Archive for August, 2010

Industry Profile: Ride Snowboard Designer Paul McGinty

August 3rd, 2010

Job Title: Design Engineer – Snowboards Employer: Ride Snowboards Years on snow: 18 Days on snow: Optimistically ~50 days. Currently Riding: Protos (white top and a single black sprayed paint rat on the left side of tail). Currently I am: plugged into my IPod with: ‘Manic Street Preachers’ – track: ‘Revol’ in a bar in [...]

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Review: Remind Insoles

August 2nd, 2010

Intended Purpose: The Remind insoles come in two versions, cush and thin.  The thin are meant for more shoes and low impact like walking, the cush are ideal for higher impact activities like snowboarding.  I’ve worn both in my snowboard boots and the cush are definitely more favorable for snowboarding. Appearance: This is one of [...]

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Timberline & Windells Camp 8/1/10

August 1st, 2010

One of my favorite days of each session is usually the last day because the mountain is quiet, the private windells camp is quieter and it’s my day to just enjoy the ride!  I’ve been working on my riding more this session, feeling more comfortable on higher rails and still working on ollie’ing onto features [...]

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