About Mountainboarding When a snowboarder or a surfer longs for what they can't have, they turn to the mountainboard. Mountainboarding is an adrenaline sport that combines the best aspects of snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing and allows outdoor enthusiasts to no longer be restricted by weather patterns or limited types of terrain. The sport traces its roots back to the 1970's when a few manufacturers developed wheels and boards that could be ridden on dirt. A guy named Morton Heilig invented a board he called the Super Cruiser - a contraption that featured pneumatic wheels, brakes and a handle. Over time the Super Cruiser morphed into the Wind Cruiser, which featured a windsail. Despite some marginal success with these products, however, the market for off-road boards didn't really take off. After many improvements to Heiligs design, thanks in great part to new technologies, All-terrain boards were again introduced to the world at the 1995 Action Sports Retailer expo. Aside from its success in gaining the attention of the public the show also led to the opening of Vail Mountain to all-terrain riders for the first time; grateful boarders used the gondola for lift access to the peak. In much the same was that snowboarding progressed, Vail's decision to allow all-terrain riding got other snow resorts interested. Today the U.S., from snowboarding to wakeboarding, yields over 20 million eager sideways-sliding consumers, all yearning for a sport that is yearlong in nature with limitless terrain and places to ride. Pushing this growth are more than 25 manufacturers of all-terrain boards, who cover a broad range of styles for he vastly increasing number of riders. This, along with the constant evolution of new technology, has led to a number of great improvements in turning systems, braking mechanisms and bindings helping the continued development of the sport. Mountainboards, with a comprehensive selection of off-road tires and high performance suspension for virtually any kind of terrain, are very versatile machines. Some riders enjoy high speed cruising down asphalt streets, others prefer wide open grassy slopes like those found at a ski resort, many enjoy the fast turns, berms and rollers along with the other obstacles offered on ATB specific Parks and tracks, or BMX tracks, and others focus their efforts on finding big air . . . Facts: In 2000, mountainboarding was highlighted during the Summer Gravity Games Over 100,000 kids mountainboarded at camps last summer. Select members of the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team have trained with mountainboards during the off-season since 1996

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