Bugsboarding staff and helpers.

Buggs – Bugs is one of the 2 founders. A farmer who was convinced by school days friend AJ to set up a mountainboard centre as a farm diversification project. His family owned the perfect site for a mountainboard centre and it just went from there. Bugs is often found at the centre mowing and maintaining the site during the week and operating the centre at the weekends.

Nina - Nina is the wife of Buggs and is now helping out at the centre on a more full time basis as one of the managers, working with the helpers, specializing in school bookings ,taking bookings and generally looking after everything.

AJ – AJ is one of the founders of Bugsboarding and a well known in the Mountainboard industry .Started off in the industry as a rider. From there he progressed to working for Maxtrack, the company who distribute MBS Mountainboards in Europe. He has successfully established and managed the MBS Pro Rider team, Pro ramp demos and events and is still involved in the research and development side of things with the MBS products.

Joe Dickson - Joe is one of the UK’s top riders and current British Elite Freestyle Champion, close friends with AJ and in the MBS Pro team, Joe has been at Bugsboarding since the beginning helping out with everything from teaching, building , riding and designing.

He has now ranked 3rd in the World Freestyle Battle of Bugs too – congrats to Joe.

Jimmy - Friend of Buggs has been with the centre from the beginning and helps out most weekends when he can from teaching to building and looking after the team.

Liz - Wife of Jimmy and has been with the centre from the beginning ,helps out in the reception with all the bookings , event preparation and padding up the riders.

Tom B – Tom is our new website guy and has helped us get this far with the site. He works with MBS Mountainboards  and is responsible for a lot of the work you see from MBS.Seen on regular occasions at Bugs riding teaching and generally helping out.

John – Friend of Buggs and AJ . First Aid qualified and around on the weekends keeping an eye out. John also helps with the build projects and is a quality welder.

Siggy – Mum of George and Edd, always there lending a hand and helping everyone out at the centre – can be found in the cabin working her usual magic.

Martin and the ‘Soild crew’ – Martin friend of AJ and everyone has helped out with the creation of many events and features at the centre , has helped with the sounds and lighting at top events and is usually involved with the new build of the many projects going on at Bugsboarding. So Soild Crew is his team of Mountainboard and Skaters of which are also regular visitors to the centre.

Joe Diamond - One of our bike/board buddies at the centre that helps out where he can, along with padding up , board selection and maintenance, hes normally sitting chillin somewhere at the top.

Dom Etchells - Dom is now at Bugs most weekends and throughout the school holidays. One of our top instructors that just loves to be there riding about and teaching.

Harry - Harry drives Goldie – nearly all the time – you cant get him out of there most days!

Instructors

Buggs
Jimmy
AJ
Joe
George
Martin
Nina                                                                                                                                                          Dom                                                                                                                                                  John                                                                                                                                                   Ben
Ashley – Core

Bugsboarding Mountainboard Team

Joe Dickson
George Bailey
Pete Howes
Ben Boulton                                                                                                                                  Amy Mellor                                                                                                                                           Ben Searle                                                                                                                                     EmlinBainbridge                                                                                                                                      Renny Myles                                                                                                                              Amon Shaw