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In honor of last week’s Roxy Chicken Jam at Mammoth, Roxy Snowboards gave me a 145cm Ollie Pop to giveaway to a lucky shayboarder.com reader.  While the Roxy Chicken Jam got snowed out with a ton of snow, the contest exploded on this blog with a whole lot of creativity! The contest was about creativity; [...]

Intended Purpose: The 686 Plexus collection is all about the minimalist, lightweight, shell jackets that go above your standard shell jackets.  The Sonar softshell jacket continues with the minimalist features in a shell jacket but also offers 15,000k waterproofing and 10,000gm breathability. Fit: The 686 Sonar continues with the 686 fit so it will run [...]

When it comes to designing and creating snowboard outerwear, Bond does it with a commitment to sustainability.  In order to make the most sustainable pieces possible, Bond uses recycled materials that have been used before and can be used in the years to come.  Bond re-uses items like buttons, zipper pulls, snaps, all recylced and [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Ride Farah with Ride Fame bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 153cm. First Impression: This board handles like a bigger size snowboard and gives women a fast aggressive ride like one. Weight: Average Flex: The Farah is [...]

10 years ago, an independent snowboard company came out of the woodwork that didn’t plan to take over the world, just create high quality boards and enjoy snowboarding.  Stepchild Snowboards is still an independent brand with the heart and soul of riders involved behind it.  With team riders Joe Sexton, Simon Chamberlain and JP Walker [...]

After the last couple days of powder with high winds I was ready for a mellow day like today and crossing the fingers for no winds.  We ended up heading up to Mammoth Main Lodge and after driving by chair #2 and seeing a monstrosity for a line, we grabbed our gear and headed to [...]

Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Ride Fame bindings on the Ride Farah with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: Average time to set up the binding, nothing major to change and felt comfortable.  I had one issue with [...]

Snowstorms can be great but it’s easy to forget how powerful they can become.  Saturday was the prime example of a snowstorm getting worse throughout the day.  By the time I made it to the mountain, I knew that Roxy Chicken Jam was cancelled due to weather but I figured that I’d still take a [...]

After the recent storms, the sun finally emerged in Mammoth but it was deceivingly not warm out.  Quite the opposite, the winds were blowing hard with the anticipation of the next storm system’s arrival.  It was a good day to keep completely covered up on the slopes with no skin showing. I headed out early [...]

When it comes to keeping your face warm on the mountain, facemasks do the job.  On the deep powder days, they keep you from breathing in the snow.  On the sunny days, they keep you from getting burnt.  On windy days, they keep your face from going numb.  Gone are the days that you have [...]