This year I’ve been really excited about park because I’m finally hitting features and trying to progress my park riding. I feel comfortable on every feature in the small park, a couple features in the medium park and any day that it’s bluebird outside I’m generally taking a ride break to the park especially when [...]
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Steamboat 1/7/09
January 7th, 2010Snowboard Review: 09-10 Signal Omni
January 7th, 2010Location: Breckenridge & Steamboat, Colorado Snow Conditions: Mixture of weather with hardpacked groomers to overcast on new snow. Setup: I rode the Signal Omni with my Union Force SL’s and my Bonfire Geo boots. First Impression: Definitely not what I was expecting but a nice surprise on signal’s take to reverse camber. Size: 156cm Weight: [...]
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January 6th, 2010The mountain is your best friend and your worst enemy, it can make you happy but it can also make you sad. Steamboat was hit hard with the news of a death on the mountain today, it’s sad that something we love doing can end lives so quickly. I wasn’t planning to ride the mountain [...]
Read More... | 2 CommentsGoggle Review: Airblaster Air Goggle
January 6th, 2010Intended Purpose: The Airblaster Air goggles are venitilated goggles that snowboarders can afford without losing the style on the mountain. The mirrored lens gives you unlimited staring opportunities and with a widescreen vision on the mountain, you’ll be able to see lines you never saw before. Color: I picked out the Air Goggles in ocean [...]
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January 5th, 2010
Brah, dude, that’s really RAD! Have you ever encountered a rad moment but caught it on camera? Here’s your chance to win a contest designed around you. To start off the New Year, the crew over at Frequency magazine are stepping up to their first contest designed around being rad whether it’s snowboarding or just [...]
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January 4th, 2010I first heard about Capita Snowboards through word of mouth while I was working at a snowboard shop in Seattle and I took a chance by purchasing my first Capita without knowing how it rode or anything about it. I found out that I was supporting local snowboarders and when I needed help understanding their [...]
Read More... | 6 CommentsB4BC Fundraiser in Beaver Creek
January 4th, 2010If you are in Colorado and remotely near Beaver Creek this Friday, come and help support everyone’s favorite mountain peaks: breasts. Men love them, women are amazed by what they do and through Boarding for Breast Cancer we can help support them. The ladies of Retreat Yourself are having a B4BC Fundraiser in Beaver Creek. [...]
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January 3rd, 2010Ah resort town living…it means that some nights you close out the bars only to wake up hours later to press glass and get in some epic powder turns. That was today for me and a powder day on the mountain cures everything. I picked up Amy at 8am, got coffee and bagels at the [...]
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January 2nd, 2010It feels really good to have a 3 day weekend in town where I can leisurely relax and make my way to the mountain when I want to. I made a couple calls but most people had gone in for the day so I ended up spending the afternoon alone riding the mountain. We received [...]
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January 1st, 2010I started 2010 exactly how I wanted to: sleeping in and going snowboarding with friends. It felt great and was exactly my idea of beginning this year. Yesterday was the powder day in Steamboat but I couldn’t enjoy the goods so today Philip and I made our way up to find some leftover snow for [...]
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