SwitchBack 2025

The UK Mountainboard Championships

SwitchBack returns to Bugsboarding Mountainboard Centre on 2nd/3rd August.

The event showcases the best mountainboarders in the UK, while giving new riders their first taste of competing! But SwitchBack is not only a competition, it is a gathering, a party and a celebration of extreme sports and outdoor activities, for beginners, veterans and spectators alike.

The Disciplines:

At SwitchBack riders at compete across three fields in order to be crowned UK Champion:

Boardercross – 4 person racing down track made up of berms, rollers and jumps.

Downhill – Timed, solo runs down a technical course.

Freestyle – Tricks and big air on the UK’s biggest mountainboard jumps, rails, and drops.

The best riders across all three disciplines will get an overall score for the whole weekend, with some incredible prizes up for grabs!

Rider Categories & Entry Fees

Anyone can enter SwitchBack, and chose to enter the category that suits them best, such as Juniors, Ladies, Masters or Open. The top four riders in each discipline are crowned ‘Pros‘.

Riders can enter all, or one or two disciplines, and there is a small fee for each (price TBC), which goes towards the running of the competition. Standard Bugsboarding camping rates also apply if staying overnight.

The Party!

Saturday night at SwitchBack is party time! Featuring delicious home-cooked food, skate ramp, bonfire, live music and DJs (line-up TBC!). It’s the social event of the mountainboard calendar, and always great to see old faces and meet new ones. But don’t worry, we also have a family camping zone and a music curfew – we’ve still got Freestyle on the Sunday!

Sponsors

We have had some awesome sponsors in previous years, including Rekd Protection, Trampa Boards, MBS Mountainboards, and ATBShop. Sponsors enable us to run the event, providing funds, prizes and exposure! We are always looking for sponsors, so if you want to promote your brand, get in touch at switchbackmountainboarding@gmail.com

To find out more, check out our sponsorship info pack.