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Meet the Scion “Numeric” xB by 686!
Feb 16th
“Numeric” is the name given to this extra special 2011 Scion xB. 686® and Scion Racing® in collaboration with Spin Imaging® designed and built the world’s first and only car solely dedicated to Snowboarding. For 686’s twentieth anniversary, they teamed up to develop a one-of-a-kind custom winter masterpiece. Each element of the build was motivated by a product and brand that’s progressively pushed Skateboarding and Snowboarding to new levels.
The exterior is bundled head-to-toe in custom features, from the New Balance tires to the Bern carbon fiber helmet roof. The xB is completely wrapped in 686 waterproof/breathable fabric, with waterproof YKK zipper pockets and Dragon APX mirrored frameless windows.
The interior has no shortage of fun and functional sporting gear. The Union binding swivel seats, Freewaters heated floor mats and Cadence steering wheel wrap are only a few of the many mountain-ready features. 686 did plenty of their own custom creation with the gear hangers, snowboard rack, boot rack and roll cage all stuffed comfortably inside. To top it all off, Marc Mckee from Blind provided custom artwork to add some cozy inside the cabin.
“Numeric” will be on display November 1-4 at the 2011 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. See the complete list of features below.
SPONSORS: 686® technical apparel, Scion Racing®, Spin Imaging®, MV Designs®, Rokform®, Roland Sands Designs®, Light Force®, Motegi®, Skullcandy®, New Balance®, Freewaters®, Go Pro®, Union® Bindings, Cadence® Apparel, Dragon® Alliance, BOA® Technologies, Bern® Helmets, Vestal® Watches, Blind® Skateboards, Recco® Rescue System, Sparco®
EXTERIOR
- 20,000mm/15,000mg2 waterproof/breathable 686® fabric wrap
- Laser welded and stitched seams
- Waterproof YKK® zipper pockets/vents with sonic welded taping
- Bern® carbon fiber protective helmet roof
- Dragon® APX mirrored frameless windows
- Four-way custom suicide doors
- Custom body kit 686® vader vent mesh grilles
INTERIOR
- Union® binding swivel seats
- Freewaters® heated floor mats
- Vestal® custom clock by Roland Sands®
- Cadence® steering wheel wrap
- BOA® AC/Heat controls
- Rokform® custom CNC Ipad® cradle
- Custom artwork by Marc Mckee from Blind®
- Custom gear hangers for jacket, pants, helmets, gloves
- Easy dry gear door compartments Snowboard tuning tool compartment
- Custom snowboard rack
- Custom boot rack
- Custom roll cage
- Custom Avalanche shovel and probe
ENGINE
- 2.4l DOHC 16-valve 4-Cylinder with VVT-i
- TRD® cold air intake
- 686® x Roland Sands® stainless steel exhaust system
- 5-speed manual
SUSPENSION
- D2 adjustable coil over system
- TRD® sway bars
WHEELS/TIRES
- New Balance® wet race tires 225/40R18
- Motegi® 18” rally wheels
BRAKES
- TRD® 4piston disc brakes front and rear
- Custom CNC drift brake
ELECTRONICS
- Skullcandy® Aviator inspired soundsystem
- Gopro® video rear view mirrors
- Detachable Gopro® reverse camera
- AiM® Sports Digital instrument cluster
- Ipad® cradle for music, video editing and navigation
- Recco® avalanche rescue system detector and reflectors
Sick 360 Interactive Snowboard Movie!
Aug 15th
Just drag your mouse up, down, left and right to see the action going on around you…. unbelievable!
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GRIT Scooter Tricknology @ BBC MK
Jul 26th
Here at BBC MK we have teamed up with Grit Scootersto run there amazing Tricknology scooter freestyle progression course.
Tricknology is a freestyle Scooter trick program designed to help riders learn new tricks and skills.
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Freestyle Scooter riding is a relatively new sport that is growing rapidly. As an easy entry in skate-park sports, Scootering is inspiring a whole new generation of young people to take up and get involved with freestyle/lifestyle sports.
To help this Tricknology has been developed to inspire this young audience into the sport, and help them progress through it. Aiding them in learning new skills, …new tricks and teaching them good skate-park etiquette and good sportsmanship along the way. If your a scooter rider, then this is where its at. This is the pinnacle of freestyle scootering in the UK. Where you can test your skills, learn new tricks with your friends and get rewards along the way for doing it. Who can do the most tricks, who can win the awards? Who will be the first to complete – Tricknology! |
Please pop in to the store to pick up your Tricknology card and consent/ disclaimer form and to find out when and where our next Tricknology meet will be.
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2012 K2 Snowboards have arrived @ BBC MK
Jun 28th
We have just taken delivery of our NEW Mens 2012 K2 Snowboards, Ladies 2012 K2 Snowboards, Kids 2012 Snowboards and they are looking, feeling and riding amazingly!
Packed with NEW technology and new shapes this year these boards are set to shred the Fridges or mountains when ever you choose to ride them.
New tech from K2:
Bambooyah expands out into more models in its second year. K2 now offer origional
Bambooyah cores and the all new Bambooyeh Blend cores. Created for Model that could benefit from just a lttle bit of Bambooyah’s incredible strength. A little bit of Bambooyah goes a long way.
The Ollie Bar is a totally new approach to adding pop to a snowboard. Built in place in a pre-loaded, cambered shape it
solves the concern that rocker boards do not have the pop camber boards have.
Carbon Web is Designed specifically to enhance baseline technology, K2′s all NEW Carbon web brings the pop and snap of carbon closer to your bindings for maximum Ollies and control in every situation. This technolog is offered in two levels of sensitivity.
The K2 snowboards we have recived so far are:
Mens:
K2 Slayblade and Slayblade Wide
K2 Fastplant
K2 Turbo Dream
K2 Happy Hour
K2 Parkstar
K2 Lifelike
K2 World Wide Weapon
K2 Raygun
Kids:
K2 Vandal
Ladies:
K2 Fling
K2 Va Va Voom
K2 Lunatique
K2 Moment
Check them out on our website www.bbcmk.co.uk or pop in store to talk to one of our staff who have already had the chance to ride the boards out on the mountains.
Stunt Scooters and Parts in at BBC MK!
Jun 26th
Scooters and there parts have really started to take off here at BBC MK so we have stepped up the game and got loads more brands of scooters and parts in stock for all your scooter pimping and upgrading needs.
Grit Scooters are our newest in stock with the Mayhem and the Elite
Elite Spec list:
- 6061 Heat Treated Alloy
- 85A PU Wheels
- Steel Box Tube & Gusseted Fork with compression kit. (Star Nut in handlebar with long bolt through the fork to lock fork and handlebar together
- Abec 9 Bearings
- Double Alloy Clamps
- 6061 Alloy Handlebar, Heat Treated & with gusseted Steer-er tube for added strength
- Cromo Y Style Handlebar
- Head Parts: Integrated Necco bike head Parts including cups and bearings (Heat Treated)
- Grit Alloy Brake with Coil Spring
- Down Tube :Internally Gusseted
- Please note that the grip tape on this model is black/white
Mayhem spec list:
- Triple Channel 6061 Heat Treated Alloy
- 12cm wide deck with reinforced square down tube
- Integrated head set
- Thread less fork with long bolt ICS compression kit
- 88A Alloy Core Wheels
- Abec 9 Bearings
- Quad Alloy Clamp
- Grit Steel Box Tube & Gusseted Fork
- Cromo Y Style Handlebar
- Head Parts: Integrated Necco bike head Parts including cups and bearings (Heat Treated)
- Grit Alloy Brake with Coil Spring
We have also starting stocking Mad Gear Pro scooters and parts including the MGP Team Edition, MGP Nitro and the soon to arrive MGP Nitro Extreme with its lighter deck and upgraded lighter and stronger parts.
MGP Parts that we stock include:
MGP Y Bars
MGP Alloy thread less Forks
MGP Aero Core Wheels
MGP Brake sytems
Blunt Ace of Spades decks are our most popular for custom scooter builds to complement the deck we stock a full range of Blunt parts including:
Blunt Triple clamps,
Blunt Quad clamps,
Blunt Maxx Peters Bars,
Blunt Stripper bars,
Blunt S.O.B threaded Forks,
Blunt Battle Headsets,
Blunt Thinker Metal core wheels,
Blunt Skull Metal core wheels and Blunt abec 9 scooter bearings and spacers.
We do an extensive range of Blazer Scooter parts such as:
Blazer 6 spoke plastic core wheels in various colours
Blazer double clamps
Blazer thread less forks
Blazer Aluminum Y Bars
Blazer compression kit
Blazer T Bars
Blazer chromoly threaded forks
Blazer 100mm anodised metal core wheels
Blazer stunt pegs
District Scooter parts are another popular brand from us here is a list of what we stock:
District double clamp
District V2 forks
District ST1 Bars
District V2 Decks
District thread less headset
District inverted compression kit
We stock a select range of Eagle sport wheels, these are super high quality and are almost 
unbreakable!
We stock a range of colourful range of Eco threadless headsets idea
l upgrade for looks and smoother tail whips.
We offer from our most popular brand of scooter JD Bug a complete custom build package where you can buy a complete chassis, brake and headstock with fixed bolt kit then choose all the other components which consist of:
- Handlebars
- Forks
- Grips
- Wheels
- Collar clamp
- Wheel bearings
- Headset bearings
- Front axle (depending on forks, may come included, see fork description)
- Rear axle
- Rear wheel spacers
- Grip Tape
then we can build it up for you so you can get the scooter you want and to what level you need for strength and weight.
Other parts from JD Bug that we stock are:
JD Bug Pro Extreme 100mm metal core wheels
JD Bug Pro Series threaded forks
JD Bug Pro Extreme fixed bolt kit
JD Bug headset bearing kit
Razor Scooters are also a very popular brand of complete scooter we stock the the Razor ultra pro low and the Razor ultra pro low black label.
Please pop down to the store for any advice or help with all your scooter needs we offer a complete fitting service including any repairs and fabrication you may require.
We also try to stock as many scooter spare parts as possible as long as our suppliers have stock.
So you think you can Scooter??
Jun 6th
Check out these amazing tricks that people are doing on there scooters you will be amazed!!
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WHO’S AFRAID OF THE PARK?
May 20th
BBC MK Are proud sponseres of the Whos afraid of the Park Tour held by Sno Zone.
Who’s Afraid of the Park?!
Our finest sponsored riders and coaches are on tour to teach you how to throw down some rad tricks and play in the park like you’ve been at it for years , you’ll be surprised what you can do in a few hours!
We’re taking things back to basics, “Freestyle for Dummies” style, offering beginner training for aspiring park monkeys wishing to take their first steps into freestyle. The event is designed to encourage and inspire intermediate riders to be more adventurous in the park and to show real progression.
SNO!zone team riders will be on hand to provide support to our qualified freestyle coaches and chat about their own Snowsports adventures as they tour Scotland, Milton Keynes and Castleford with our dedicated beginner freestyle features.
There’ll be heaps of prizes on offer for pulling off your first tricks and best of all a HUGE discount for PRE-BOOKING your place.
3-6PM
AD£25 JR£20 (PRE BOOKING ONLY) AD£32 JR£25 (GENERAL ADMISSION)
TO PRE-BOOK PLEASE CALL 0871 222 5670
How to service a Snowboard your self by BBC MK
Apr 27th
There are so many different “How To” articles on the internet but here at BBC MK we walk the walk and talk the talk so will only give you advice that we would follow ourselves. No BS . . . just the honest truth!
How to service a snowboard
File
Wax remover / board cleaner
Old cloth
First you need to de-bur the edges and check whether they need to be sharpened. By running your finger along the edge of the board, you will be able to feel if there are any burs (or metal) creating a rough edge. You will need an Oxide Stone to do this to ensure you smooth these out and do not blunt your edging file. This will also stop the edge from cutting up your clothes and, ultimately, give you a better holding edge on the mountain.
Start with your edging tool sharpen the base edge at one degree – this will give you a smoother ride when flat lining or on cat tracks. You then do the same on the side edge. If you are going to be hitting the park or want to jib a little then you can increase your edging tool to a three degree bevel. This will help get a more catch free feel to the edge but will still have a sharpness that will enable you to ride across the whole mountain.
- Cleaning the base
Firstly, using your scraper you need to scrape any old wax and dirt off the base as you don’t want to be waxing that back into the pores of the base.
Using wax remover / base cleaner to really get a clean finish and pull any dirt and wax off the base you will need to use a clean cloth or kitchen towel and rub the base all over.
Make sure your iron is nice and hot. This will enable you to get the whole base and core of the board hot enough so the pores of the base open up and the wax can melt into them.
Hold the wax against the iron and dribble it as it melts up and down the base until you have enough to spread it evenly to cover the whole base. Don’t put too much wax on at once as when it cools you will only have more to scrape off! Remember you can always add more wax but you can’t take it off (well you can, but you’re just creating more work for yourself!).
Allow the wax to cool fully at room temperature (20-30 minutes) and when there there are no wet spots on the base it is ready to be scraped.
Using a plastic scraper (a metal scraper will only gouge the base), start scraping the wax off the board. You might need to sharpen the edges of the scraper before each use with a file – the sharper the scraper the easier it is to remove the wax.
Working from nose to tail scrape all the surface wax off the board. Any remaining wax will act like a brake and grip onto the snow. Always scrape nose to tail or tail to nose – never edge to edge as the structure of the base runs in this direction. It’s also a good idea to run the scraper around the side edge of the board just to remove any wax that may have run over the edges of the board.
Once all the excess wax has been scraped off its time to buff it up and put the structure back into the base using a structure brush. Again with ample force rub the base nose to tail or tail to nose to take the wax out of the structure lines of the base and remove all of those scraping marks until you get that polished finish.
You will know that you board is waxed properly when you drop some water onto the board and the water disperses and runs smoothly across the board. If the water creates a “puddle” you have not scraped the wax off properly.
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How to buy a Skate setup from BBC MK
Apr 26th
You need for a complete skate deck the Board, Grip, Trucks, Hardware (Bolts to hold the truck to the deck), Risers (Optional) Wheels and Bearings.
There is plenty to choose from in each of these categories.
The difference between decks is mainly the width, starting at the thinnest 7.3 inches wide going up in stages up to around 8.25 inches wide for a regular skate deck.
The narrower the deck the easier it will be to do flip tricks and the wider it is the more stability you will get typically for ramp/ Vert skating a wider deck is preferred.
The shape of the nose and tail differs slightly from brand to brand and the length is also different ever so slightly, all of these differences will eventually come down to personal preference.
If you are below 4.5ft or 130cm tall your legs are generally to short for a full size deck. It would be advisable to use a mini or mid deck which come slightly shorter and narrower that the full size ones to help get those tricks down with less effort due to the deck weight being less.
Grip choice is up to the skater weather it be Black or coloured all skateboards require grip tape.
Trucks come in different heights from low, mid to high, this is the height the axle is away from the deck. We also have different trucks for more response and others for more grinding. The difference between the price of the truck is a good indication of how strong and light they are the more expensive the stronger or lighter they are. This again is will come down to the skater personal preference.
Hardware consists of eight nuts and bolts to fix the trucks to the deck and come in several different lengths starting at ¾ inch and 1 inch for regular truck to deck mounting then 1 & 1/4 inch for trucks and risers. They are either Allen key or Phillips head and come in various colours.
Wheels are made in different diameters starting at 49mm going up to 56mm for regular skateboarding. The smaller the wheel the better it will be for street skating as it accelerates quicker and the bigger the wheel the easier it will get over the coping so would be better for ramp work, again this is a personal preference choice. The higher end of the price range also tend to guarantee against flat spotting as they are making the wheels with harder polyurethane.
Bearings will be needed for all wheels as they do not come with them and the wheels will not work without the bearings. The general rule is that the higher price the bearing the smoother, quicker and longer it will run. We have sealed bearings which once they have become slow and clogged up with dirt need to be replace and we have non sealed which can be cleaned and re lubricated for longer lasting life. The higher the Abec rating the smoother and faster the bearing will run, we also have un rated bearings which would compare to an Abec 7 upwards.
SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE
Feb 28th
Massive Sale on all Snowboard Kit, massive deals! Check it out!!!
30% Off Snowboards, Boots, Bindings, Socks, Thermals, Gloves and Goggles
Up to 50% off Snowboard Jackets and Pants
40% Off Apparel and Beanies
30% Off select Trainers
http://www.bucksboarding.co.uk/
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