NEWS:

Aug 7, 2005

Outside Magazine gives us a nod:
"Here are five of the wildest records ever chronicled by Guinness:
2. Darren Lott slid 65.24 miles per hour on a wheeled butt board down a residential street in Fountain Hills, Arizona."

Pretty cool to be in the same company as 6, the flight attenndant who survived a 33,330-foot fall without a parachute.
Check out thier August 2005 issuue.

MTV's "Call to Greatness" promises to give us another world record.
We're currently working with them to establish the World's Fastest Buttboard relay. Five riders down a dream course that's otherwise off limits.

Check out Hod's 2005 "Madison County Extreme Buttboard" coverage.

Check Previous News if you haven't visited in since Oct 14, 2004.

-Darren

May 22, 2002

Another weekend. Another two events:

Southern California got freaky with rain on May 19th. Buttboarders were out in force, nevertheless. Check coverage from WestLA #2, and the unprecendented Birthday Buttboarding Bash.

Next week is the BIG WET ONE. Aviemore Scotland's Highland Wheels Extreme Championship. The BEST RIDERS will be there. On the LONGEST, FASTEST (and probably) WETTEST track ever. Check out the Aviemore Race Web Site and also look at last year's coverage (it's the last bit o sunshine you'll be aseein ).

If you are in the States, don't forget the Talimena Drive Xtreme Downhill on June 15, 16 in Oklahoma. F6 Racing plans to include a Buttboard race.

Check Previous News if you haven't visited in since May 15, 2002.

-Darren

May 15, 2002

Didn't we say the sport was healthy?

In just a few days we've had THREE more events: A West Coast Regional (West LA College #1) and an East Coast Regional (GSI #1) and the Austrian Championships. Fast coverage submitted by fast riders Jason Johnson, Chris McBride, and Pete Eliot. Thanks guys!

The new Legends are PILING UP! - Jason Johnson and Bob Swartz, from the USA; Werner Buecherl and Dominic Dobler from Austria; and Pete Eliot from the United Kingdom.

Plus another repeat victory by Andy Lally.

Coming right up is Aviemore Scotland's Highland Wheels Extreme Championship. The BEST RIDERS will be there. On the LONGEST, FASTEST (and probably) WETTEST track ever. Check out the Aviemore Race Web Site and also look at last year's coverage (it's the last bit o sunshine you'll be aseein ).

-Darren

May 5, 2002

We've been recently remiss on updating the site due to other Buttboarding priorites. But we continue to receive pictures for the GALLERY. We've added three new pages. (Look for the new "Calvinator"). It starts with Gallery 9.

The sport is VERY HEALTHY and GROWING. In fact, web-site time was occupied in December, when Santa placed a bunch of last minute emergency orders. Another very important project was also being completed (more about this in a later issue) which has taken priority over the Buttboarding video. For your patience, we'll release more footage soon.

The Message Board is still quite active.

We've got exclusive crash photos from the last West LA College final, and added two new Legends - Chris Chaput and Chase Orta.

Dr. P.J. Love contributes another exclusive. This time a Spy Report on the upcoming F-6 Oklahoma event. (We'll need Buttboarding pictures and results, so please bring pencil and camera.)

The BIG EVENT is the upcoming Aviemore Scotland Championship. This is the currently the longest and fastest race course in the world. And the WORLDs FASTEST RIDERS will be there. Check out the Aviemore Race Web Site and also look at last year's coverage to rekindle a feel for the hill.

Gentlemen - start your engines!

-Darren

Nov 21, 2001

Almost a book about Buttboarding unto itself, we've added an extensive FAQ and reorganized "What's a Buttboard?"

We also added Dr. P.J. Love's coverage of the Traws event. It has a Hysterical Buttboarding movie at the end produced by "Doctor Danger" Todd O'Neill. Make sure to check it out!

A new book called "Street Luge: Extreme Sports" (John Nichols) has hit the bookstores. We believe it to be the first to feature actual photos of Buttboard racing, and it even has a link to this site!

-Darren

Nov 13, 2001

Buttboarding continues to take the world by storm. South Africa has held its first Nationals competition, sanctioned by IGSA. Check the event coverage from what details we could pick up on this event. Also check the Gallery to see why we call him "Flash Gordon."

In sadder news, legend Bob Ozman was badly injured testing a new hill and required surgery to repair his broken hip. Please send get well cards to:

Bob "The Wizard" Ozman
12 Sundance Road
Philips Ranch, CA 91766 USA

Nov 2, 2001

On Oct 22 we predicted this would happen. Dave Rogers is unstoppable. He wins Regionals. He's won a World Cup. He's won at Hot Heels (twice!) and now the US Nationals. Read about his shameless gluttany for gold.

I really want to thank Kent Kochheiser, Chris McBride, and Sheman Stebbins for sending me pictures so quickly. It enabled a timely update of the Events and Legends sections. Now, which reader will be first to notice the update and post to the Buttboarding message board?

John Nichols wote an updated children's book on Street Luge. This one has several pictures of Buttboarding and even a side bar mentioning www.Buttboarding.com! Beautifully done, if you buy it through our link, Gravity Publishing gets a 5% commission.

The Message Board has been picking up steam, and was even blessed by a visit from THE MAN himself, Stefan Wagner.

Oct 22, 2001

This has to be every guys fantasy. After riding only two months, Andy Lally WINS the Bainbridge Ohio race. Of course his car racing experience didn't hurt (his team just won the 24 of Daytona). We'll be watching him closely at Barrett Junction next week.

We've added a link to a Message Board which is hosted by NCDSA specifically for Buttboarding.

-Darren

Oct 15, 2001

Is this really old news from the Hot Heels Championship, or just a prediction of the upcoming Barrett Junction results? Stop by in a few weeks to find out.

Were waiting on our contributing Photographers to cough up the goods, but usually they have their own sites to glamorize first. In the meantime, were updating rider profiles and hunting for facts and pictures. Got any?

The Rio trip was excellent, yielding a Buttboarding billboard (Coke advert) as we pulled into town, and some excellent Buttboarding footage if I don't sell it to "Jackass" first.

I've also decided the "Cover Shot" should always follow the '"Buttboarding Babes" Theme. Nicole Chaput graces the front page this round. Currently scouting for new talent!

If your hunt around the site, you'll find things being updated and some new additions. For the less patient, I'll try to make them more obvious when I hit a fully stocked new edition.

-Darren

June 19, 2001

The World Chapionship of Buttboarding is just around the corner. Check out the Hot Heels Site for the most recent info on getting there.

The "Aviemore Wrap Up" has been editied for Buttboarding specific content and more news added. Also pictures to go along with it. Check out the Events Coverage for the latest. Or navigate through the latest listing under "Racing Champions."

Check out Previous News if you haven't visited since June 2.

Again a plea goes out if you have any news on the events which we haven't covered properly. Action photos are greatly appreciated. Also, we are preparing the next set of Gallery pages, and there it's everyone's chance to shine.

Next stop....Austrian Alps for some very Hot Heels !

-Darren

June 3, 2001

May saw Buttboard races in Austria, South Africa, California, and Scotland. We'll cover Scotland as soon as enough pictures come in to do it justice. For those who don't think this sport is taking off, well, what are you? Crazy?

"Racing Champions" (left column) now features the latest Champion's mug shot. At least until the next hot shot takes the gold. This displaces the Movie Trailer for now. At least until we have a new version ready.

The IGSA World Cup Point Series is well underway. We won't tell you the current results until the Scotland coverage. But suffice to say we have a new set of leaders! Hot Heels will be the next race with World Cup level points.

Check out Previous News if you haven't visited since May 18.

Again a plea goes out if you have any news on the events which we haven't covered properly. Action photos are greatly appreciated. Also, we are preparing the next set of Gallery pages, and there it's everyone's chance to shine.

Next stop....Austrian Alps for some very Hot Heels !

-Darren

May 18, 2001

Hardly a month since the last update and we're already several races behind. We continue to update the site with new event stories and the stream of new Legends pours in. (Although we need more personal info on a few of those listed).

We did have time to complete coverage on several more past Events and complete the Quiz on What's a Buttboard.

The IGSA World Cup Point Series is well underway. Gerhard Lanz and Jeremy Gilder have squeeked ahead of Dave Rogers and Darren Lott by virtue of a higher ranked race in Europe. But with only 2 points races for each of the riders it is still anyone's series when they take their top 4 finishes.

The sport continue to show very health progress with a record number of events and a record number of racers.

A new children's book on Street Luge is underway and promises to mention Buttboarding. A Museum in Canada is preparing an exhibit which featues a Hot Heels photo by Kent Kochheiser. Races and riders are developing in South Africa. All good news.

A plea goes out if you have any news on the events which we haven't covered. Action photos are greatly appreciated!

Next stop....Scotland.

-Darren

April 1. 2001

Chris Chaput got me excited about doing a new web site and offered to share his server and domain name (buttboarders.com). Jeffrey Schonzeit also offered to let me borrow a domain name (buttboard.com). I got started but my attention kept pulling me more to the importance of my video project :ButtBoarding.

Suddenly it all came together!

This site is going to follow my same criteria for completeness and accuracy as these guys expected. The sport deserves it. But it will also be a launch platform for the movie. And I can showcase Trailers as it progresses!

If you liked "Street Luge Survival Guide" you'll LOVE "Buttboarding: The Movie."

Buttboarding is new enough that we can capture every event so far. This includes early "Demo" events which have been critical for getting the sport going. My plan is to continually add the newest CHAMPION to the top of the list (on the left). This will be a link to the event results, pics and participants. Events with significant attendance (32+ field) rate a bold listing.

Racers who have a podium finish or make the finals in the World Championship (Hot Heels) get a racer profile amongst the "Legends." This is so we know who to watch on the start line.

"What's a Buttboard?" is where the rules are. We've included a fun picture based quiz regarding what's race legal.

Winning races is not the most important aspect of the sport. Having a great time is! So the "Gallery" section will be the collection of people around the world having a great time. Please submit pics by email. We are looking for new people, new buttboards, new locations. Pics should be interesting high quality jpegs and only the best shots get included.

Equipment includes the manufactures and sources for this great sport. Be sure to check out Chris's ChapButt boards!

-Darren

Dec 18, 2000

Initial Design of Buttboarding.com. News!

-Darren

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