
Arno
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BIO
I started playing with boards since i was 3yrs old and it this has been the leading part in the story of my life ever since.
Working in my local boardshop I got introduced to mountainboarding. I got invited to come and give it a try with some friends and got hooked right away,
it just added up to my experience in skate- and snowboarding. Two months later I bought my own board and a couple months after the guys from mountainboard.be invited me along to my first international competition in the beginning of 2003. After that I started travelling more to ride in comps around europe with one of the highlights being the Boardlife'05 tour with Atbmag and Team Exit. after that I got invited to more competitions and events abroad and eventually won the World Freestyle Mountainboard Championships in 2007. After that win I got to tour around europe again including a couple trips to Moscow, Cyprus and Serbia doing shows and competitions.
My work on my former house slowed me down for a couple yrs but I 'm back on track and in better shape again to ride more crazy places and meet more people. I will also be teaching a lot of kids to mountainboard on demo-days and youthcamps in Wanyi Park and around Belgium.
I hope to be able to go out to the US and downunda soon and am looking for sponsors to help me get there.
It has always been a dream to construct a professional demo-setup to go round the many festivals belgium and holland have to promote our sport and get exposure to a bigger crowd.
I think people would call my style of riding smooth or aggressive, dunno what i would call it, i just ride it and if it flows i'm happy :) i do find a lot of fun in riding, even when i'm alone!
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