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Goggle Review: Spy Bias

March 11th, 2010

Intended Purpose: The Spy Bias is designed for smaller faces with a reduced frame size and feature a sleek, low profile goggle for female riders to make their snowboarding experience better fitted and more fun.
Location: I started riding these goggles here in Steamboat during our snow drought.
Conditions: I’ve spent the majority of time riding these [...]

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Binding Review: 10-11 Ride Bandita Contraband

March 9th, 2010

Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to bumpy to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions.
Setup: I rode the Ride Bandita bindings on the Stepchild Salary Man with my Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Time to set up the binding: These bindings require effort to make sure they are adjusted properly before you even get [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 YES Great Dudes of History

March 7th, 2010

Location: Winter Park, CO
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions.
Setup: I rode the YES Great Dudes with Union Flite bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 154cm.
First Impression: Definitely the more playful YES board over the asym I rode last year from YES.
Weight: average
Flex: The great dudes took some adjustment [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Salomon Popstar

March 5th, 2010

Location: Winter Park, CO
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain, flat-light riding conditions.
Setup: I rode the Salomon Pop Star with Salomon Celeste bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 153cm.
First Impression: So far this is a good all around mountain ride and enjoying being back on camber.
Weight: Lighter than average
Flex: The first thing [...]

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Review: Bern Baker Hard Hat Audio Helmet

March 3rd, 2010

Intended Purpose: The Bern Baker Hardhat offers a comfortable fitting helmet with audio capacity so you can rock out to tunes on the mountain.  The Hard Hat offers some protection from hard hits but it is not EN/AST/CPSC certified.
Appearance: I’m a huge fan of Tj’s artwork and when the drawing on the Tj’s helmet caught [...]

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