Surfing Dirt Mountainboarding

It was the Venturing Crew 1811(Boy Scouts of America) who suggested the idea of presenting mountainboarding to the masses at this years Jamboree to their troop leader Craig Corson. After a little searching around Corson was referred to local dirtboarding legend Don Baker who jumped at the opportunity to help introduce yet another generation to this adrenaline charged pass time.

For Baker the art of introducing people to the sport is nothing new, he has been riding his heart out and converting people over to the world of dirt riding on experimental rigs since 1979. He was also a big player in the early US Mountainboarding Scene as well as a co-founder of Team Dirtheads who have inspired countless teams and pro-riders over the years.

After some instruction and some discussion on the importance of safety from Don on Friday, Troop 1811, who had no prior mountainboarding experience, were quickly shredding up course and ready to start helping with the instruction of the other troops over the next couple days.

By time Saturday morning rolled around the other troops were chomping at the bit for a chance ride down the newly constructed course, with the boards and protective gear provided by Boulder Creek Scout Reservation. The one hour wait didn’t seem to even be a factor as many of the scouts finished their last of three runs just to run to the back of the line to give it another go.

All in all the event was quite the success with and estimated 1000 rider’s participating, some of which had already ridden before, and those who hadn’t were soon vowing that they soon would be purchasing boards for use on their own local hills.

A big thanks to Don Baker for making these kids dreams of dirtriding reality, as well as Kevin Delaney (DIRTHEADS), Chris Pincetich (NPD), and Brian Southard (HillBilly Dirtgear) who also attended on Saturday to ride and sign autographs, and most importantly a big thanks to “Venturing Crew 1811” who’s visions of adventure opened a thousand minds to the most exciting action sport on the planet this past weekend.

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