As a blogger I never expected to be recognized by snowboard media but every time that I meet the writers/editors that helped shape snowboarding I am taken aback that they know of the site. Last month, Espn.com’s Colin Whyte approached me about doing a Q & A about shayboarder.com and I was really honored to have my work be the subject of choice. The article is now up on espn.com so click on the photo to make your way to read Colin’s amazing writing and drop some comments on the article.
The full article is on espn snowboarding here
I had difficulty getting the full story to load but it just required some empty cache and refreshes to get it to come up.
August 19th, 2009 at 6:27 am
really glad to hear about the attention you get. they’re right and you deserve it!!
August 19th, 2009 at 6:36 am
something is wrong with that link me thinks
August 19th, 2009 at 6:53 am
yea, I want to read the full story but that link takes me to a blank page… congrats on the article though!
August 19th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Shay I’m echoing the comments above I can’t get the story to come up at all. On a side not for you to keep this alive … I think it would be helpful to other bloggers and readers to understand how you got a story about shayboarder.com on ESPN (do you know Colin, Did he seek you out, how long has this been rumbling around). Good coaching moment for everybody else. Also, share what impact this had to your traffic! Congrats on this though good opportunity for you….
August 19th, 2009 at 7:08 am
shay writes in her article above: “it just required some empty cache and refreshes to get it to come up.”
same here, had to try about 10-15 times. So empty your caches and press reload as often as you can
August 19th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Colin said they are working on making the link work so it’s not needing to be refreshed and the cache emptied to pull it up. So hopefully it works soon
JB, I’ll definitely talk about it. I’ve never met Colin but I know of him (big reader of Future when he was the editor) and he emailed me in the past to help with a question I had. Colin came to me about doing a article on shayboarder.com in late July and we got the ball rolling with questions and my answers in late July. Since then it’s been a waiting game to see when it would go up on espn snowboarding.
The increase in traffic, I’ll know more as the day goes on. Definitely higher numbers for today but the link is also having an issue so we shall see.
Thanks for the support and good wishes on the article.
August 19th, 2009 at 7:14 am
I was having trouble, but I just cleared my cache and browsing history then refreshed the page and it came right up.
Its awesome that you’re getting the attention! Congrats!
August 19th, 2009 at 7:36 am
You are doing some AWESOME things Shay!!
August 19th, 2009 at 7:49 am
You’re kind of a big deal shay! haha
August 19th, 2009 at 7:49 am
cool website! just read your article about the action sports lawyer.
August 19th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Colin’s a super straight shooter and a kick ass writer to boot. Glad he was able to recognize the following you’ve developed here at Shayboarder. Congrats on the article and I can’t wait to read it.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:06 am
STOOOKED! Congratulations Shay, you are totally doing somethign awesome in life
Keep up the amazing work!
August 19th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Congrats shay. That is very cool!
August 19th, 2009 at 8:21 am
that’s awesome shay!
congrats!
August 19th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Damn, ESPN, congrats!
August 19th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Congrats SHAY!
August 19th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Very cool Shannon. I had to hard refresh the page (CTRL+F5) to get it to come up. Espn.com wow!
August 19th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Congrats Shay! Very awesome, keep on keepin on!!!
August 19th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I followed it from facebook and it was all good.
Nice article, congratulations! It’s been 2 years huh. Doesn’t feel that long. Soon enough we’re going to be throwing anniversary parties for it =]
August 19th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Nice, this is awesome.. Got the link to work after a refresh. Solid read, and I’m super stoked for you!!!
August 19th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
The link should be working just fine now, it was fixed earlier today.
Thanks so much for the amazing comments everyone, I am so lucky to have great readers backing me and wanting good things for me. I really appreciate all the love, support and great words!
Lets just say it was a great anniversary present to have Colin write about the site.
August 19th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Echoing Shay’s comment…link is now working!
August 20th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
So to answer JB’s question about traffic because of the espn article, between that and Transworld Business also linking to the site and the article, my traffic was about 45% more than normal. So yesterday was a great day on the blog!
August 20th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Sounds like a nice boost. Always interested what endemic and non-endemic media provide in terms of traffic acceleration. I hope the newcomers stick around and bookmark Shayboarder.com.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:40 am
!! traffic shmaffic !! its gotta be great to read an article that gives you so much props! I really enjoyed reading about you in the 3rd person instead of just reading your writing in the first person.
I’ve never heard of transworld business… what is that? I guess I could ask you in the ask shay section but i’m already here
August 21st, 2009 at 8:19 am
Thanks JB, definitely it is cool to check it out.
Martin, haha yeah definitely rad to get the props and from peers who I really admire is the raddest thing ever. I made sure my family saw it and they were all stoked.
August 24th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Way to go, Shay! This is great recognition for your hard work and a very inspiring story.
August 24th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
This is awesome! Inspiring story indeed. Shows that hard work and dedication pays off.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Congrats Shay! Keep up the good work.
January 21st, 2010 at 9:00 am
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