I’ve been anxiously awaiting coming to Windell’s Camp all summer for session 7 and I am finally out here. Today was the arrival day for camp, which meant a day of travel for me to get from Steamboat Springs, Colorado to Portland, Oregon. I left Steamboat last night, stayed in summit county and my friends [...]
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Windell’s Camp: Day 1
August 5th, 2009Shay Update: Mt Hood!
August 5th, 2009As August approaches every year, I start to get antsy, nervous, anxious, maybe sweaty but I think that’s the heat. It’s that time of year when I need to be back on snow and to fulfill that…I head to Mt Hood, Oregon to enjoy the summer glacier, slushy snow, sunshine and an eclectic collection of [...]
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August 4th, 2009Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Greg: I grew up in West Virginia as an east coast kid that’s always had a fascination with the west coast. When I was 6, my dad took me on a trip to Oregon and ever since I just knew I wanted to move out west some [...]
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August 3rd, 2009Every snowboard company has product testers who test the products before they even reach the showroom floors at SIA. For years, months, days these testers take out products and give that feedback to companies. Sometimes it’s the employees, shop kids, testing programs or just a variety of riders in various regions. It’s a dream for [...]
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August 2nd, 2009In June, I did a successful Birthday twitter giveaway where people tracked me down with twitter clues and the first person who found me won an 09-10 Never Summer Circuit-R snowboard. People mentioned how great it would be to have that same giveaway in other cities that I traveled to, so I set out in [...]
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August 1st, 2009During the 08-09 season, I would check out the snowboard shops when it came to buying gear when I needed or wanted specific products to add to my collection. Each time I would look for the product, what shops carried it, compare prices/shipping and make the purchase when I felt confident about it. Although the [...]
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