http://www.shayboarder.com The World of Snowboarding Through Fembot Eyes Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/shay-update-washington-whistler.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/shay-update-washington-whistler.html#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:39:06 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=10936 It’s April which means it’s time to head back to Washington & Whistler!  I try to hit up Whistler at least once every year for my favorite time of year, the Telus Festival when snowboarding meets music meets canadian beer.  This year the Grenade Games are doing their 6th year and 2nd year in Whistler [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/shay-update-washington-whistler.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/grenade-games-5-dual-slalom-moguls.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/grenade-games-5-dual-slalom-moguls.html#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:47:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/04/grenade-games-5-dual-slalom-moguls.html On Tuesday, the Grenade Games 5 started in Whister, BC with a variety of competitions and activities planned.  Wednesday’s contest was the Dual Slalom Moguls on top of Blackcomb Mountain.  To make things more difficult for the athletes, even by the 11am start time the mountain had icy conditions.   Here’s my mini video of [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/grenade-games-5-dual-slalom-moguls.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/blackcomb-42209.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/blackcomb-42209.html#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:41:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/04/blackcomb-42209.html I got my first taste of riding east coast conditions but on the west coast.  The riding at Blackcomb was super icy and could hear the scraping sounds the entire morning on any run.  Luckily for us it was the day to watch Day 2 of Grenade Games with the Dual Slalom Mogul course and [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/blackcomb-42209.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/blackcomb-42109.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/blackcomb-42109.html#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:23:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/04/blackcomb-42109.html Got a good night’s sleep last night and woke up ready for some snowboarding at Blackcomb today.  Late season conditions are good at Whistler/Blackcomb but you also tend to sleep in a little later as the conditions soften up so it’s less ice and more fun.   I love being in Whistler Photo:  Kendra  I [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/blackcomb-42109.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/blackcomb-41508.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/blackcomb-41508.html#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:31:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/04/blackcomb-41508.html Monday’s conditions on the mountain were less than stellar. A couple people went up early to scout it out while the rest of us lazily got ready. The texts back to us said no visibility and a couple inches of snow on top of ice. That group soon came down and joined us for the [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/blackcomb-41508.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/blackcomb-41208.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/blackcomb-41208.html#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:15:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/04/blackcomb-41208.html Yesterday I flew to Denver, then Seattle and then drove my ass up to Whistler. I landed in Seattle at 9:30pm and arrived in Whistler by 3:30am. It was quite a journey to make it but I was dedicated and with a 4-pack of Red Bull I made it. I’ve been to Whistler-Blackcomb many times, [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/04/blackcomb-41208.html/feed 0