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Mountainboarding

Mountainboarding is an action sport that was derived from snowboarding, that involves riding a mountainboard on different types of off-road courses. The sport is also known as DirtboardingOffroad Boarding, and All-Terrain Boarding (ATB).

The boards used for the sport are specially designed with four wheels and tires, shocks, and breaks. The board also has front and rear straps that are used to fasten the board to the rider.

Since the nature of the sport is prone to fall and injuries, riders wear several protective gears, like helmets, wrist guards, elbow pads, knee pads, padded shorts, and other body amour.



There are four major formats of mountainboarding, which are,



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