We got the idea to Trash my Wedding dress from a magazine article we read about 3 months prior to our wedding in June 2009 and realized that it was a brilliant idea. I'm not much of a dress girl but my mom and dad bought me the perfect wedding dress; everything I had ever imagined for my special day. Since they bought the dress we thought it was very important to get their blessing to destroy it. Mom was skeptical at first, then I told her that by the time we have kids the dress will be out of style. They talked about it and decided it was a great idea so then we began the planning process. We kept setting dates with our photographer and plans seemed to keep falling though so we decided to do it on our one year anniversary. 



  The event was awesome! About 20+ people attended the gathering over the weekend and people traveled from as far as Amarillo, TX to join us!(Great meeting Mike and Garrett). The games and skills challenges added entertainment to the already fun Riders' Festival. Joseph Ponce de Leon won the Goal Kick(kick a size 1 soccer ball into the open end of a kicker while on your board) and Cole Ship won the Dirt Challenge(like "skate" on a mountainboard) and the Switch Slalom for the pro division. Free riding was also part of the agenda so we took a few runs on the Historic SilverPlume Trail. Everyone had a great time!  New Riders' made an appearance at our event and we encourage everyone to continue bringing new people to these gatherings. We hope everyone enjoyed the event as much as we did. See you all for the "Trash the Dress" Party. 

Altitude Sickness Boardshop Team



This online article reached #1 read among Denver readers, and #2 among ALL COLORADO READERS in less than 10 hours.
 

Friends from other states have helped track down witnesses by watching facebook and twitter accounts. Investigators are receiving leads to follow. Good work Team.

Read the article HERE: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14899385

My two closest friends in Colorado where attacked by 20+ skateboarders at the Denver skate park on 4/14/2010 around 8-9PM. The attackers ranged in age from mid teens to mid twenties all wielded skate boards as deadly weapons. One of our teammates suffered severe injury's fractured L2 and L3 vertebrae in his back - fractured elbow,brain swelling and bruising from repeated blows from the skateboards.

What you can do:

• Its only a matter of time be for some one brags about what happened. Lets find them...Please help search the web for any witnesses or clues to the assailants that assaulted the two riders. Twitter, myspace, and facebook may be a good start.

• Contact the Denver police department and express your outrage about the lack of proper security in the Denver skate park. This was not the first assault this month and it wont be the last unless we speak up!!! Denver Police Administration: (720) 913-2000 Press 1 and ask for district 6.

• We should all contacting the Colorado local Media / News. Its only a matter of time before some one is killed if we don't act!

Please, every rider that reads this message, PLEASE contact the Police and the Denver News and help our friends!!!!!

READ THE DENVER POST ARTICLE HERE: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14899385

Low tire pressure (15-25 PSI)
Tight Suspension
Loose Front Binding

Nose Manuals On Flat Ground:

What you want to do is to hop into the nose manual, as opposed to gradually applying more weight to your front leg. The idea is to pull the wheels under you.

Get into the position you’ll be keeping during the nose manual, and then...

Click HERE for the full tutorial on SurfingDirt.com and more tips from Tips from Devin Garland, Paul Johns, and some French Guy named Mikael.

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1. Short paragraph describing yourself and your riding history.
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3. 1+ image of your face. (close up)

Only send images that you have the right to share publicly. Please include the name of the photographer, if available.

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If you do not uphold the DirtStar core values, we reserve the right to restrict inclusion.

Peace!
Samantha

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Established in 2004 a company by riders for riders made its way into the mountain board scene with Van DeWitt, Dave Stiefvater, and Halston Rhodes at the reins of Dirtstar Army. Dirtstar Army essentially is a crew of women and men with one common goal: to make mountain boarding what it deserves to be, which is a legitimately recognized sport, and a household name like skateboarding, snowboarding, or Ipod.

Featuring the talents of many riders who all contribute to the personality of Dirtstar includes riders like: Emily Wallace, Casey Thomas, Mason Moore, Coleen Mooney, and many more. Although Dirtstar has their pro riders, anybody who longs to see the progression of mountain boarding reach levels never seen before by any mountain boarder belongs to the Dirtstar Army.

When the DSA Pro rider's aren't out filming videos, winning competitions, and grinding the gutters off houses, they are out there hosting Learn To Ride events and educating anyone interested on their quest to reach total "gnar" status. By any means mountain boarding can be taken as lightly or as heavily as the rider wants to take it, But regardless, no matter what you do the message is clear: have fun and go ride.

If you've reached this message you've spent too much time on our page and is time to go ride YOUR mountain board.

To whoever the owner is...

THANK YOU!