HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL – Tierney Rides, LLC, (www.tierneyrides.com) has been named the official street board supplier by Stratton Mountain Snowboarding School (www.strattonmountainschool.org). Tierney Rides developed and manufactures the new T-Board™, a two-wheeled street board that delivers the true carve and ride dynamics of snowboarding on paved surfaces.

"We've worked very hard to develop a board that allows you to 'carve' in and out of turns using the same techniques used in snowboarding," said Kurt Tierney, CEO Tierney Rides. "It's really an honor to have one of the top snowboarding schools in the nation say that our T-Board meets its high training standards for Olympian snowboarders."

The Snowboarding School trains over 24 world-class snowboarders every year – including one Olympic medallist and several members who have made podium appearances at the Junior World Cup Championships. Stratton Mountain is host to the 2002 U.S Open Snowboarding Championships.

"Any serious athlete knows how critical off-season training is to top performance in competition," said Scott Palmer, Program Director, Stratton Mountain Snowboarding School. "We've tried everything on the market, and this is the first streetboard that delivers a ride that duplicates the lower leg movement of a snowboard. It's an extremely effective way to practice technique and keep a snowboarder's muscles conditioned year-round."

The T-Board is the brainchild of Kurt Tierney and his brother Tyler. The first prototype was constructed from pieces of hardware in their mom's garage in the spring of 1999. Although generations away from the T-Board of today, the original did prove that the brothers' two-wheeled approach could produce the ride they knew was possible.

Tierney Rides, headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL., is committed to creating the most innovative ride technology on the market, with performance and feel above everything. Tierney will continually push to perfect the T-Board ride, to manufacture the highest quality products and components, and to deliver the finest street boarding experience to every Tierney Rides user.