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/2012/02/wwsra-on-snow-demo-at-mission-ridge-day-2.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/02/wwsra-on-snow-demo-at-mission-ridge-day-2.html#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:54:29 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=19532 On the first day of demos I apologized for bringing the sun to Washington but yesterday the Northwest was back in full action. There was new snow on Mission Ridge for day two of the demos and a storming day on the mountain with cloudy conditions. Some runs you’d be riding through foggy clouds and [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/02/wwsra-on-snow-demo-at-mission-ridge-day-2.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/02/wwsra-on-snow-demo-at-mission-ridge-day-1.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/02/wwsra-on-snow-demo-at-mission-ridge-day-1.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:03:20 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=19523 Right after the SIA Tradeshow,retailers and industry don’t have to go far to check out the latest gear on the mountain. The WWSRA hosts a bunch of on-snow demos around the US with alot of the brands from SIA being present.  The Northwest demo was just east of Stevens Pass at Mission Ridge, WA. It’s a [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/02/wwsra-on-snow-demo-at-mission-ridge-day-1.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/whistler-42410.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/whistler-42410.html#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:07:11 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=11105 Each season I have a goal of hitting 100 days usually it takes the full season from October to June to collect the big 100th day on snow.  However this season I was able to get out on the snow more often, taking full use of ride breaks and managed to rack in my 100th [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/whistler-42410.html/feed 6 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/02/breckenridge-22710.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/02/breckenridge-22710.html#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:30:25 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=9855 I was planning to stay in Steamboat through the weekend but on Thursday Ryan informed me that Burton would be at Breckenridge with 10-11 gear doing a private demo for the day and I could come swing by to try some of the boards. I ended up driving down to Breckenridge Friday night to hang [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/02/breckenridge-22710.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/loveland-111809-demo-day.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/loveland-111809-demo-day.html#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:30:46 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=8222 In November each year there are two days where a range of companies come to Loveland to give shop employees the chance to try out the latest gear.  Each year I attend the shop demo to get a better understanding of what boards you guys want to know more about.  This year I drove down [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/loveland-111809-demo-day.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/whistler-42509.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/whistler-42509.html#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:14:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/04/whistler-42509.html With Whistler having the on-snow demos, we hit up the mountain today to ride Whistler and partake in some 09-10 demos.  Conditions on the mountain have been very icy in the mornings but getting slushy by the afternoon with the sun out each day.   Stickering up the mountain along the way Today’s demos included [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/whistler-42509.html/feed 8