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Right before the season starts, snowboard films do their job of getting me pumped up and stoked for the upcoming winter.  Often the music they feature makes its way into my ipod so I can ride to it throughout the season.  While I may not be a film critic and have no intention of reviewing [...]

Each season I take to the slopes to try/test/borrow snowboards to see how they perform and review them for this site. What started out as 10 boards a season has now become over 50 boards a season and I’m the only rider doing the review. This year with opportunities from multiple demo days, Board Insiders [...]

So far I’ve done two successful twitter giveaways in major cities around the United States and each time some stoked person has used the clues to track me down and win a brand new snowboard from some awesome companies! San Francisco is the next city I visit and the perfect choice for another Shayboarder Twitter [...]

With the Colorado shred season underway now that two mountains are open, it’s definitely the time of the year that my free days are spent on the mountain.  Saturday was the perfect day to drive down from Steamboat with friends for an afternoon of shredding.  We had a minor glitch in the plans when we [...]

It only took one split second, one knuckle of a jump and one knee with all my weight on it when I heard the pop and felt my knee give out upon landing.  It was early season 2003, just a couple days into the season and my season had just ended.  Within a couple weeks, [...]

The Reunion is back in Boulder, CO to bring the stoke with 2 film premieres that you won’t want to miss, Absinthe and FODT.  I’ve seen both films and I will say, they are worth checking out!  Here’s all the information for next week’s Reunion in Boulder.  I unfortunately won’t be making it this year [...]

The 2009 Industry Profiles composed of 36 individuals, from June to October every Tuesday and Thursday in an interview series that showcased various jobs within the industry.  Over 30 companies were represented this year from the smallest to the largest. Industry Profiles came out of a need to fill the summer void but also to [...]

As soon as the Loveland Opening Day announcement came yesterday afternoon, I packed my gear and headed down to Summit County to be ready bright and early for shredding.  Last night at a friends place we began to get our gear mounted up and waxed up, the excitement started to grow into this morning when [...]

In just a couple hours the 09-10 season will begin with Loveland being the first mountain open and within a couple days other mountains will start to open. Each year I anxiously await the opening day announcements and each year my employer knows that the opening day in CO is a holiday for me so [...]

Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Pat: Depending upon the situation I sometimes use the aliases Lincoln Terns, Oli Andropov, Helmut Kamn, Kenny Land, Willy Plant, Blackie Diamond, Basher Gates, Cliff Line and in very rare occasions Tara Ligamente. I also spent four years without wearing a single pair of socks more than [...]