The Ultimate Mountainboard How-To Video Guide!

Sometimes it's easier to copy than to describe, so 'do as we do, not as we say', is the premise here.  There a quite a few videos on-line where people have taken the time to produce quality short films showing you exactly how they would repair their mountainboard or tweak a shifty or something...  All that I've done is compiled a list of some of the better ones and linked to them below.

I'll update this post as and when more videos are found so hopefully it should be pretty comprehensive.  Feel free to suggest further links either covering more subjects, or if there are ones that are better than the ones below.  Alternatively, feel free to make your own and show the others how it should be done.  If there are videos that you would like to see, but can't find, then shout and we'll see what we can do here!


Set-Up / Maintenance

'Bindings Tutorial'  by JDiurba
'How to change a tire' by munroboards
'Changing Griptape' by munroboards
'Painting Your Board' by Terrainriders
'Filling and Bleeding a HS33 Rim Brake' by Magura 

 Egg-shocks
'The 'easy' method' by AdeMcC
'Second Spring'  by enotramone
'Changing Truck Springs'  by munroboards


Riding Technique

'How to Tic-Tac' by Jasper James
'Scrubbing Speed' by Jasper James
'How to Drop In on a Hill' by Jasper James
'Nose Control Tutorial' by JDiurba
'Jumping Tutorial' by JDiurba
'One Foot and Backflip Tutorial' by JDiurba
'Frontside 180'  by agline27
'Noseroll 180'  by munroboards
'How to Drop In' by munroboards
'Power Slide' by boardoffroad

How to change a set of MBS egg shocks in under two minutes...

...without breaking into a sweat.

So, this is me dipping my toe into video blogging.  Shot a video a couple of nights ago and recorded some audio yesterday.  Thought it may be quicker than text and pictures but actually took much, much longer.  Still, I know the basics now, which is always useful.



Hope it's explanatory enough and  helps a few people, otherwise it's back to the ramblings!  If anyone has any better ways of changing egg shocks or wants to share their maintenance videos, then please get in touch!  Alternatively, if you have any suggestions for any further videos then let me know, Cheers!

Mountainboard Maintenance - A Beginners Guide

Fair-weather rider looking to dust off the board ready for Summer?  Or all-year-round rider looking to maintain the board after a wet Winter?  Then now is as good a time as any to do a complete board maintenance session!

In a nutshell, my advice to you is to do the following to all items:

1. Clean, 
2. Investigate,
3. Tighten,
4. Repair/Replace.

Clean the muck off so that you can clearly investigate all items for wear and tear.  Tighten nuts, screws and bolts and then repair or replace any items where required.

Read on though if you want a more in-depth guide.

Note that this guide is written primarily written for an MBS board, mainly because the photograph collection comes from my own workshop. Contributions for other systems are most welcome!  Note that whilst provided in a step-by-step guide, there isn't really an order to any of this; just do the jobs that you have the time for and look like the most fun.

Do remember that however much maintenance you do on your board, that due to the nature of what we do, that things will break and things will wear out.  This normal wear and tear can be anticipated to a certain degree and by keeping the right supplies in stock, shouldn't prevent a days riding.

More importantly though, by knowing your board, and the condition that it is in, you are far more likely to prevent an accident brought on by sudden equipment malfunction.  Even if you are lucky to break equipment and remain unhurt, through knowing your board, repairs are that much quicker and you can be back on the slopes that much faster.  Bonus all round!

But anyway, the wife is in front of the telly watching a evening of soaps, so lets get dirty!

Sticky bindings? Check the ladder strap...

Top tip from Mark Sewell regarding sticky bindings.  I thought that my sticky Rage toe binding (rear foot) was due to wear and tear on the ratchet.  To remove my foot from the bindings involved removing my glove to manually lift the ratchet in order to allow it to disengage.  Mark pointed me in the direction of my ladder strap which had misshapen as seen below:

The advice was to file down these divots and all should be well.  In the absence of a file, I carefully chopped them off using a Stanley knife (too much off and I guess the bindings could slip in future).

Result: one fully working toe-binding that stays in place during riding and disengages at the bottom - woohoo!

So...check your ladder straps for wear and tear, it could save you some bother on the slopes.