(Newswire.net — November 9, 2017) — The culture of monster trucks is now completely formed and it has taken hold of the hearts of its passionate followers. They are thrilled while watching the large trucks and deadly car shows they put on. The arenas are always full of cars, trucks, and all other types of vehicles during the shows. Thousands of excited fans are gathering at these events, screaming as they watch the insane car crushing and the roaring of the huge engines. The movement expands all over the world. The most exciting Monster Truck shows are hosted in Australia, Netherlands, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. The culture spread to Ukraine as well. This year MonsterCarsUA show was hosted by Association Noosphere founded Max Polyakov in Dnipro.
How was it?
The unique culture of Monster Trucks started in the 1970’s. It began with the redesign of stock pickups, installing long suspensions and huge tires that are more than double the normal sizes on them. This was boosted by the arrival of “Mad Max”, a post-apocalyptic thriller. It brought forward the dieselpunk genre, and gave the world the first Monster Car known as “Interceptor”.
However, 1981 gave us the first officially organized monster truck show. The driver of the first real monster truck, named “Bigfoot”, was an American known as Bob Chandler. While driving his huge car over two small cars in a field, he made a video, and decided to use the recording as a promo of parts of his truck. But then he was advised by one of the watchers of the video to organize a show and make people pay to watch him drive Bigfoot over other cars live. He did it and achieved a very huge success, awakening a desire to see Bigfoot more and more.
The Current State of Monster Trucks
The Monster Truck show now happens in different countries across the world with various namings. Australia tags it as Monster Events. Netherlands, Canada and the United States call it Monster Jam, while the United Kingdom still prefers to use the name Monster Truck Show. Races, daredevils and stunt shows take place in the high level events.
This is a very dangerous show, even though it presents a lot of fun. Some safety precautions have been put in place for all vehicles by the Monster Truck Racing Association (MTRA). They include the use of neck braces, helmets, and a 5-point seat harness by all passengers, and the presence of fire extinguishers in every car. Past races have seen the crushing of everything possible, ranging from buses to cars and houses.
The Destination of Monster Trucks
Monster truck and custom car culture keeps advancing. Larger sized trucks are designed, and older vehicles are modified by custom mechanics across the globe to look like “Mad Max” or similar themes. NGO Noosphere of Max Polyakov also invited some of those monster designs to BestRoboFest festival, one the biggest focused on robotics in Ukraine. The first of its kind competition was held in 2017, and received the name “MonsterCarsUA”. It combined together the engines of 17 developers from Lviv, Dnipro and Kharkiv and other cities.
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The event was dominated by huge & peculiar motorcycles, bicycles, cars, trucks and jeeps. Judges and people who attended the event were surprised by the models that were presented. Association Noosphere, founded by Max Polyakov, Noosphere Ventures’s executive, presented a precious reward to the winners. So they will develop a new vehicle designs for next year’s edition.
For Max Polyakov from Noosphere Ventures, the most enjoyable aspect was the fact that the BestRoboFest event double the number of competitors and visitors over last year. Max Polyakov believes that the future of the industry in Ukraine belongs to the youngsters, at that event.
BestRobofest 2018 will involve even more developments. You can become a part of the showcasing of auto, bikes and other motor designs if you want. We need to keep developing such great and noisy vehicles for the sake of humanity!