like, but it should always be safe. It´s better to not get hurt and be able to ride another day than do something that puts you out of action. Here are some basic safety guidelines that´ll help to keep you riding: Always wear a helmet, wristguards, elbow pads,…
International Series 2012 – Round Up
Are you thinking of competing in the UK Series 2013? Want to know more about what happened at last years competitions? Let’s a take a look… The International Series 2013 had four events spread over the second wettest summer on record. That’s four BoarderX, four freestyle, and then we also had the three Downhill Series…
UK Series 2013 – Update
With the sad news of Haredown closing we’ve made some changes to the schedule of competitions for the UK Series 2013. Round 1 – 13th April – Downhill – Hampshire. Round 2 – 18th & 19th May – Boarderx & Freestyle – Hales Superbole, Cheshire. Round 3 – 15th & 16th June – Downhill – South Oxfordshire. Round 4 – 13th & 14th July…