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| James |
James is the team captain and has been on the team the longest. Now competing in the Open category in the ATBA Series, James consistently qualifies for the elite freestyle (a jam of the best 16 riders at the competition).
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| Favourite trick | Frontside 540 melon |
| Best Position | U14 Overall Champion 2004 |
| 7th Elite boarderx 2007 |
| Likes | My Car, skiing, sweetcases, virtual attempts |
| Dislikes | Petrol prices and speed cameras! |
| Jed |
Jed has also been on the team for a very long time, and is exceptional at both boarderx and freestyle. He is renowned for his laid out backflips and is now able to pull these in quarter pipe along with rodeos (backflip 180). |
Favourite trick
| Tap indy (!) |
| Best Position | 1st Maxtrack classic 2004 |
| Likes | Tramps, Wiggy, trampolining |
| Dislikes | Sadness and being skint! |
| Niki |
Niki has been riding for 6 years and is known for pulling the first backflip by a lady in Europe in 2006. She is also a very keen snowboarder and uses snowboarding to practice mountainboarding and visa versa. |
Favourite trick | Backflip |
| Best Position | 2006 Ladies Overall Champion, 1st boarderxand freestyle at ATBA Round 1 (SWMBC) |
| Likes | Sunset sessions, campfire parties, travelling, roadtrips in Rosie (RIP), and art |
| Dislikes | Veins, staple guns, Big Brother, and flat landing! |
| Tom R |
Tom is one of the best mountainboarders in the country, and also rides on the MBS pro team. He won the first competition he entered and has been finishing on the podium ever since. |
| Favourite trick | Corked 5 |
| Best Position | 3rd Worlds Freestyle 2007 |
| Likes | relaxing, sunshine, music, heights |
| Dislikes | Insects, especially cockroaches, earwigs, and centipedes |
| Niall |
| Newest member of team OTG, Niall is improving rapidly. Just this season he has learnt 540s, huge 360s, and backflips |
| Favourite trick | Big floaty frontside 360s.
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| Best Position | 12th elite boarderx Round 4 2007 |
| Likes | Ben & Jerrys Phish food, PJs mums brownies, trampolining, Ben Tweedy falling over, and Rosie (RIP) |
| Dislikes | Being too competitive, skinnies, veggies |
| Grove |
Grove is one of the fastest member of the team, and although he does like to go big on freestyle his main strength is definitely boarderx. |
| Favourite trick | Backside Indy
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| Best Position | 11th elite boaderx Round 4 2007 |
| Likes | Steetboarding, icepops, D&B |
| Dislikes | MBS Boards! |
| Dylan |
| One of the youngest members of the team Dylan loves mountainboarding, and despite living about an hour away from the centre he rides a lot more than most of the others |
| Favourite trick | Boned Melon
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| Best Position | 2nd U14s Boaderx 2007 |
| Likes | Snowboarding, skating, biking |
| Dislikes | Westlife |
| PJ |
PJ is a very stylish rider, his big aired grabs are very photogenic and is also very quick down the boarderx track. He rides a lot at the centre and was actually responsible for getting Grove and younger brother Bob onto the team. |
| Favourite trick | Big floaty 360 grab.
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| Best Position | 8th elite boaderx Round 4 2007 |
| Likes | Drum & Bass, freeboarding, scratching, trampolining, boosh, balance boarding, and sunset sessions with the crew. |
| Dislikes | Bikes, R&B, skinny jeans |
| Sam |
Sam goes really big, and is not intimidated by huge jumps (like at The Edge and SWMBC), just don’t mention his size. |
| Favourite trick | Backside Indy, floaty 360 |
| Best Position | 12th Elite Round 1 boaderx 2007 (Court Farm) |
| Likes | Shylock and Tubal (!), D&B |
| Dislikes | Being cocky |
| Tom D |
| Favourite trick | Backside 180
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| Best Position | n/a |
| Likes | Skiing, Nick’s hat, doughnuts, and surfing |
| Dislikes | Pigeons |
| Lawson |
| Lawson is the oldest member of the team and competes in the masters category. He is one of the best masters at both boarderx and freestyle |
| Dan |
| Joining at the start of 2007 Dan is always found at OTG. His final year in the U14s Dan hopes to do well this year and get a good overall ranking |
Gabe (Bob) |
Bob is always at the centre helping out, he rides a Trampa but only because big brother PJ broke his MBS |
| Reuben |
| Just this year Reuben has been moved up the U18 category. Quite a shy person Reuben is always seen riding with mates Dan and Dylan |
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