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  • West Midlands Mountainboarding Champion

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    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,…

  • UK Series 2013 – Update

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    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…

  • Emmeline wants to get more people on board

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    Mountainboarding may be one of the youngest sports in Britain but Lincolnshire already boasts a national champion. The low-lying countryside of Lincolnshire may not the most obvious place for a champion mountain boarder to be based but Emmeline Thrower is the reigning ATBA-UK Ladies Series champion. “It’s a cross between board sports and mountain biking,”…