2008-2009 Burton Feelgood ES Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Burton Feelgood ES with Burton Escapades EST and my Vans Omni Focus size 8. First Impression: Why is the biggest size 155cm? A 157cm would have been sweet.Size: 155cmWeight: lighter than average Flex: It’s a [...]
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Snowboard Review: 08-09 Burton Feelgood ES
January 5th, 2009Steamboat 1/4/09
January 4th, 2009I woke up at 7am to see that there was no new snow and negative temperatures so I crawled back into bed. Took a late start after sleeping in and headed up the gondola to do a fast run down Heavenly Daze to the halfpipe. The Lotus-R/Force combo has been keeping me really happy, [...]
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January 3rd, 2009When you least expect it, it’ll be a powder day. Last night I watched two friends DJ in town, left the bar at 1am where there was no new snow on the ground. When I woke up at 7am, I found that the good light fluffy snow had fallen on the ground. I rocked [...]
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January 2nd, 2009It was a busy week with work and the blog so I’m glad it’s the weekend finally! Before the work week ended, I made it up to relieve some pressure by riding halfpipe. We haven’t received new snow since Sunday when the skies turned bluebird and have stayed that way since then. Today it [...]
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January 2nd, 2009
2009 marks the beginning of the first annual women’s issue of SNOWBOARD magazine with a cover shot of Gretchen Bleiler by Zach Hooper. If you subscribe to SNOWBOARD magazine you’ll be getting this supplement to the magazine in the mail as well. If you are a guy, you can flip through it or just pass [...]
Read More... | 2 CommentsThe end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009
January 1st, 2009Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe New Year’s Eve and a good time! I’m definitely looking forward to what 2009 brings: Friends, snow, trips to snow, snowboarding, blogging…everything! So just to give an idea of what 2008 was like for the blog: In terms of site traffic, 2008 was a good year. [...]
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