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I’m not much of a water/beach person but when you live landlocked in Colorado going to visit the ocean is beautiful and relaxing.  I spent Thursday taking off the day from the blog to walk the beach with a friend and just enjoy a day away from the laptop, cell phone and tune out the [...]

Today was the second twitter giveaway based in Portland, Oregon and the chance to win a 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana after 4pm when I started to give out clues to my location in Portland. I spent most of the day in Portland visiting Bonfire/Salomon, Yobeat and Holden.  All three of those office tours will [...]

If you are remotely near Portland today, it’s your chance to win a 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana compliments of Shayboarder and Mervin Manufacturing.  All you have to do is track me down when I put out twitter clues at 4pm that will help you find my location in Portland, Oregon.  All it takes is [...]

Shay: What is your job title? Kyle: A Surefoot Custom Boot Technician Shay: What were the decisions behind attending Colorado Mountain College? Kyle: I had always wanted to live in steamboat and CMC has the best program (ski biz) for what I wanted to do with my life. Shay: What was your first set up? [...]

It was the last day for snowboarding at Windell’s camp but definitely the most fun and progressive day for me once we hit the slopes.  A couple warm up runs from top to bottom just making turns and getting the muscles working again. Early morning lines at Palmer We spent the morning back on the [...]

Enjoyed a good BBQ at Kaiser’s last night for good grub, beer and horseshoes that didn’t keep me up too late.  It felt really good to get a good nights sleep last night and be up early again for on snow at Windell’s Camp. Today was the first day of the last session at HCSC [...]

Despite a late night Sushi dinner with all the adult campers, today was the 3rd day on snow at Windell’s Camp.  It was also the first bluebird day of the camp for us with hotter temperatures than expected.  I did come back with a red lower half of the face, not a bad burn but [...]

At our 7am wake up call this morning, we were told the shred day was in limbo and we wouldn’t know till 10am if the winds would die down enough for shredding.  By 10am we got the call that the clouds were lowering and the mountain was rideable but to dress warm and prepared for [...]

Arrived at Windell’s Camp yesterday, slept great last night in my bunk bed and woke up early today for the first day on snow.  We have 24 adult campers, split into 3 groups with 3 coaches for the entire camp.  I’m in the intermediate group, with a good mix of riders working on their rail [...]

Shay: What is your job title? Scotty: Pro Boarda Shay: Did your parents question your job choice? Scotty: They definetly would have liked to see me go to college but were very supportive of whatever I chose to do. Shay: What was your first set up? Scotty: I bought a BlackSnow mogul monster from Ames. [...]