News Flash…… Only 10 days to go and counting down……

The story so far……….

‘The Battle of Bugs’ World Mountainboard Championships has been receiving a great amount of interest from people all over the world from with the mountainboard scene itself as well as outside of it.

We’ve had numerous movements over the last few weeks and with much delight we can now say that with MBS Europe sponsoring the cash prize fund and helping with the organisation, in addition to all the other sponsors who have now joined us, we are now set for one of the biggest ever prize bags we’ve seen!

Sponsors

Sponsors so far

• MBS Europe – www.mbseurope.com (Cash Prize fund)
• Etnies – www.etnies.com (Prizes , Superior quality skate shoes up for grabs)
• Oakley – www.oakley.co.uk (Prizes , The original and best sunglasses you can get your hands on)
• Buff – www.buffwear.co.uk (Prizes , Original head gear and lots more)
• SueMe – www.sueme.com (Prizes , Environmentally friendly sourced sports wear, head gear, tee’s , hoodies , bags and more)
• Pot on Pottery – (Trophies – Hand made for the top 3 riders in each category)

Latest sponsors

• Suso – www.suso.co.uk (Suso will be there to support the riders with their fantastic natural fruit drinks… check out their website and see what they have to offer)
• Independent Truck Company – www.independenttrucks.com (Prizes , loads of the latest independent clothing up for grabs)
• Six Six One – www.sixsixone.com (Prizes , with some of the best protection around Sixsixone protection is also in the prize bag)

Massive thanks to Martin from ‘So Soild’ for all his help and support.

Registered riders so far

Last years World Freestyle Champ Renny Myles has been out on a snowboard season going big and has already registered for the Battle. He’ll be looking to hold on to his 2009 title but theres bound to be some stiff competition from some familiar faces…

Rumours abound that the 2004 World Freestyle and Mountainboard legend Leon Robbins from Edison, USA will be joining us for yet another competition out here on the other side of the pond and is planning on laying down the gauntlet for the younger riders.

2005 World Champ Tom Kirkman will also be making an appearance after a year off due to injury. Tom is now back on form with amazing determination, new tricks and bags of style and is set to throw down after recent performances in Belgium and Germany.

2008 British Champion and Bugs local rider, Joe Dickson will be there too. There’s no one more hungry than Joe to get his hands on the title and with a winning run of back to back 720s at the first round of the UK Nationals, it’s looking like Joe won’t be leaving without a fight.

There are also entries from Marcin Skubisz – Poland , Diego Anderson – France and Ryan Slater from Australia.

All of the MBS Pro Freestyle team have entered as well, so expect to see them gunning it out for the top spot, with massive tricks from the likes of Oli Morrison, Tuai Lovejoy and Tom Read.

Many more top riders have already registered and no doubt more will in the next few weeks on the run up to the event.

A revamped and fully groomed freestyle is awaiting with 4 major hits to score the points including a 20ft box , step down jump or 14ft drop off to start , then into a fast 28ft table into a choice of three lips – one hip , one 35ft straight, one 40ft straight over the last table with a big quarter pipe to finish in style.

Judges

Joining head judge Alex Downie will be French Rider and 2007 judge Alexis Rouge and 2007 U18 World champ Steve Cownie.

Filming

The event will be filmed by Jack Johnston and team from the BFC for coverage on Extreme TV. Jack has filmed and put together some great footage for the BFC and other projects so look out for his coverage out soon after the event.

ATB Junkies will also be there with many more of mountainboardings great filmmakers also attending to capture the action.

Photography

Legendary mountainboard photographer Paul Taylor will be there for the best shots in history, accompanied by many other talented photographers including the likes of Crillpix and Remolition.

Riders evening entertainment

On Saturday evening there will be some chilled vibes and good music with a small line up through to late in the evening.

Party Tent and sound system supplied by ‘So Soild’ , thanks again to Martin!

Coming soon

Check out the layout of The Battle of Bugs! – put into 3D cad for your enjoyment by Michael Perkins – Nice one Mike.

Thanks

Big thanks to all our sponsors and everyone that is helping out, bring on The Battle!

If you have not already please register for the event online now!